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FCPCS is governed by a diverse board of Florida charter school operators who understand firsthand the day - to - day challenges of running a charter school.

That kind of answer is likely to get pushback from charter school operators who believe in the original vision of charters as community - based institutions.

Rep. Rob Bryan is working behind the scenes on legislation pushed by national right - wing forces that could turn over struggling public schools to for - profit charter school operators who would have the freedom to fire all the teachers.

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.

So I feel little sympathy for a charter school operator who must defend her school.

Commissioner Pryor and the State Board of Education voted to hand over a Hartford school to a charter school operator who has no experience with bilingual students AND no experience with students who come from households in which English is not the primary language.

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.

«We're for accountability in charter schools just as in traditional public schools and assume that most candidates who aren't bought and paid for by the for - profit charter school operators will agree with us,» said WFP spokesman Dan Levitan.

A diverse coalition of charter advocates rallied at City Hall on Friday to raise the cap, including several small independent charter operators who don't usually ally themselves with larger organizations, such as Families for Excellent Schools.

Choices for families who don't want to have to take sides in the charter wars: Some school districts have tried to see charter school operators as potential partners rather than competitors.

Though Proposition 39 compels districts to provide facilities for students within their boundaries who attend charter schools, districts can make the policy inconvenient for charter operators by offering short - term leases and multiple, separate spaces for a single school.

A charter school operator may be around for three to five years, but these are buildings that must last for a century, notes Ramsey Green, who, as the Recovery School District's chief operating officer, is in charge of creating campuses for both RSD and OPSB schools, charters and direct - run school operator may be around for three to five years, but these are buildings that must last for a century, notes Ramsey Green, who, as the Recovery School District's chief operating officer, is in charge of creating campuses for both RSD and OPSB schools, charters and direct - run School District's chief operating officer, is in charge of creating campuses for both RSD and OPSB schools, charters and direct - run alike.

Charter operators and funders might justifiably sustain such schools as charitable enterprises that benefit only the children who attend them.

Charter schools are run by private operators who are less accountable to the public and who sometimes operate schools for profit.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

His main concern is that it «turn [s] over a significant number of schools to charter operators who historically have never served similar populations.»

Indeed, anyone who has spent much time in the company of school reformers in the past decade has seen this practice turn almost comical, as when charter - school operators try to one - up one another over who can claim the most disadvantaged student population.

Some oppose her nomination because they don't want a Secretary of Education who supports school vouchers or for - profit charter school operators.

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

Jim Spady, a longtime advocate of charters who runs the Washington Charter School Resource Center, said he believes charter operators are looking for urban disCharter School Resource Center, said he believes charter operators are looking for urban discharter operators are looking for urban districts.

CPS is increasing funding to some charter operators who have schools performing below CPS average.

By law, charter schools are required to enroll any interested student or use a lottery, but even some charter operators allow that the schools tend to attract families who are especially motivated.

And relentless questions have dogged the eastern North Carolina charter operator Baker Mitchell, who runs four charter schools and has reportedly profited in the tens of millions in taxpayer dollars through his for - profit companies that lease the land to the schools and run their operations.

Alan Hawkes, a member of the N.C. Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&school districts feel «threatened and up their game.»

We actively recruit students who are the least served by traditional public schools and other charter operators, including English language learners and special education students.

The change comes 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 those who work for his for - profit education management organization (EMO), Roger Bacon Academy.

«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.

The reactions ranged from shocked (in the case of an advocate for English language learners) to constructive (AFT chief Randi Weingarten, who offered a takeaway for other states) to pleased (charter school operator Eva Moskowitz, whose schools posted high scores on the new exams).

They include six outside charter school operators, a former teacher at the school who created a management organization and Superintendent John Deasy, who pledged «to collaborate with the parents and students of 24th Street by implementing the necessary reform efforts to vastly increase student achievement and the community engagement efforts to date.»

If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.

Parents will choose from two local charter operators who submitted proposals: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a K - 12 charter school in Apple Valley focused on project - based learning; and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, a K - 8 school in Hesperia that partners with the University of La Verne.

And charter school operators often offer private retirement plans instead of the state pension fund, which can discourage veteran teachers who have years invested in the state plan.»

Aren't there some fine lawyers who would, preferably with pro-bono work, support families who have children with disabilities, all kinds of disabilities, or children who have second language hurdles, or the really really poor children, to sue the charter operators and their rich donors for denying these students a slot in their elite charter schools?

With a court ruling last week permitting the vote to go forward, parents who signed the petition last winter now have the chance to cast a ballot on the charter school operator they want to take over their neighborhood school next fall.

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.

According to The New York Times, the ten highest paid hedge fund operators with close ties to charter schools also includes David Tepper (number 1 at $ 3.5 billion in 2013), founder of founder of Appaloosa Management and New Jersey based «Better Education for Kids»; Steven A. Cohen (number 2 at $ 2.4 billion) of SAC Capital Advisors, which was forced to pay a $ 1.2 billion dollar penalty for insider trading, who has given over $ 10 million to the Achievement First charter school network; and Paul Tudor Jones II (tied for tenth at $ 600 million), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation who has supported charter schools through his Robin Hood Foundation.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

So this session, Rep. Diaz, who earns his living working for the unaccredited Doral College, which is owned by mega charter school developer Academica, felt it was important to put a rush job on turning over district schools to for - profit charter operators.

Rep. Michael Bileca, a Miami Republican who chairs the House education committee and has been a chief proponent of the legislation, said the bill sets «a very high bar» for the performance of charter school operators that would be eligible to qualify for the incentives.

If inside groups» plans are unacceptable, then charter operators, who mostly run schools that are nonunion, and others can apply.

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Charter school operators, who are in the business because they believe they can do a better job of educating students than the regular public schools, argue they sought to bring the benefits of their schools to the students most in need.

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.

This year, the big push is for so - called «parent trigger» laws, which would allow 51 % of the parents at a low - performing school who sign a petition to trigger one of a narrow set of options — firing all or some of the staff, turning the school over to a charter operator, or closing the school.

«Should existing charter authorizers and operators who have a portfolio of schools that consistently perform at horribly low levels... deserve to automatically expand their number of schools without any accountability or responsibility?»

As Mercedes Schneider noted in her research, the Tapestry Project's Executive Director is Eric Grannis who is the husband of the infamous charter school operator, Eva Moskowitz.

has been among the most vocal supporters of Steve Perry, the would - be charter school management company operator who is relying on Governor Malloy to force the Connecticut General Assembly to fund Perry's plan to open a privately owned, but publicly funded charter school in Bridgeport.

And questions continue to dog Eastern North Carolina charter operator Baker Mitchell, Jr., who runs four charter schools and has received millions in taxpayer money through his for - profit companies, which lease the land to the schools and run their operations.

That change came at the behest of officials with the North Carolina Virtual Academy, the school backed by controversial for - profit online school operator K12, Inc., who complained to state officials that recording and reporting daily student attendance through the online reporting software that traditional schools use didn't work for them, according to DPI's interim director of the state's charter school office Adam Levinson.

In addition to being one of Malloy's largest sources of campaign cash during his 2014 re-election campaign, the owners and operators of Connecticut's charter schools, along with the corporate elite who support Malloy's «education reform» initiatives have dumped more than $ 9 million into the lobbying effort to support Malloy's agenda to undermine public education in Connecticut.