Sentences with phrase «citywide charter school district»

Nagin later explained that he had written a letter to Governor Kathleen Blanco on October 5: «Give me the charter schools I've been asking for — 20 charter schools, a citywide charter school district.»

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This would, in turn, allow state leaders to give district - run schools charter - like autonomy and create a single citywide accountability system.

Citywide, enrollment had begun to stabilize after four decades of steep decline, as more families opted to enroll their children in district schools, including newly expanding charters.

For example, a city might desire a mix of neighborhood and citywide choice schools; if this is the case, city leaders could regulate their charter district in this manner.

In the meantime, NYC charter schools cumulatively report over 40,000 students on their waiting lists, with the Success Academy network, which regularly outscores even some citywide and district Gifted & Talented programs, desperately seeking permission to expand after receiving more than 17,000 applications for only 3,000 + available seats.

During his tenure with the organization, Colleston has helped to develop and lead all aspects of the district's authorizing function, including overhauling the district's charter school policies, managing the charter school application process, overseeing citywide authorizing strategic priorities, and leading the development of the district's first School Performance Framschool policies, managing the charter school application process, overseeing citywide authorizing strategic priorities, and leading the development of the district's first School Performance Framschool application process, overseeing citywide authorizing strategic priorities, and leading the development of the district's first School Performance FramSchool Performance Framework.

More than 200 teachers from 17 district schools spent Tuesday at a training run by Uncommon Schools, which has 21 charters cischools spent Tuesday at a training run by Uncommon Schools, which has 21 charters ciSchools, which has 21 charters citywide.

The report provides the first citywide assessment of the changing and complex public school landscape in the U.S., enabling city leaders to assess the overall health of all of their cities» schools, regardless of whether they are district - or charter - run, and to benchmark them against schools in other cities.

The coalition report calls for a «charter - district compact that reviews, discusses, and presents plans for better coordination and transparency about school openings and school closings,» and that finds «opportunities for citywide collaboration in areas such as a centralized data system and a campaign to address chronic absences.»