Sentences with phrase «charter school initiative»

To help pass legislation beneficial to charter schools, I meet regularly with legislators to promote charter school initiatives.

After Washington State voters rejected a major charter school initiative in 1996 by a two to one margin, Bill Gates and the Charter School Industry turned to the Washington legislature to try and force Washington State to approve and fund charter schools.

She said she voted against statewide charter school initiatives, partly because of what she witnessed living in Washington, D.C., which has had charter schools for two decades.

Bennett will explore the important role charter schools play in the state's education system, as well as charter school initiatives to provide opportunities for students to earn college credits while -LSB-...]

Washington voters have twice rejected charter school initiatives.

Continuing a 10 - year long tradition, the National Alliance honors individuals at the federal, state and local level who enrich the lives of students by leading the most impactful charter school initiatives and supporting charters as a high - quality public school option.

After Fort Collins, Moore moved to Hillsdale College in Michigan to become lead advisor to the Hillsdale Barney Charter School initiative that helps communities launch classical education charter schools.

This school he and his board members wanted to open is part of the Hillsdale College charter school initiative.

The program is the brainchild of Jaime de la Isla, assistant superintendent for student engagement and charter school initiatives in the HISD.

When federal Race to the Top dollars became available, Pawlenty launched a statewide charter school initiative and moved to hone math and science instruction in schools.

Bennett will explore the important role charter schools play in the state's education system, as well as charter school initiatives to provide opportunities for students to earn college credits while still in high school.

«The state and city used Katrina to wipe away the dysfunction and corruption in the school system,» Medberry says, referring to the city's charter school initiative, which largely replaced public schools with privately operated institutions after 2005.

Others argue that systemic change is possible only if we redesign the entire system through, among other legislative changes, «strong» charter school initiatives.

Despite countless stories like Jamal's, in the end nothing — and I mean nothing — was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.

In the fall of 2003, a few weeks after announcing the funding for our new small schools, we launched our charter school initiative.

In this excerpt, Klein reflects on his team's charter school initiative, one of many reforms pursued during his tenure.

One founding premise of the charter school initiative was that these new schools would be laboratories of innovation.

Although votes are still being counted on Washington's charter school initiative, Spokane Public Schools officials have already decided the district will apply to have one if it passes...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The charter schools initiative is officially on the Washington state ballot for November.

The charter schools initiative is officially on the Washington state ballot for November.

Charter schools measure officially on Wash. ballot The charter schools initiative is officially on the Washington state ballot for November

The charter school initiative called for school districts to apply to become «authorizers.»

The makeup of the commission was outlined in the charter schools initiative approved by voters, but the new statute is not specific about a lot of details.

Washington voters in November approved a charter school initiative, allowing for the formation of up to 40 charter schools in the state over the next five years.

The charter schools initiative will be one of five ballot measures on the fall ballot.

In 1996, a charter school initiative was put on the ballot, but garnered only 36 percent of the vote.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) spoke on a provision within the ESSA that allows states to provide federal funding to charter school initiatives.

In its denial response, the state commission noted that the charter school initiative was too reliant on funding from grant sources.

Leeds» Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning, then with the Department, managed research and design efforts to bring greater choice to families across New York City and implemented the Mayor's charter school initiative.

Charter School Not Entitled to Choose its Location The Los Angeles Unified School District did not violate the charter schools initiative by offering to locate a charter school in adjoining classrooms at Belmont High School, contrary to the wishes of the charter school's directors, this district's Court of Appeal ruled.

As a result of the Renaissance 2010 charter school initiative launched by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2004 and backed strongly by the civic and corporate community, Chicago is now home to 130 charter schools, serving 14 percent of district students.

Washington state recently passed a charter schools initiative.

On Wednesday the state Board of Education gave the go - ahead, though a pending lawsuit brought by the state teachers union could unravel the charter school initiative.

Today, the charter school initiative is under the umbrella of a nonprofit group called University Public Schools, Inc..