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Mississippi Watchdog: Mississippi charter schools case hinges on key constitutional question

The Advocate's Will Sentell reports on the Type 2 charter school case pending before the Louisiana Supreme Court: Louisiana Supreme Court case has families, charter schools on edge.

In the charter school case, many of the schools that will operate SUNY approve «certification» programs will gain back teachers» salaries in models already proven by Relay «Graduate School» of Education:

Not exact matches

Whereas I didn't agree that charter schools take money away from trouble traditional schools BEFORE — I came away from the excellent comments from the Senators voting AGAINST the charter school bill believing this is the case.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

As charter school proponents go to Albany this week to plead their case, let's examine the realities behind their claims of stretched resources, unique student demand and stellar academic results.

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi makes the case against the Senate Charter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reforCharter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reforcharter reform bill.

Also at 9 a.m., parents and students from Middle Village Preparatory Charter School in Queens rally outside the Queens County Courthouse before oral arguments are heard in its case, 88 - 11 Sutphin Blvd., Queens.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

In rare cases, where charter schools violate laws or face serious problems with academics or safety, charter authorizers may move to close schools.

James has also led the legal case against the city's largest charter school operator, Success Academy, over accusations that the network counsels out students with disabilities.

That proposal would significantly alter standards required for teachers at charter schools — in some cases requiring only 30 hours of classroom experience to be qualified to teach.

We are not afraid of competition, it's charter schools that are afraid to take on the most challenging students, the tough cases that slow down learning for whole classes.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew makes the case for stronger charter school oversight now that U.S. Secretary Betsy DeVos — a strong charter supporter — has been confirmed.

«The reason why I joined this case is because for many of us, including myself, feel like stop - and - frisk is police abuse,» said Lalit Clarkson, 31, a teacher at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inSchool in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inschool on a lunch break in 2006.

A Manhattan judge gave an «F» to Public Advocate Letitia James on Friday, tossing her case to shut down «co-located» charter schools after a city lawyer argued that her suit...

Will they really abandon charter schools en masse, even as liberal policy shops like the Center for American Progress keep making the case for them?

This is the case of the blob — the union and the education empire — striking back,» one charter - school insider said.

But this is obviously not the case: Tisch yesterday blasted the Senate bill for neither limiting the number of charters allowed in a certain neighborhood nor making it harder for them to share space with underpopulated traditional public schools.

Jeffries has been at odds with the mayor in some cases, but supports charter schools (which cost him the DC 37 nod).

On the political front, both AG Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio both released RttT statements, which I find of particular interest in Cuomo's case since his support of charter schools is something that rankles both the teachers unions and many of the Democratic legislative allies.

Technically, the authorizers in this case are the State University of New York trustees, who recognize the value of locking in renewals now and asked the Regents to OK them: Doing so will give the schools, Bronx Better Learning and eight Success Academy charters, certainty about their futures, particularly as they consider expansions.

As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.

Expect more heated education rhetoric at the Capitol on Tuesday, when advocates for pre-K, including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, are scheduled to lobby lawmakers the same day representative of charter schools make their case.

In examining the causes of charter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he scharter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he sCharter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studied.

In the case of charter schools, however, an estimate of their effect on students who enroll is exactly what we want, as the basic idea behind charter school reform is that only students who want to should attend them.

Maybe you do need that dual - language - immersion charter school in the suburbs — not because you care about it educationally, but because its families help you make the case for charters politically.

«In some cases, like Idaho, charter school students across all races attend schools of white isolation: majorities of students of all races are in 90 — 100 % white charter schools.»

The task force spent nearly five hours taking testimony from pre-selected presenters who don't work in charter schools every day like I do and, in most cases, don't work in or attend any school at all.

As the number of students entering charters has grown steadily year by year, comprising in 2012 approximately 4.2 percent of public school students nationwide, the case for rethinking the capital requirements of the charter sector has become overwhelming.

For example, NCB Development Corporation used its $ 6.4 million grant to create the Charter School Capital Access Program; the grant dollars comprise a «first loss reserve» - money that serves as a buffer for lenders in case payments fall through - on a $ 45 million loan pool that NCB and the Reinvestment Fund raised from large financial institutions.

While district reform collapsed, and claimed the court case on the never - implemented voucher program as collateral, charter parents will ensure that school choice carries on in this Colorado suburban county.

In my case, it was the disability advocacy groups who actively opposed charter schools as well as «specialized schools» designed to serve particular disabilities like autism.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

The study, «Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's Charter Schools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theSchools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools, rather than coming up with new ideas of their own.

Not so in Washington, whose justices relied on a stubborn interpretation of a 1909 case, School District No. 20 v. Bryan, to rule that charter schools are not «common schools.»

The first decade of charter schools has unearthed entrepreneurs who are willing and, in some cases, able to take on these herculean tasks.

They saw that there were success stories but that further work would need to be done to ensure that more of the good charters flourished and fewer of the bad charters remained (just as the case with traditional public schools).

Across 21 comparisons (seven sites with three racial groups each), we find only two cases in which the average difference between the sending TPS and the receiving charter school is greater than 10 percentage points in the concentration of the transferring student's race.

Benjamin Riley, founder of Deans for Impact, makes the case for an abundance of caution, while Alex Hernandez, a partner at Charter School Growth Fund, supports continued efforts to get personalization right.

First, the charter schools that garner attention for blended learning have, in many cases, used it to transform their entire schooling model.

Interpretation: In the case of charter schools, both EdNext and PDK provide an objective description of charter schools before posing questions about charters.

This is not the case for charter schools.

They were given the freedom to try different things - in Paige's case, a centralized reading curriculum for low - performing schools, charters and vouchers in neighborhoods where the conventional schools would not improve, and outsourcing noninstructional services such as food and transportation to save money.

Last week, the Clayton Christensen Institute published a case study that describes how Leadership Public Schools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cSchools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cschools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention courses.

Supporters don't need to rely on the Global Report Card to make the case for charter schools because they have four gold - standard RCTs on their side.

Alternatively, although we control for free or reduced - price lunch eligibility, it may be the case that low - income families have a stronger preference for charter schools.

In the traditional public school sector in both Florida and Chicago, high schools are almost always separate from middle schools, which is not the case for charter schools.

This way, parents who want democratic agency can enroll their children in democratically run charters, while other parents can choose schools that have different missions, and in no case will outside special interests be able to seize control.

The case study illustrates how three groups of charter management organizations (CMOs)-- High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stSchools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stschools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable students.