Sentences with phrase «charter schools in cities nationwide»

Aiming to boost the growth of charter schools in cities nationwide, the Walton Family Foundation plans to announce a $ 250 million initiative today to help charters build and expand their sites.

Not exact matches

While the evidence for the effectiveness of charter schools nationwide is mixed, research has found that the charter schools in these cities are on average more effective than district schools in raising student test scores.

But her battles with the city's education department over space in underused school buildings resonate throughout the book, illustrating just one of the many obstacles faced by charter entrepreneurs nationwide.

It's in that poverty - stricken New York City neighborhood that the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) opened one of the first charter schools in its nationwide network, in 1995.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

This impact, measured in additional years learning, is nearly double the impact of charter schools in Boston and New York City and 2.5 times greater than KIPP middle schools nationwide.

However there are several quotes from the research that has me as a father and concerned education advocate asking questions of whether this study is aligned with educators in both charter and traditional schools and reform proponents and parents working toward a better education system in our communities, cities, and ultimately nationwide.