October is the best time to share your collective
charter community voice!
Not exact matches
With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income
communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and
charter schools wanted to make sure their
voices were heard.
The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a
voice for parents and
communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and
charter schools.
The best
charter leaders are masterful at bringing a breadth of
voices from their local
communities into the conversation.
Although it shouldn't have surprised me, one of the things I found most difficult to accept was the opposition to
charter schools
voiced by many legislators from minority
communities, where the existing schools were failing and
charter options were so desperately needed.
Charters are community driven schools — today we spoke with one loud voice and said to elected leaders: charters are doing great things for our neighborhoods and deserve to be treated fairly
Charters are
community driven schools — today we spoke with one loud
voice and said to elected leaders:
charters are doing great things for our neighborhoods and deserve to be treated fairly
charters are doing great things for our neighborhoods and deserve to be treated fairly.»
Our democracy relies on giving the
community a
voice, and
charter schools that are worthy will surely get the support they need.»
CCSA shares a statement from the
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Com
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's
charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Com
charter public schools and serves as the
voice for over 30,000
charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Com
charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Committee.
The campaign «will run through the end of 2016 and focus on elevating Black
voices and stakeholders from the civil rights and
charter communities, dispelling myths and putting the focus of this conversation back on what works for children.»
We help
charter school families become leaders in their
communities, uniting them into a powerful
voice for excellent schools.
Charter Management Organization Leaders /
Charter Operators De-Lea Deane - Allen, Achievement First Frances Teso,
Voices College - Bound Language Academies Greg White, LEARN
Charter School Network Kara Bobroff, Native American
Community Academy / NACA Inspired Schools Network Roblin J. Webb, Freedom Preparatory Academy
Many
Voices video contest asked participants to answer the question, «How has a
charter school positively impacted you, your family, and / or your
community?»
Frances Teso Vice-Chair,
Charter Community of Silicon Valley Founder & CEO,
Voices College - Bound Language Academies
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - applauded Senator Jim Beall (D - San Jose) for pulling Senate Bill (SB) 1362 today, effectively shelving the bill in this legislative
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's
charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - applauded Senator Jim Beall (D - San Jose) for pulling Senate Bill (SB) 1362 today, effectively shelving the bill in this legislative
charter public schools and serves as the
voice for over 30,000
charter school students in the region - applauded Senator Jim Beall (D - San Jose) for pulling Senate Bill (SB) 1362 today, effectively shelving the bill in this legislative
charter school students in the region - applauded Senator Jim Beall (D - San Jose) for pulling Senate Bill (SB) 1362 today, effectively shelving the bill in this legislative cycle.
What originally began as one
charter school,
Voices expanded to offer choices to families in need in other
communities and now serves students in Franklin - McKinley, Mount Pleasant and Morgan Hill.
«While we obviously would have preferred a different decision from the National Board of the NAACP today, we are greatly encouraged to see how thousands of
voices across this country representing the interests of historically underserved students have registered their clear support for
charter schools continuing to grow and expand their positive impact on public education in
communities across the United States.
As seen with the tremendous growth of
charter schools within urban
communities and even in films such as The Lottery, these families will support school reform with their feet and with their
voices.
Led by the
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill
Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's
charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill
charter public schools and serves as the
voice for over 30,000
charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill
charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with
charter public schools and concerns about the bill
charter public schools and concerns about the bill itself.
We are excited to move forward in conjunction with the new LAUSD SELPA reorganization efforts to implement the flexibility and autonomy of our
charter that has been so successful in providing an education and a
voice to our
community.
The new group of independent schools «will be a welcomed
voice» in the
charter movement, she says, while adding that «advocating for independent,
community - based schools is in the National Alliance's DNA.»
About CCSA Families CCSA Families (formerly Families That Can) is part of the California
Charter Schools Association, a nonprofit organization that helps empower charter school leaders, teachers, and parents to make their voices heard in the state capitol and in their local commu
Charter Schools Association, a nonprofit organization that helps empower
charter school leaders, teachers, and parents to make their voices heard in the state capitol and in their local commu
charter school leaders, teachers, and parents to make their
voices heard in the state capitol and in their local
communities.
Help us equip our
communities with the tools to find their collective
voice and use it to benefit students and the
charter school movement at large.
LA's
charter community will show our strength and raise our
voices on Feb. 4 to make sure that our leaders put students first!
«It is important that legislators hear these combined
voices from the
charter school
community as they advocate to ensure
charter supportive policies are passed and bills that impede
charter school growth are opposed.»
Charter schools are a place where parents and community members can truly have a voice in their schools, and charter schools add depth and breadth to a school district that is beneficial for the whole district and education
Charter schools are a place where parents and
community members can truly have a
voice in their schools, and
charter schools add depth and breadth to a school district that is beneficial for the whole district and education
charter schools add depth and breadth to a school district that is beneficial for the whole district and education system.
That has not stopped wealthy donors and their political allies from pushing unaccountable
charter growth in urban centers while stripping
communities of a
voice in their children's education.
The purpose of Tuesday's demonstration is to express to lawmakers that the state budget silences the
voices of the
charter school
community, and that the demands for fair and equitable treatment have fallen on deaf ears.
In addition, an array of
community voices — including UW - Madison faculty members, state lawmakers, parents and potentially any city resident — will be invited to help develop the request for proposals that Bennett aims to issue this summer to gather proposals for independent
charter schools, which under state law must be tuition - free and open to all students in the two districts.
Meanwhile, the press release quoted the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), which was founded by Achievement First's Jonathan Sackler [the same Jonathan Sackler who held a $ 40,000 fundraiser last May for the political action committee affiliated with Governor Malloy] as saying, «We welcome [the New York
charter school association] and look forward to working with the Network to further ensure that the
voices of
communities, families and students who demand more quality public school choices are heard loud and clear in Connecticut.»