When the San Bernardino charter school opened its doors in 2010, it was the first of six schools in the Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education, a portfolio of
charter schools named after prominent and active African American community members.
Charter Association Congratulates Public
Charter Schools Named «Schools of Distinction» by the State of Connecticut
DSST Public Schools, Harmony Public Schools, Success Academy
Charter Schools Named 2017 Broad Prize...
On Monday, June 27, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the National Alliance for Public
Charter Schools named IDEA Public Schools (IDEA) as America's Best Charter School Network and the winner of this year's prize.
DSST Public Schools, Harmony Public Schools, Success Academy
Charter Schools Named 2017 Broad Prize Finalists
In all, seven out of ten
charter schools named at least one area where resource limitations produced some difficulty.
Their words, along with the actions that reinforce their statements, do far more damage to the lives of kids than any jokes about
charter school naming rituals.
You can scroll over the dots to see the public school district or
charter school name and their demographics and test data.
Yesterday Education Secretary John King announced that one of those schools was Excellence Girls Charter School in Bedford - Stuyvesant, the first charter school in... Continue reading A Brooklyn First: Excellence Girls
Charter School Named a National Blue Ribbon School
Utah Association of Public
Charter Schools names Syracuse Arts Academy the Outstanding Charter School of the Year.
Question: Does
a charter school name change constitute a material revision to the charter school's petition?
Question: What materials must be submitted and which California Department of Education (CDE) divisions need to be notified of a change in
a charter school name?
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Charter School named Erika Dilosa as the new Special Education Director on June 11.
Oliveira as President of the School Board Continue reading «RI League of
Charter Schools Names Oliveira Executive Director (June 9, 2017)»
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Charter School named Erika Dilosa as the new Special Education Director on June 11.
But Forman, who co-founded
a charter school named for Maya Angelou, hopes progressives in particular see the light.
On a recent morning, a principal and teacher at Rise Academy — a KIPP
charter school named for a Maya Angelou poem in this New Jersey city — are discussing the academic performance and personal struggles of a student.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner — Rauner is so reformy that he has
a charter school named after him.
Not exact matches
One
name being circulated is Eva Moskowitz, a former NYC councilwoman and head of a fast - growing — and controversial — chain of
charter schools.
Republican / Conservative US Senate hopeful Jay Townsend has released a lengthy Web video / manifesto that lays out his platform on everything from
charter schools (he's in favor) to «military weakness» (he opposes) to government spending (he thinks «restraint» is the
name of the game).
«
Name the issue —
charter schools, taxes, public housing, law enforcement, regulation of car - sharing services — and Cuomo has gone out of his way to step on de Blasio's plans and sometimes humiliate him.»
Fariña recently told Capital she believes some
charter schools can have a positive effect on the public system, while knocking others (without
naming specific
schools) for touting high test scores, but not accepting special education or English Language Learner students.
Between Sept. 24 and Oct. 7,
charter school interests — including big -
name hedge fund managers like Paul Singer, Julian Robertson Jr. and Daniel Loeb — donated $ 3.6 million to New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany.
Massey also shared a story about a Staten Island woman whose daughter attended a
charter school in Harlem but when pressed, neither the candidate nor his aides could recall her
name.
More to the point, there were too many reasons not to back him, they felt, such as his support for
charter schools, his acceptance of the Independence Party ballot line and his indecision on hydrofracking, just to
name a few.
He did not refer by
name to Moskowitz or her Success Academy, but he did speak about «a
charter school with 194 children,» which would appear to be Success» Harlem 4
school, which was one of the blocked co-locations.
She was profiled in the New York Times Magazine in September, testified before Congress in July about educational opportunity for African - Americans, headlined a talk about education at the Sun Valley conference, also in July, and was
named to the «hall of fame» of the National Alliance for
Charter Schools in June.
Yet the Algebra II book that the group submitted this year, which CLRN gave a score of 26 out of 27 possible points, was written by a single author, a North Carolina
charter school teacher
named Kenny Felder.
The Lottery (Unrated) «Ticket out of the ghetto» documentary follows the diverging fortunes of four NYC families who feel their children's prospects in life depend on whether or not their
names are drawn in the lottery admitting students to a phenomenally - successful, Harlem
charter school.
CMOs and EMOs are formal organizations that exist to manage
charter schools, and they function somewhat like firms that have a strong brand and that establish fairly independent branches or franchises (see «Brand -
Name Charters,» features).
While a couple of
charter schools — Harriet Tubman and Sisulu - Walker — are
named after a black person, most of the
charter schools, not a few, disproportionately draw black students.
This would facilitate the establishment of both individualized
charter schools and multiple private companies with powerful education brand
names.
To
name just a few familiar examples: New
Schools for New Orleans, Building Hope, Friends of Choice in Urban
Schools,
Charter Board Partners, The Mind Trust, Families Empowered, Civic Builders, Building Excellent
Schools, A + Denver, Educate78, and Choose to Succeed.
Outwardly, Success is similar to other «no excuses» (Moskowitz dislikes that term)
charter schools: students are called «scholars» and wear uniforms; a longer
school day and year allow for about one - third more instruction time than district
schools provide; rooms are
named after the teacher's alma mater; a culture of discipline and high expectations reigns.
Marco Petruzzi has been
named the president and chief operating officer of Green Dot Public
Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates charter schools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles school di
Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates
charter schools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles school di
schools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles
school district.
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.»
The answer seems obvious to me — and should apply to any
school with similar results,
name brand or not,
charter school or not.
Chris Barbic, founder of the Houston - based YES Prep
Charter School network, led YES when it was named the best place to work in Houston, the only time a school or school system has been so ho
School network, led YES when it was
named the best place to work in Houston, the only time a
school or school system has been so ho
school or
school system has been so ho
school system has been so honored.
Perhaps the most memorable piece of work I have collected in my career is a surprisingly small one: a drawing of a butterfly by a first grade boy
named Austin from ANSER
Charter School in Boise, Idaho.
Many told us there were too many low - performing
charter schools in Detroit and struggled to
name any Detroit
charter schools that are getting results like those achieved by national nonprofit
charter management organizations.
Peter C. Thorp cringes when he recalls the confusion that arose last winter when a
school with a
name similar to that of his own California
charter school was stripped of its
charter amid allegations of impropriety.
This
school is now named the Sisulu - Walker Charter School of Harlem in honor of Dr. Walker and of Walter Sisulu, a close ally of Nelson Ma
school is now
named the Sisulu - Walker
Charter School of Harlem in honor of Dr. Walker and of Walter Sisulu, a close ally of Nelson Ma
School of Harlem in honor of Dr. Walker and of Walter Sisulu, a close ally of Nelson Mandela.
Once again the proposal was
named the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program, but this time they eliminated the rural districts in hopes of getting the additional nine votes, the strategy used by the successful
charter school coalition, according to Rep. Hoskins.
He had castigated for - profit
charter managers, but the year after his passing the first nonprofit
charter management network, Aspire Public
Schools, was founded by a former California district superintendent
named Don Shalvey.
If you had to
name the «mastermind» behind the push to bring more
charter schools to San Antonio, it would be Victoria Rico, who is something of an accidental
school - reform champion.
Perhaps the most poignant display of what giving up faith for money will mean for
schools was highlighted in a 2008 New York Times article documenting the conversion of Holy
Name, a D.C. Catholic
school, into Center City Public Charter S
school, into Center City Public
Charter SchoolSchool.
The research conducted so far shows that stand - alone
charter and brand -
name schools, like their district counterparts, vary widely in quality.
Changes in
charter school regulations and funding formulas could make it more feasible for «brand
name» networks of the independent public
schools to expand, according to a paper commissioned by the Brookings Institution and discussed at an annual conference here last week.
While
charter school performance has been mixed to date, a growing number of brand -
name charter schools are having tremendous success in communities where high student achievement was thought impossible.
Among the nine task force members Mr. Christie
named on Oct. 28 are a local
schools superintendent, a high
school PTA officer, a
charter school principal, and a
school choice activist.