Not exact matches
On one side: Former NYC Councilwoman and
charter school operator Eva Moskowitz, who is furious with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for reversing co-location decisions by his predecessor, former Mayor Bloomberg, that would have allowed for the
expansion of three
schools operated by her Success Academy network.
Cities are often reluctant to approve
expansion plans for
charter schools, and city administrators in Phoenix and Gilbert have been accused of harassing
charter operators, in one case even issuing press releases about nonexistent violations of the fire code.
On tap for 2014: With the cap gone on the number of
charter schools that can exist in the state, expect more
charter operators to look toward North Carolina as fertile ground for
expansion efforts.
This week also brought a startling story about another key part of the Right's education agenda, the rapid and still too unaccountable
expansion of
charter schools, which in many cases have developed into profit centers for shady
operators instead of the «laboratories of education innovation» that we were promised.
INFO: The «Clark Rising» movement is a grass - roots response to the proposed displacement of Clark
School students in order to make way for the
expansion of
charter operator Achievement First.
Charter school operators say the underenrolled
schools are perfect for their
expansion plans because they have plenty of space and a poor academic record, so a better option is needed.
From opposing the
expansion of high - quality
charter schools and other
school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and
school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.
NAACP REPORT FINDS «WIDE RANGE OF PROBLEMS» WITH
CHARTER SCHOOLS: After calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion last year, the NAACP today is releasing a highly anticipated report that calls for the elimination of for - profit charter school ope
CHARTER SCHOOLS: After calling for a moratorium on
charter school expansion last year, the NAACP today is releasing a highly anticipated report that calls for the elimination of for - profit charter school ope
charter school expansion last year, the NAACP today is releasing a highly anticipated report that calls for the elimination of for - profit
charter school ope
charter school operators.
So now, she says, she's appealing to the larger legislature and amendment process to ensure that any
charter school expansion excludes for - profit
operators.
Chicago Public
Schools said it will approve expansion plans for just two charter operators and put 10 of the privately run schools on an academic warning list that could lead to them being shut down if they don't improve under the district's rating
Schools said it will approve
expansion plans for just two
charter operators and put 10 of the privately run
schools on an academic warning list that could lead to them being shut down if they don't improve under the district's rating
schools on an academic warning list that could lead to them being shut down if they don't improve under the district's rating system.
Charter schools are poised for a major
expansion in Tennessee, with some of the sector's biggest and best - known
operators swooping into the state as part of an effort to turn around struggling
schools...