Sentences with phrase «charter advocates argue»

Charter advocates argue that charters are public schools, too, serving local children, and that they deserve a fair share of local education dollars.

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In the first essay in our series, Anthony Barnett, co-founder of Charter 88 and a bold advocate of the open society, argues trenchantly that the best outcome of the forthcoming election would be a hung parliament.

A Manhattan judge gave an «F» to Public Advocate Letitia James on Friday, tossing her case to shut down «co-located» charter schools after a city lawyer argued that her suit...

Teachers» unions and public - school advocates have railed against Cuomo, arguing that he's prioritizing privately run charters over traditional public schools.

Some advocates said there is no room to allow for a big jump in charter schools seeking space in traditional public school buildings, and argued against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to expand charters.

Charter advocates have disputed the IBO's analysis (PDF), arguing that they don't take district schools» large pension costs into account.

Charter school advocates have for several years sought the statewide mandate, arguing that they should be funded equitably with traditional public schools and that capital money should follow the child, not be dictated by the needs of a school.

I argued that three lessons from chartering ought to be utilized by choice advocates.

To be sure, these accountability measures, which are as much the product of Bush - NCLB as Obama - RTTT, left much to be desired and C3S often argued, at times to the displeasure of other charter advocates, that the accountability to which we were being held was overly narrow and poorly aligned with the needs of a 21st century democracy drowning in real - world problems.

The Met Council and charter advocates have disagreed with this assessment, the former arguing that cities are better off incentivized to carry fair - housing loads, the latter that school choice is hardly the same as forced segregation.

School advocates say North Carolina should be worried about similar issues in this state, even as virtual charter leaders argue that they're being unfairly judged.

The board's vote followed months of intense pressure to reject the proposal from other black education advocates, who argued that charter schools give children in poor neighborhoods better school options.

Charter board officials and advocates have long argued that location can't be a factor in school approvals because real estate is so hard to find that schools often don't have much choice.

That more than 80 percent of those closures are for reasons other than academic performance raises concerns — among charter advocates and opponents alike — that authorizers are not holding poorly performing charters accountable for student learning; however, Consoletti argues that financial and operational problems often appear before academic data can be gathered.

Charter - school advocates like Gassner - Snyder argue that the choice they provide to parents is worth the cost to local districts, adding that, if parents decide not to send their children to the charters, the schools don't see a dime.

The bill would give school districts more power to approve or deny charter schools, which charter school advocates argue would lead to many charter schools closing their doors.

Citing the new Education Next results, Petrilli argues that charter advocates should focus on regaining GOP support, and suggests doing so by tamping down social justice rhetoric (such as closing achievement gaps and alleviating systemic inequalities), by emphasizing parental choice and personal freedom (i.e., that charters liberate families from their government - assigned schools), and by touting that most charters are non-union.

Advocates argue that charter schools will improve education for everyone, even for those who don't attend them, but that's not what the research says.

Education reform advocate Peter Cunningham shot back in a blog post that the study's premise that charters siphon money from traditional public schools «is like arguing that a younger child deprives an older child of parental attention.»

The advocates» brief argues that the state needs to reform the allocation of state funds for charter public schools, because current laws and policies threaten charter public schools» ability to provide a high - quality education to students.

Over time, conservative charter school advocates argued that having a nonunion environment in charter schools was a key advantage — perhaps the defining advantage — over regular public schools.

• Charter - school advocates like to cite their long waiting - list numbers to argue that more such schools are needed.

Advocates argue the measure empowers parents to get involved and find solutions, while opponents say it will open the door to charter companies looking to make a profit.

Funding disparities create barriers to charter school proliferation in some communities, and charter school advocates argue that these disparities are inequitable.