Sentences with phrase «charter school corporation»

After all, his previous Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, had a personal financial stake in Achievement First Charter School Corporation while pushing cities around our state to authorize Achievement First schools, thereby presenting a clear conflict of interest.

A charter school corporation has received immunity from a lawsuit, due to a state law protecting government agencies and officials.

A group calling itself the Mount Vernon Charter School Corporation has proposed running a school for 80 to 100 students in kindergarten through third - grade...

Charter School Corporations see $ $ $ $ $ not students.

Danyela Egorov, Regional Director of the Santa Clara County California Charter Schools Association disagreed with the recent San Jose Inside post that discussed charter school corporations.

«Focusing on our kids, helping them be comfortable and ready to learn, is more important than enriching charter school corporations.»

It is a shame that Malloy has resorted to disaster capitalism as his mode for educational reform and has been bought by charter school corporations.

And thanks to Presidents George W. Bush and Barak Obama, federal law provides that failing schools can be handed over to charter school management companies... and with it hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds going to private charter school corporations to run public schools.

Not exact matches

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.

In fact, the rulemaking would require applicants to sign an «affirmation» acknowledging that «the certification the candidate will receive... is not transferrable to any education corporation / charter school not authorized by [SUNY] or to any district school, and may not be recognized as a teacher certification under regulations of the state commissioner of education.»

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.»

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sSchools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sschools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schoolsschools.

The project, dubbed Alexander Landing, was submitted to the Empire State Development Corporation and would also include a charter school, a medical facility, retail, parking and open space, according to Crain's.

Another independent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

The SUNY Charter Institute, the regulations read, «acknowledges that many schools and education corporations it oversees that have demonstrated strong student performance have had difficulty hiring teachers certified in accordance with the requirements of the regulations of the commissioner of education.»

Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar charter and public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.

Ron Zimmer, of the RAND Corporation, and two colleagues studied the impact of charters in Michigan, one of the most chartered states in the nation, and determined that private schools were taking as big a hit as traditional public schools because of charters.

In May 2011, Daniels signed into law legislation that among other provisions, allows charters to lease or purchase for $ 1 any unused, closed, or unoccupied school building that is maintained by a school corporation.

A number of strong nonprofits currently serve the national charter community, including New York — based Civic Builders, Los Angeles — based Pacific Charter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development Corpocharter community, including New York — based Civic Builders, Los Angeles — based Pacific Charter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development CorpoCharter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development CorpoCharter School Development Corporation.

For example, NCB Development Corporation used its $ 6.4 million grant to create the Charter School Capital Access Program; the grant dollars comprise a «first loss reserve» - money that serves as a buffer for lenders in case payments fall through - on a $ 45 million loan pool that NCB and the Reinvestment Fund raised from large financial institutions.

What if cities (rather than school districts) were to create corporations, authorize them to do financing, and assign them the task of managing the public - school facilities portfolio so that both district and charter schools could be housed?

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) reviewed 229 rated charter - school issuances and found only one default, a rate of 0.4 percent.

In 2011, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation that allows charters to lease or purchase for $ 1 any unused, closed or unoccupied school building that is maintained by a school corporation.

In my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and colleges.

This article is adapted from research reported in Charter Schools in Eight States (RAND Corporation, 2009).

CREDO found that non-profit schools made much larger test gains than for - profit ones, prompting AFT president Randi Weingarten to thunder «this CREDO study confirms that for - profit charter and virtual schools serve the interests of corporations» rather than kids.

This vision differs somewhat from that of the management of charter schools by privately run corporations, a trend that the AFT has opposed in recent years.

As scholar Bruce Fuller points out, charter school proponents need «a devil's advocate, a loyal opposition,» a role played by the RAND Corporation and by academics like Fuller himself.

The plaintiff, Michael Caviness, had been employed for six years as a teacher of health and physical education and a track coach at Horizon Community Learning Center, a nonprofit corporation that operated a charter school in Phoenix.

The proportion of charters that get amazing results is far smaller than 17 percent.Why did Davis Guggenheim pay no attention to the charter schools that are run by incompetent leaders or corporations mainly concerned to make money?

[Reformers] do not complain when for - profit corporations run charter schools or when educational services are outsourced to for - profit businesses.

The Board of Directors oversees all operations of the corporation including the operations of its charter schools.

But by 1993, he said charters are no different from vouchers, because they both open the door to corporations coming in and running public schools.

The book, co-published by the Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) and Beaver's Pond Press, is scheduled to be released...

CSDC receives capital grant to Help Spur Job Creation in the US (Hanover, MD, April 27, 2012) The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC), a community development loan fund specializing in financing for charter school organizations, announced today that it has received a $ 230,000 capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance NetworkCharter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC), a community development loan fund specializing in financing for charter school organizations, announced today that it has received a $ 230,000 capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Networkcharter school organizations, announced today that it has received a $ 230,000 capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN).

(April, 2017) Drawing on its facilities and financing expertise, Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has partnered with Santa Fe South Schools to utilize NMTC financing for the purchase and gut renovation of the charter school's seventh location, a dedicated high school to be relocated to a 155,000 square foot abandoned mall on Oklahoma City's SouCharter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has partnered with Santa Fe South Schools to utilize NMTC financing for the purchase and gut renovation of the charter school's seventh location, a dedicated high school to be relocated to a 155,000 square foot abandoned mall on Oklahoma City's Soucharter school's seventh location, a dedicated high school to be relocated to a 155,000 square foot abandoned mall on Oklahoma City's Southside.

Questions about the legal status of charter schools — which receive taxpayer money but are privately run, usually by nonprofit corporations — are broad, existential ones in Texas, where disputes over school funding are among the Legislature's most contentious.

Two Roads Charter School moves into ideal location with the help of CSDC (Arvada, CO, September 14, 2011) Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce its acquisition of the former Maranatha Christian Center for lease, with option to purchase, to Two Roads Charter School (TRCS).

The International Spanish Language Academy (ISLA) Receives Prestigious Blue Ribbon School Designation (Hanover, MD, October 1, 2013) The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) congratulates the International Spanish Language Academy (ISLA) in Minnetonka, Minnesota for being recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School.

The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is celebrating this milestone anniversary...

(June 1, 2015, Columbia, MD) Ten Charter School Development Corporation (CSDC) charter schools made U.S. News and World Report's 2015 list of America's Best Public High SCharter School Development Corporation (CSDC) charter schools made U.S. News and World Report's 2015 list of America's Best Public High Scharter schools made U.S. News and World Report's 2015 list of America's Best Public High Sschools made U.S. News and World Report's 2015 list of America's Best Public High SchoolsSchools.

CSDC Uses Financial Assistance Award to Expand Lending Programs (Hanover, MD, August 7, 2012) The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), a division of U.S. Department of Treasury, has announced a maximum $ 1,453,806 Financial Assistance award to the Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC).

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The Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that, together with its general contractor, Meyer Najem Construction, received the 2013 «Award of Excellence» for its economic and efficient design and construction of the Charles...

Rhetoric Versus Reality — What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation).

(April 13, 2015) Columbia, MD — Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has announced the result of their partnership with the Minnesota Bank & Trust (MBT) and Nonprofits Assistance Fund (NAF).

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