Sentences with phrase «charter school movement nationwide»

The public policy agenda of the California Charter Schools Association reflects the priorities, current issues, and concerns of the 1,230 charter schools in the state, as well as the charter school movement nationwide.

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KIPP, the nationwide network of charter schools and one of the great success stories of the charter movement, has 125 schools serving 41,000 students, making it less than one - twentieth the size of the New York City Department of Education.

Alexandria, VA — It's National Charter Schools Week (May 5 - 11, 2013) and around the country thousands of stakeholders are recognizing this growing movement of innovative schools for the impact they are having on students and teachers nearly natiSchools Week (May 5 - 11, 2013) and around the country thousands of stakeholders are recognizing this growing movement of innovative schools for the impact they are having on students and teachers nearly natischools for the impact they are having on students and teachers nearly nationwide.

Independent public charter schools remained the norm as the public charter school movement grew from a fledgling reform effort into a major force in public education, now affecting 2.7 million students and families nationwide.

The charter school movement is still young, and it's going to take time to get a true nationwide cross-comparison.

It has steadily expanded its program offerings and financial services as the charter school movement has grown from a single school in Minnesota over 20 years ago to millions of students attending charter schools in 43 states and the District of Columbia today, with 600,000 families on charter school waiting lists nationwide.

As Idaho marks 20 years since its first charter schools opened, the recently released Shackled Education Pioneers looks back at how the public charter school movement started in the Gem State — and how that effort has strayed from its original intent of allowing significant space for education innovation, a progression that led the alliance to downgrade Idaho's charter school law from 20th to 21st nationwide this year.

The charter school movement, which is now more than 25 years old, served nearly three million students nationwide last year.

Focused on student - centered reforms, and promoting the charter school movement here in Georgia and nationwide, AAE provides critical professional benefits with the charter school teacher in mind.

But it has deepened as the movement toward choice - or privatization - has accelerated during the past decade, giving rise to charter schools and voucher programs nationwide.

Ray Budde, an education professor who defined the term charter school and stated the ideas that led to a nationwide school reform movement, died on June 11 in Springfield, Mass..

How can the charter school movement lead the way in serving underserved students and have an impact on how traditional school systems address the achievement gap that persists nationwide?