Sentences with phrase «charter schools and»

But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots more «high - quality seats» for lots more kids is to make sure that charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.»

Broader deregulation efforts to form charter schools and create accountability systems have been slowed by such barriers as state lawmakers» reliance on mandates, equity questions, and the lack of credible...

As governor, Romney proposed education reform measures that lifted the state cap on charter schools and gave principals more power to get rid of ineffective teachers.

This paradox is most vivid when comparing students who attend «no excuses» charter schools and those who attend open - enrollment district schools.

Here's our recommended reading list of articles that highlight what is going on in the world of charter schooling under three headings: charter superstars, hot - button issues, and charter schools and politics.

Amid consistently low student - achievement at some charter schools and the fast enrollment growth in others,...

Next, we calculated the total number of charter schools and the total enrollment in charters and traditional public schools in each school district.

Bennet, Boasberg and Denver's reformers have proven that embracing charter schools and expanding choice works for DPS, says Osborne.

BPR: Body Cams, Charter Schools, And Working From Home WGBH Boston Public Radio, 1/13/15» [Professor] Paul Reville, director of the Education Redesign Lab at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, weighs in on [Governor Charlie] Baker's plans for Charter schools and President Obama's Community College proposal.»

Sherry notes that as governor, «Romney proposed education reform measures that lifted the state cap on charter schools and gave principals more power to get rid of ineffective teachers.»

On another front, CMU founded the Michigan Resource Center for Charter Schools and in 2001 facilitated its transition to the National Charter Schools Institute so that it could support the development and performance of the entire charter - school sector.

The groups he has supported reads like a Who's Who of the brand of education reform that favors online learning and charter schools over traditional schools: According to the publication Education Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire Public schools, a charter school network.

James Peyser says national standards will harm charter schools and hamstring reform - minded states.

The federal tax credit proposal is one of several ideas under review by the White House to fulfill Donald Trump's campaign promise to promote the expansion of charter schools and vouchers that would allow families of low income to use public money for private school tuition, sources tell POLITICO.

There are remarkable differences in the number of charter schools and enrollment between states, and even between school districts within the same state.

Watch for a lot of new work from CRPE's new crop of brilliant analysts on the state education agencies of the future, district - charter collaboration, the costs of blended - learning models, charter schools and special education, and, of course, more research and tools for portfolio management.

Conflict between charter schools and their local school districts is nothing new, having persisted since the first charter school opened in 1992.

Is there a special education gap between public charter schools and district schools?

There is also a wealth of information available on the demographics of charter schools and whether they are representative of their neighborhoods.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.

In today's American cities, with expanding charter schools and districts creating new and diversified options under their aegis, the schools market is highly competitive.

Delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly last week approved a policy statement on charter schools that aims to limit the growth of charter schools and regulate the schools more closely.

Districts with higher - than - predicted high - school dropout rates were, like states with high dropout rates, more likely to have charter schools and a greater share of students enrolled in charters.

Marshalling demographic, financial, political, and school performance data from 1990 to 2004, we took the novel step of assessing patterns in the presence of charter schools and in their enrollments at both the state and local levels.

Instead of trying to come up with an unsatisfying compromise between pro- and anti-charter forces, legislators in New York should really be working to broker a compact between charter schools and the school district like the one Denver has.

The first thing we needed to do was identify U.S. charter schools and their locations and determine their enrollments.

For example, in 1996 CMU saw the need for charter schools to have representation in the state capitol and with the media, which led to the founding of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, which now serves as the unified voice for Michigan's charter schools and was a major advocate for removing the cap.

Angrist, et al examined Boston charter schools and found significant benefits for charter students on MCAS, SAT, and AP performance.

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

The Department of Education would like to see more charter schools and innovative programs, he said, adding that key ingredients for successful schools are high expectations for children and «an unequivocal belief that all children can learn.»

New institutions will need to arise — both to meet needs that are unique to charter schools and to design service packages in older service areas that make sense for charter schools.

We urge the federal and state governments to improve publicly available data about charter schools and to monitor the civil rights of all students who attend or wish to attend charters, in addition to further examining the effects charter schools have on surrounding public schools.

What is the impact of «winning» the student placement lottery on student outcomes (for both oversubscribed charter schools and public schools)?

This would facilitate the establishment of both individualized charter schools and multiple private companies with powerful education brand names.

Competition between charter schools and traditional public schools for students may induce a constructive reaction, an obstructive reaction, or no response.

school facilities, which remain a central issue for charter schools and local education agencies (LEAs).

«The tests will empower parents by providing them with information critical to the success of reforms such as charter schools and school choice,» William J. Bennett and Chester E. Finn Jr. wrote in an opinion piece published in TheWashington Post on Sept. 15.

Despite the united front of opposition, with studies like Carol Klein's 2006 Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stop them.

In «Inside Successful District - Charter Compacts,» Richard Whitmire looks at a few places where charter schools and traditional district schools are working together.

To capture the high ground, he needs only to make clear his strong support for charter schools and offer bold, innovative ideas in virtual education.

There is a compelling research literature on ability tracking and public charter schools and private schools.

Mr. de Blasio is a critic of charter schools and said that as mayor he would halt the practice of giving them free space.

In fact, there is substantial evidence that escape from the harmful effects of ability tracking in the district schools is a major factor driving disadvantaged families to charter schools and private school choice.

We decided to reanalyze the data used by the CRP authors (the 2007 — 08 U.S. Department of Education's Common Core of Data (CCD) and we just published our results in «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» which will appear in the Summer 2010 issue of Education Next.

In the absence of race - based constraints, some reform efforts that aim to improve school quality, such as charter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summer 2010).

Having established that districts acknowledge charter schools and are aware that they compete with them for students, we then attempted to characterize public school districts» responses to the competition.

They are also expected to debate other education issues, including charter schools and distance education on July 5 and 6.

In the coming years, the continued growth of charter schools and the ability of school districts to innovate and adapt will depend on moving beyond siloed thinking and outdated notions of competition and sector turf battles.

The ground war between charter schools and their opponents described by Joe Williams has begun to shift.

Unfortunately, charter schools and regular public schools have some information recorded differently in the New York City database, and these differences cause charter schools» numbers of special education and English language learner students to be understated.