Sentences with phrase «charter operators in»

There are many excellent fishing charter operators in Tofino.
Some charter operators in the district expressed dismay at the CCSA's campaign, noting that it could undermine their relationships with the district board, which authorizes charters, and that the CCSA campaign put them «in a difficult position.»
These are major charter operators in Los Angeles — each operating 6 or more schools.
Green Dot is one of the largest charter operators in the city, whose founder is going to be running for Mayor next year.
The company, founded in 1999, is led by CEO Fernando Zulueta, and is one of the largest charter operators in the Sunshine state.
Both are now run by ReNEW Schools, one of the most rapidly growing charter operators in the city.
They plan to begin a joint planning process with charter operators in January 2017 with an anticipated November 2017 launch date.
Last week's panel came as Republican lawmakers pushed legislation that could wrest control of some chronically low - performing schools from local school boards, placing staffing and curriculum powers in the hands of for - profit charter operators in so - called «achievement school districts.»
These constraints bode well for Cerf's Machiavellian hypothesis, although the downside for charter operators in these fiscally constrained times is that the new mayor will be even more tempted to charge them rent.
This piece about Camden could've shed important light on the role of charter operators in reimagining a system of schools.
It's a market that has lured other charter operators in the past only to see them pull out amid periodic chills in the relationship between the U.S. and the Caribbean country.
Success Academy, the largest charter operator in New York City, will graduate its first senior class this year.
A Mercury News investigation published in April revealed how the state's online charter schools run by Virginia - based K12 Inc., the largest for - profit charter operator in the country, have «a dismal record of academic achievement» but has won more than $ 310 million in state funding over the past dozen years.
The school board approved a new charter operator in January 2013, and Desert Trails reopened under charter management in late July.
She is the first charter operator in the Texas House of Representatives, serving District 120 and charter school students across the state.
Morales said he is pleased with the new charter operator in Adelanto, but said he wouldn't go through the trigger process if he had the option of doing it all over again.
Another major charter operator in Los Angeles is Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC).
K12 operates virtual charters in 33 states, making it the largest for - profit charter operator in the country.
Given that the typical charter operator in Arizona appears to have about 550 students, while the average public school district has about 4,700 students, economies of scale could explain much of the cost gap.

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Because of that familiarity, Kumar thinks the public, charter plane operators and companies looking for a new corporate jet will feel comfortable flying in a hybrid electric plane.
Ben also serves as Chairman of the Board of KIPP New Orleans Schools, the largest charter school operator in New Orleans.
Starting next week, tour operator Cuba Travel Services will begin offering what it says is the first regularly scheduled direct charter service from New York to Havana since President Barack Obama restored diplomatic relations with the island nation in December.
John Flanagan and his Albany cronies have sold out Long Island public schools and have cut a deal with high finance charter school operators to exchange millions in taxpayer dollars for campaign cash for Chris McGrath,» said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.
Eighteen other charter school operators have rejected Moskowitz's planned protest and come out in support of de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K, saying «Tuesday is not a day to be divided.»
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.
«We're for accountability in charter schools just as in traditional public schools and assume that most candidates who aren't bought and paid for by the for - profit charter school operators will agree with us,» said WFP spokesman Dan Levitan.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, a Democrat, said in a statement that charter operators are «diverting money, resources and space from our public schools.»
But the mayor — whose approval ratings took a beating in the polls amid the school space fight — is now seeking peace with charter operators and vows to work with them.
A charter school for 175 students in kindergarten through second grade is expected to open in Uniondale in September, after the operator of The Academy Charter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institutioncharter school for 175 students in kindergarten through second grade is expected to open in Uniondale in September, after the operator of The Academy Charter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institutionCharter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institution there.
In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.
That includes opposing an increase in the charter cap until charter operators agree to serve all children.
Viverito steered more than $ 500,000 in capital funds to Dream Charter operator Harlem RBI, budget records show.
A coalition of charter school operators — including Eva Moskowitz — penned an open letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio today accusing him of deserting students in their schools.
Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.
The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»
About 95,000 students are enrolled at 207 charter schools in the Big Apple, but de Blasio has frequently sparred with operators of the schools, which mostly run without the teachers union.
Dubbed the DPS Renaissance Plan 2012, the purpose was to engage proven charter - school operators in the district's school - improvement effort.
Choices for families who don't want to have to take sides in the charter wars: Some school districts have tried to see charter school operators as potential partners rather than competitors.
If schools are failing on multiple fronts, the better strategy may be to bring in a new operator as a charter school.
The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).
Maureen Kelleher argues in Education Post that the decline in support is likely caused by «the failure of too many charter operators to live up to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and professionalism.»
Finally, the school board (which had experienced significant turnover in the November 2012 elections) agreed to hear a proposal from the parents» chosen charter operator, which hopes to take over the school in the fall.
But that option is only helpful when districts identify «surplus» space, and charter operators report that many have been unwilling to share their facilities or consolidate under - enrolled schools in order to do so.
Since then, seven «proven» school operators have been granted charters to expand their operations in Boston.
In early January, the Adelanto School Board approved the parents» recommendation for a highly qualified, nonprofit charter - school operator to begin transforming Desert Trails Elementary School in August 201In early January, the Adelanto School Board approved the parents» recommendation for a highly qualified, nonprofit charter - school operator to begin transforming Desert Trails Elementary School in August 201in August 2013.
We have recently suggested potential «grand bargains» between districts, state education agencies, and charter operators that might work to pool their strengths to address one another's challenges, in a 2017 paper titled «Better Together.»
To understand the decline in growth, Lake, et al., interviewed the operators of 74 different Bay Area charter schools; examined data on school openings, closings, authorizations, and enrollment; and reviewed media coverage, public polling data, demographic data, and facilities leasing and purchasing information.
The first casualty of the 18 percent cap was Edward Brooke Charter Schools, one of the highest - performing elementary - school operators in Massachusetts, which was denied a charter to open a fourth school in Charter Schools, one of the highest - performing elementary - school operators in Massachusetts, which was denied a charter to open a fourth school in charter to open a fourth school in Boston.
The investigation, which began in March at the request of the state Advisory Commission on Charter Schools, is one of the most serious actions taken against a charter school operator in theCharter Schools, is one of the most serious actions taken against a charter school operator in thecharter school operator in the state.
Charter advocates in the Bay Area seem to subscribe to a «survival of the fittest» ethic, which holds that because running a successful charter school requires so much capacity, if potential operators are scared off from pursuing an application without a lot of handholding, it's probably for thCharter advocates in the Bay Area seem to subscribe to a «survival of the fittest» ethic, which holds that because running a successful charter school requires so much capacity, if potential operators are scared off from pursuing an application without a lot of handholding, it's probably for thcharter school requires so much capacity, if potential operators are scared off from pursuing an application without a lot of handholding, it's probably for the best.
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