Sentences with phrase «charter school operators like»

Inner city charter school operators like Eva Moskowitz and Geoffrey Canada and the KIPP schools do a far better job — with fewer tax dollars — than traditional public schools.

Yes Magazine exposes the Rocketship Style corporate reform movement: profiteering instead of education Yes Magazine's February 2014 article exposes charter school operators like Rocketship and their underlying interests to privatize the education market.

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.

Not exact matches

In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

Our CRPE colleagues Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim have proposed a more radical solution: a new institution (a community board) that would oversee all public schools and get the school district out of the business of oversight (the district would become a school operator, much like a charter management organization).

Although some charter school operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtSchool District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtailed.

Which means, a charter operator with campuses in multiple states, like KIPP, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or school leader between their schools in various Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or school leader between their schools in various schools in various states.

«We see more and more charter school authorizers in cities with large charter market shares (like Washington, DC, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New Orleans) are starting to encourage high performing charter school operators to take over and restart low performing charter campuses.»

No accountability, even in cases like the Detroit charter schools that closed just days after the deadline to get state funding, leaving students scrambling to find a new school, but the charter operators still profiting.

As a part of negotiations, Superintendent John Deasy modified the original Public School Choice (PSC) program, which had allowed outside operators like charters to submit bids to turn around failing LAUSD schools.

What if Malloy brags about Connecticut's High School graduation rates, which, due to the machinations of reformers like Steven Adamowski, Christina Kishimoto, Paul Vallas, and most charter school operators, are totally inaccSchool graduation rates, which, due to the machinations of reformers like Steven Adamowski, Christina Kishimoto, Paul Vallas, and most charter school operators, are totally inaccschool operators, are totally inaccurate?

Like many charter operators, Green Dot has had financial help from outside foundations, help that isn't available to most public schools.

New efforts labeled «recovery school districts,» «achievement school districts,» «turnaround schools,» and the like are making their way into places that include Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas, to name a few — efforts that allow states to take over failing schools and relegate their management to private charter school operators that would be free to fire teachers and start from scratch.

Replacing a school's operator makes charter schools seem interchangeable, like «any school will do,» she said.

Proponents of the bill say the status quo isn't working for disadvantaged students, and efforts like an achievement school zone where charter operators can pull up low - performing schools should be considered.

«A national movement needs people like Eva who are willing to take it to the streets and stand up and defend her position and ours,» said Nelson Smith, a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Operators and a member of the Broad Prize's review board.

Charter - school operators and traditional school districts have long behaved like enemies.

He probably has no idea of the extent to which the Gulen charter school operators lie, or that the drive to expand their charter school network is to influence young American minds in more ways than just math and science, and to reap financial and H - IB visa benefits for other members of their cult - like religious group — and thus extend their presence and power.

In fact, some states, like Tennessee and Louisiana, are putting failing schools in a separate statewide district and handing them over to charter school operators or outside organizations.

In schools like McKinley Elementary in Compton — where an early attempt to invoke the law fizzled after a heated court battle between the district and parents — and Desert Trails Elementary in Adelanto — the first parent - trigger school handed to a charter operator — the trigger campaigns led to costly litigation and accusations of intimidation and harassment from both sides.

In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.

Ms. Moskowitz was one of the first charter school operators to branch out into better - off neighborhoods like the Upper West Side and Williamsburg.

The charter school operator, like so many that lead district and charter schools around the nation that serve this vulnerable population, scrambled to find a proven leader.

The legislation, which emerged late in last year's session, would pull some of the state's lowest - performing schools into one statewide district, which could be operated with charter - like flexibility or handed over to for - profit charter operators to manage.

It is also an example of another charter school operator recognizing that it can't succeed without the voices of those who work most closely with students and can best advocate for what students need to succeed — things like smaller class sizes and a great curriculum.

Several schools identified last fall for possible takeover by the state pushed back against the idea, pointing out both the model's poor outcomes in states like Tennessee as well as concerns over the loss of local control when a school hands the reins over to a charter school operator that could fail to appreciate local needs and relationships.

«The plan was to have [charter] operators come into the state like they did in Louisiana and other states and quickly affect the public school choice landscape for the better and in quantity,» said Charter School Advisory Board member Alan Hawkes in an email to fellow CSAB board members in latcharter] operators come into the state like they did in Louisiana and other states and quickly affect the public school choice landscape for the better and in quantity,» said Charter School Advisory Board member Alan Hawkes in an email to fellow CSAB board members in lateschool choice landscape for the better and in quantity,» said Charter School Advisory Board member Alan Hawkes in an email to fellow CSAB board members in latCharter School Advisory Board member Alan Hawkes in an email to fellow CSAB board members in lateSchool Advisory Board member Alan Hawkes in an email to fellow CSAB board members in late 2013.

One possibility, too, goes back to my point that charter operators don't like to take over existing troubled schools.

Is it any wonder that hedge fund operators and the self - appointed reformers see charter schools and outfits like K - 12 as income generators?

But, I digress... Pete had just tweeted a snarky put down of students protesting budget cuts in the Chicago Public Schools, and I asked him why he was always criticizing teachers and students, and why he never used his bully pulpit to critique any charter school operators — like Steve Ingersoll, who used his charter school as a personal ATM, committing fraud and embezzlement along the way — given that they are doing a lot more damage than teachers and kids.