Sentences with phrase «charter growth effort»

Over the course of the application process for the second network of mayoral academies, we saw a downside of having a charter growth effort identified with mayors.

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Benjamin Riley, founder of Deans for Impact, makes the case for an abundance of caution, while Alex Hernandez, a partner at Charter School Growth Fund, supports continued efforts to get personalization right.

Viewed from Education Next's offices in Massachusetts, where efforts to lift the state's cap on charter growth in urban areas have failed despite the sector's excellent track record, the contrast is striking.

Similarly, systematic efforts to cultivate and develop quality ideas and organizations focused on elementary, secondary, and possibly even postsecondary education, perhaps modeled on the Charter School Growth Fund or NewSchools Venture Fund, must be created.

When the dust settled, some said that the teachers had won the battle over teacher evaluations, while others pointed out that they had lost the effort to cap the growth of charter schools.

Anderson justifies charter growth as an effort «to align supply with demand.»

The Charter School Hall of Fame recognizes individuals and organizations for their innovation, long - term commitment, and pioneering efforts in the growth of charter sCharter School Hall of Fame recognizes individuals and organizations for their innovation, long - term commitment, and pioneering efforts in the growth of charter scharter schools.

Each year nominations are accepted and evaluated by a selection panel that chooses new honorees based on: their pioneering efforts in the development / growth of charter schools; their long term commitment and contributions to charter schools and education; their innovative ideas and successful implementation of those ideas; and their inspiration to others in the charter school movement.

The message from Executive Director Scott Pearson and board Chairman John «Skip» McKoy was met with relief by advocates of neighborhood schools and disbelief from some who want to see more aggressive charter school growth in one of the most closely watched school reform efforts in the nation.

Just to illustrate how charter school growth is swamping any unionization efforts, NEA and AFT would have had to organize 47 of those 381 new charter schools just to maintain their small market share.

While the city's charter schools ran independently of Rhee's efforts to reform the public school system, the slow improvement in the schools overall paralleled the city's growth — as the city's population grew over the last decade, more parents chose to enroll their children in the city's school system, creating pressure for better schools and more schools.

The Charter Center spearheads public awareness campaigns and supports school leaders» efforts to engage with their communities in order to ensure the continued growth and success of the City's charter Charter Center spearheads public awareness campaigns and supports school leaders» efforts to engage with their communities in order to ensure the continued growth and success of the City's charter charter sector.

Since joining the Association in June 2007, Eileen led the Association in notable efforts including: developing a model that measures «value - added» growth in achievement, which is used for A-F rankings of all Arizona schools; creating trainings that enable teachers and school leaders to collaboratively use data; launching joint purchasing programs; filing lawsuits for equitable funding for all K - 12 students; increasing positive public perceptions of charters; and, building a comprehensive program to support prospective charter school operators.

She leads the Godzilla team, which delivers process improvement and data and technology solutions, as well as the Strategy and Operations team, which provides operational support to all Aspire schools, facilitates charter petition and compliance efforts, and supports new market / growth strategy development.

Provides high caliber teachers specifically trained to staff urban charters schools and turnaround schools, augmenting the quality of charter school growth and contributing to the success of the critical turnaround efforts taking place within the persistently lowest performing schools, particularly in Greater Boston;

The district can double - down on Superintendent Tom Boasberg's reform efforts, which include shuttering low - performing campuses, fostering the growth of charter schools and encouraging the development of campuses that have the ability to...

• Discounted legal products including model board policies, Student Code of Conduct, and a Personnel Handbook • Access to the Learning Zone, TCSA's robust online training portal, and discounted registration rates for the Texas Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter charter schools

Duncan has dispensed plenty of tips: Lift restrictions on the growth of charter schools; build data systems that show individual student progress under specific teachers and principals; seek out new ways to turn around perennially struggling schools; and sign on to efforts to develop common academic standards that are tough enough to withstand international scrutiny.

These included signing on to the Common Standards effort, facilitating the unfettered growth of charter schools, and allowing for the possibility of including student test standardized test results in evaluating teacher performance.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Greater Los Angeles As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Chris leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Los Angeles 213-634-4445 [email protected] As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Keith leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

Managing Regional Director, San Francisco Bay Area 510-344-7228 [email protected] As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Patrick leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests in the Bay Area such as charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

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.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Greater Los Angeles As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Jason leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

To help support the growth of schools, grants will fund the identification and development of new charter school facilities, efforts to recruit and prepare public school teachers and provide support and coaching to public school leaders, and efforts to deepen conversations between educators and families to create more collaboration and public participation in creating more high - quality public schools.

This new program aims to strengthen the role of state charter schools in efforts to achieve policy and advocacy wins, particularly around equitable funding and charter school growth (especially in the approval and funding of new schools).

As a third factor, the report says the effort can only succeed through an strategy of finding quality charter operators, pointing out that the state charter association has taken steps in recent years to reduce the number of «under - performing» charters and «growth for growth's sake» is not the aim.

Some districts are more rigorous in their charter applications and other districts like Denver are very open, so the growth in Denver, especially in looking at the turnaround and transformation are strongly suggested that they turn into charter schools rather than in other districts that we looked at in Pueblo and in Center and in Sheridan where they're really putting all their efforts into making the traditional school successful rather than turning it into another model..

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.