Sentences with phrase «cap on the number of charter schools»

The number of students in charter schools grew to 1.7 million, and several states raised caps on the number of charter schools that will be permitted to open in the future.

They would lift the statewide cap on the number of charter schools that can be created.

According to the author, current law only provides an increasing cap on the number of charter schools and little or no accountability.

Last month, I noted how states such as California and Tennessee have pushed to qualify for federal Race to the Top funding by passing measures lifting caps on the number of charter schools and allowing the use of student test data in measuring teacher performance.

a. Should states place caps on the number of charter schools allowed to open, and / or the number of students allowed to be served?

«That's what eliminating the artificial cap on the number of charter schools is all about.»

Charter school laws exist in 45 states, but more than half of these states place caps on the number of charter schools that may be authorized.19 Charter school policies have wide variance, but states could enable innovative high school designs and accelerate redesign efforts by maintaining and enforcing rigorous standards for authorizing and renewing charters, while also raising caps on charters as needed.

When North Carolina lifted the 100 - school cap on the number of charter schools that can operate here back in 2011, the applications poured in initially, but that rate has begun to slow.

A few of the priorities entailed sensible measures like lifting state caps on the number of charter schools.

In this view, Cuomo will cave on most of his other proposals — like merit pay and stiffer teacher evaluation standards — as long as he gets a higher cap on the number of charter schools in the state.

We also said we would push for changes in state law that would be conductive to charter development and expansion, including raising the existing cap on the number of charter schools that could exist statewide, something the unions had insisted on limiting in order to make sure charters didn't grow too quickly.

The arbitrary cap on the number of charter schools that can open in New York continues to prohibit growth.

In fact, the (Walton - funded) National Alliance for Public Charter Schools declares that having no limit or caps on the number of charter schools in a state is the No. 1 «essential component» of a model charter law.

The legislation is necessary in order to lift a statewide cap on the number of charter schools allowed across Massachusetts.

To increase seats, states could lift caps on the number of charter schools, expand successful schools, or provide for interdistrict transfers.

In too many states, however, artificial caps on the number of charter schools are re-injecting the element of chance into education.

Back in 2011, North Carolina lifted the 100 - school cap on the number of charter schools that can operate in the state.

A much talked - about provision of Mayor Bill de Blasio's 13th - hour deal to have his control over city schools extended was the agreement that 22 revoked or surrendered charter school charters could be reissued without counting towards the predetermined state cap on the number of charter schools.

Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

The New York Post reported Monday that Cuomo favors raising the cap on the number of charter schools, and Newsday reported Wednesday that Cuomo would support a two percent annual cap on property taxes.

She said that standardized testing should play a «minimal» role in evaluating teachers and that she would not raise the cap on the number of charter schools that can be opened in the city.

Only independent candidate Adolfo Carrion Jr., the former Bronx borough president, stated that he would continue the mayor's grading system for schools without changes and raise the cap on the number of charter schools.

He reiterated his support of lifting a cap on the number of charter schools in New York State.

Mayor Bloomberg put on a full - court press yesterday to close a deal raising the cap on the number of charter schools — dispatching two of his top deputies to Albany to help resolve the sticky issue of having charters share space with traditional public schools.

Among those matters, his office said, are extending mayoral control of schools and lifting the cap on the number of charter schools.

Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director of the New York Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.

In the Capitol building, public school advocates unfurl a petition to keep the cap on the number of charter schools.

The bills that were passed also failed to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state — but they did unlock a cash freeze that has prevented charters from getting their first increase in per - student funding since 2009.

Flanagan (R - LI) has called for extending mayoral control for five years, but only in concert with other provisions — including lifting the city's cap on the number of charter schools.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) has said repeatedly that he will not lift the cap on the number of charter schools and provide school tax breaks to parents as Flanagan is demanding in return for extending mayoral control.

The borough president departed from his fellow candidates on several occasions, including in his support for standardized tests and raising the cap on the number of charter schools in the city.

Cuomo has emerged as the charter movement's most powerful official ally in New York, pushing to raise the cap on the number of charter schools statewide and to guarantee space for charters in New York City, sometimes against the wishes of the de Blasio administration.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has shown support for tougher teacher evaluations and raising a cap on the number of charter schools.

In that election, voters decisively rejected a statewide measure that would have raised a cap on the number of charter schools that was binding only in the state's urban centers.

But some high - profile bills failed to pass in the session that ended June 1 — including a proposal to lift the cap on the number of charter schools permitted, a request that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has made of all states.

Paterson said he thinks New York could have won $ 500 million to $ 700 million in the Obama administration's «Race to the Top» program to improve public schools if the Legislature made two changes he urged: lifting the cap on the number of charter schools in the state from the current 200 and ending a measure that prohibits student...

In Massachusetts, the political battle over whether to raise a cap on the number of charter schools has come to center around the issue of race.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has pushed the hardest, enacting a law that removes the cap on the number of charter schools in his state, authorizes all universities to register charters and expands an existing voucher program in the state for students to attend private and charter schools (in some cases managed by for - profit companies).

In addition to supporting the movement, Klein has emerged as a strong voice in the effort to lift a cap on the number of charter schools in the state legislature.

Contact: Jennifer Levitz BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers are considering eliminating a cap on the number of charter schools that can operate in the lowest - performing school districts, including here in the capital city.

In New York, Commissioner of Education David M. Steiner and the state board of regents this month put forward a broad package of changes that would include revamping the state's standards - and - assessment system, raising the cap on the number of charter schools, allowing additional institutions to train teachers and principals, and setting new demands for districts to turn around low - performing schools.

One of the major sticking points in renewing Mayoral control was the battle between those who want to remove the cap on the number of charter schools, and those who wish it to remain flat.

MASSACHUSETTS This week The Boston Globe highlighted the «ready for battle» Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance after the group sent a letter to all 200 state lawmakers urging them not to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state.

They have raised the cap on the number of charter schools in the state and implemented scholarships for low - income students and students with special needs.

As New York finalizes its application for the federal Race to the Top program, a proposal to end the cap on the number of charter schools has been promoted as key to our success in getting these new federal funds.