Sentences with phrase «charter schools demand»

«The widespread findings of misconduct and poor student performance in for - profit charter schools demand the elimination of these schools.

Charter School Demand and Effectiveness: Understanding Boston A new report by researchers from the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative at M.I.T. has found that Boston charter school students continue to significantly outperform Boston Public Schools students across the middle and high school grades on the MCAS.

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Nia Dennis, 8, a student at Betty Shabazz Charter School, and Xavier Dilworth, 4, came with their parents to demand a longer schooSchool, and Xavier Dilworth, 4, came with their parents to demand a longer schoolschool day.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom.»

At 1:30 p.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley hosts a press conference with students and activists to demand congressional action on gun safety, Renaissance Charter School, 35 - 59 81st St., Queens.

Silver and the Democratic - run Assembly now have to decide between low - income, mostly minority parents demanding charter schools as an option for their kids, and the teachers unions, their longtime allies, which are trying to rein in charters.

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.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Mancharter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» ManCharter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

On the prekindergarten issue, Success argues that the city's demand that it sign the contract violates state law, which it says gives a charter school's authorizer, not the city, oversight of its prekindergarten programs.

NYC Parents Deliver 3,561 Letters to Mayor de Blasio Demanding Space for Success Academy and Bronx Charter School for the Arts

Demand is high for pre-K at charter schools: Spencer Robertson, the executive director of PAVE Academy in Brooklyn, which offers pre-K through a nonprofit affiliate, said he has 140 applicants for 36 pre-K seats.

New Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christie.

The parents, volunteer members of StudentsFirstNY's grassroots organizing effort, demanded greater school choice for Queens, the borough with the fewest charter schools per student.

Mike Mulgrew calling for more accountability for charter schools is like the Pony Express demanding faster service from FedEx.

Thousands of parents and teachers descended on Foley Square to demand that de Blasio get behind charter school proponents» plans to increase the number of charter seats across the city to 200,000 by 2020.

Each played a role in the breakdown: Mr. Flanagan, who demanded more charter schools in exchange for giving Mr. de Blasio an extension; Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly speaker, refused that demand, and said that he would no longer allow mayoral control to be used as a bargaining chip.

«How can New York State demand that manicurists need 250 hours of instruction, but allow charter school teachers to get certified with far fewer hours of training?»

The metaphors were clear and painful for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget war with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a master of Albany's byzantine backrooms — Mr. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, had schooled the upstart Mr. de Blasio this year, securing new and unprecedented protections for charter schools, denying Mr. de Blasio a tax hike to fund his universal prekindergarten expansion and swatting away a demand for a municipal minimum wage increase barely after the words had left the mayor's mouth at his maiden State of the City address.

Rather than needle the mayor by demanding reports or his attendance at hearings, as Republicans did in previous years, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, attached a different condition to mayoral control: actions favoring charter schools.

SUNY — which licenses charter schools — plans to demand more information from the high - performing Success Academy and other charter - school operators about their disciplinary and suspension policies before signing off on new charter applications or renewals.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

Also at 1:30 p.m., Success Academy Charter Schools CEO Eva Moskowitz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, ManCharter Schools CEO Eva Moskowitz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, ManSchools CEO Eva Moskowitz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, ManCharter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, Mancharter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, Manschools next year, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., charter school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will gather on the steps of City Hall and demand that de Blasio apologize for insulting charter school students» achievement on 2016 state exams, Manhattan.

So we have in mind a trip the mayor has yet to take: a visit to a high - performing, New York City charter public school that sets high standards and demands achievement.

While Cuomo has somewhat made peace with the teachers unions he so often battled with, he has continued to back charter schools and has not met the school funding demands put forth by AQE, either in amount or district distribution.

Some say that the borough's current crop of district, charter, and private schools are relatively strong, leaving little demand for Success to move in.

James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center, believes that there is likely to be demand for Success charters on Staten Island even if it's not overtly apparent.

ALBANY — More than 1,000 charter - school students and teachers descended on Albany Tuesday to demand equal funding with regular public schools.

Families for Excellent Schools, a pro-charter advocacy group out of New York City, took umbrage with NYSUT's statement Tuesday, demanding it «immediately apologize» to the 120,000 charter school students across the state and their families for «calling them a distraction.»

Demand for high - quality charter schools like Girls Prep Bronx is highest in the Bronx, and one in every three families on charter school waitlists are Bronx families.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

Among the sticking points were Republican demands to increase the number of city charter schools.

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

There is demand in the area, according to the charter school network.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

Mr. Barron, a progressive firebrand, did praise the Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, for refusing to bend to the Senate's demands to increase the number of charter schools in the state as a condition to extend mayoral control of the city's schools.

Carl Heastie, center, the Assembly speaker, has refused to yield to the Senate's demands to increase the number of charter schools in New York State.

In the final hours of this year's legislative session, for instance, the Republican - controlled Senate demanded a number of concessions for charter schools in exchange for granting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio a one - year extension of mayoral control of city schools.

NEW YORK CITY — When Eva Moskowitz starts a new charter school, top officials at the city's Department of Education move heaven and earth to meet her demands.

Parent demand for charter schools has grown, but the schools continue to face such obstacles as a lack of start - up funds and inadequate facilities, a report from the U.S. Department of Education says.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said last week that he plans to demand radical steps — such as firing most of a school's staff or converting it to a charter school — as the price of admission in directing $ 3.5 billion in new school improvement aid to the nation's 5,000 worst - performing schools.

Both the District of Columbia's and Denver's charter schools have strong community support, which coupled with demand for high - quality charter schools, continues to spur growth.

If private schools operate in response to market demands, while district and charter schools operate in response to government expectations, then one might conclude that the marketplace expects certain fundamentals from all schools.

The landscape of school choice options may be important in that demand for public charters could be greater where parents have fewer schooling options.

Demand for charters has remained strong, based on data from schools» self - reported waiting lists.

Efforts to bring the academic results of some of the nation's best urban charter schools to a far larger scale are «sharply constrained» by limits on the supply of talent willing and able to undertake the highly demanding work, argues a new working paper by Steven F. Wilson, a senior fellow at Education Sector, a Washington think tank.

DPS's new SchoolChoice enrollment system minimizes favoritism, fosters integration, and increases demand for high quality schools by using the same process to place students in most schools, including charters and district - operated schools.

Demand for seats in charter schools remains high among families but public enthusiasm for continued growth of the charter sector seems to be slipping.

When the need is so great, the demand so strong, and the supply so skimpy, why not allow more charter schools to serve more children?

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.