Why not make
charter operators partners rather than competitors?
Not exact matches
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.
In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of
charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviro
charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public
Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviro
Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to
charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviro
charter school
operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting
charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviro
charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state
partners considering litigation; and supports
charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviro
charter school advocates and
operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.
And now, the 24th Street parent organizers have convinced the district to
partner with a local
charter operator to take over the struggling school; Tuesday parents get to vote on that.
If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit
charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular
charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which
partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.
Parents will choose from two local
charter operators who submitted proposals: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a K - 12
charter school in Apple Valley focused on project - based learning; and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, a K - 8 school in Hesperia that
partners with the University of La Verne.
AAC cited its plans to
partner with a growing
charter network, TeamCFA, in its application, but the state's consultant (the private firm SchoolWorks) questioned whether the group — which had yet to ink any contract with TeamCFA — should be deemed eligible for the takeover program, given state law calls for an
operator with a «record of results» turning around low - performing schools.
What makes this
charter operator an attractive
partner?
I was particularly interested to see that struggling district schools that
partner with proven
charter school
operators or other nonprofit
operators will get a two - year pause from state accountability rules.
The bill was intentionally designed to give autonomy to the local district and
charter operator (or nonprofit
partner) to build a relationship, identify areas of need, and collaborate on solutions in those areas.
The Public School Choice Initiative will allow competition among teams of internal and external stakeholders, such as local educators, administrators, community members and organizations,
charter school
operators, non-profit organizations, and labor
partners.
We
partner with school
operators — education entrepreneurs — who join our network for the opportunity to autonomously design, launch, and manage new schools, and want the support and resources of a large successful
charter network.
Community members rallied around the school, pushed against a district plan to allow a
charter operator to run it, and helped choose
partner Johns Hopkins - affiliate Talent Development Secondary to work with teachers and school staff to strengthen academics.
In November, we
partnered with Kathy Hamel at
Charter School Growth Fund, Sajan George at Matchbook Learning, Paige McLean at Achievement First
Charter Network Accelerator, and Ben Rayer to bring together more than 30
operators who have either committed to restarting struggling schools or are interested in exploring the opportunity.
She serves on the board of
Charter Board Partners, a national nonprofit that designs and drives high - quality governance for charter school operators around the c
Charter Board
Partners, a national nonprofit that designs and drives high - quality governance for
charter school operators around the c
charter school
operators around the country.
It now
partners with tour
operators such as Great Rail Journeys, and after setting out from St Pancras we reached Passau and spent the first few days exploring the big - hitting capitals of Vienna and Budapest before sailing on to Belgrade and the lesser
chartered waters leading to the Danube Delta.