Sentences with phrase «charter sector»

, a nonprofit group in the state, views the state - run district and the growing charter sector as a move away from local control.

Standing Together for Strong Community Schools, a nonprofit group in the state, views the state - run district and the growing charter sector as a move away from local control.

We have a very high - performing charter sector — just named the healthiest in the nation!

We believe that the balance we have, with a thriving public charter sector and strong traditional schools, is about right.

This simply hasn't happened in any city, even those with large charter sectors.

Yesterday we went over how states have done very little to improve in 8th grade math since 2009, but how many state charter sectors rocked it.

We wouldn't have the same expanding charter sector were it not for the credible threat of even more private school choice.

So, here's where I think a lot of us in the independent charter sector are at with regards to all this: we want to be accountable and we want effective authorization.

In cities with thriving charter sectors, scores of self - organized nonprofits are now running schools.

A high - quality charter sector requires strong accountability, both in policy and in practice.

Within both the traditional public and charter sectors there are schools that serve niche populations and do not lend themselves to the mainstream accountability system.

A maturing charter sector still operates on first - generation laws designed to launch a few experimental schools.

Taking aim on the entire charter sector and ignoring the same issues in district schools does nothing to improve public education as a whole.

It's difficult to say, especially as charter sectors vary greatly across states.

Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter sector.

• However, there continues to be wide variation in performance within the national charter sector.

Some states have scandal - ridden charter sectors, and studies show that voucher programs don't help and often hurt student achievement.

If someone can explain why random error would systematically dramatically favor charter sectors, I'm all ears and the comment section eagerly awaits your thoughtful challenge.

The online charter sector is dominated two for - profit companies, which manage around two - thirds of all cyber charter schools.

«Nobody wants mayoral control to expire, but if it does, charter school advocates have shown increasing electoral sophistication,» said one high - level charter sector source.

Thanks to two decades of smart reforms and the work of countless stakeholders, our great city has an exceptional charter sector and a rapidly improving district sector.

First, advocates must answer a fundamental question: What type of relationship should the nascent charter sector have with the long - dominant district sector?

I think this should modestly increase our belief that being loose on charter openings and closings can lead, over time, to a healthy charter sector.

The district also identified and responded vigorously to a number of concerns that the growing charter sector raised.

It invested $ 12 million and helped double the size of the nation's highest - performing charter sector.

But focusing on the size of the American public charter sector might be missing the point.

How have districts with a large charter sector been impacted?

Some state charter sectors are helping their kids learn dozens of extra days worth of material annually.

It can help districts manage the operational and financial challenges that accompany a growing charter sector and meet the needs of their students.

This turn of events is of real consequence to those of us working in the independent charter sector.

A thriving charter sector was one of the criteria for receipt of the federal money.

As EdNext readers know, Doug Harris's New York Times critique of Betsy DeVos set off a round - robin of blogs and tweets pitting «choice purists» against «regulators,» with the performance of charter sectors in Detroit and New Orleans at issue.

With specific advice for charter sector leaders, policymakers and philanthropists, Going Exponential offers strategies that could enable every child living in poverty to have access to schools as good as today's top ten percent charter schools by 2025.

The governor's support came at a crucial moment, and a spate of pro-charter legislation soon followed, which guaranteed the continued growth of the city's charter sector by forcing the city to accommodate charters in public space or pay for their rent in private buildings.

In recent years a school of thought arose in our space that a centralized authority or «harbor - master» could produce better outcomes by carefully controlling both the entrance and the exit of schools from charter sectors, primarily on the basis of standardized test scores.

Attendees will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of substantive sessions that fit their individual needs, as well as to learn together about issues that the entire DC charter sector faces.

A more sound approach might be to let authorizers decide whether to encourage backfilling if a local district is starved for quality seats, or greater differentiation in offerings and evaluations when a more robust local charter sector warrants it.

He later established the Charter School Policy Institute to develop independent research and policy aimed at growing the public charter sector through gold standard practices.

Inequitable funding puts the state's charter sector at a crossroads — either state and city officials find a solution to the facilities crunch, or the number of new high - performing charter schools will grind to a halt.

Want to add twelve new charter schools a year to one of the country's best charter sectors in Boston?

Again, there is a great deal to like here - multiple charter sectors with large gains (MI, WI, GA, MD, TX) or high scores (CO, ID) or both high scores and gains.

At the same time, in cities where charter sectors have blossomed (e.g., New Orleans, Detroit, Newark), communities are demanding more democratic control.

What they want to know is how to make their state's charter sector work as well as possible — how to write a law in such a way that many high - quality schools will result.

In my view, the report's key shortcoming is that it ignores The Big Question: Since the D.C. charter sector produces several additional months of learning annually for its kids, educates nearly half of D.C. students, has very long waitlists, and continues to grow, and since DCPS continues to struggle, how is PCSB preparing to become the dominant public education provider in the nation's capital?

Evaluations led by Harvard's Tom Kane and MIT's Josh Angrist have used this lottery - based method to convince most skeptics that the impressive test - score performance of the Boston charter sector reflects real differences in school quality rather than the types of students charter schools serve.

Because the most rapid expansion of the Arizona charter sector occurred around the turn of the 21st century, many charters are poised to come up for review in the next few years.