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Gov. Cuomo defended his support of charter schools a day after the City Council speaker took a swipe at him on Twitter by accusing him of supporting «hedge - fund backed» charters...

The task force spent nearly five hours taking testimony from pre-selected presenters who don't work in charter schools every day like I do and, in most cases, don't work in or attend any school at all.

As the authors themselves note, across the country only 2.5 percent of public school children roam the halls in charter schools each day; the remaining 97.5 percent are compelled to attend traditional public schools.

Wall Street is one of the biggest backers of charter schools these days, because they're investing in — they make — there's something called the new markets tax credit, where they get — and Juan González wrote about this — they're able to make a tremendous return on their investment in charters, because of write - offs on federal taxes by investing in charters.

Not only that, but the kids choosing charter schools these days also seem to be more able.

Does your school, like other charter schools these days, benefit from lots of outside money, influential board members, media coverage, or other advantage?

Like other charter schools the days are long, running from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., and the academics rigorous.

Trib takes a look at charter school transparency following Charter School Day on the Hill.

National Visit a Public Charter School Day invites legislators, reporters, and community business leaders to tour high - quality public charter schools on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

As part of National Schools Choice Week (January 23 - 27, 2012), the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools would like to invite you to participate in National Visit a Public Charter School Day.

According to 2011 - 2012 school year data, while some charter networks or independent charter schools offer significantly longer school days, the average charter school day is only 18 minutes longer than the average public school day.

Not exact matches

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Organizers at Pembroke Pines Charter High School said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaSchool said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaschool if there hadn't been testing that day.

Pupils of all age ranges in about 40 schools across New York have already joined Meatless Monday, including public (state - run), private and charter schools, and the Brooklyn announcement was made at a school that serves only meat free meals — every day of the week.

Which is why he runs not just a charter school but also a parenting program and an all - day prekindergarten and an after - school tutoring program and family - support centers.

In spite of those challenges, charter schools are finding ways to implement thriving nutrition programs by meeting these challenges with best practices; specifically, through universal meals and boosting school breakfast participation by making it part of the school day.

In celebration of Earth Day April 22,» The Amazing Spider - Man 2» director Marc Webb and Chef Suzanne Goin teamed up to host a Be Amazing event at Larchmont Charter School in West Hollywood.

The next stop is an all - day language - focused pre-kindergarten for 200 4 - year - olds, who then graduate into a K - 12 charter school that has an extended day and an extended year and employs some of the intensive academic practices developed in the KIPP schools.

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.

This insight is precisely what was discovered from day - to - day experience by the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Charter Schools.

City public and charter schools would have to meet the federal «gold standard» for lunches, which requires that a different fruit and vegetable be served every day and that only low - fat or non-fat milk and whole grains be offered.

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

Goin said she feels very lucky that her three kids attend Larchmont Charter in part because of the garden and fresh meals that are cooked for school lunch each day on the campus.

This success is due in part to the D.C. Healthy Schools Act of 2010, which requires school breakfast to be provided at no charge for all students in D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools Act of 2010, which requires school breakfast to be provided at no charge for all students in D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoschools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular school day.

Cuomo got $ 60,800 from Stanley Druckenmiller, a charter school backer and former hedge manager, on March 4 — the same day the governor spoke at a pro-charter rally in Albany.

The Senate has now passed both the parks / e-waste bill and the charter schools bill and can head home for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.

A legislative source reports two top aides to Mayor Bloomberg — Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson and Director of Legislative Affairs Micah Lasher — are huddling with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in hopes of landing a charter school deal before the day is out.

Also at 10 a.m., state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, state Sens. Jeff Klein, Leroy Comrie and Martin Golden as well as Assemblymen Luis Sepulveda and Felix Ortiz participate in the 14th annual Charter School Advocacy Day, Empire State Plaza, Convention Center, Empire State Plaza Concourse Level, Room 130, Albany.

The charter school agreement was reached just days before the June 1 Round II deadline for federal «Race to the Top» funding.

It is, among other things, charter school lobby day in Albany, and the state Legislature is in session.

Meanwhile, the Senate has called it quits for the day and is planning to return at 9 a.m. tomorrow to vote on a deal to keep the parks open and — for now, anyway — a charter school bill.

Belluck has used his own Twitter handle in recent days to dog the State Education Department over the results of third - through eighth - grade English and math test scores that showed charter school students performing slightly better than their public school counterparts.

Eighteen other charter school operators have rejected Moskowitz's planned protest and come out in support of de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K, saying «Tuesday is not a day to be divided.»

Meanwhile, Success Academy Charter Schools decided to hold its own rally the same day, only they got the prime spot — Albany's gilded outdoor steps in the front of the state Capitol.

Mayor Bill de Blasio dug in his heels on charter schools Monday, as the fierce debate threatened to cost him control of the city's school system and bring back the bad old days of the Board of Ed.

The salty speech came on a day when union officials discussed hot - button issues such as teacher seniority rights and charter schools.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banneday pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banneday pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banneday sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banneDay Parade in uniform / with banners.

Bitter rivals from their days as City Council colleagues, the two squared off again this year when Mr. de Blasio initially pulled the plug on three of her charter schools.

As if anticipating that attack, Cuomo released a 250 - page book listing his positions on issues of the day, including a strong defense of charter schools and the use of student - performance data in assessing teachers.

Governor Cuomo's executive budget calls for universal full - day pre-kindergarten for all, including charter schools.

Arne Duncan has $ 4 billion - plus to push privatization (on the day this blog is published, he will visit a charter school in Brooklyn that achieves remarkable results; I assume he will not visit the one in Queens that is housed in trailers in a muddy field, placed there to help a developer sell apartments in a not - yet - built building).

Still left undone is an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, which Senate Republicans are linking to an expansion of charter schools — an approach Cuomo has spoken favorably of in recent days.

He also got $ 60,800 from Stanley Druckenmiller, a charter school backer and former hedge manager, on March 4, the day the governor spoke at a pro-charter rally in Albany.

But with half of the session's last scheduled day behind them, the state's top men still have not reached a resolution and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he was still refusing to give on a push by Cuomo and Senate leaders to help charter schools.

With just days to go before the April 1 deadline to finalize the state budget, he said Senate Republicans were pressing for the elimination of the charter cap and more money for charters at the expense of public schools.

Only one day before massive rallies for universal pre-K and charter schools, other advocates say they've gathered evidence for potentially another lawsuit for more state aid for schools.

Story of the Day: Bronx Charter School on Probation for Shady Lottery Practices The Academic Leadership Charter School, which opened on East 141st Street in 2009, is in hot water and in danger being closed after city investigators discovered that the school may have manipulated its lottery selection process to weed out unwanted stuSchool on Probation for Shady Lottery Practices The Academic Leadership Charter School, which opened on East 141st Street in 2009, is in hot water and in danger being closed after city investigators discovered that the school may have manipulated its lottery selection process to weed out unwanted stuSchool, which opened on East 141st Street in 2009, is in hot water and in danger being closed after city investigators discovered that the school may have manipulated its lottery selection process to weed out unwanted stuschool may have manipulated its lottery selection process to weed out unwanted students.

MANHATTAN — A day after the State University of New York approved new regulations to make it easier for charter schools to hire teachers without master's degrees — and even without bachelor's degrees — the city and state's teachers» unions filed a lawsuit to stop the standards from being implemented.

Thousands of city charter school kids got a day off school to take part in a huge rally on the steps of the Capitol that called for an end to the «failing schools crisis.»

That day the focus was on the hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, the chairman of the Success Academy charter school network, who bought an apartment in the building seven years ago.