Sentences with phrase «charter advocates say»

Charter advocates say not to read into the vote.

Charter advocates say there is one issue on which they would like to join their critics: persuading the state to fully fund public education.

Although the LA school board has approved most petitions for new charters and charter renewals, charter advocates say they feel the board's support for opening new ones is waning.

* About 5 percent attend charter schools, according to 2013 - 14 data, the latest available, though charter advocates say it is now 6 percent.

Charter advocates say the District could help guide charters» locations by releasing some of the many surplus school buildings that sit empty, and they said they were open to sharing more information with the school system.

But there are signs that a pivotal confrontation may be nearing, as lawmakers consider once again whether to attempt to unilaterally impose existing requirements or embrace alternative legislation that charter advocates say will provide needed transparency but protect their cherished autonomous status.

Some charter advocates say the decreased funding could threaten the viability of these schools, which are among some of the highest performing in the city and enroll about 20 percent of city students.

But even that provision has met with mixed reaction, as charter advocates say it's unfair to tie charter growth to an uncertain, annual appropriation.

Charter advocates say, «No, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.»

In Colorado, charter advocates say they succeeded by framing the issue in terms of equity for all students in all public schools.

A network of donors will step up if necessary to keep Washington state's nine charter schools open through the school year, a leading charter advocate said Tuesday, even if public dollars stop flowing in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision voiding Washington's charter school law.

But charter advocates said they believe the law is constitutional, and condemned the lawsuit as an intimidation tactic «designed to preserve a broken status quo and scare our teacher, families and students.»

Not exact matches

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

But it is designed to demonstrate that Perkins has support in the district even though Smikle is expected to be well - organized and well - funded (especially if the charter school advocates and Smikle's former boss, Mayor Bloomberg, have something to say about it).

A top aide to Mayor Bloomberg says Mayor Bloomberg's Charter Revision Commission won't seek to eliminate the offices of borough president and public advocate in a voter referendum this fall.

Thus the new budget manipulates future aid formulas in a way that one advocate says will cost city charters some $ 1.7 billion over the next several years.

Only one day before massive rallies for universal pre-K and charter schools, other advocates say they've gathered evidence for potentially another lawsuit for more state aid for schools.

Flanagan said he expects charter school advocates to push for legislation that would benefit the sector, but the cap would be a «subtext» to those discussions.

Charter advocates, who feel they have gotten short - shrifted by the city and state, say they would look to run candidates to grab control of the community boards, whose elections would be held in May 2018.

A shadowy Independent Expenditure group run by a «charitable» charter school advocate organization is said to be aiding Cabrera.

«Nobody wants mayoral control to expire, but if it does, charter school advocates have shown increasing electoral sophistication,» said one high - level charter sector source.

A leading charter - school advocate said Friday that Mayor de Blasio's hopes of extending mayoral control of city schools are tied to Hizzoner supporting a hike in the number of charters allowed in the state.

Aside from funding, there's a lot of anticipation about what Cuomo will propose regarding charter schools, to which public education advocates say he is overly beholden due to the big money he has received from deep pocketed charter boosters.

Eric Lane, who served as executive director and counsel of the city's charter commission in 1989 and helped write the provisions creating the public advocate's office, said «we did not intend to give that power to the public advocate.»

Charter school advocates have joined their frequent opponents in the teachers union to criticize de Blasio's school suspension overhaul, which some say is harming student discipline.

Charter advocates and education observers have said they believed the cap and mayoral control would be linked at the end of the session as a way to create pressure on both sides to pass versions of each proposal; that configuration seems unlikely if the extension passes.

One day before massive rallies for universal pre-K and charter schools, other advocates said Monday they have gathered evidence for potentially another lawsuit for more state aid for schools.

Tisch says she supports charters — going so far as to tell The Post in a recent interview that the schools have «no better advocate» than her.

«Advocates for the Common Core... advocates for charter schools are trying to come down here on Long Island and steal this election,» KaminAdvocates for the Common Core... advocates for charter schools are trying to come down here on Long Island and steal this election,» Kaminadvocates for charter schools are trying to come down here on Long Island and steal this election,» Kaminsky said.

Tusk said he did offer some suggestions on how to deal with Moskowitz, but he he said he was uninvolved in the battle that was then brewing between charter advocates, led by Moskowitz, and the de Blasio administration.

Other charter leaders and advocates who attended the rally said privately that they thought that Tuesday could not have gone better for them optically, but offered only generalized press release - type language on the record, to avoid seeming like they were gloating over a rally that overshadowed the mayor's.

Charter school advocate Dan Loeb was blasted earlier this year for saying a state senate Democratic leader was worse than the KKK

But city Education spokeswoman Toya Holness said charter school advocates have misstated the true nature of available space in school buildings.

Ms. Moskowitz, likening the influential educational network she founded, Success Academy Charter Schools, to revolutionary companies like Apple and Google, said she would rather be an education advocate than a mayoral candidate.

At a preemptive news conference with education advocates, The Alliance for Quality Education's Billy Easton says wealthy supporters of expanding charter schools have spent nearly twice that amount, and have contributed large sums to the governor's campaign.

«We're a little upset because we would like to make sure that it's a real charter revision and not something you get called five minutes before the appointments are made,» said Gale Brewer, the Manhattan borough president who worked with the public advocate, Letitia James, to have the legislation introduced.

Although the charter sector ultimately gained an advocate in Governor Andrew Cuomo and successfully lobbied for a sweeping pro-charter law passed during the last legislative session, Moskowitz said she refers to this spring as «the dark period.»

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.

He cheered «real beat - the - odds» charters like KIPP and its ilk, but said there is a grave supply problem — that it's much harder to grow quality charters than advocates would like.

Our communities will be — and should be — more willing to do that if we as charter advocates can with a straight face say that the charter schools that exist today accept all kids and serve them well.

Its main purpose was to make it easier to pass bond issues for public school funding, and district advocates say that most voters were not aware of the provision («buried in a little Easter egg,» as Folsom put it) requiring public schools to offer charters their unused space.

If the extension makes it into the final spending bills for fiscal year 2011, advocates say, that could mean more states will take the reform - minded steps emphasized in the Race to the Top program, such as revamping their teacher - evaluation systems and lifting caps on charter schools, in order to get a slice of the competitive grants.

Irvin and Lettre launched CBP, Irvin says, after a fellow guest she'd met at a Washington dinner party asked her how a public - school advocate like himself could find out about charter - school boards that could use his help.

Charter advocates wanted to advance a social justice message by emphasizing the impressive results being achieved by the independently run, but publicly funded, schools, which they say are providing a lifeline for thousands of poor and minority students otherwise stuck in low - performing district schools.

Charter - school advocates say the shift in resources is warranted because charters often excel where traditional schools have failed, posting stellar test scores even in impoverished neighborhoods with little history of academic success.

«Charter schools are the result of communities coming together to create new opportunities for their children from the leaders who open charter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National AlCharter schools are the result of communities coming together to create new opportunities for their children from the leaders who open charter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alcharter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance.

«They said the mix is right now, but the mix can not be right, because there are still thousands of kids who are in schools that are not working,» said Andy Smarick, a charter advocate and partner at Bellwether Education Partners in the District.

«There's a level of institutional hypocrisy here which is actually unhealthy,» said Hess, who is a strong advocate of charter schools.

Rents would compel charters to make significant cuts to critical programs and lose access to buildings, and would leave many students without middle and high schools, advocates said.

Even some charter school advocates say charter sponsors, or «authorizers,» aren't doing enough to oversee existing charters and weed out bad operators.