Sentences with phrase «charter school committee»

It comes as no surprise that in New York the SUNY Charter School committee voted to approve its controversial regulations that will allow SUNY authorized charter schools to certify their own teachers.

While this model is not as well tested in New York State, the SUNY Charter School Committee just opened the entire system of SUNY authorized charter schools to give it a try.

The CSD is overseen and monitored by the Charter School Committee and the ACNW Board of Directors.

In a school's reauthorization year, ACNW will send a team of evaluators to conduct Reauthorization Site Visits in preparation for recommendations to the Charter School Committee and Board of Directors.

The Charter School Committee (CSC) is a standing committee of the ACNW Board of Directors, and is charged by the board with overseeing authorizing activities.

The plan, developed by the state education department and the state board's charter school committee, has several long - term goals.

The UFT / NYSUT lawsuit, which asks the court to overturn the Charter School Committee's action, said the new rules would not only «significantly undercut the quality of teaching in SUNY - approved charter schools,» but also would create «an essentially fake certification process, one not valid for employment in New York's public school districts, other charter schools or the public schools of other states.»

The SUNY Charter School Committee put a high - performing Bronx charter school on probation for not meeting teacher certification standards.

Another provision gave the State University of New York board of trustees» charter school committee new latitude to regulate the schools it oversees.

The proposal, which would allow high - achieving charter schools to develop their own teacher certification requirements, was quietly floated in the last hours of the 2017 legislative session and appeared this week on the agenda for an emergency meeting of the SUNY board of trustees» charter school committee, convened three days after public notice was first issued during a holiday week.

Also at 10 a.m., the Charter Schools Committee of the State University of New York board of trustees meets, The SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th St., Multipurpose Room, Manhattan.

Also at 10 a.m., the Charter Schools Committee of the SUNY Board of Trustees meets, State University Plaza, 353 Broadway, Boardroom, Albany.

Also at 10 a.m., the charter schools committee of the State University of New York board of trustees meet, SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th St., Global Classroom, Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., the Charter Schools Committee of the SUNY board of trustees holds a public meeting, SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th St., Manhattan.

The regulations, approved by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee on Wednesday, were tweaked from the original proposal, which would have cut the number of hours of classroom instruction a teacher must receive to only 30.

The controversial proposal approved by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee is slightly different than an earlier one.

Elia said the tweaking of the teacher certification process is in sharp contrast to a proposal being considered by the State University of New York Board of Trustees charter schools committee.

The controversial proposal approved Wednesday by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee is slightly different than an earlier one.

The charter schools committee of SUNY's Board of Trustees voted to approve regulations that will allow some schools to design their own teacher - training programs and certify their own teachers.

Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, the city teachers» union, had urged the members of the charter schools committee on Wednesday morning to reject the regulations, which he said would lower standards for charter schoolteachers, and promised to sue if the new regulations were approved.

Also at 10 a.m., the SUNY Charter Schools Committee holds a public meeting, The SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th St., Global Classroom, Manhattan.

Some 220 students at Ark Community Charter School in Troy may be displaced if final court proceedings affirm a SUNY Trustees Charter Schools Committee decision that agreed with findings by SUNY's Charter Schools Institute that Ark failed to meet its academic goals.

The chairman of the SUNY charter schools committee, Joseph Belluck, said that he was aware of Mr. Flanagan's letter.

It introduced a vague provision that appeared to grant the charter schools committee of the State University of New York's board of trustees new powers to regulate the charter schools it oversees.

With this irresponsible action, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee has eroded the quality of teachers in New York State and negatively impacted student achievement.»

NYSUT and its largest local affiliate, the UF, today sued to block the SUNY Charter Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to work in SUNY - authorized charter schools.

All our kids deserve to be taught by teachers who have gone through a rigorous process, but the Charter Schools Committee has just approved a measure that would toss these standards aside for charters — all because some charter schools have trouble meeting them.»

New regulations approved by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee at its meeting Oct. 11, 2017 would remove or reduce most of these standards, including fewer hours of instruction in teaching skills, only a week of practice instruction and only one certification exam, among other lighter standards.

The UFT Charter HS in Brooklyn won unanimous approval from the SUNY Charter Schools Committee on Feb. 13 for a five - year renewal of the school's operating charter.

UFT representatives filed suit in Manhattan State Supreme Court today to prevent the Charter Schools Committee of the State University of New York from creating a new and less rigorous set of certification standards for some of the state's charter schools.

The UFT and NYSUT filed a lawsuit on Oct. 12 to prevent the weakening of teacher certification standards after the SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee voted the previous day to allow some charter schools to create their own in - house teacher certification programs with watered - down standards.

The New York state NAACP sought to join a lawsuit filed by city and state teachers unions to prevent the Charter Schools Committee of the State University of New York from implementing its less rigorous certification standards for some of the state's charter schools.

So Dr. Pedro Noguera resigned from the SUNY board last week, apparently responding to negative feedback from anti-education reform forces for his role as head of the board's Charter Schools Committee.

And so I can't help but emit some combination of a chuckle and a groan at the reaction to the SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee's decision yesterday to permit charter schools to hire teachers without the standard year of coursework and promise to complete a Master's degree but, instead, have 160 hours of instruction in behavior management, lesson planning and other skills; have 40 hours of supervised experience in the field; and pass one exam designed to test strategies for teaching students with special needs and English learners.

The SUNY Board of Trustees» Charter Schools Committee approved eight new schools on Monday.

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Not exact matches

Democrats are blasting the TV ad money being spent by a independent expenditure committee backed by charter school advocates in the race for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County.

The independent expenditure spending over the last month has been largely dominated by the usual players: Committees funded by real estate or wealthy supporters of charter school expansion.

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.

Another group, Catholics For Independent Action, transferred $ 250,000 on April 6 to New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, the political action committee arm of StudentsFirstNY, a grassroots organization that has pushed for education reform policies and charter school support.

The political action committee is an arm of StudentsFirstNY, a group that has supported education reform and charter schools.

The Riverdale Country bill was recently reported out of the Senate Committee on Authorities, Corporations and Commissions, headed by Bill Perkins (D - Manhattan), a charter - school basher.

A SUNY Board of Trustees committee voted Wednesday to let some charter schools certify their own teachers.

The Chancellor of the State University of New York is defending a SUNY board committee's decision to lower some requirements for teachers at some charter schools.

Regulations adopted by the State University of New York's committee on charter schools is illegal and allows unqualified teachers to work, the state's umbrella teachers union group on Wednesday said.

Former Assembly Education Committee Chairman Steve Sanders explains his «evolution» on charter schools.

The poll cited seven different possible rationales for rejecting Cuomo: the Moreland Commission scandal, cuts in school aid, tax cuts, his alliance with a «shadowy» group called the Committee to Save New York, his donations from Republicans including the Koch Brothers and Ken Langone, his support for charter schools, and his «values,» which show he «caters to the wealthy and corporations.»

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D - Queens), chair of the Education Committee and a close ally of the United Federation of Teachers, was wondering why a highly rated charter that wanted to open a second school in her district was rejected.

Notable donors: Voice of Teachers for Education Committee, a group associated with education union NYSUT; Coalition for Public Charter Schools, a pro-charter school political action committee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman StephCommittee, a group associated with education union NYSUT; Coalition for Public Charter Schools, a pro-charter school political action committee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman Stephcommittee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman Stephen Levin.

He gave $ 264,441 to the Senate GOP and wrote a pair of million - dollar checks to New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, an independent expenditure committee created by charter school supporters that helps the conference.