Sentences with phrase «charter leaders on»

Microsoft founder Bill Gates spoke to charter leaders on the success, innovation, and challenges in charter schools across the nation, including California....

Initial discussion with charter leaders on strategy and collective action in response to LAUSD's overreaching oversight practices.

For the last several months, CCSA staff worked with Chico charter leaders on an aligned and aggressive strategy in pursuit of equitable access to facilities for charter students.

Not exact matches

Constitutional Property Rights Flanked by Lethbridge Conservative Member of Parliament Jim Hillyer and Lacombe - Ponoka MLA Rod Fox, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith announced her plans to introduce a motion calling on property rights to be included in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

WHEREAS, hundreds of Muslim scholars and intellectuals from over 120 countries, along with representatives of Islamic and international organizations, as well as leaders from diverse religious groups and nationalities, gathered in Marrakesh on this date to reaffirm the principles of the Charter of Medina at a major conference;

Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still on waiting lists.»

Editor Chip Romer will report FROM THE FIELD on a roundtable discussion with five school leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in Sonoma, CA.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive of the effort to strengthen charter schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap on the alternative public schools by 100.

Meanwhile, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos told the NY Post he's prepared to fight on behalf of charter schools during the ongoing budget negotiations with Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

The mayor's words of support come as Johnson is being targeted, along with Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, by the AFL - CIO for his «yes» vote on charter schools, as well as a host of other issues with which the union is displeased.

That's where they stand, and they are also prepared to leave town without a deal should the other leaders stick to their guns on charters.

The mayor also predicted dire consequences if he loses his showdown with state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who wants to lift the cap on the number of privately run public schools in the city, now set at 23 new charters.

The pile - on continued into the weekend, as other union leaders lambasted the WFP, which was founded in New York in 1998, for straying from the charter of its founders.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Mancharter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» ManCharter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) and Craig Johnson (D - Nassau) dismissed the AFL - CIO's distribution of leaflets that attack them for championing an expansion of charter schools and opposing unions on other pocketbook issues.

At 9 a.m., hundreds of charter school parents from Brooklyn join state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. and other Brooklyn community leaders at a rally to celebrate the impact of charter schools on Brooklyn's communities, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

The measure backed by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan would tie mayoral control to raising the statewide cap on charter schools.

The Labour leader pledged a sovereign conference, a charter of rights for party members and widening representation on the party's National Executive Committee to reflect the rapid rise in membership.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Sunday introduced a trio of bills that would extend mayoral control of New York City schools and bolster charter schools at the same time as the legislative session begins to wind down.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

But with half of the session's last scheduled day behind them, the state's top men still have not reached a resolution and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he was still refusing to give on a push by Cuomo and Senate leaders to help charter schools.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

ALBANY — Two of the state's top education leaders say there isn't an urgent need to raise or eliminate the state's cap on charter schools since a third of the available charters under the limit have not yet been awarded.

Last year, after talking tough about forcing charter schools to pay rent, de Blasio showed no appetite for taking on the movement's noisiest leader, Eva Moskowitz.

It hasn't been lost on his administration that Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson has delivered for the mayor on two of the three big issues the mayor cared deeply about: School governance (although that came amid the coup and was very messy) and charter schools.

A charter school advocate and major donor to Gov. Cuomo made racist remarks on Facebook about Senate Democratic Minority Leader, according to a report Thursday.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan last week introduced a bill that extend mayoral control for 12 months and raise the state's cap on charter schools by 100.

The legislative leaders and the governor made some progress yesterday, reportedly reaching a deal on education that adds $ 300 million in additional spending to the $ 807 million boost Cuomo proposed, spends $ 340 million on pre-K — most of which is going to NYC — and also hikes per - pupil state aid for charter schools, though they would have to agree to be audited by the state comptroller.

Now, those leaders are beginning to craft their legislative priorities, which will include eliminating the state's cap on charter schools, increasing funding for established charters, and establishing more accountability measures for district schools and teachers.

At 9:40 a.m., leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter schools in public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The newspaper industry looked to be on a collision course with parliament today after it dramatically announced it would reject the royal charter agreed by party leaders.

Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Flanagan insisted he would not agree to a long - term extension without a deal on charters, but didn't rule out a short term extension.

Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.

The union leaders said the talks were not unusual and insisted they were not pulling back on their TV ads and social - media outreach attacking the governor's proposals to strengthen teacher evaluations, streamline disciplinary hearings and expand charter schools.

Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»

Charter - school foes have pounced on Success Academy Chairman Dan Loeb's racially insensitive criticism of Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins as a pretext to drain their resources, the school group's CEO said in a statement.

The schedule called for the New York State Legislature to be home for the summer by this week, but lawmakers are still in Albany as legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo try to reach agreement on a number of major issues, including making the 2 percent tax cap permanent, and changes to the charter school limit.

Moskowitz, the de facto leader of the local charter movement who attacked de Blasio's position on charter schools during the primary, made attendance at the march mandatory for her parents and students, but she remained relatively inconspicuous throughout the morning.

The meeting was an attempted show of goodwill between the city's charter contingent and the administration, despite the fact that charter leaders have said the mayor's proposals to charge some charters rent on a sliding scale and put a moratorium on charter co-locations would threaten their existence.

ALBANY — At a rally on the Capitol steps, Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate leaders intimated that charter schools would get a boost in the budget, while down the street, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push for the inclusion of a local tax increase to fund pre-kindergarten programs.

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.

Two of the city's most prominent charter school leaders criticized the de Blasio administration on Saturday, after a meeting with schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and about 100 city charter officials on Saturday morning.

Those leaders did as they were asked on Wednesday, releasing a statement in support of mayoral control on behalf of the Coalition of Community Charter Schools, a group that has had a complex relationship with City Hall over the last several months.

While Duncan made it clear he's not familiar with the specifics of the end - of - legislative - session battle in Albany, his broad position that charter schools should be a part of a political compromise aligns with that of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who is battling the mayor on the renewal.

Shafran said Senate staffers and Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson worked «through the night» on the charter legislation (passed very early this morning without GOP support by the Assembly, which also pulled an all - nighter).

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«I think I've made it pretty clear that we think charter schools should be an integral part of any discussion on mayoral control,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said after meeting with Cuomo and other legislative leaders.

Influential Brooklyn Democratic leader and Assemblyman Vito Lopez is backing legislation to raise the cap on charter schools, giving the measure a boost in the Assembly.

*** Photo Left to Right: Althea Williams, Founder and President of «Youth Leaders On The Move;» Loretta Masterson, President of the Sack Wern Houses Residents Council; April D. Horton, Director of External and Government Affairs at Verizon; Senator Jeff Klein; Darrin Speight, President of the Shorehaven Condo Association; Paul Moore, Principal of Moore Development Group; Debra Stern, Founder and Executive Director of the Amani Public Charter School.