Sentences with phrase «champion of charter schools in»

«There has been no greater champion of charter schools in a public role than I have been,» says Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch.

«There has been no greater champion of charter schools in a public role than I have been, for years now, before charter schools became popular,» Tisch told reporters at a Crain's New York event held at the Yale Club.

There has been no greater champion of charter schools in a public role than I have been for years now.»

Not exact matches

He earned national recognition for championing charters, arguing that competition in the public school system would help «break what is in essence one of the only remaining public monopolies,» as he told The New York Daily News in 2014.

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

New Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christie.

He earned national recognition for championing charters, arguing that competition in the public school system would help «break what is in essence one of the only remaining public monopolies,» as he told The New York Daily News in 2014.

The issue also caused friction between de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who fashioned himself a champion of charter schools to pit himself against the mayor as the two were locked in a battle of funding for universal pre-kindergarten.

Regardless of who wins the Senate power struggle, charter school advocates will have a champion in Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is widely expected to win a second four - year term tomorrow.

After the mayor denied three of eight Success Academy charter school co-locations last month, the charter group's CEO Eva Moskowitz found a champion in Governor Cuomo, who promised to support the privately - run, publically funded schools in the budget process.

Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos have championed parents and children by boldly moving to protect the future of charter schools,» Moskowitz said in a statement released after the budget deal was announced Saturday.

Ravitch has been a critic of education policies championed by Cuomo, including the expansion and protection of charter schools, which the governor says provides choice and opportunity to students in low - income areas.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

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 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 schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

Many of the reforms he championed, namely, more accountability, more focus on standards, and growth in charter schools, are already at various levels of implementation in states and districts across the country.

Over the past 10 years I have spent countless hours in the classrooms of aspiring champions — new teachers, veteran teachers, teachers working in district schools, charter schools, and private schools.

After Hurricane Katrina struck, he championed plans for the state to take over most of the schools in New Orleans under the Recovery School District, which oversees 37 schools now operating in the city, including some charters.

The Obama administration also championed high - quality charter schools with its Race to the Top initiative, emphasizing support for charter schools as a major factor in whether states would receive part of the $ 4.35 billion fund.

The NJEA and their champions in the Legislature can not allow the one sector of the public education system that is showing achievement, promise, and hope for students and families to flourish if it can not be controlled by them, so they exert political pressure to stifle the success of charter public schools.

Despite all of these barriers to entry, these politicians blast charter schools and school choice and champion their almost - impossible - to - get - in - if - I'm - Black schools as the definition of public.

And while the overall numbers are somewhat muddled in the data, state officials still reported increasingly white charter schools this year, so much so that the state's Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a GOP champion of school choice, asked to pull a demographics report from the State Board of Education's agenda in January because it was too negative.

Reichgott Junge candidly shared with guests personal details of her challenging journey as an original champion of chartered schools, the tumultuous legislative passage of the nation's first charter law in Minnesota twenty years ago, and chartering's subsequent explosion onto the national stage.

State Superintendent Tony Evers on Monday called for the new U.S. secretary of education to use her bully pulpit in the Trump administration's Cabinet to advocate for all schools, not just the charter and voucher schools she has championed.

Four public charter school champions in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking support for an increase in federal funds for the federal Charter Schools Programcharter school champions in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking support for an increase in federal funds for the federal Charter Schools ProgramCharter Schools Program (CSP).

Although a recent investigative report in the Miami Herald found that «86 percent of charter schools do not have any disabled or special education students... despite state and federal laws that require charter schools to give equal access to these students,» Bush remains a champion of «choice.»

If the media had been told it was a Gala Dinner in which Malloy was going to celebrate the life of the Achievement First's champion and one of the nation's leading supporters of Charter Schools you can assume someone from the media would have realized it might be an opportunity to see what Malloy was preparing.

Among the charter schools, the 3 - year - old North Valley Military Institute is the only one of its kind in LA Unified and is championed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

INCS work to support an effective charter public school sector in Illinois is made possible by the investment of many partners and champions.

Diaz, who collects a six - figure salary, has championed legislation expanding the reach of charter schools in Florida since his first election in 2012.

«This report compiles skewed and incomplete data that, in the authors» own words, is largely based on «assumptions» and «suggestions,» and it neglects to take into consideration important factors, such as parental choice, the similarity of student populations between inner city charters and inner city traditional schools, and that charter schools intentionally locate in neighborhoods with the greatest need, a fact that we would hope champions of civil rights would celebrate, not condemn.

Here in Connecticut, we've become used to daily coverage of the failures associated with the Jumoke / FUSE charter school company and the exploits of charter school champions such as «Dr.» Michael Sharpe, «Dr.» Terrence Carter, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education Steven Pryor, Capital Prep principal Steve Perry, corporate education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas and the others who are pushing the charter school gravy train.

During his terms in office, he championed the creation of charter schools in Indianapolis, winning Harvard University's Innovation in American Government Award for his charter authorizing office.

Moales was not only a leading champion of education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas but has been a major proponent of Steve Perry's plan to open a charter school in Bridgeport.

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Korean - American Michelle Rhee — noted charter school champion and chancellor of Washington, D.C.'s predominantly black public schools — brashly posed on the cover of Time with a broom in front of a chalkboard and the forceful headline «How to Fix America's Schools.schools — brashly posed on the cover of Time with a broom in front of a chalkboard and the forceful headline «How to Fix America's Schools.Schools.»

In a surprise 2010 best seller, «The Death and Life of the Great American School System,» she openly declared that she had been wrong to champion standardized testing, charter schools and vouchers.

Shortly after he was elected with CEA's first endorsement in 2010, the governor of this state disrespected every teacher with his «tenure» comment, then promoted Common Core, supported the corporate education movement through charter schools, advocated for more and more standardized testing, hired an education commissioner who had absolutely no public school experience (in fact had ties to charter schools), chipped away at teacher security through negative tenure reform, and championed the complete elimination of the state contribution to the retired teacher's health insurance fund.

He said he would not stop talking about the need for better medical and mental health care for poor children because it affects their ability to learn, and that the idea of charter schools must live in a room big enough to accommodate Black Lives Matter warriors, personal responsibility stalwarts, social justice advocates and free market champions.