Sentences with phrase «caused by charter»

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.

However, it doesn't appear to be caused by charter schools pushing students out.

Professor Lafer documents the debilitating costs for public schools caused by charter school expansion.

Not exact matches

Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is well over halfway through its statutory four - year mandate, and the prime minister continues to cause controversy by imposing his contestable interpretation of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

When the Canadian Supreme Court conjured in its governing Charter the right to receive euthanasia for virtually any diagnosed condition that causes «irremediable suffering» — a term that includes «psychological pain,» disability, and suffering that is deemed irremediable because alleviating treatment is refused by the patient — I hoped Canadian doctors would revolt.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

The PDP spokesman argued that Soyinka was blindfolded by the chartered helicopter that brought him to the state, adding that had he travelled by road, he would have seen the physical and human degradation caused by Fayemi he whom has come to praise.

«This is the last issue we need to crack in New York City and to do that we need to locate the voters who are really concerned and who will vote on charters, vote on parochial schools, vote on the problems caused by the strength of the teachers» unions,» he said.

Since 2004, the Walton Family Foundation has funneled $ 16 million into the cause, including the DREAM Charter School, Village Academies and the Success Academy founded by Eva Moskowitz.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.

The new Council map «appears to be influenced by political forces outside of the Charter's objective criteria,» the executive director of Common Cause New York, Susan Lerner, said in a statement.

It's also not lost on observers that Education Reform Now, the group that has been running an ad campaign accusing the UFT of blocking a measure to lift the charter school cap and causing the state to lose out in the first round of «Race to the Top» cash, is being repped by KnickerbockerSKD — a firm that also works for Bloomberg.

Maureen Kelleher argues in Education Post that the decline in support is likely caused by «the failure of too many charter operators to live up to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and professionalism.»

Despite the setback caused by changing schools, disadvantaged students at charter schools still did better in math within two years after switching to charter schools.

Parents have exercised choice in selecting a charter or private - sector school rather than a district school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the school are caused by actual school characteristics in each sector or some other factor.

Neither sector has cause to brag about racial diversity, but it seems clear that the CRP report points its lens in the wrong direction by focusing on the failings of charter schools.

Critics often suggest that superior performance in the charter sector is a result of high levels of attrition, caused by implicit or explicit efforts on the part of school staff to «counsel out» the students who are hardest to educate.

The only way to know with confidence whether charters cause better outcomes is to look at randomized control trials (RCTs) in which students are assigned by lottery to attending a charter school or a traditional public school.

Prodded by Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and other veteran private - sector reformers, the Obama administration has lent unexpectedly forceful support to such causes as common standards, better assessments, charter schools, merit pay, refurbished teacher preparation, and the removal of ineffective instructors.

They are also relevant to the expanding charter - school sector, which has the opportunity to choose grade configurations without the disruption caused by school closures.

Although charter and non-charter gains during Rhee can be separated under NAEP, the Rhee administration closed a number of schools in DC during the 2007 - 09 period causing enrollment in charters to increase by half and enrollment in non-charter DC public schools to decrease by one quarter in only two years.

Records obtained by The Times do not show a single case of a California charter school closed solely for poor academic performance, and some charter advocates believe this apparent leniency has done their cause a disservice.

They said the district faced a $ 100 million shortfall over the next three years, largely due to falling enrollments caused by the rise of charter schools, and staff reductions need to be considered.

If an application is denied by a district school board, that school board shall, within 10 calendar days, articulate in writing the specific reasons based upon good cause supporting its denial of the charter application.

In the statement signed by the charter schools, they said, «We have known that seeking better policies could cause complications for our petitions — this is a risk we have been willing to take.»

Vallas, a longtime backer of charter schools, also singled out the financial drain caused by the lone charter school in District 187 but didn't offer strategies in the report to address what he said «inequitably amounts to a heavy subsidy at the expense of the rest of the district.

The report finds that the discrepancy between traditional and charter school special education enrollment in California is caused by a host of structural barriers and challenges, the most important of which, is the degree of charter school autonomy in special education.

Charter school leaders were in a panic; a memo circulated over the summer by one pro-charter group, Democrats for Education Reform, had identified Mr. de Blasio as the candidate least friendly to their cause.

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.

That means that California is now home to 912 charter schools and well over 316,000 students, all of whom deserve better than schools facing an untenable cash flow situation caused by State deferrals, apportionment funding delays and difficulty in securing affordable short - term loans.

Gurnee - based Woodland District 50 and Mundelein's Fremont District 79 filed the lawsuit following a 2014 decision by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to change how they calculate average daily attendance, causing the tuition rates that determine how much money goes to Prairie Crossing Charter School to rise.

He contends the move to enlist charters is not evidence - based, would not be financially attractive to charter operators, would cause chaos in the lives of our most vulnerable students while further damaging neighborhoods, would usurp local elected school board control, and would not solve the challenging problems presented by low - performing, high - poverty schools.

In recounting the history of charters, the report reveals how a cause originally supported by education reform advocates, including the leader of a national teachers» union, was hijacked by libertarian ideology, advocates for big business, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who view the public education system as a playground for exerting their influence and ideas.

You make a provocative argument that what could ultimately cause the charter bubble to burst in these communities is lawsuits, including those filed by parents against charter schools on civil rights grounds.

The New York Times featured Polaris Charter Academy, led by New Leaders Michelle Navarre and Roel Vivet, in an article highlighting schools that have succeeded in harnessing teenage «defiance» in service of good causes.

The Children's Guild District of Columbia Public Charter School's mission is to use the philosophy of Transformation Education to prepare special needs and general education students for college, career readiness, and citizenship in their community by developing in them critical thinking and creative problem solving skills, self - discipline and a commitment to serve a cause larger than themselves.

A full 10 % of the charter school advantage over LAUSD was caused by affiliated charters, but independent charters still do 10 % better than LAUSD as a whole.

by Bill Phillips The Board of Regents» recent decisions to close Community Charter School and propose Enterprise Charter School receive one more year to get it right give cause for...

By teaching civics in tandem with experiential learning, YES Prep teachers, more often than traditional public or private school teachers, were «very confident» that their students learned «[t] o be tolerant of people and groups who are different from themselves,» «[t] o understand concepts such as federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances,» and «[t] o develop habits of community service such as volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communities.

Some have charged that much of the churn in DCPS is caused by students leaving charter schools midyear, voluntarily or involuntarily.

The notion that the closure of several Philadelphia schools was singly caused by greedy charter school operators is ludicrous.

Charter school advocates are pouring money into a fight to convince Massachusetts voters that their already best in the nation school system needs unlimited charter schools — painting itself as a progressive cause when it is funded mostly by the same conservative groups — DFER, New Schools Venture Fund, billionaire donors — behind school privatization everywherCharter school advocates are pouring money into a fight to convince Massachusetts voters that their already best in the nation school system needs unlimited charter schools — painting itself as a progressive cause when it is funded mostly by the same conservative groups — DFER, New Schools Venture Fund, billionaire donors — behind school privatization everywhercharter schools — painting itself as a progressive cause when it is funded mostly by the same conservative groups — DFER, New Schools Venture Fund, billionaire donors — behind school privatization everywhere else.

Part III addresses concerns that charter school leaders won't respond to growing knowledge about the harm caused by harsh discipline policies or to evidence of the effectiveness of non-punitive alternatives.

14) Georgia: A disgraced charter school founder in Atlanta «who a prosecutor said caused losses of at least $ 1.2 million by actions including stealing money he spent on strip clubs and luxury cars» has pleaded guilty.

Specifically, the GAO has been asked to examine changes in student racial isolation or integration over time, including shifts caused by school closures or consolidations; state and local policies that affect attendance areas or admissions, including open enrollment in public charter schools; voluntary policies intended to increase integration; and the impact of racial and socioeconomic isolation in public education.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

Last night, the CEO of ConnCAN, the advocacy organization that was formed by Achievement First (the large charter school management company with 20 schools in Connecticut and New York), was the loudest critic of the Education Committee's work to reduce some of the damage that would have been caused by Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.

United Nations commissioned scientists — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Royal Society, the World Academy of Arts & Science, United Nations Population Fund, World Bank, the UN, NASA, 178 countries, The Earth Charter, modern U.S. Presidents, have declared a global emergency... terminal Climate Change caused by humans.

In finding that Askov's Charter rights were violated, the trial judge commented that the unreasonable delay was caused by a lack of institutional resources and that that those responsible for the administration of justice had known about the systemic problem for years.