Sentences with phrase «by one's charter»

This section provides sample forms and policies for use by charter schools operating such a program.

The ones who ultimately lose out are the public school students served by charter schools, though charters are gaining momentum in spite of the gap in funds.

The survey results highlighted a new campaign by charter advocates to replace failing charter schools with higher performers - an effort to provide better schools to one million students over the next five years.

Since the policy began, 11 charter schools won bids to run new district campuses and one existing campus is being operated by a charter organization.

Participants will learn about the types of intellectual property used by charter schools and the ways to protect it.

For starters, charters are either independent efforts or run by charter management organizations which operate a handful of schools.

Take for example the false claims being made by charter school advocates about the size of waiting lists for charter schools.

Best of all, they get to «claim» the test scores turned in by the charter students.

Transportation can be provided by charter schools if the applicants were really serving low - income families or families without transportation.

Teacher coaching has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional professional development normally offered by charter schools.

The leases are backed by the charter holder or the charter school management company.

So, whenever a public school is replaced by a charter school, the democratic rights of the community are replaced as well.

This tale of two schools illustrates a fundamental challenge faced by the charter school movement.

The disciplinary action was recommended to the state board of education by its charter school advisory board earlier this year.

I am also inspired by charter leaders and communities across the state coming together to open new schools to provide great options for kids.

This finding about the instructional approaches employed by these charters raises a broad and important question for educators, policymakers, and citizens: What exactly do we want of our nation's schools?

A report by a charter - advocacy group outlines steps to recruit and prepare the next generation of leaders for the autonomous public schools.

Experience the diversity of game, reef and river fishing by charter boat.

Over 160 breakout sessions have been developed and approved by charter school experts to meet the needs of you and your school community.

If inferior test score gains by charter schools is the heart of the piece, you would think that the article would present evidence supporting that claim.

For these and other reasons, courts across the country have rejected claims by charters to obtain an equal level of funding as district public schools.

The report assessed «the current and emerging risk» that is posed by charter management organizations for fraud, waste and abuse.

She also encouraged charter leaders to have a clear vision for student progress through the use of tangible, measurable goals set by the charter board of directors.

For students in some American cities, a school system dominated by charter - based school choice isn't a hypothetical — it's already arrived.

Question: What is the deadline by which surplus property request letters must be submitted by charter schools looking for a facility for the fall of 2015, to school districts?

This may include state laws requiring charters to keep doors open to all students and well - planned actions by charter operators.

There are no special parental involvement rules that traditional schools must abide by that charters do not.

That study was also criticized by charter school supporters.

Among other things, she cites a lack of the quarterly reports required by charter.

On the other hand, middle - class white people are not touched by charter schools, and so they don't support them.

Generally, online teachers hired by charter schools must have a valid teaching credential for the state the school is based in.

Black students are disproportionately impacted by charter school disciplinary actions and high charter school failure rates which lead to closures.

The unions hate tying teacher evaluations to test scores and feel threatened by charter schools.

Of course, researchers need to see whether similar results are being produced by charter high schools elsewhere.

The two top priorities are drawing together staff from both sectors to deal with Common Core challenges and boosting the number of special education students taken by charters.

The following chart identifies the major sources of money that drove the record spending by the charter school industry.

Doesn't allow for local governments or local citizens to evaluate the impacts on their communities caused by charter schools on issues such as traffic capacity and consistency with approved uses already in place.

As impressive and amazing as these results by charter schools may be, it would be wrong to conclude from this that charter schools improve student achievement.

These academic accountability targets must be met by charter schools at their time of renewal.

The following is a sampling of selected parent policies adopted by charter schools.

The charter school student must meet the requirements of the charter school education program as determined by the charter school governing board.

The deal would allow the reuse of 22 charters — or contracts for schools — that were previously revoked or surrendered by charters that closed or never opened.

«That's not covered by charter law,» she said.

It's easy to see why public education supporters, including public school employee unions, are intrigued by charters.

Also needed is a national organization dedicated to pressing the charter movement to clean up its act and deliver the results promised by charter boosters.

There are literally thousands of examples of great success by charter schools in the 40 states that allow them.

Another common theme promoted by charter schools is the questionable claim of amazing success.