Sentences with phrase «charter schools point»

Those who have challenged the efficacy of charter schools point out that it is a lot easier to get higher test scores if schools don't have to attend to those students who need special help.

Mike Goldstein, the founder of Boston's MATCH Charter School points out that we get to watch our kids play volleyball and basketball.

A new report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools points out that New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Miami and Washington, D.C. fail to meet parental demand.

Not exact matches

(His Democratic opponent, future charter school CEO Eva Moskowitz, beat him by 52 percentage points.)

Over the past three decades, the number of homeschooled children has grown by at least 7 percent a year» the number may now exceed the number attending charter schools» and between 6 and 12 percent of all students are educated at home at some point between kindergarten and twelfth grade.

First, let me point out that while you're right that I did some of my reporting for the book at a public charter school and a private school, I reported in more depth at two traditional public schools (Fenger High in Chicago and I.S. 318 in Brooklyn).

They've also pointed to successes at charter schools that have longer days.

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New York City has 185 charter schools, which the coalition points out serves students who live in poverty and are 93 percent black or Hispanic.

Update X2: Bloomberg spokesman Mark Botnick also calls to point out that Bloomberg and Silver also worked closely on similarly significant issues like the charter schools issue and both times for mayoral control.

Heastie told reporters that his members were willing to accept the tentative deal that settles outstanding issues, including traditional public schools vs. charter school funding — a big sticking point for the Democratic conference.

The teachers unions have also pointed to wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign.

And Senate Democrats who hope to flip the district once held by Republican former Sen. Dean Skelos are pointing to the support from groups like the PAC maintained by StudentsFirstNY after the initial charter school aid proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was doubled to $ 54 million in the final budget agreement — a figure that was backed by Senate Republicans.

As Azi Paybarah points out, Bloomberg is also expected to support his 2009 campaign consultant and charter school supporter, Basil Smikle, who is mounting a primary challenge against an anti-charter Democrat, Sen. Bill Perkins.

Hawkins, the Green party candidate for Governor, has pointed out that Wall Street hedge funds have been mobilizing to support Cuomo, partially due to his support for charter schools, which provide a hefty tax subsidy to wealthy investors.

The fact that Bloomberg avoiding being critical of the Assembly Democrats on the charter school cap issue even as the pro-charter advocates have placed the blame squarely on that chamber and its cozy relationship with the teachers union, further proves the point.

Charter school advocates pointed to their schools» impressive results - many outperform neighboring public schools - and lashed out at United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, who accused them of being «fixated» on raising the state cap.

But he pointed to concerns over protections for charter schools that had been pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in recent weeks.

Which hedge fund is making profit out of it or which charter school's CEO is drawing huge salary are not the point....

The Bronx Democrat said Thursday that the Assembly will back a deal on charter school funding, one of the last sticking points in the way of a budget, which was due April 1.

Cuomo appears poised to help renew control, but with changes that win him points in the charter schools sphere.

There have not been any angry public walkouts from the negotiating room to this point, but there have been the usual grumbling about the stickiest issues, which this week include talks on «Raise the Age,» workers compensation reform and support for charter schools.

In steering Senate Republicans through the close of three legislative sessions, Flanagan has made a point about fighting for education aid and charter schools.

But charter leaders want to hammer home their point that the answer to bad district schools illustrate the need for good charters.

Everyone knows he is only messing with the NYC schools because he wants to make brownie points with the big buck Charter entrepeneurs / donors.

A profile of Dr. Richard Izquierdos, a longtime pediatrician in Hunts Point who opened his own charter school this year.

With Skelos and Cuomo on the same page, teachers unions will no doubt continue to point to the wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign as well as independent expenditure campaigns backing Republican Senate candidates last year.

Education was a sticking point for the Legislature, which spent hours debating funding for statewide full - day pre-kindergarten, charter schools and the flawed rollout of the Common Core, a new testing standard.

Taxpayer - funded charter schools should not have the right to choose to educate fewer high - needs students than public schools and then point to how successful they are in comparison.

And he remains bitterly hostile to the educational alternative that is one of the city's great success stories — charter schools — to the point of denying them space and working to thwart their growth.

Sticking points include funding for charter schools.

One sticking point in the mayoral control debate is charter schools, which Republicans, who control the Senate, tend to support.

While the lifelong Democrat voted for Hillary Clinton, Trump's vocal endorsement of charter school growth compelled some measure of collaboration and Moskowitz was even considered for education secretary at one point.

It also seemed to point out that only a small fraction of the city's public school students attend charter schools, and said its main focus was on improving opportunities for all children.

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.

Asked about problems with Albany schools, McLaughlin pointed out that while public schools and charter schools are often pitted against one another, they're all public schools in the sense that they all run on public money.

Sources say they will be pointing out the fact that the charter school cap bill passed 45 - 15, with all 32 Democrats — even those who are vehemently ant - charter, like Sens. Bill Perkins and Shirley Huntley — voting «yes» and 15 Republicans in the «no» column.

In the face of multimillion dollar negative ad campaigns from Success Academy Charter Schools and its CEO Eva Moskowitz, Hawkins maintains that the mayor could have pointed out that public school children - some disabled - face being displaced - but chose not to.

Barrett continues to point out that Mayor de Blasio is the only Democrat mayor who does not support charter schools:

«The BTF looks for whether he follows through on returning control to the local districts as opposed to control by the state,» he said, pointing to concerns about teacher evaluations and the role of charter schools.

The Third Point C.E.O. serves on the board of StudentsFirstNY, a pro-charter advocacy group whose board members also include former schools chancellor Joel Klein and Success Academy Charter Schools founder Eva Mosschools chancellor Joel Klein and Success Academy Charter Schools founder Eva MosSchools founder Eva Moskowitz.

Other last minute sticking points included how much to increase school aid, and whether the state should lift a charter school cap.

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

The final sticking points in the negotiations included providing extra funding for charter schools to hold classes in private facilities if they're excluded from sharing space in public - school buildings.

But he did not see fit to focus on charter schools in his State of the State speech in January, where he lays out his economic and policy goals for the year, any more than he'd chosen to focus on them at any point since becoming governor.

Cuomo highlighted three major sticking points: raising the age of adult criminal responsibility, the 421 - a property tax abatement program, and education funding, especially around charter schools.

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 superintendents and school boards in these cities do not score points with teachers unions by working directly with charters.

In Denver, in 2012 13, the percentage of special - education kindergarten students was 1.8 points higher in district schools than in charters.

Today's generation of education reformers exhibit something more akin to diffidence, even cowardice, and not without cause: After decades of dominance and setting the agenda for American education, we should have a few more successes to point to than a relative handful of successful urban charter schools.