Sentences with phrase «charter school folks»

This academy will give you the opportunity to meet and share with other charter school folks what is happening in your school, what challenges you face and what successes you have had.

This academy gave attendees the opportunity to meet and share with other charter school folks what is happening in their school, what challenges they face and what successes they have had.

Not exact matches

«A lot of folks, they say «well, charter schools, they are a system that is financed by the rich folks.»

In addition, among charter schools, the kinds of schools that high - regulation folks like the most are the ones producing weaker long - term outcomes.

The mayor agreed with host Ebro Darden that «a lot» of charter schools are funded by big business: «Oh yeah, a lot of them are funded by very wealthy Wall Street folks and others.»

Ultimately, the most important goal for charter folks is to expand the number of great schools in this country.

If the high - regulation folks wanted to ditch private school choice to go all - in on charters, they would be making a horrible mistake.

Despite the increasingly impressive performance of many charter schools nationally and some stunning charter - driven turnarounds at Sacramento High in California and other sites, the Prudent Expansionists doubt that charter folks know any more than traditional educators do about turning around failing schools en masse.

Renaissance Charter School in New York City, for example, incorporates a strong focus on music; Camino Nuevo offers a bilingual Spanish - English program and emphasizes the arts; and Richmond College Prep eschews strict disciplinary policies and offers enrichment activities such as Mexican folk dancing, Mindful Life, and Gospel Choir.

Some of these folks are simply bureaucrats — one - time district officials who now find themselves working in charter school authorizing shops or state policy offices.

As for the Nannies: These folks underestimate the importance of cutting the Gordian Knot that inspired charter schooling in the first place.

But, Smith says, Shanker would be talking with folks in successful charter schools «to find out what was making them tick.»

Sorry folks, but the idea of charter schools came from educators and civic leaders of all stripes.

These folks — mainly freedom - loving libertarians — strongly support two of the three principles that have long defined charter schooling: parental choice and school autonomy.

Founded in 2000 as the state's first independent public charter school, Highlander was named after the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, a historic institution that has served as a training ground for grassroots activists — including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. — since the earliest days of the civil rights movschool, Highlander was named after the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, a historic institution that has served as a training ground for grassroots activists — including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. — since the earliest days of the civil rights movSchool in Tennessee, a historic institution that has served as a training ground for grassroots activists — including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. — since the earliest days of the civil rights movement.

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.

«If you look at folks who have received funding from the federal Charter Schools Program, for instance... those are the people getting schools off the Schools Program, for instance... those are the people getting schools off the schools off the ground.

And Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools penned this piece in US News on DeVos and how folks on both sides of the political aisle should come together for the benefit of all students.

In ratifying a resolution to issue a moratorium on charter schools, the NAACP — despite its storied history of defending the civil rights of black and brown people in America — has made the same mistake that the majority has made about us for years: Assuming (wrongly) that black folks are a monolith.

We put up with all of this because, as charter schools, we're granted the autonomy to provide educational services in a way that makes sense to us, and we are free to experiment with new models and create the innovative, exciting public schools to which folks in our communities want to send their kids.

But last week in New York City some folks got together at the Independent Charter School Symposium with the goal of fixing that.

She helped found the Folk Arts - Cultural Treasures Charter School in Philadelphia Chinatown and was named the Philadelphia Inquirer Citizen of the Year for 2007 for education activism.

The latest thing to do by anti-school choice folks is to take a look at the numbers and then try to shame districts for «losing money to charter schools.»

Case in point: the recent election of Buffalo Teachers Federation - backed candidates to the school board — folks opposed to charter schools, receivership and real innovation — threatens any real changes or reforms.

The folks at Moscow Charter School, from the beginning, understood the need to control expenses.

In Milwaukee, folks are fighting against the takeover and chartering of their schools.

«What most of the folks in the charter world realized after ten years was that having an unfettered market produced some great schools, but also a lot of bad ones,» Richmond says.

Folks, there's a reason that charter schools are growing so rapidly in Philadelphia.

On the first Friday morning of most months during the school year, interested funders, business folks, elected officials, and community leaders are invited to visit a high - performing or high - potential D.C. charter school.

Well, despite the fact that the folks out there in Washington, Bill Gates» own neighbors, have repeatedly rejected the establishment of charter schools in their state, Bill and his know - nothing - about - education pals keep trying, and this year they have ponied up nearly $ 10 million to push ballot initiative 1240, allowing up to 40 charter schools in Washington

Many folks were at first bewildered when Sharpton — who has ties, both financially and ideologically, to teachers» unions» groups — started advocating for charter schools; they were later shocked, shocked to learn that a mega-billions hedge fund linked to conservative school reform had channeled a $ 500,000 donation to Sharpton's National Action Network when the organization was struggling with tax woes.»

Ironically, anti-charter folk are quick to accuse charter schools of the transgression that Chancellor Farina confirms happens in non-charter schools: ``

He asserted, ``... where some of America's best public schools educating some of America's blackest and most disadvantaged kids are concerned, the NAACP's duplicitous engagement of black folks on the issue of charter schools is the worst kind of betrayal.»

EdSec Betsy DeVos surprised many folks this week when she delivered a speech at the National Association of Public Charter Schools conference in which she warned as well as praised charter school advocates about their work — and didn't make all that much of accountaCharter Schools conference in which she warned as well as praised charter school advocates about their work — and didn't make all that much of accountacharter school advocates about their work — and didn't make all that much of accountability.

The reformers have already seen this through the work of the charter school movement, which has managed to even win over such folks as the Rev. Floyd Flake and Al Sharpton.

But like other cities, New Orleans» private, public and charter schools are as much a vehicle for segregation as our residents» attitudes toward black and poor folk.

Black folk have never been in a position to accept the status quo, and most black people applaud black people in our communities who teach, open charter schools or lead district - run schools.

From the perspective of these folks, most - notably the education historian - turned - sophist Diane Ravitch, the Newtown massacre serves as their chance to mount their usual criticisms of the school reform movement and advocate against public charter schools, as well as go beyond that.

Although the history of folks exercising choice in schools had been long established, the «charter school» idea burst onto the scene in 1991 as a new avenue to realize educational options.

Among the schools with the highest academic growth are C.C.A Baldi Middle School, Universal Creighton Charter School, Olney Elementary School, and Folks Arts - Cultural Treasures Charter School.

«We would be honored to have folks see what we've done at Hope and emulate that, to recognize the students who attend choice and charter schools have a promising future.

The book includes great advice from many Aspire blended learning teachers, and shares key insights from blended learning leaders across the country, including folks at the KIPP Foundation, Summit Public Schools, Rocketship Education, E. L. Haynes Public Charter School, the Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, Cornerstone Charter Schools (Detroit), Highline Public Schools (Washington), Mastery Schools and FirstLine Schools.

While I am somewhat new to the design thinking process, it feels remarkably like kin - folk to Harvard Project Zero's Teaching for Understanding (TfU, a curriculum design framework my colleagues and I used at North Oakland Community Charter School).

The folks there said charter school teachers will also receive the $ 250 cards for school supplies, but they said you'll need to contact the local district for the details.

We are encouraging folks to organize a delegation to attend local opportunities to meet with members of Congress, to ask questions about the budget and to demand no cuts to the federal education budget, no expansion of charter schools, and no vouchers!