Sentences with phrase «charter school districts reported»

* In most states, charter school districts reported spending less money per pupil than traditional public schools on instruction, student support services and teacher salaries.

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The U.F.T. report found that in Manhattan's District 5, for example, English language learners make up 6 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the district average of 14 District 5, for example, English language learners make up 6 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the district average of 14 district average of 14 percent.

The U.F.T. held three «emergency» meetings with its members and parents on Thursday, ran a full - page anti-Cuomo advertisement in the Daily News, and released an extensive report claiming, among other things, that charter schools don't enroll enough high - needs students compared to their district school counterparts.

At the same time, students with disabilities comprise 17 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the 27 percent district average, the report found.

After months of aggressive advocacy explicitly aimed at protecting and growing the state's charter sector, the group sent out a report detailing test scores at some of New York City's worst district schools.

The New York Post reports that the city Department of Education is trying to fast - track plans for the placement of a Moskowitz charter school in an unnamed district school in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.

A few reports of obstructionist behavior by districts stand out and have been chronicled in these pages by Joe Williams («Games Charter Opponents Play,» features, Winter 2007) and Nelson Smith («Whose School Buildings Are They, Anyway?»

These numbers are similar to those for actual percentages of students with IEPs enrolled in charter and district schools reported in Figure 1a.

As an example of a district imitating successful charter - school practices, Denver Public Schools is, as Education Week has reported, «aiming to re-create within its own buildings the innovation seen in top charter schools, and keep the state funding.Schools is, as Education Week has reported, «aiming to re-create within its own buildings the innovation seen in top charter schools, and keep the state funding.schools, and keep the state funding.»

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sCharter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district scharter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sschools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district schoolsschools.

However, he reports, «charter schools have become successful participants in the same bond markets that finance district facilities.»

However, pilot schools, which were started by Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union, remain part of the local school district and are continuing to grow — seven new schools are slated to open this September; charter schools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to theschools, which were started by Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union, remain part of the local school district and are continuing to grow — seven new schools are slated to open this September; charter schools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to theSchools and the Boston Teachers Union, remain part of the local school district and are continuing to grow — seven new schools are slated to open this September; charter schools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to theschools are slated to open this September; charter schools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to theschools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to the state.

But that option is only helpful when districts identify «surplus» space, and charter operators report that many have been unwilling to share their facilities or consolidate under - enrolled schools in order to do so.

A new Fordham report finds that 28 % of teachers in traditional district schools miss more than 10 school days a year for sick or personal leave while teachers in charter schools have lower rates absences.

The CREDO report found that students in Boston charter schools gain the equivalent of 259 additional days of instruction in math and 245 days in reading compared to their counterparts in traditional district schools.

Under the auspices of the district - charter compact, New Orleans has an integrated student - enrollment system, a common report card for all schools, and a transparent process for allocating facilities to school operators.

A couple of weeks after the report was released, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who has resisted expanding charter schools in favor of proposed «readiness schools,» reversed course and proposed raising the cap on how much a school district could spend on charter schools, from 9 to 12 percent.

Did you know that 46 % of all California school districts and direct - funded charter schools report that their student are involved in full or part time online or blending learning?

According to a report by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the school district, which funded the campus, has more control over student enrollment than the charter management organization does.

LA school officials are fighting a court order which requires the school district to offer more space to charter schools, reports Howard Blume in today's LA Times.

Charter - school parents report fewer social problems than do district - school parents.

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.

Despite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).

However, there is greater variation among charter parents in how frequently they report communicating about teacher quality than among parents in either private or district schools.

With the frequent reports of school districts doing a poor job of fulfilling their authorizing duties and school districts» authorizing over half of the nation's charter schools, it is easy to see how the real power of the chartering strategy is being negated.

In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.

We find that parents report less social disruption at charter schools than at district schools.

In 2009, CREDO reported that charter students performed somewhat worse in reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterparts.

The report, «Boosting Performance and Containing Cost through Mayoral Academies,» contrasts the low performance of low - income and minority students and the wide achievement gaps in traditional district schools, and the high performance of low - income and minority students and smaller achievement gaps in high - performing charter schools in neighboring states.

But I would've preferred the report to point out that school quality matters far more than school operator, and while the CSO - model is a promising approach to the district sector, it should be viewed in the context of a city's entire portfolio of schools — CSO, charter, and private.

Also interesting is that 66 percent of district schools report using blended learning, whereas only 42 percent of charters do — something that confirms my observations but is counter to the narrative many in the education reform space hold.

According to the Global Report Card, more than a third of the 30 school districts with the highest math achievement in the United States are actually charter schools.

A 2010 Ball State University report titled «Charter School Funding: Inequity Persists» calculated that Arizona district schools received about $ 9,600 per student in 2006 — 07 compared to $ 7,600 per student in charters.

It bears noting that these charter results are significantly better than the national average CREDO reported in 2009, in which just 17 percent of charter schools in the 16 states they studied performed better than their district counterparts.

Adequate, fair funding: University of Arkansas analysts report that the typical charter gets 28 percent less funding per pupil than nearby district schools, in large part because few charters share in the locally generated portion of K — 12 funding.

As reported elsewhere, the survey asked about school spending, charters, vouchers, teacher unions, bilingual education, digital learning, state take - overs of troubled district schools, teacher unions, merit pay, teacher tenure, and many other matters.

For example, the Civil Rights Project reports that, in the metropolitan area surrounding the District of Columbia, 91.2 percent of charter students are in segregated schools, compared with just 20.9 percent of students in traditional public schools.

That study, and a follow - up report published two years later, found that in Detroit, about half to three - fifths of charter schools outperformed demographically similar district schools on reading and math assessments.

Three separate reports using three separate methodologies all reached the same conclusion: Detroit's charter schools outperform the city's district schools.

The AFT's strategy of selective reporting also colors its approach to the question of whether competition from charter schools has forced changes in district schools.

I find more credible the statistics from the U.S. Department of Education - sponsored report The State of Charter Schools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sCharter Schools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sSchools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district scharter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sschools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district schoolsschools.

Finally, in an extremely muddled discussion, the AFT reports that charter school student - to - teacher ratios «generally match or exceed» those of their host districts.

The report ignores the judgments of parents and students, uses bizarre definitions of such terms as innovation and accountability, compares charter schools with the ideal school rather than with traditional district schools, and presents confusing and out - of - context discussions of such admittedly complex matters as school finance and student achievement.

After A Nation At Risk and myriad other studies and reports called for sweeping K — 12 reforms, he tried again with a 1988 treatise called Education by Charter: Restructuring School Districts.

The AFT correctly reports that most kids in charter schools seem to do about as well as in district schools, controlling for demographic factors.

In Massachusetts in 2004, where district hostility to charter schools got so bad that state education officials had to warn superintendents to moderate their anti-charter politicking, one district student reported being pressured to sign a petition opposing charter schools.

Drawn from case studies of 17 such schools in 10 California districts, the 64 - page report from the University of California, Los Angeles, also is based on hundreds of interviews with educators, charter school founders, and parents, among others.

With charter schools becoming more popular, federal officials must decide how to treat them under federal programs that were designed for traditional school districts, the General Accounting Office recommends in a new report.

As the Fordham report points out, an April 2007 exposé from the Rocky Mountain News revealed, «one - quarter of DPS students were attending non-DPS schools, including private schools and charter schools in surrounding districts.

The differences in reported levels of satisfaction between charter and assigned - district schools are wider among Asian and white families, too: for assigned - district schools, the difference is 16 percentage points for Asian families and 9 for white families, compared to a statistically insignificant 6 percentage points and 5 percentage points for African American and Hispanic parents, respectively.