Sentences with phrase «charter school background»

The PTO is not only taking issue with Perry's charter school background, but also charged that he is «profiting off of public school funds,» and making «fraudulent claims» about addressing students» needs.

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Here is her background: — State Senator — Helped to build charter schools for at risk youths — Attorney for 30 years — Built her own business and acually MET a payroll — 5 children of her own and 23 foster children — Representative for 5 years — True fiscal conservative

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

In the waiver application, expected to be accepted on Monday, the mayor emphasized Black's managerial background as Chairman of Hearst Magazines, but also noted her membership to several educational boards including that of the Harlem Village Academies Charter School.

The findings reported here indicate that it is unlikely that charter schools — a prominent effort to increase school choice, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds — are making the problem worse.

Most notably, parents of charter - school students are more likely to be of minority background than are parents of either district - or private - school students (see Figure 1).

The significance of the coefficients on the private - and district - school indicators allows us to test whether there is a statistically significant difference between charter - school parents and parents from either of the other sectors, after adjusting for differences in the observable background characteristics of the parents they serve.

The studies, «What Do Parents Think of Their Children's Schools: EdNext poll compares charter, district, and private schools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's SSchools: EdNext poll compares charter, district, and private schools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's Sschools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's SchoolsSchools?

Each of these differences is statistically significant after adjusting for differences in the background characteristics of parents using district and charter schools.

This year's class makes my point — a great cross-section of students, some with teaching experience, some with a business background, one in the Harvard Law School, and several from overseas — but all wanting to see how they could put to work the freedom and flexibility afforded by the charter model.

With this as background, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just released a public - opinion survey showing that 71 percent of Kentuckians want charter sCharter Schools just released a public - opinion survey showing that 71 percent of Kentuckians want charter sSchools just released a public - opinion survey showing that 71 percent of Kentuckians want charter scharter schoolsschools.

The database contains individual - level information on test scores and background characteristics for all students in grades 3 through 8 in the state's public schools, charter and traditional.

Icahn Charter Schools build background knowledge to drive learning Student achievement places Icahn among NYC's top performing charter nCharter Schools build background knowledge to drive learning Student achievement places Icahn among NYC's top performing charter ncharter networks

If Rev. Johnson would like to open a charter school in the classrooms he uses for Sunday school, he will have a particularly hard time completing the 700 page application in a way that satisfies the PM's rubrics and his educational background may not appear as impressive.

Along the way, Brill gives background on Albert Shanker and the rise of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the 1983 report of President Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education and what presidents have done since, the creation of TFA by Wendy Kopp, and on David Levin and KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) and other successful efforts to create charter schools.

Kevin Hall: At a minimum, a high - quality charter school produces a vast majority of students who meet or exceed academic standards regardless of their ethnic or socioeconomic background and who are well prepared for postsecondary success.

By providing access to private and parochial schools as well as charter and other public schools, vouchers begin to level the playing field for families from lower income backgrounds.

We can not confidently extrapolate the results to very different charter schools, students from very different backgrounds, or students who enter in atypical grades.

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgCharter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgSchools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgCharter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgcharter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

Spurred by a team of three biology, math, and humanities teachers at High Tech High, a public charter school in San Diego, these diverse students — of widely mixed academic levels and socioeconomic backgrounds — created the book as the central project of their junior year.

Across the country, charter public schools are serving a higher percentage of students from low - income backgrounds than district - run public.

They explain that the challenges for researchers are that the school effect must be disaggregated from family background, and that their methods must account for «selection bias» — the likelihood that children whose parents choose a charter school are already different from those whose parents do not.

But the longer school days, intensive support, and individual attention public charter schools provide is often exactly what it takes to level the playing field for kids from low - income backgrounds.

Political and Social Climate: A clear sense of this aspect of the climate relative to the establishment of charter schools in Michigan was gained by reading the background information and description of the establishment of the authorizing agencies, especially with reference to the authority of the universities to act as charter school authorizers.

«The opportunity to use random assignment - the lotteries - to study and compare two important models for school decentralization means that the students we compared were very similar in terms of family background, motivation, and anything else you might think of except for the likelihood of attending a charter or pilot school.»

«What Do Parents Think of Their Children's Schools: EdNext poll compares charter, district, and private schools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's SSchools: EdNext poll compares charter, district, and private schools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's Sschools nationwide,» by Samuel Barrows, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. West and «How Satisfied are Parents from Various Backgrounds with Their Children's SchoolsSchools?

Comparing Noble high schools only to other charter schools and adjusting for other differences in students» background produces an estimated Noble effect of 13 percentage points on college enrollment — a large, significant difference.

Twenty - five years isn't a long time relative to the history of public and private schooling in the United States, but it is long enough to merit a close look at the charter - school movement today and how it compares to the one initially envisaged by many of its pioneers: an enterprise that aspired toward diversity in the populations of children served, the kinds of schools offered, the size and scale of those schools, and the background, culture, and race of the folks who ran them.

A handful of New Orleans schools joined together last year to help launch the National Coalition of Diverse Charter Schools an organization for schools that are designed to appeal to families from diverse backgrounds, Dreilingerschools joined together last year to help launch the National Coalition of Diverse Charter Schools an organization for schools that are designed to appeal to families from diverse backgrounds, DreilingerSchools an organization for schools that are designed to appeal to families from diverse backgrounds, Dreilingerschools that are designed to appeal to families from diverse backgrounds, Dreilinger notes.

As an open - enrollment public charter school network, KIPP Delta welcomes students from all backgrounds and abilities and is committed to providing an excellent education to all students with special needs who choose to enroll.

«Todd's background with charter schools, school finance research and deep roots in Michigan will make him an invaluable member of our diverse group of education and business leaders,» said Dr. Wanda Cook - Robinson, Oakland Schools superintendent and member of the School Finance Research Collaboschools, school finance research and deep roots in Michigan will make him an invaluable member of our diverse group of education and business leaders,» said Dr. Wanda Cook - Robinson, Oakland Schools superintendent and member of the School Finance Research Collaborschool finance research and deep roots in Michigan will make him an invaluable member of our diverse group of education and business leaders,» said Dr. Wanda Cook - Robinson, Oakland Schools superintendent and member of the School Finance Research CollaboSchools superintendent and member of the School Finance Research CollaborSchool Finance Research Collaborative.

All eight of the charter schools now on military bases are behind base security gates, according to the GAO report, «requiring civilians to complete a background check and show a pass.

But it is not only magnet schools that can attract families from all along the socioeconomic spectrum: Charter and traditional public schools can also implement specialized programs that join students from diverse backgrounds.

A video of a high school football game looped in the background as Charter Schools USA staff spoke to a small group of parents and staff from Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donna Middle Sschool football game looped in the background as Charter Schools USA staff spoke to a small group of parents and staff from Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donna Middle SSchool and Emma Donna Middle SchoolSchool.

Ms Raymond says traditional public schools no longer have the excuse that they can not be blamed for the poor performance of children because of their background; so competition from charters may improve standards in non-charters, too.

For more background on H539, which changes how charter schools are funded, see my story Bill sets up charter schools to receive funds for services they don't provide

Damon has an extensive background as a business leader in charter schools and the corporate world.

As charter school parents, we have so much in common, despite our different backgrounds and the different neighborhoods we live in.

(Los Angeles, CA)- The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Los Angeles public high schools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgCharter Schools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Los Angeles public high schools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgSchools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Los Angeles public high schools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgschools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgcharter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgschools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgschools in graduating college - ready students of all backgrounds.

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Rather than just urging struggling schools to fire teachers or bring in non-union charter school operators, Harkin suggested in October that a school could be turned around by adopting a magnet theme or approach in order to bring in a cross-section of students from all backgrounds together — an idea whose effectiveness is backed up by ample research.

He says that by taking steps like establishing magnet schools that attract students from diverse backgrounds and regulating the expansion of charter schools, more children could benefit from higher quality schools, which typically have more resources, including more experienced teachers.

His educational background includes teaching math, English language arts and social studies in district schools and public charter schools.

Outside the office, Alysson serves on the governing board of the Choice Foundation, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orléans, a free French immersion public charter school in New Orleans that reserves two - thirds of its seats for students of low - income and at - risk backgrounds.

We've come from many backgrounds, worked at every level of the public education system from the classroom to administrative leadership, taught in both school district and public charters, from grassroots to national networks.

Charter school education corporations have an ongoing obligation to clear all employees prior to employment by means of a fingerprint - supported criminal background check through the New York State Education Department's Office of School Personnel Review and Accountability including janitors, security personnel and cafeteria workers who are present when children are in the school buischool education corporations have an ongoing obligation to clear all employees prior to employment by means of a fingerprint - supported criminal background check through the New York State Education Department's Office of School Personnel Review and Accountability including janitors, security personnel and cafeteria workers who are present when children are in the school buiSchool Personnel Review and Accountability including janitors, security personnel and cafeteria workers who are present when children are in the school buischool building.

Instructional and noninstructional personnel who are hired or contracted to fill positions in any charter school and members of the governing board of any charter school, in compliance with s. 1002.33 (12)(g), must, upon employment, engagement of services, or appointment, undergo background screening as required under s. 1012.465 or s. 1012.56, whichever is applicable, by filing with the district school board for the school district in which the charter school is located a complete set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of the school or school district who is trained to take fingerprints.

A product of Minnesota public schools, Jim is also President of the Choice Foundation, the governing board of three New Orleans turnaround public charter schools that educate nearly 2,000 students from low - income and at - risk backgrounds.

Capital City Public Charter School serves students of all ages, all backgrounds, and from every Ward in the District.

But questions remain as to whether the state has the resources to ensure that existing, and future, charter schools are offering quality educations to students of all backgrounds, races and incomes.