Sentences with phrase «charter school district serving»

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Has served for the past dozen years on the board of the KIPP Academy charter school in the South Bronx, which is part of a national network of 200 college prep public charter schools in low - income communities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

LIBERTYVILLE — The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

Since that time, and as a New York State Senator, even with the opposition of Black and Hispanic legislators, we have approved 460 charter schools, we have at least 34 charter schools that serve the families of my Senatorial District, and for this, I am very proud.

Matthew Titone, who has 954 students on waiting lists in his district on Staten Island's North Shore, said charter schools in his area «do excellent work serving kids with special needs.»

A group led by Christina Johnson, an educator and local resident, applied to the SUNY Charter Schools Institute earlier this year to establish the Mohawk Valley Community Charter School within the Utica School District to serve elementary - aged children.

Sedlis added that the charter school already has a track record of serving families in District 3, which stretches from 59th to 122nd streets between the Hudson River and Central Park, and to Fifth Avenue above the park.

Those groups in competition are defined as entities that serve the same purpose of the District at the same age level, i.e., charter schools.»

By serving an entire region or market's group of charter schools, the real - estate trust would look familiar to state officials and to lenders: a single entity that grasps the intricacies of real - estate finances and serves the individual needs of multiple schools, as school districts do.

According to the Center for Education Reform, as of January 2003 there were nearly 2,700 charter schools serving more than 684,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia, just a decade after the first charter opened its doors.

To continue to serve more students, charter schools need access to district facilities and locally raised revenues.

But the path to more success takes smart leadership — a vision for building portfolios of schools that serve students well in both district and charter schools.

«An ideal situation in five years may be in a leadership role at a large urban school district, charter school network, or nonprofit organization that serves underrepresented students, especially those living in poverty,» she says.

Whether this pattern is indicative of general receptiveness on the part of these districts toward alternatives to public schools or a long - standing dissatisfaction with traditional public schools, it certainly suggests that private schools do not serve as a hindrance to the start - up of public charter schools.

All institutions, whether they are school districts, individual charter schools, charter management organizations, or state agencies, can serve students well or badly.

While district - operated schools still serve more than 80 percent of the U.S. school - age population, and private schools serve close to 10 percent, charters serve only about 6 percent (a share that is just slightly larger than that of the home - schooling sector).

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.

Cocreated with a former colleague, the database allows administrators to capture data that is particularly relevant when serving challenged populations of students, many of whom enroll at BDEA after unsuccessful starts in traditional district high schools or local charter schools.

In L.A., however, where most charters serve poor and minority students — and appear to be doing a better job of it than many of their district - school counterparts — there is more at stake.

Both Detroit's charter and traditional public - school sectors serve predominantly African American families (roughly 85 percent) with limited economic resources (in charters, 84.5 percent qualify for free or reduced - price lunch versus 81.6 percent in district schools).

But when the school district and teachers union got wind of the Broad Foundation's plan to help launch schools to serve those students, simmering tensions over charter school expansion exploded.

Chicago now has 681 public schools, including more than 130 charter campuses that serve 50,000 of the district's 400,000 students.

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely dDistrict, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely ddistrict in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disabled.

Cordes analyzed 14 years of student achievement data for 876,731 3rd — through 5th - graders attending 584 district elementary schools located in the same community school district within New York City where at least one charter school served students in the same grades.

The Fifth District was home to more than 20 charter schools serving thousands of families in Minneapolis and the surrounding suburbs.

Nationally, charter schools are 52 percent nonwhite while district schools are 41 percent nonwhite, suggesting that on the whole charters are serving traditionally underserved populations.

That level of spending may be necessary to serve our neediest students, but in no way represents an obvious cost saving over school districts and stand - alone charter schools.

Critics at the nearby Roaring Fork School District, who had long opposed the charter school's existence, had complained publicly that Ross Montessori didn't serve its share of Latino stuSchool District, who had long opposed the charter school's existence, had complained publicly that Ross Montessori didn't serve its share of Latino stuschool's existence, had complained publicly that Ross Montessori didn't serve its share of Latino students.

Originally devised to serve youngsters stuck in weak schools, the Recovery School District became the city's main provider of public education, with charters as its delivery vehicle.

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

SDP works with over 10 school districts and charter management organizations that collectively serve over 1.5 million students, 65 percent of whom are eligible for free or reduced lunch and 82 percent of whom are ethnic minorities.

As the executive director and the board chairman of the District of Columbia's independent chartering body, we are often asked whether we favor a «New Orleans» future for D.C., where charter schools eventually serve virtually all public - school students.

When comparing satisfaction levels with charter schools to district schools of choice, it is helpful to keep in mind that magnet schools serve approximately two - thirds of the students in district schools of choice.

Lynette N. Tannis began her education career more than two decades ago and has served in myriad capacities in traditional and charter school settings, including classroom teacher, literacy coordinator, school / district administrator, intern superintendent, and education consultant.

Charter school principals are more diverse than principals of district schools, but far less diverse than the students they serve.

Although the two charter schools primarily serve African American families eligible for free or reduced - price school lunches, South Side neighborhood district schools likely experience a higher degree of disadvantage.

After the high school charters, Kettle Moraine added KM Explore, an elementary charter that serves students across the district with a project - based curriculum.

With 25 schools serving 12,500 students, Alliance is the largest charter school network in Los Angeles, larger than 75 % of all California school districts, and successfully closing the achievement gap at scale...

School unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuSchool unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuschool districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American students.

That sort of deeper engagement will likely require Cleveland's charters to offer more as well, such as committing to share the responsibility of serving the city's special education students or working with the district to turn around its chronically low - performing schools.

Boston's charter schools also serve a high proportion of black students, even relative to the majority nonwhite BPS district.

The District - government - affiliated agencies with representatives serving on the Task Force are the Office of Human Rights, the Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the Mayor's Office on GLBT Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Health, D.C. Public Charter School Board, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C. Public Library, Department of Mental Health, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Office of Disability Rights, University of the District of Columbia, and Child and Family Services Administration.

Prior to being named State Superintendent, White served as Superintendent of the Louisiana Recovery School District, overseeing the nation's first system of publicly - funded charter and non-public schools in New Orleans and launching the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone to replicate successes in New Orleans.

Charter schools in Newark enroll about 15,000 students; the district enrolls about 36,000, according to Districts are supposed to pass along 90 percent of their per - pupil costs for the students being served by charter schools, according to staCharter schools in Newark enroll about 15,000 students; the district enrolls about 36,000, according to Districts are supposed to pass along 90 percent of their per - pupil costs for the students being served by charter schools, according to stacharter schools, according to state law.

The proportional disparity among counties stems in large part from how many charter school students each serves, Diaz said, as well as the amount of debt service districts carry, which can vary widely.

On recent New York State tests, students in city charter schools, serving a population of more than 90 percent African - American and Latino students, exceeded district - wide proficiency rates in math by 13 percentage points and by 5 percent in English.

He went on to serve in the New York City Department of Education, where he helped open new, high - quality district and charter schools, support the turnaround of struggling schools, and advocate for admission and enrollment changes that led to thousands more New York City students being better prepared for college and careers.

From 2010 - 2017, Sara served on the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, which authorizes charter schools in Washington, D.C. Sara currently serves on the board of the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (Charter School Board, which authorizes charter schools in Washington, D.C. Sara currently serves on the board of the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (charter schools in Washington, D.C. Sara currently serves on the board of the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).

Additional honors include being selected as the Florida Virtual School Superintendent of the Year, Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Superintendent of the Year, Champion District Superintendent of the Year for Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools, Florida Department of Education's District Data Leader of the Year Finalist, 2014 Leader to Learn From by Education Week, and 2015 Hispanic - Serving School District Superintendent of the Year.