Sentences with phrase «charter supporters even»

If so, there is reason to believe the race for state school chief will once again prove critical to CTA and charter supporters even though the Superintendent of Public Instruction has little actual authority over education policy in the state.

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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 banners.

And charter - school supporters, led by Mr. Loeb, have poured millions of dollars into ensuring that the State Senate remains in Republican hands — even as Democrats have won a majority of seats — backing Mr. Klein's renegade group, which first broke away from the party in 2011 and eventually formed a coalition with the Republicans.

Right now Republicans are in danger of being shut out of that general election thanks to Cox and state legislator Travis Allen splitting the GOP vote, even as Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom steadily leads the field and fellow Democrat and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa surfs a wave of TV ads paid for by wealthy charter school supporters.

President Barack Obama and former education secretary Arne Duncan are both supporters of charter schools, and even progressive stalwart Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed a system of public school vouchers in a 2004 book.

«Even in healthy districts, there is room for improvement, and perhaps healthy competition could be beneficial,» a supporter of the Maplewood charter told the local paper.

The union gave $ 200,000 to Al Sharpton's National Action Network even though the civil rights leader is a strong supporter of charter schools.

Yet even among ardent charter - school supporters, DeVos's approach to choice is controversial.

Charter school supporters say they are providing opportunities for students in areas with poor traditional public schools to have a better alternative to get an education, and some have even framed it in language of civil rights.

As part of the pruning that even charter supporters say is expected in a city full of dozens of charter schools, four schools in New Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operators.

These evaluations of charter oversight agencies were the centerpiece of Kasich and the state's efforts to improve the quality of a $ 1 billion charter school industry in the state that's ridiculed nationwide, even by charter school supporters.

At this point, the Times isn't even trying to mask its outright disdain for the Trigger and the charter - school supporters / radical reformers who back it.

In Mississippi, even dyed - in - the - wool public - education supporters won't publicly say that they're against charter schools.

Even though charter supporters outspent their opponents by $ 10 million, they lost because:

At Thursday's summit, Perry told the audience that charter supporters shouldn't even talk with people who disagree with them.

Even Cami Anderson, the state - appointed superintendent of the Newark School District and a strong supporter of charter schools, has publicly acknowledged the challenges that this segregation presents for her school district.

In the last 14 months alone, I've worked with the coalition of charter school supporters to bring charter schools to the state, testified before the Legislature on the quality of Alabama's charter school law, spoken with a room of more than 400 Alabama school board members about what it means to be an authorizer, and even sat down with the regional paper to talk about the pros and cons of authorizing charter schools.

All of this bad press should be enough to make even the most ardent supporters of charters welcome robust oversight and accountability.

But even supporters of charter schools say the current law wouldn't change schools for the better, because it fails to give parents much power.