Public charter schools were at the heart of the electoral fights, with some officials calling for a moratorium
on charter school growth.
Benjamin Riley, founder of Deans for Impact, makes the case for an abundance of caution, while Alex Hernandez, a partner at
Charter School Growth Fund, supports continued efforts to get personalization right.
Local philanthropic support for
charter school growth in Nashville and Memphis that helped attract national funding; and
He also led the field research
for Charter School Growth Fund and the Clay Christensen Institute for the 2014 publication, «Schools and Software: What's Now, What's Next».
According to a Wall Street Journal editorial (subscription required), Mayor de Blasio is implementing several plans that will
slow charter school growth including charging them rent for sharing space with district schools:
Earlier this week, the Board of Regents took an unprecedented action
against charter school growth by denying not one but two charter school applications.
This article is adapted from «The Slowdown in Bay
Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions,» Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2018
It's consistently
opposed charter school growth in Southern California, though its obligations to its members often cause it to stand up for public school teachers who work in charters.
While particularly painful for the families of Truxton and Mount Vernon, barring
charter school growth into new areas is a major problem for ALL charter schools, regardless of authorizer.
Through
smart charter school growth, these authorizers will give hundreds of thousands of children an opportunity for a better education each year.
Ultimately, in the range of educational options available to students, especially in the cities and states
where charter school growth is most pronounced, a number of factors contribute to a charter school's performance.
At a time when states across the U.S. are approving legislation to
promote charter school growth, this bill was out of touch with the community, and it would have taken California backwards in achieving true education reform.»
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement Sunday said he would not support a «long - term» extension of mayoral control of New York City schools without a provision that also seeks to
expand charter school growth in New York.
The group has been engaged in a running political battle with Mayor de Blasio in recent years, accusing him of purposefully
stanching charter school growth.
While the lifelong Democrat voted for Hillary Clinton, Trump's vocal endorsement of
charter school growth compelled some measure of collaboration and Moskowitz was even considered for education secretary at one point.
When studying the pattern of charter school enrollment across the country, we took into account how each of three factors contributes to or
retards charter school growth: per pupil expenditures (also measured during the 1989 — 90 school year), length of time a charter law was on the books, and degree of permissiveness of each state's charter school law, as measured by the CER index.
This fall, we saw parents and grandparents organized by Memphis Lift take buses from Memphis to Cincinnati to implore the NAACP not to pass a resolution designed to
chill charter school growth.
Lastly, voters will be able to show their support for maintaining the rigorous charter school oversight and approval process that has helped make Massachusetts» charters the best in the nation, while at the same time ensuring that
public charter school growth happens slowly and strategically.
The message from Executive Director Scott Pearson and board Chairman John «Skip» McKoy was met with relief by advocates of neighborhood schools and disbelief from some who want to see more
aggressive charter school growth in one of the most closely watched school reform efforts in the nation.
Just to illustrate
how charter school growth is swamping any unionization efforts, NEA and AFT would have had to organize 47 of those 381 new charter schools just to maintain their small market share.
Her manifesto cites a declining interest in Teach for America, decreasing enthusiasm for the education technology sector, and slower
overall charter school growth.
April 4, 2017 By NACSA (National Association of Charter School Authorizers) Categorized: Inside Charter School Growth
Los Angeles County had the
largest charter school growth with 40 new charters, followed by 12 new charters in Sonoma County, ten in San Diego County, and six in Alameda County.
But, if Idaho's recent
rural charter school growth is an indicator, changes to the makeup of school choice are also happening across the country's small and rural communities.
DeHaan Kevin Hall, president of the Colorado -
based Charter School Growth Fund, said he would not expect the local ties of Christel House and Phalen Leadership to cause charter school operators from other locales to conclude the city is closed to outsiders.
This growth of 506 charter students may seem like a pittance when compared to districts like Los Angeles Unified, but put into context, this student growth accounts for 77 percent of the total brick and
mortar charter school growth in Idaho last year.
Capping charter school growth seemed to have been a priority for LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer until recently, when he twice postponed, then watered down, his controversial proposal that would have banned new charter schools.
With their infrastructure in shambles and few dollars available to improve circumstances, the State Assembly of Puerto Rico is now considering draining finances from public education to
enhance charter school growth.