Sentences with phrase «charter schools and the students»

The difference in the rate of achievement growth between students enrolled in charter schools and students in traditional public schools is substantial.

The report examines the role of states in the charter movement, describes basic characteristics of charter schools and their students, and examines why people create charter schools and what barriers they encounter.

«Charter schools are the result of communities coming together to create new opportunities for their children from the leaders who open charter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance.

[10] Paul E. Peterson, «Charter Schools and Student Performance,» The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2010, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703909804575123470465841424 (accessed January 14, 2016).

When reform - friendly commenters and cheerleading journalists write about the NOLA transformation, it's become de rigueur to offer a standard qualifier — words to the effect of, «We still have a long way to go, but...» In this formulation, poor overall reading and math proficiency based on standardized test scores is a mere speed bump before long and laudatory discussions of the remarkable growth demonstrated by the city's charter schools and students since Katrina.

But Cheatham urged the board not to see it as an us - vs - them proposition, noting the charter school and its students would be fully part of the district if the contract was approved.

«If you're a charter school and your students aren't learning to read, you're probably not going to stay in business,» she says.

Once we know more about the details of how each state approaches this challenge, we hope to be able to identify best practices and foster more equity for the many districts, charter schools and students involved.

The budget will include additional funding going to each sector of education, including charter schools and student - choice programs.

This type of analysis of NAEP scores is only possible because of Arizona's large population of charter schools and students, which is on par with several states.

Our members overwhelmingly voted to donate $ 10,000 to support Prop 123 on behalf of Arizona's charter schools and students.

TCSA is your organization and we are here to serve Texas charter schools and their students.

With the growth in LA and elsewhere, California remains the state with the most charter schools and students in the nation...

The number of charter schools and students being served in California charter schools is continuing an upward trajectory making it a perfect market for your company's growth.

(Washington, DC: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2013); and National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Estimated Number of Public Charter Schools and Students, 2013 — 2014 (Washington, DC: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2014).

Taken together, this package of common - sense reforms helps open up new doors of opportunity for our charters schools and students and will ensure that the innovative spirit of our public charters remains alive and well in the years ahead.

Suzanne is an advocate for improving education in Idaho and uses her skills and experience to advance the success of Idaho public charter schools and their students, on and off the job.

CCSA advocates for fair equity in facilities for our charter schools and students, and offers support and resources from our regional and statewide staffs, as well as our legal, legislative, and communications experts for those seeking facilities, and as a response mechanism for issues that may arise.

Last year was quite a success story for charter schools and the students we serve.

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, TCSA's Bruce Marchand appeared before the House Public Education Committee to advocate on behalf of public charter schools and students.

Strikingly, this report from the nation's premier civil rights organization singles out charter schools and their students for criticism, and underscores the NAACP's call for a moratorium on charters last year.

This Connecticut State Department of Education study acknowledged those differences and corrected for them but did not correct for other differences between the students in charter schools and students in traditional public schools.

«More than 300 school leaders, supporters, parents, and students will have the opportunity to meet with elected officials, discuss key legislation impacting charter schools, and share the importance of their support on policies that will ensure the future success of charter schools and the students they serve,» said CCSA President and CEO, Jed Wallace.

Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) welcomes a new stance toward public charter schools and the students they serve by the National Education Association (NEA).

Unfortunately, other districts find ways to harass families, deny services, and generally make life difficult for both charter schools and their students.

Opponents of charter schools, which include many school districts, say they worry that an increasing number of such schools will drain vital dollars away from traditional public schools and create a divided system in which select students attend charter schools and students with special needs fill the traditional schools.

Charter Schools and Student Performance One study of 29 countries found that the level of competition among schools was directly tied to higher test scores in reading and math.

Academic accountability is a key ingredient is the success of California's charter schools and the students they serve.

We're working to help lawmakers understand the importance of finding a solution to the inequity that impacts charter schools and students every day.

Academic accountability is a key ingredient in the success of California's charter schools and the students they serve.

President Obama issued a proclamation declaring this «National Charter Schools Week:» «I call on States and communities to support charter schools and the students they serve.»

This TEACHED screening will discuss the state of charter schools in Louisiana and nationally, addressing how to ensure the success of all charter schools and the students they serve.

LA Unified has the most charter schools and students of any district in the nation.

Bennett pointed to a number of factors that might explain why the number of charter schools and students are leveling off.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

The first study, conducted by the research firm, Westat, is called Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities: A National Study (Fiore, Harwell, Blackorby, & Finnigan, 2000).

Not exact matches

IHSNO is an open - enrollment charter school with 565 students and claims to be the only high school in New Orleans to offer the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), which requires students learn a foreign language.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

The first is tonight with three short plays by students from Dillard High School and Coral Springs Charter School.

She contends that educational choice will create a «two - tiered system in urban districts, with charter schools for motivated students and public schools for those left behind.»

As waiting lists for voucher lotteries and a 55 percent increase in charter - school students since 2004 attest, many parents, and disproportionately poor and minority parents, appear more than willing to shoulder this lamentable burden.

Over the past three decades, the number of homeschooled children has grown by at least 7 percent a year» the number may now exceed the number attending charter schools» and between 6 and 12 percent of all students are educated at home at some point between kindergarten and twelfth grade.

A blanket moratorium on charter schools would limit Black students» access to some of the best schools in America and deny Black parents the opportunity to make decisions about what's best for their children.»

Charter schools have been very popular in the black community and generally beneficial for black students:

(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)

Even as the availability and popularity of charter schools, vouchers, and homeschooling increases, there are enormous pockets of students who, for a variety of reasons, have only one choice for schooling.

The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association states: «Their argument is that per student grants paid to a Catholic school division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and FreSchool Boards Association states: «Their argument is that per student grants paid to a Catholic school division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and Freschool division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

From Men in Blazers: America SCORES is non-profit organization that promotes football and poetry with students at more than 175 public and charter schools across North America.

Bob Lenz is the co-founder of the Envision Schools network of charters, which has made project - based learning the central pedagogical strategy in its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino stSchools network of charters, which has made project - based learning the central pedagogical strategy in its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino stschools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino students.

Additional accountability requirements: Rule 6.12.6 NMAC (2006) requires each school district and charter school to develop and implement a policy that addresses student and employee wellness through a coordinated school health approach and must submit the policy to the Public Education Department for Approval.