Sentences with phrase «charter school movement in»

CCSA is honored to have such boundless charter school leaders like Mr. Curry and Ms. Bixby representing the charter school movement in California, and confidently taking their message on Independent Study and the value of charter schools to the legislature.

This year's theme will showcase the collective of voices who represent the charter school movement in California.

The Washington State Charters Schools Association Conference is this weekend, which means we get to take a look behind the curtain of the charter school movement in Washington.

We stand ready to work with groups interested in starting this process in order to ensure the continued growth of the high - quality public charter school movement in Connecticut.»

Charter Schools in North Carolina: Innovation in Education describes the progress of the charter school movement in North Carolina since 1996, and provides a thorough and relevant analysis of the issues and obstacles facing these schools.

As stewards of the charter school movement in Utah we act with integrity and pursue excellence.

We are stewards of the charter school movement in Utah and act with integrity and pursue excellence.

The legacy of the Charter School movement in the US - KIPP in particular - echoes through the rapid emergence of new kinds of school organisation in the UK — federations clustered around «Teaching Schools» which, partnered with a university, provide professional development from initial teacher training to leadership and management across groups of schools; independent yet state - funded chains of academies and the new «Free Schools».

Our mission is to support and expand the high - quality charter school movement in both states.

I guess that is sort of what bugs a lot of people about the whole charter school movement in general though.

She first became acquainted with the charter school movement in 1994 while serving as a teacher leader at Montague Elementary when she co-authored the school's petition that converted Montague to charter status.

As public education continues to adjust to economic and competitive realities, our organization remains steadfast in our support of the charter school movement in this country; just as we are also proud of the work we do with our district school partners.

Following such reports of poor academic outcomes and questionable ethical practices, our research team at Penn State has decided to continue to study the cyber charter school movement in Pennsylvania to find out more.

In addition, Bekenstein has played an instrumental role for both New Profit, Inc. and the NewSchools Venture Fund, two of the major funders behind the charter school movement in Massachusetts and across the nation.

Yet, in spite of all of the drama that has occurred in the time since the ruling, a number of individuals — from parents to politicians to members of the media — have inexplicably opined in letters - to - the - editor, blog posts and the like that the fateful decision made by four of the seven justices on the State Supreme Court would not hurt the charter school movement in Georgia nor stifle the progress that has been made to give parents and students quality public school choice options.

The Association of Personalized Learning Services (APLUS +) is dedicated to the Personalized Learning model of education — a 21st century, leading - edge approach to delivering education that has evolved through the public charter school movement in California.

GCSA provides many ways to stay in touch with the charter school movement in Georgia.

Overview: The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) is a statewide nonprofit organization committed to expanding the charter school movement in Georgia and increasing the quality of new and existing charter schools both quantitatively and qualitatively.

«As a strong supporter of effective education and the charter school movement in California, I am proud to be a part of celebrating the innovators and achievement makers that comprise the fabric of the charter school community at CCSA's 21st Annual California Charter Schools Conference,» said Reed Hastings, founder and CEO, Netflix.

In her role at Charter Schools NOW, Karen will assist in the political, communications, and grassroots efforts of the public charter school movement in the State of Texas.

The success of the charter school movement in most of the country undercuts the claims leveled by opponents to turn Washington voters against a proposal for change, one which had bipartisan approval of the Legislature and Democratic governor Gary Locke.

The Rex Organization celebrated its ongoing commitment to the charter school movement in New Orleans when the Pro Bono Publico Foundation presented grants totaling $ 545,000 to a leaders of charter schools and other organizations supporting the transformation of New Orleans public schools.

The collection is a result of years monitoring court cases law and administrative actions which directly affect CCSA members and the charter school movement in general.

Overview: The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) is a statewide nonprofit organization committed to expanding the charter school movement in...

INTERVIEWS: Speak with leaders of the charter school movement in Georgia.

Oregon joined the charter school movement in 1999.

Ms Littman is right that the charter school movement in Connecticut is little more than «cronyism.»

Mr. Nida has been very active in the charter school movement in Washington, DC, serving as a board member and treasurer of the Arts and Technology Academy Public Charter School, for which he helped obtain DC Revenue Bond, tax - exempt financing.

There, she partnered with schools, researchers and funders to address the data needs of the charter school movement in California.

When the state Senate and Assembly release their budget proposals, we naturally scour the bills to determine their impact on the charter school movement in New York.

The gala will be at the Hawaii Prince Hotel at 6:00 pm and will feature dinner, entertainment, and lively discussion and presentations on the growing charter school movement in Hawaii.

NECSN CEO Kyle Rosenkrans today sent the following letter to charter school opponents who have ramped up their attacks on the charter school movement in New York.

«Fifteen years ago, the charter school movement in Massachusetts was launched to see if new models could lead to gains in student achievement,» said Kane.

As one of the founders and board chair of a small charter school in Connecticut, I am more and more dismayed at the state of the once - admirable charter school movement in this country.

«Fifteen years ago, the charter school movement in Massachusetts was launched to see if new models could lead to gains in student achievement,» says Kane, faculty director of the school's Center for Education Policy Research.

The push to extend both the 6.5 - hour day and the 180 - day year began with the charter school movement in the 1990s and has become increasingly popular in traditional public schools.

«This has led to a very vibrant charter school movement in Washington in part of the great search to find out what kind of education or educational system will establish better school systems for all — white, black, brown, yellow,» Ottaway says.

The patchwork pattern of success for the charter school movement in the United States raised two big questions in our minds.

A veteran of the charter schools movement in California, she serves on several boards and committees, including the Board of the California Charter Schools Association, the Educators of Color (EdLoc) Leadership Committee, and the L.A. County Commission on Local Government Services.

Get involved in the 20th anniversary of the charter schools movement in California!

«As we approach the 20th anniversary of the charter schools movement in California, CCSA continues to explore ways to assess the impact of charter schools, and ways to effectively build on those models that are proving successful in narrowing the achievement gap and increasing opportunities.»

Not exact matches

«We think of the educational choice movement as involving many parts: vouchers and tax credits, certainly, but also virtual schools, magnet schools, homeschooling, and charter schools,» she said in a 2013 interview.

You've written in the New York Times Magazine about the education - reform movement — organizations like Teach for America and the KIPP network of charter schools.

She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, was a founder of a private Waldorf School (Sanderling School in Carlsbad, CA) and now strives through the Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children at Journey School where she has worked for the past 14 years.

Just last week, Cuomo was praising the charter school movement and its departed «champion» (Bloomberg), while refusing to weigh in directly on the co-location argument.

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

Last year as de Blasio pressed for pre-k funding and sought to stop charter schools from being co-located with district schools, Cuomo rallied with charter school advocates and even indicated that mayoral control might stand in the way of the charter school movement.

For eight years, she's been the lightning rod of the charter movement, raising millions from hedge funders and foundations as she aggressively worked her close connections to the Bloomberg administration to take over space in public schools.

Late last year, the charter movement embraced Bernard Gassaway, embattled principal of Boys and Girls High School, a chronically underperforming school in Bedford - Stuyvesant, as an unofficial mascot of their School, a chronically underperforming school in Bedford - Stuyvesant, as an unofficial mascot of their school in Bedford - Stuyvesant, as an unofficial mascot of their cause.

The new mayor enraged the charter school movement by vowing to charge schools getting rent - free space in city buildings and scrapping a $ 210 million charter building fund.