Sentences with phrase «by other charter networks»

With the same focus and intensity that KIPP applies to expanding its schools and improving achievement, it has developed a comprehensive leadership - training program that has become sought after by other charter networks and regular school districts.

Not exact matches

According to The Wall Street Journal, the terms laid down by Justice Department and the FCC, Charter will have to avoid anything that looks like data rationing and roll out its broadband network to another two million homes, forcing it into competing with other cable companies.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at CUNY's Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, also said Success» likely expansion could create more of a wedge between Success and the city's other charters, since the network will serve by far the most students and require the most public dollars, a sentiment echoed by some independent charter leaders.

Its impressive «Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

Like other schools in the Algiers charter network, Behrman was implementing the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), a national initiative to help teachers improve their instruction methods by learning from experienced colleagues designated as mentor teachers and master teachers.

For years, pioneering charter school networks like KIPP, YES Prep, and others won legions of admirers by ensuring that nearly every student they graduated went to college, usually the first in their families to do so.

Take a moment to contemplate that fact: The positive impact of years of work done by thousands of educators to build networks like KIPP, YES Prep, Achievement First, Noble, Mastery, Uncommon, Aspire, IDEA, Harmony, and others is literally negated by the performance of virtual charter schools.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pacharter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

In a study funded by the Gates Foundation, Duckworth and a number of other researchers are trying to understand what predicts college persistence among graduates of several high - performing urban charter school networks: YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in Connecharter school networks: YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in ConneCharter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in Connecticut.

She is joined by two other State Teachers of the Year, Nikos Giannopoulos of Beacon Charter High School for the Arts in Rhode Island, and Abdul Wright of Best Academy a Harvest Network charter school in MinCharter High School for the Arts in Rhode Island, and Abdul Wright of Best Academy a Harvest Network charter school in Mincharter school in Minnesota.

A national leader in education reform — and recent winner of the Broad Prize for best public charter school network in the country — Success Academy has long been committed to advancing education reform nationally by sharing its content and approach, and inviting others across the country to access and adapt what we teach and how we teach it.

Other charter school leaders in New York City took issue with Ryan's visit to the controversial charter network run by Moskowitz, who has frequently sparred with de Blasio and has made no secret of her support for DeVos.

The two visionaries were introduced to each other by the late Sue Bragato, founder and Executive Director of the California Network of Educational Charter Schools (CANEC) following the announcement of the grant awards.

Moskowitz's name was conspicuously absent, for example, from a public letter protesting Trump's education budget, signed by the leaders of KIPP, Uncommon and Achievement First — the three other major charter networks in New York City.

Shining Rock is a member of a growing U.S. network of charters pushed by the Challenge Foundation, a group funded by a wealthy, Oregon businessman who's been a national advocate for school choice and other right - wing causes.

«Turnaround» schools (SPI Lowest 5 %, Graduation Rates Lower than 60 %, or Schools currently receiving School Improvement Grants) would be subject to «aggressive turnaround interventions» and inclusion in a «Commissioner's Network»; then could face takeover by the State, and / or State - mandated operation of public schools by universities, the State Education Resource Center (SERC), Regional Education Service Centers (RESC's) non-profit organizations, charter management organizations, CommPACT, or «other providers or partners with a track record of success.»

As the year unfolds hopeful charter operators will apply to run schools, others may learn they have to shut down, and some may be taken over or absorbed by larger charter networks.

The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), a No Excuses - style charter network, does that by denying some students the traditional year - end trip to Orlando or Utah or New York or Washington or other places they desperately want to go.

The principals of Eleanor McMain Secondary School and McDonogh 35 Senior High School are part of the ExCEED Network, which wants to convert those schools to charters along with the other three traditional schools run by the Orleans Parish School District.

One is a new charter network organized by the schools» principals; the other is an experienced charter group in the city.

Today I would like to wrap up that discussion by evaluating the charter networks against each other.

The Courant reported that this year, unprecedented amounts of money were spent to push the charter agenda by ConnCAN, the charter lobby; Northeast Charter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schoolscharter agenda by ConnCAN, the charter lobby; Northeast Charter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schoolscharter lobby; Northeast Charter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent SchoolsCharter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schoolscharter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schools (FES).

On the other hand, in order to achieve scores of «significant» improvement or decline, a charter network really had to move as a whole, not just be buoyed by one group.

On the issue of public education he said, «We're turning around struggling schools by growing our Commissioner's Network, with funding for 17 more schools... We're continuing to broaden the range of educational opportunities by maintaining our support for magnet schools, agricultural - science schools, and other high - quality options, including funding for additional state charter schools.»

The survey results, being released today by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or KIPP, the public charter school network, show that KIPP alumni who attend HBCUs are more likely to report a «sense of belonging» and good mental health than students who attend other schools.

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