The Indiana Charter School Board, a seven - member statewide board, is holding a Thursday public hearing on
charter school applications from Indiana Urban Education Solutions Inc. and Responsive Education Solutions.
Teresa Villanueva (L) and her 11 - year - old daughter Laritza receive help on
their charter school application from Barrio Logan College Institute counselor Jennifer Pena (R) in San Diego, California, February 7, 2013.
«Earlier this month [November 2014], the New York Board of Regents moved to approve
a charter school application from Steve Perry, a principal of a public school in Connecticut who has formed a charter school management company in the hopes of opening up charter schools in the greater New York City region.
Not exact matches
Here's yet another TV ad
from the pro-
charter school group Education Reform Now, which is pushing Albany to raise the
charter cap in advance of the next «Race to the Top» funding
application deadline on June 1.
The board is also responsible for vetting and approving most
charter school applications, and its rejection of a round of new
schools in the city this year earned her ire
from the other side of the aisle.
SUNY — which licenses
charter schools — plans to demand more information
from the high - performing Success Academy and other
charter -
school operators about their disciplinary and suspension policies before signing off on new
charter applications or renewals.
Bloomberg heaped praise on UFT President Mike Mulgrew, whose union is under fire
from charter school advocates who believe it blocked efforts to raise the cap in Albany in advance of the state's «Race to the Top»
application (which failed).
Building on a New York Post report
from August, the coalition noted 45
applications for new
charter school co-locations were rejected by the city.
The five other categories of obstructive responses observed are: 1) excessively denying
charter applications, 2) creating legal obstacles to
charter schools, 3) freezing or delaying payments to
charter schools, 4) withholding information
from charter schools, and 5) using regulations to restrict choice or interfere with competition.
Our study data are collected as follows: First, the information
from each
charter school application is sent to the New York City Department of Education for inclusion in its administrative database.
The bill lifting the
charter cap
from 200 to 460
schools passed the state assembly 91 - 43 just 3 days before the second RttT
application deadline on June 1, 2010, and New York ultimately was among the 10 finalists to win a $ 700 million RttT grant.
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 th
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 th
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 the best.
An existing grantee that wishes to use, or allow
charter schools receiving CSP funds to use, weighted lotteries under the circumstances in E-3 must seek approval
from the Department to do so by amending its grant
application.
A Pennsylvania court held that a
school district lacked standing to contest the grant of a
charter application, even though the
school district had alleged that the new
school would draw students (and thus state funds) away
from the district.
By capping the number of
charter schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of
schools per district, and providing for input
from the local district before approval of
charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more control over the establishment of
charter schools than some states.
Just as damaging would be (as is the case in at least twenty - four of our thirty cities) the failure to establish common
applications that allow families to rank their options —
from comprehensive district
schools to magnet
schools to
charters — without the burden of filling out dozens of forms.
The new Algiers
Charter School Association emphasized the benefits of being liberated
from Orleans Parish
School Board policies, which, according to the association's
application, «currently consist of over a one foot thick set of documents that have not been reviewed for consistency and necessity in the past 20 years.»
Twenty groups hoping to run new
charter schools submitted 43 applications to a review committee, comprising a team from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and local, state, and national represent
charter schools submitted 43
applications to a review committee, comprising a team
from the National Association of
Charter School Authorizers and local, state, and national represent
Charter School Authorizers and local, state, and national representatives.
A highlight of this cooperation is My
School DC, a program making it easier for district and charter parents to choose from the many D.C. school options available through a common lottery application s
School DC, a program making it easier for district and
charter parents to choose
from the many D.C.
school options available through a common lottery application s
school options available through a common lottery
application system.
As Harris says in the brief: «The NACSA rating is also positively related to future years of renewal, signaling that NACSA is able to discern
from the
application process what kinds of
charter schools the state wants to maintain.»
And
from New Hampshire to California,
charter schools large and small, honored and obscure, have developed complex
application processes that can make it tough for students who struggle with disability, limited English skills, academic deficits or chaotic family lives to even get into the lottery.
The contract is an essential document, separate
from the
charter application, that establishes the legally binding agreement and terms under which the
school will operate and be held accountable.
Even when
charter schools use simple
applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of
school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come
from more motivated families» than kids in nearby district
schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.
Even before a single dime was disbursed
from the «Race to the Top» fund, we saw state legislatures take actions to support things like
charter school expansion: Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Rhode Island were not exactly lining up to help
charter schools until Duncan made clear that it would impact these states»
applications for federal funding.
Although many details remain to be ironed out, both of the bills filed so far would create a state panel that would approve
charter applications, which could come
from non-profit groups to start a new
school or parents and teachers of an existing
school.
Spokane Public
Schools expects to receive several
applications for
charters, but it's not clear how many or where they will come
from, said Steven Gering, chief academic officer.
Some public
charter schools do the same, enrolling students throughout the year
from their wait lists or
from those who applied after the usual spring
application period.
The Plato Academy
charter application is
from an out - of - town
charter company with an out - of - town
school board run by a for - profit management company.
Charter School Bids Named Finalists for Replication Efforts Brooke is selected from a competitive pool to submit a final application to open new charter schools for Boston and Chelsea st
Charter School Bids Named Finalists for Replication Efforts Brooke is selected
from a competitive pool to submit a final
application to open new
charter schools for Boston and Chelsea st
charter schools for Boston and Chelsea students.
If you live in or near one of these 12
school districts, and all of the 12 districts formally apply for and receive charter granting authority from the State Board of Education later this year, you will need to decide whether to submit your charter school application to your local school district, or to the new Washington Charter School Commi
school districts, and all of the 12 districts formally apply for and receive
charter granting authority from the State Board of Education later this year, you will need to decide whether to submit your charter school application to your local school district, or to the new Washington Charter School Comm
charter granting authority
from the State Board of Education later this year, you will need to decide whether to submit your
charter school application to your local school district, or to the new Washington Charter School Comm
charter school application to your local school district, or to the new Washington Charter School Commi
school application to your local
school district, or to the new Washington Charter School Commi
school district, or to the new Washington
Charter School Comm
Charter School Commi
School Commission.
By July 1, the picture will become clearer as officials
from Spokane Public
Schools and 12 other districts statewide submit applications detailing the types of charter schools they hope t
Schools and 12 other districts statewide submit
applications detailing the types of
charter schools they hope t
schools they hope to host.
«
charter schools — public
schools — are clearly laying out obstacles bigger than those in the
applications of private universities, with requirements that put low - income students, foster children and those
from poorly educated or immigrant families at a disadvantage.
The
application for students in grades PK3 to 12 who move into the District or who seek to transfer
from their current
school to another DC public
school (DCPS or
charter) during a given
school year.
Families seeking a transfer
from their current
school to another public school (DCPS or charter) after October 5 can complete a mid-year application by calling the My School DC Hotline at (202) 888
school to another public
school (DCPS or charter) after October 5 can complete a mid-year application by calling the My School DC Hotline at (202) 888
school (DCPS or
charter) after October 5 can complete a mid-year
application by calling the My
School DC Hotline at (202) 888
School DC Hotline at (202) 888-6336.
This year's eight fellows were selected
from a pool of over 1200
applications from teachers and instructional specialists serving in traditional public and
charter schools, as well as alternative and private
schools;
from nearly every state, grade level and instructional area, and who teach in a wide variety of urban, rural and suburban settings.
Citing serious misgivings over poor academic performances in virtual
schools, Maine's
charter school commission decided to shelve the
applications from K12 Inc. and Connections Education, who promised to reapply next year.
A state board, the Mississippi
Charter School Authorizer Board, approves applications from charter operators and regulate
Charter School Authorizer Board, approves
applications from charter operators and regulate
charter operators and regulates them.
The measure would ban the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
from overriding local boards that reject
charter school applications in A districts.
The plan for
charter growth, part of a larger proposal for 100 new
schools over the same five years, is laid out in an
application seeking $ 20 million for
charter schools from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
From the initial charter school application, authorizers must be cognizant of how CMO and EMO - operated schools differ from traditional charter schools and how they differ from each ot
From the initial
charter school application, authorizers must be cognizant of how CMO and EMO - operated
schools differ
from traditional charter schools and how they differ from each ot
from traditional
charter schools and how they differ
from each ot
from each other.
These supports are intended to help
charter schools through the entire Prop. 39 lifecycle,
from the November 1 facilities
application deadline through the May 1 response to final offers, and beyond.
The LA Unified
School Board convened at 10 a.m. and didn't adjourn until more than 12 hours later yesterday, in a series of meetings that ran the gamut from moving forward on finding a new superintendent, to confronting ugly budget realities to diving into the minutiae of charter school applica
School Board convened at 10 a.m. and didn't adjourn until more than 12 hours later yesterday, in a series of meetings that ran the gamut
from moving forward on finding a new superintendent, to confronting ugly budget realities to diving into the minutiae of
charter school applica
school applications.
Many of the
applications have come
from outside the district and
from families inside SAISD whose children are currently enrolled in
charter schools or private
schools.
«It takes away a huge, huge chunk of money
from their chunk of money» The fights in Maplewood and Millburn are reminiscent of what East Brunswick went through last year, before the DOE approved the
charter school's
application over parental protests and the local board of education's recommendation to deny the
application.
While the race
application drew support
from 100
school districts and more than 200
charter schools, the vast majority of the state's local educational agencies did not sign on.
The Board approved
applications from the following
schools: Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools, Aspire Public Schools, Camino Nuevo, Green Dot, Partnerships to Uplift Communities, and Synergy Charter A
schools: Alliance for College - Ready Public
Schools, Aspire Public Schools, Camino Nuevo, Green Dot, Partnerships to Uplift Communities, and Synergy Charter A
Schools, Aspire Public
Schools, Camino Nuevo, Green Dot, Partnerships to Uplift Communities, and Synergy Charter A
Schools, Camino Nuevo, Green Dot, Partnerships to Uplift Communities, and Synergy
Charter Academy.
Local
school boards account for 173 of 175 potential
charter school authorizers in Kentucky and are required under KRS 160.1594 to, among other tasks, «solicit, invite, and evaluate
applications from applicants.»
GCSA
charter schools applying for the award must complete a rigorous
application that is reviewed by an independent panel of evaluators
from the education and nonprofit sectors.
Charter school supporters and advocates frequently point to the broad choices that families have when seeking a
school in New Orleans, where most of the 82 public
schools are
charters and most accept
applications from across the city.
Eyeing Gary's ripe population of dropouts, two other dropout recovery
schools considered applying for
charters from the Indiana
School Board last year, but withdrew their
applications for now.