Sentences with phrase «charter school operators»

Ensure your company is top - of - mind with charter school operators.

Nevertheless, even with the help of loan guarantees, lenders are still reluctant to do business with any but the most sophisticated of charter school operators.

Consequently, districts may be more willing to provide space to promising charter school operators who can provide a high - quality option for these students.

For - profit charter school operators whose allegiance is to shareholders?

But other charter school operators say they're disappointed in their results and welcome thoughtful suggestions from state officials.

Consequently, most charter school operators are forced to pay for facilities costs out of an already slim operating budget.

Funding aside, critics also say that removing the cap on charter school operators still doesn't hone in on accountability for quality schools.

As public charter school operators, we appreciate the proposed investment in new schools like ours.

He became the first charter school operator to join the board.

At that time, today's familiar constellation of advocacy groups and charter school operators didn't yet exist.

We provide charter school operators and members of the public with information on the performance — achievement and growth — of each school under our umbrella.

Still, parents and their supporters said they will move forward with finding charter school operators despite the appeal.

I was particularly interested to see that struggling district schools that partner with proven charter school operators or other nonprofit operators will get a two - year pause from state accountability rules.

I would be fine if charter school operators came into and took over existing public schools that weren't delivering on the high quality that we want for children.

The school district not only welcomed the petition, but wrote and submitted its own plan to run the school, as did several charter school operators and teacher teams.

The goal is to attract high - quality education reform organizations here and to invite charter school operators with strong track records to open schools here.

On top of complex real estate deals, charter school operators often «save» money by cutting teacher pay, hiring inexperienced school staff, and avoiding children with disabilities.

We see this as an opportunity to deepen and expand our partnerships with innovative charter school operators that share our passion for bringing great schools to neighborhoods that desperately need them.

We understand that each charter school is unique by design and charter school operators need legal counsel who appreciate that a one size fits all approach does not work.

Read this publication to stay abreast of school obligations and implement the proven practices and procedures shared here by government agencies, safety experts and fellow charter school operators.

Since operating a school is a complex undertaking, the service infrastructure needs to cover a wide range of issues on which charter school operators may need help.

Their reports are an effort to hold charter school operators (private companies that receive taxpayer dollars to manage a school) accountable to the same financial and transparency standards as public schools.

«The low per - student funding that tends to characterize Southern states generally kept charter school operators from moving into those states,» she contends.

The proposed charter school operator expansion would render school systems across the state powerless in many ways.

The kind of public schools that can sometimes be provided by high - quality charter school operators.

Supporters say the ability of charter school operators to hire their own teachers, design curriculum and adopt their own schedules fosters innovation that can boost student achievement.

Most charter school operators have limited understanding of federal / state / local sources of special education funding and how to access these resources.

Actually, Parent Revolution was created by charter school operator Steve Barr, who founded the Green Dot charter school chain.

Now the administration is trying to pre-emptively approve a co-location for charter school operator Eva Moskowitz even before she's submitted an application to open the school.

By allowing charter school operators considered districts under state law to play in Race to the Top, the Obama administration is also signaling that the old - school definition of public education embraced unthinkingly by education traditionalists is out the door.

Henry specifically cited the achievement school district (ASD) model that Tennessee is using, which allows private charter school operators to take over public schools, fire the teachers and principals, and use their own school management approaches to try to bring students» academic proficiency rates up into the top quartile of the state's public schools.

The last - minute changes to the legislation come at a time when one prominent Wilmington - based charter school operator, Baker A. Mitchell, Jr., has been fighting media requests for months that have asked him to fully disclose the salaries of all employees associated with his charter schools — teachers as well as employees of his for - profit education management company, Roger Bacon Academy.

The school board received proposals from charter school operators in August and plans to vote on the proposal in November.

One non-profit charter school operator in the Syracuse area is already bursting at the seams and looking to expand.

The stage has been set for an apparent showdown between charter school operators and the Los Angeles Unified School District office charged with charter school oversight, when the LAUSD school board votes on an unprecedented 14 recommendations for charter petition denials at Tuesday's special board meeting.

Ben also serves as Chairman of the Board of KIPP New Orleans Schools, the largest charter school operator in New Orleans.

Brzezinski also played a clip of de Blasio attacking the Bloomberg administration's close ties with charter school operator Eva Moskowitz during an education candidate forum during the mayoral campaign last year.

Prior to launching the Partnership, Tuck served as President of Green Dot Public Schools, a leading charter school operator based in Los Angeles.

The report contains news stories, criminal records, and other documents to detail abuses such as charter school operators embezzling funds, using tax dollars to illegally support other, non-educational businesses, taking public dollars for services they didn't provide, inflating their enrollment numbers to boost revenues, and putting children in potential danger by foregoing safety regulations or withholding services.

Over the years, it drew criticism for its rush to invite charter school operators into the district, for its closing of dozens of schools, and for repeatedly failing to sign a contract with Philadelphia teachers.

* UPDATED While LA Unified is firmly committed to online credit recovery classes as a means to the district's newly stated top goal — 100 percent graduation — Los Angeles charter school operators use these classes much more sparingly, as their graduation rates tend to be far ahead of the district's.

Thus far this has not been a challenge for the premier school districts, like those in Westchester (New York), Montgomery (Maryland), or Fairfax (Virginia) counties, or for charter school operators like KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) or Uncommon Schools, but it does impose a ceiling on the number of schools and districts that can rely on the people and strategies that drive success in these organizations.

But that attempt failed, and it was orchestrated not by parents but by an outside organization: Parent Revolution, founded by charter school operator Steve Barr and funded by wealthy foundations.

Just take a look at the track records of some of the virtual charter school operators who are invading our state, or at some of the for - profit «Education Management Organizations» (EMOs) that wish to operate many of our state's charter schools.

Only charter school operators with successful track records will be allowed to open or expand charter schools in these districts, and they must make meaningful efforts to attract, enroll, and retain low - income students, students scoring sub-proficient on the MCAS, English Language Learners, special - education students, students who have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out, and other students who are on the short end of our achievement gaps.

Independent charter school operators cringed at the group's attacks on Mayor Bill de Blasio as they attempted to work with him.