Sentences with phrase «charter school authorizers»

This article was adapted from a speech given at the annual conference of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers in Savannah, Georgia, in 2007.

The review board would love to be able to look at how these charter organizations improve over time, but we are limited and frustrated by the availability of data provided by the states, said Nelson Smith, senior advisor to the National Association for Charter School Authorizers and a veteran member of the 2017 Broad Prize review board.

(I believe we should be doing the same when evaluating schools, as charter school authorizers do.)

In January, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board opened the 2018 request for proposal process for those wishing to open a school in 2019 or later.

Krystal Cormack, a governor - appointed Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board member, says it is challenging for charter schools to establish themselves in Mississippi — and it is supposed to be.

April 1, 2013: Thirteen Washington school districts filed letters of intent to become charter school authorizers

Additionally, I work with charter school authorizers to share resources and information on best practices in authorizing charter schools.

Walker's 2015 - 17 spending plan includes creation of a state board attached to the Department of Public Instruction that would approve independent charter school authorizers anywhere in the state.

And as an important safeguard, the laws require charter school authorizers to approve the operators and management teams parents select.

In response to statutory change in 2009, ACNW renewed its commitment to charter schools and became an approved charter school authorizer in December 2010.

After the Metro board denied Great Hearts in May, DeLoache told Huffman he hoped its rejection might «provide an opportunity to highlight to the Governor» the need to push for a statewide charter school authorizer during the 2013 legislative session.

If these boundaries are clearly established and fully monitored by charter school authorizers, then some of the financial misuse by charters and their financial managers may be avoidable.

Charter school authorizers play an important role in ensuring equitable access.

In 2011, New City School arranged a new charter school authorizer partnership with Novation Education Opportunities.

Civic groups and leaders are helping parents learn what qualities to look for in schools, working to create high - quality schools in neighborhoods with the greatest concentrations of school - age children, asking schools to voluntarily agree to common enrollment deadlines and application processes, and putting pressure on charter school authorizers to close low - performing schools.

Charter school renewal is the time when charter school authorizers must determine if a charter school is fulfilling this promise.

As the head of Fordham's authorizing shop in Dayton, I set out to determine which indicators the best charter school authorizers in the nation were using — measures that transcended test scores.

It is now widely understood that quality charter school authorizers are critical to charter school success.

Prior to her tenure with BASIS, she served as Executive Director of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, the nation's largest charter school authorizer.

The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) is one of the top charter school authorizers in the country, based on an 11 - point evaluation of school portfolio and authorizer performance outcomes.

On Monday, Georgia's Supreme Court struck down a 2008 law that established a state - level charter school authorizer as an alternate route for building charter schools, which are publicly funded but can be privately run.

SUNY, a nationally recognized charter school authorizer for New York State has recently made headlines for approving a new, innovative approach of allowing its high - performing charter schools to certify their own teachers.

The Education Committee previously heard testimony in support of alternative charter school authorizers from leaders of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS).

It will be interesting to see what, if any, impact TREE's presence has on issues like school vouchers and a state charter school authorizer.

It is not charter school authorizers, who are only responsible for ensuring that the schools they sponsor comply with the state's charter - school law.

What are the nation's best charter school authorizers doing differently to achieve great outcomes within their communities?

A new AEI report, The Paperwork Pileup, makes the case that many charter school authorizers require applicants to fill out unnecessarily extensive applications to get approval to open a school.

Colorado districts with higher poverty rates saw higher teacher turnover, including the Charter School Institute (CSI)-- the state's only non-district charter school authorizer.

The Director of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement will manage one of NACSA's largest strategic programs and will serve as a field expert on a variety of projects, providing hands - on, customized support to charter school authorizers across the country.

Anecdotes Aren't Enough: An Evidence - Based Approach to Accountability for Alternative Charter Schools National Association of Charter School Authorizers Alternative schools — whether charter or traditional — are schools whose mission is to serve special populations including adjudicated youth, dropouts, pregnant teens, and recovering addicts.

The NJDOE is the State Education Agency (SEA) and sole charter school authorizer in New Jersey.

Governor Hogan's Proposal Establishes The Maryland Public Charter School Authority, An Independent Statewide Public Charter School Authorizer.

That question — how to make sure that charter school authorizers hold up their end of the accountability bargain — is arising a lot lately as examples of failed charter schools proliferate.

Its new report, Accountability for All: The Need for Real Charter School Authorizer Accountability in Michigan, is an important contribution.

In April 2011, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers agreed to assist DPS as the district designed a competitive and rigorous RFP (Request for Proposal) process to identify schools that it would authorize as charters beginning in fall 2011.

Early on, the role of charter school authorizers seemed so straightforward that little focus was placed on them, while the politics of chartering and the action surrounding the schools themselves consumed most of the attention.

Chicago has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the nation's most thoughtful charter school authorizers, but Mayor Richard M. Daley's high - profile push to expand on that foundation is fraught with challenges, a report from the Washington - based Progressive Policy Institute contends.

National Association of Charter School Authorizers president Greg Richmond pointed out that there are real, substantive disagreements over how to understand the civic mission of schooling.

This is the genius of effective charter school authorizers that look at a school's big picture as well as its scores.

NACSA, on the other hand, «has helped our nation's charter school authorizers improve how they do their jobs for over 15 years.»

I don't doubt that, but I also take cold comfort from his assurance that all other charter school authorizers try to «be like Mike.»

In fact, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers promotes «default closure» policies that automatically close schools based on low test score performance.

He argued in an education blog that the board's position signaled the close of an «exhilarating chapter of reform» and suggested that the District should approve a second charter school authorizer that would be willing to take the city to the next level of growth.

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers informs members that one of their core responsibilities is making sure schools are open to all, said Alex Medler, a vice president of the group.

«The August 21 episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver examined the critical importance of strong charter school authorizers and laws.

I commend NACSA for asking charter school authorizers key questions about special education.

Nelson Smith of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers responds to John Oliver's charter school segment: A Few Thoughts About John Oliver's Bleak, Unrepresentative Sample of Public Charter Schools.