Sentences with phrase «claims by charters»

The film burnished the claim by charter advocates that they were involved in «the civil rights issue of our time,» because they were leading the battle to provide more choice to poor and disadvantaged children trapped in low - performing public schools.

The claim by charter proponents that charter school students» performance is superior to public district school students is a misconception.

Rep. John Bradford III, R - Mecklenburg, said the bill addresses the «huge inequity» between traditional public school funding and public charter school funding, although a widely - circulated claim by charter backers that they only receive 75 percent of the funding traditional public schools receive was met with skepticism from many on hand.

In January, Discovery Creemos Academy closed abruptly due to claims by its charter holder that it was out of money.

Not exact matches

Since the OCC has not reached a final decision on the fintech charters, the claim of harm by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) was speculative, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote in her decision tossing out the case, issued late on Monday.

He disputes the claims of nullifiers that the federal union was a compact between sovereign states, argues that the founders sought coordination between the branches of government rather than a stalemate between competitive, coequal centers of power, and offers a strict construction of the Second Amendment as an authorization for state militias rather than a charter for the private ownership of assault rifles by potential revolutionaries.

It reiterates claims made in a report by Antonacci earlier this month that the raises violate the New York State Constitution and the Onondaga County Charter.

Among its claims, the suit alleges that Success Academy discriminates and retaliates against students with disabilities by taking measures designed to influence them to leave the charter network.

He claimed that his rights allegedly breached by the Senate were guaranteed by Section 39 of the Nigerian Constitution and Article 9 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Right (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.

Nick Clegg has hit back at Home Secretary Theresa May's «appaling» claim that the Liberal Democrats had put «children at risk» by rejecting the «snooper's charter» bill in Parliament.

The fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter - school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.

Loeb, long known as a particularly capricious hedge fund manager, has been called a racist by some after he claimed in August that Democratic state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins had done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by not supporting charters.

Charter school advocates who haven't been pleased by Perkins claim that they have «opened the doors to an insidious form of segregation» and is holding hearings (the first is on April 22) are also down with the idea of backing a primary challenger against him.

They also claim that the city's Department of Education doesn't hold the charter chain accountable and fails to abide by state education law requiring equity in capital spending at co-located district and charter schools.

School choice supporters are split over the program's strict accountability provisions, however, which some say represent over-regulation by the state but which others claim are on par with the expectations for traditional public and charter schools.

The 2001 - ’02 legislative session passed five anti-charter school bills, four of which were signed into law by Governor Gray Davis (who felt compelled, in one of his signing messages, to claim that he still «supported charter schools»).

Similarly, the Utah Supreme Court rejected the claim brought by the state school boards association that the statute authorizing the state board of education to approve and supervise charter schools represented an unconstitutional expansion of the state board's authority into the area of local schools.

It was, according to the paper's summary, an «article on school - choice movement; competition from charter schools, publicly - financed free schools, is forcing other public schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.»

On this last point, a fantastic new study by Michael McShane and Jenn Hatfield shows that chartering is producing a wide variety of schools in city after city (contra claims that charters are cookie - cutter).

Many hope that by replicating high - performing schools CMOs will provide more consistent results than stand - alone charter schools have achieved, but there is no rigorous evidence yet to support that claim nationally.

If inferior test score gains by charter schools is the heart of the piece, you would think that the article would present evidence supporting that claim.

Another factor that likely explains Florida's different scenario is the repeated claim by state education leaders, newspapers, and some members of the public that many charter schools in the state are engaged in profiteering and private enrichment, with support from powerful political allies in the state legislature and governor's office.

The charters exploit a loophole in state regulations: By coding hundreds of students who leave as withdrawing to enter adult education, such as GED classes, Sunshine claims virtually no dropouts.

An earlier study published by Education Next investigated the claim that KIPP charter schools were only able to achieve high scores because of student attrition.

Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter schools under -LSB-...]

The president of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools (ASBCS) responded to GCI's policy report by labeling the organization as anti-charter and claiming that charter schools are well - regCharter Schools (ASBCS) responded to GCI's policy report by labeling the organization as anti-charter and claiming that charter schools are well - regcharter and claiming that charter schools are well - regcharter schools are well - regulated.

The UFT can try to contend with the many high - quality research studies showing the charter sector outperforms districts by claiming the statistics are skewed, but the truth is charters are outperforming their host districts no matter which way you look at the numbers.

In this case, an «at - will» teacher filed a lawsuit challenging her dismissal by the charter school, claiming it did not comply with the Education Code provisions applicable to school districts.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

Charter opponents used to claim, without much in the way of evidence, that these schools would harm conventional public schools by «cherry - picking» white, high - achieving students and leaving poor, struggling minority students behind.

On its website, the school claimed to be the top - ranked charter in Ohio for «value - added,» a measure of academic growth, referring to a 2014 report produced by a nonprofit organization, Battelle for Kids.

The claim that charter schools achieve superior test results as a result of effort, choice, accountability, educational program, governance structure, or some other reason, is frequently cited by charter school lobbyists at the legislature and the CT State Department of Education.

PURE has played a major role in changing the discussion about charter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter nCharter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter ncharter network.

The simple claim hinges on a statement like this one from a presentation on charter schools by the CT SDE: «Of the 14 charter schools that administered the spring 2013 Connecticut Mastery Test, 12 schools (or 86 %) outperformed their host district with their overall SPI.»

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Although some studies have found that disadvantaged students may benefit the most from charter schooling, one prominent critique claims that charter schools succeed by avoiding the most challenging students, including low achievers or students with special needs.

The success of the charter school movement in most of the country undercuts the claims leveled by opponents to turn Washington voters against a proposal for change, one which had bipartisan approval of the Legislature and Democratic governor Gary Locke.

Rebuttals by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Democrats For Education Reform (DFER) unravel the AP analysis claiming charters are driving segregation in public schools.

A judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center claiming that Mississippi's charter school law violates the state's constitution.

According to the Senate bill analysis, «This bill requires all charter school petitions to be approved by the governing board of the school district in which the charter school is located, prohibits a charter school from locating outside its authorizer's boundaries, and limits the current charter appeal process to claims of procedural violations.»

The teacher merit pay and charter school movements are being driven by false claims, clearly refuted by the weight of evidence.

Some said the additional time meant a better chance of compromise in North Carolina's annual tilting match between traditional schools and charter supporters, who claim that publicly - funded charters are being short - changed by their traditional school counterparts.

This link only proves that Ravitch's evidence - based skepticism of charter schools as miracles (the claim by the NYT and Waiting for Superman)-- CREDO: 17 % of charters superior to public with 50 % the same and 33 % inferior — forces charter ADVOCATES to attack her.

Paul Thomas stated: «The teacher merit pay and charter school movements are being driven by false claims, clearly refuted by the weight of evidence.»

Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter schools under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

At the same time, parents in those same cities often hear claims by many charter schools that their students score two or three times higher than their district school counterparts.

Worst of all, a national study funded by the U.S. Department of Education found no evidence to support the claims that charter schools «save children from «failing schools.»

Charter school founders are pioneers of public education reform, staking their claim in the K - 12 education landscape by founding new schools in many historically underserved communities.

She (and you) claim that charters are for - profit enterprises run by corporations.

They claim by offering competition and choice — like merit pay, charter schools and vouchers --- student achievement will improve while lowering cost.