Sentences with phrase «charter expansion effort»

Organizers of the charter expansion effort declined to publicly release details of the plan.

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew said that efforts in the state Senate to tie mayoral control of the New York City school system to an expansion of charter schools is «a load of crap.»

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

There are increased union efforts to unionize charters and some big CMOs have slowed their expansion efforts in order to focus on quality.

PAA opposes efforts to privatize public education through the expansion of charters, vouchers or other privately - run programs at the expense of regular public schools.

Certainly the Obama administration's Race to the Top effort has spurred states such as California and New York to abolish or modify restrictions on the expansion of charters.

On tap for 2014: With the cap gone on the number of charter schools that can exist in the state, expect more charter operators to look toward North Carolina as fertile ground for expansion efforts.

ProgressNow, by the way, was one of the key players in ousting school reform - minded Michigan legislator Paul Scott from his statehouse seat earlier this month and has decried Gov. Rick Snyder's efforts to allow for the expansion of charter schools and school choice....»

Bobby Jindal's Push for Choice: While Dropout Nation has devoted plenty of space to reform efforts in other states, it hasn't taken as much notice as it should about what is happening in Louisiana outside of the Recovery School District effort in New Orleans, which has been the epicenter of the expansion of charter schools and school choice.

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Instead of simply reflecting on the heroism of teachers and school leaders such as Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung (who was slain while protecting a child from the murderous rampage of Adam Lanza), Ravitch decided to spend much of the piece defending tradtitionalist thinking, as well as arguing against Nutmeg State Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform efforts (including the expansion of charter schools, Ravitch's bogeyman of late).

After all, Obama has until recently made a compelling case thanks to efforts such as Race to the Top, which has managed to force states to lift or modify restrictions on the expansion of charter schools, and allow for the use of student test score growth data in teacher evaluations.

Upon moving to Atlanta, Waynica worked with The Influence1 Foundation as Program Development Manager, leading the expansion efforts of the Tennessee based organization as they worked to replicate their dual charter school / community development model.

In an effort toward conciliation, the Christie Administration appears to have signaled that it's prepared to limit charter school expansion to chronically failing urban districts.

Nearly a year after Audubon Charter students moved out of their Broadway Street campus in preparation for a major renovation and expansion project there, major construction efforts will begin there Monday and end in time for students to return in the fall of 2014, officials say.

We oppose efforts to privatize public education through the expansion of charters, vouchers or other privately - run programs at the expense of regular public schools.

In addition to making huge amount of money, TFA is about advocating and lobbying for «education reforms» that include a variety of anti-teacher positions including the excessive use of standardized testing, the expansion of charter schools and efforts to end tenure and seniority.

Any effort at any large - scale expansion of charter schools within LA Unified is a signal that whoever is behind that expansion is purposely and intentionally trying to bring about the end of this district.»

«Ravitch decided to spend much of the piece defending traditionalist thinking, as well as arguing against Nutmeg State Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform efforts (including the expansion of charter schools, Ravitch» s bogeyman of late).»

The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children's Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.»

As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.»

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

The rationale for the expansion effort is based on the report's assertions that charters do a better job of educating children than traditional public schools.

(Va.) Districts and charter schools should begin collaborating now on issues such as accountability and turnaround efforts, especially as school choice expansion quickly comes closer to becoming a reality, according to new guidance.

In a year - end wrap - up in Salon, Jeff Bryant pulls together a list of the year's charter scandals that, if evidence mattered to self - proclaimed education reformers, would change the minds of those who continue to fight every effort to rein in charter expansion and to provide even a small measure of oversight.

Students, parent activists and teachers took the stage to celebrate the defeat of Ballot Question 2, which called for a lift to the statewide cap on charter school expansion — a victory that Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni said quashed efforts to privatize public education.

As our Founder & CEO Beth Anderson has led advocacy efforts in support of lifting the current Massachusetts charter school cap, Phoenix has continued to refine and deepen its impact and outcomes, ensuring we are not only a strong proof point for the need for more Phoenix schools, but are also strategically ready for expansion across the Commonwealth.

Charter schools are poised for a major expansion in Tennessee, with some of the sector's biggest and best - known operators swooping into the state as part of an effort to turn around struggling schools...

We also report on a victory against for - profit charter expansion in Florida, and efforts to stop a district takeover in Mississippi.

Remember, this year's Los Angeles School Board race was the most expensive school board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School District.

In Rhode Island and Michigan, efforts are underway to see that charter expansion doesn't come at the expense of the education of students in the rest of the system.

It builds on the efforts of previous sessions to accelerate the expansion of charters, regardless of need through funding a pseudo - marketing / oversight arm, at Florida State University called the Florida Charter School Innovation Institute.