Sentences with phrase «charter schools experiment»

Also trailing was Referendum 55, which would have launched a charter schools experiment in Washington.

Washington voters Tuesday appeared to reject Referendum 55, which would have launched a charter schools experiment in Washington.

For instance, let charter schools experiment with alternative approaches to personnel.

The GOP's Biggest Charter School Experiment Just Imploded How a washed - up lobbyist built a charter school...

In addition to those issues of contention, Buras raised conspiracy theories in which she accused other hands at work — mainly the government — of eyeing New Orleans as the «charter school experiment of the nation.»

Several recent developments underscore the difficulty of making good on the trade - off at the heart of the decade - old charter school experiment: A scathing...

The Charter School Experiment After 10 Years by the American Federation of Teachers

The OSP, along with the successful D.C. charter school experiment, has created an atmosphere of receptivity for changing how we view K — 12 education in our nation's capital.

School districts had alternative schools for years before the charter school experiment.

The Charter School Experiment: Expectations, Evidence, and Implications, Edited w / P. Weitzel (Harvard Education Press)

Christian Science Monitor: New Orleans charter school experiment shifts to home rule http://bit.ly/1YlStbf

It is unclear whether traditional schools have adopted any «innovations» learned from North Carolina's charter school experiment.

The more I have learned about the charter school experiment nationally, the more impressed I've become about the success of charter schools to harness market forces and improve student performance.

New Orleans's charter school experiment is built on the notion that the invisible hand of the free market, made manifest in «unprecedented» parental choice, will improve the quality of public schools through competition.

At base, Shanker suggested, the charter school experiment was not working.

I think the charter school experiment will continue to flourish.

«Massachusetts» 23 - year - old charter school experiment has long enjoyed bipartisan support,» the Globe reporter observes, but that bipartisanship support seems to be a thing of the past.

5) National / Ohio: Mother Jones explains how «The GOP's Biggest Charter School Experiment Just Imploded.»

The charter school experiment is in many ways still in its infancy.

Decades into the charter school experiment and more than a decade into the DeVos influenced school landscape, Detroit has 30,000 more school seats than it needs and schools go into heated competition to fill those seats in time to get state money determined by headcount.

Then, a couple of weeks ago, the National Education Association gleefully proclaimed that «the charter school experiment has «failed,» concludes national investigation.»

Politicians, ideologues, so - called libertarians, and crooks attracted by profit motives, took over the charter school experiment.

Not exact matches

@Jeff I for one support all of the experiments with vouchers, charter schools, etc..

Regarding charter schools — Charter schools are supposed to act as laboratories, where small numbers of schoolchildren are subjects of experiments to find better ways to educatcharter schools — Charter schools are supposed to act as laboratories, where small numbers of schoolchildren are subjects of experiments to find better ways to educatCharter schools are supposed to act as laboratories, where small numbers of schoolchildren are subjects of experiments to find better ways to educate them.

Hence, as a new experiment charter school has emerged.

Hoping to shift the focus away from controversy and onto academics, Success Academy Charter Schools intends to start posting its lesson plans online this summer, going so far as to specify what type of snail is the best for kindergartners» science experiments.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadCharter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadcharter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Yes, charter schools on the whole perform no better or worse than existing public schools, but they've allowed educators to experiment with new approaches to problem solving.

We conducted these experiments on four topics: Common Core, charter schools, tax credits, and merit pay for teachers.

Members of both groups attended all three types of schools — private, public charter, and traditional public — in year 3 of the voucher experiment, although the proportions that attended each type differed markedly based on whether or not they won the scholarship lottery (see Figure 2).

Goldstein investigated ways to conduct useful, classroom - relevant research with an experiment of his own in the MATCH charter school he founded.

This dire sequence started, he says, with A Nation at Risk, the 1983 Reagan administration report that launched America on «experiments» such as «open classrooms, national goals, merit pay, vouchers, charter schools, smaller classes, alternative certification for teachers, student portfolios, and online learning, to name just a handful.»

Even as «no excuses» schools like KIPP work to make their programs more intellectually challenging, only a few charter providers (for example, Summit) are experimenting with technology - based, personalized schools and with models that reduce the need for large facilities.

And Cruz, like others, talks about the various experiments (like the Jesuits» Cristo Rey network and the conversion of parish schools to charters — see Andy Smarick's comprehensive report for Seton Education Partners about Washington, DC's experience), but doesn't he wonder where the Church's bishops are?

When studying an entire system of charter schools, including some that are not oversubscribed, it is not possible to conduct a true experiment.

However, the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) and the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, a charter school in Los Angeles, have both embarked on bold experiments in reforming teacher pay.

In principle, the best way to determine how effectively charter schools raise student achievement is to conduct a randomized experiment.

«I think that on issues of education, I've gotten in trouble with the teachers union on this — that we should be experimenting with charter schools.

Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of school districts and charter schools around the country are experimenting with such reward programs in the hope of improving...

Several simple experiments were embedded in poll questions on merit pay, charter schools, and school vouchers.

For the nation's foremost experiment in charter schools to rest even briefly on its laurels would be to risk setbacks, Kingsland and like - minded reformers contend.

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgCharter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgSchools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgCharter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgcharter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

This could involve approaches to assessment and curriculum or organizational innovations like giving more site based freedom over budgets and personnel to other district schools, based on successful charter experiments.

The various currents merged in the Windy City in 2006 and 2007 when the Christian Brothers helped open two charter schools in impoverished neighborhoods on Chicago's west side, embarking on a unique experiment in public education.

One hard lesson of America's experiment with public charter schools is that building a school from scratch is no small task.

Minnesota's charter schools — trailblazers in a national reform experiment — have found freedom, but not without some sacrifices.

Through his experiments over the last decade, through his work with EdLabs, Fryer has distilled what works in high - performing charter schools, and he's translated those tenets to improve low - performing district schools in Houston and Denver.

As he speculates in «Injecting Charter School Best Practices Into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments,»» [A] leading theory posits that reading scores are influenced by the language spoken when students are outside of the classroom... [The researchers] argue that if students speak non-standard English at home and in their communities, increasing reading scores might be especially difficult.

But what makes the mayor's experiment far more interesting than, say, improvements in the city's bus service, is that his charter schools are achieving results — in some cases, great results — with seriously disadvantaged kids.

While many of the nation's public schools remain stubbornly segregated by race and income, some charter schools and districts are starting to experiment with using weighted lotteries to increase diversity.