Sentences with word «charterization»

Talk to your friends and neighbors and encourage them to send an email to board members or to attend the community meetings at Hannah Penn on September 23, 24, and 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 and share why you oppose the 100 % charterization of the York City School District.

While charterization may be a favored approach of education reformers like Duncan, Gawlik said the shift toward charter schools boils down to money: «The district can also sell buildings to charter schools, or have contractors come in,» she said.

I also find Arne Duncan's fast talking snake oil sales pitch on behalf of rampant and willy nilly charterization to be akin to a used car salesman.

In addition to school closures and charterization of the island's school system, FMPR is also fighting proposed cuts to public sector pensions, which the board has suggested should be cut by 25 percent.

Buras said that several mandates alluded to New Orleans schools being «subject to charterization» and, if they didn't, then disaster aid would be withheld.

«It kind of came across as the problem is the charterization... But I don't think [the problem with alternative schools] is necessarily a charter school thing.»

Also interesting that Hess and Malloy, both staunch charter school advocates, avoided any mention of privatization, charterization, vouchers, or whatever.

Issues include: High Stakes Testing, the charterization of public schools, lack of union democracy, weakening of tenure and teachers rights, demoralization of the teaching profession, importance of Social Justice Unionism, and so much MORE!

In a three - month investigation, In These Times interviewed teachers, parents and students to find out how they feel about the charterization of public education in New Orleans.

Groups opposing the charterization called the plan racist because of its impact on African American and Latino schools.

While it rolls back NCLB's absurd adequate yearly progress system just as it was about to self - destruct, the new guidelines require states that apply for waivers to identify up to 15 % of their schools with the lowest scores for unproven «turnaround» interventions, «charterization,» or closing.

15) Indiana: Former charter school board chair and steel industrialist Reid Litwack is pushing for the charterization of the entire Gary school system.