By that measure, charter schools are a complete failure, since nothing has ever
come out of a charter school and been incorporated into a public school — nothing has even been tried.
As August wraps up, and the school year is now in full swing, we wanted to highlight some of the great and inspiring news
coming out of our charter schools.
Not exact matches
Eighteen other
charter school operators have rejected Moskowitz's planned protest and
come out in support
of de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K, saying «Tuesday is not a day to be divided.»
He's
come under regular fire in his first term from Democrats who claim he's
out of step with his own party for his positions on labor issues, support for
charter schools and coziness with wealthy real estate developers and financial firms.
And one
of de Blasio's most prominent foes, Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, has recently
come under fire for a New York Times article demonstrating that students with disciplinary issues have been effectively forced
out of some
of the network's
charter schools.
In studying the simple and immensely practical question
of how
charter schools handle teacher retirement when state law allows them to opt
out of the state's pension system, Podgursky and Olberg examine just how much rethinking
charters are doing when it
comes to the familiar, expensive, and binding routines
of schooling — and what lessons that holds for
schools more broadly.
Consider the two reports that
came out last week, one on
charter school segregation by a UCLA group headed by Professor Gary Orfield, the other a Brookings report headed by Grover Whitehurst, the widely respected former head
of the Institute
of Education Sciences.
They gave a conditional OK to just nine
charters to open for the
coming academic year,
out of 17 formal applications for 28
schools.
Between 1960, when Catholics educated one
out of every eight American
school - age children (5.2 million) and 1990, when
charter schools first
came on the scene, 30 percent
of the 13,000 Catholic
schools in the U.S. closed (with enrollment plummeting to 2.5 million).
Unlike regular public
schools, which have the authority to seek taxpayer - backed bonds for renovating
school buildings and new construction,
charter schools have no such mechanism in place to offset their facilities costs, which often
come out of their operating budgets.
Putting her in charge
of the Department
of Education really is an insult to all
of the many teachers and educators and principals and so many Americans who have
come through our public
schools, who have had a chance in this economy to make it in their lives in part due to this commitment
of America to public
schools, which we need to invest in more versus the sort
of alternatives that Betsy DeVos has pushed, including
charter schools that have sucked billions
out of our public education system and that have resulted in hundreds
of millions
of dollars
of fraud.
Perhaps the best two pieces I've
come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district progress along with
charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts
of the story Russakoff leaves
out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit
of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).
For example, we have kids
coming out of Camden traditional
schools and moving to renaissance
schools (district -
charter hybrids) or
charters, and the other way around.
Although many details remain to be ironed
out, both
of the bills filed so far would create a state panel that would approve
charter applications, which could
come from non-profit groups to start a new
school or parents and teachers
of an existing
school.
I am
coming out of this experience with a better understanding
of how important it is to expand the
charter school movement while strengthening the existing ones.
Millions
of charter school parents — those who have their children enrolled and those on wait - lists — have
come to realize that their goals are way
out of sync with the «kill or unionize» mob.
«By emulating some
of the best practices to
come out of the
charter -
school movement, the administration continues to evolve on
charters and recognize their important place in the city's educational landscape,» said Jenny Sedlis, executive director
of the advocacy group StudentsFirstNY.
The
charter chain
came under fire after a recent New York Times investigation revealed that administrators at one Success Academy
school kept a «got to go» list
of struggling students that they actively worked to push
out.
They may have to wait a bit longer to hear the good (or bad) news too, as members
of the State Board
came to understand that many
of the
charter school applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended mi
charter school applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended mis
school applications recommended by the
Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended mi
Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended mis
School Advisory Board
came with significant reservations about their ability to carry
out their intended missions.
Relay is a teacher preparation program founded in 2011 by three high - achieving
charter school networks that were concerned about the quality
of teachers
coming out of traditional degree programs.
Despite the political rhetoric
coming out of ConnCAN and other
charter school industry front groups, Trinity's Robert Cotto reveals that Connecticut's
charter schools do not outperform local public
schools.
Despite operating with a staff that has varied between three and eight personnel — not enough to handle the increasing number
of charter schools, State Superintendent June Atkinson has pointed out in the past — the Office of Charter Schools has engaged in numerous lengthy investigations of schools among the state's 140 + that have come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial pr
charter schools, State Superintendent June Atkinson has pointed out in the past — the Office of Charter Schools has engaged in numerous lengthy investigations of schools among the state's 140 + that have come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial pr
schools, State Superintendent June Atkinson has pointed
out in the past — the Office
of Charter Schools has engaged in numerous lengthy investigations of schools among the state's 140 + that have come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial pr
Charter Schools has engaged in numerous lengthy investigations of schools among the state's 140 + that have come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial pr
Schools has engaged in numerous lengthy investigations
of schools among the state's 140 + that have come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial pr
schools among the state's 140 + that have
come to its attention for experiencing governance or financial problems.
But
coming out of nowhere to claim the sixth spot in the National Alliance for Public
Charter Schools» annual report is a Georgia district
of 26,000 about an hour's drive from Atlanta.
Until a good
charter school option
came along, I was completely stuck,
out of options for my sons.
But perhaps the most interesting thing to
come out of Berends» research on Indianapolis
charters is why parents picked their kids»
school in the first place.
Special Education and New York City
Charter Schools,» Jonathan Kantrowitz examines data coming out of New York City about the failure of charter schools to take and keep students who need special education se
Charter Schools,» Jonathan Kantrowitz examines data coming out of New York City about the failure of charter schools to take and keep students who need special education se
Schools,» Jonathan Kantrowitz examines data
coming out of New York City about the failure
of charter schools to take and keep students who need special education se
charter schools to take and keep students who need special education se
schools to take and keep students who need special education services.
The investigative juggernaut
came out with a story headlined «Failing
Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan,» about failing charter schools converting to privates in search of voucher and tax credit r
Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan,» about failing charter schools converting to privates in search of voucher and tax credit r
Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan,» about failing
charter schools converting to privates in search of voucher and tax credit r
charter schools converting to privates in search of voucher and tax credit r
schools converting to privates in search
of voucher and tax credit revenue.
When it
comes to traditional public
schools, more than three
out of every four parents surveyed said they were opposed to reducing compensation for teachers or cutting resources for the classroom while increasing spending on
charter schools.
Some have
come out to oppose the Governor's proposals, but I will tell you that it is wrong to cheat public
charter school kids
out of the resources given to district
school kids.
The New York Post, the
charter school cheerleading paper
of record, was giddy with delight when New York test scores
came out.
The fact is that the
charter school wizards are quick - in / quick -
out jackals who serve the interests
of the corporations they serve, like Achievement First or Students First, whose only purpose is to raid the taxpayer education funds and spread their screed
of wonders to
come.
Register's announcement
of changes in East Nashville
comes amid a report detailing the increased costs
charter schools impose on MNPS and reports out of Memphis that rather than turn more schools in that district's Innovation Zone, the Director of Schools there is seeking to «double down» on what's working: District management of schools with increased investment, support, and flexi
schools impose on MNPS and reports
out of Memphis that rather than turn more
schools in that district's Innovation Zone, the Director of Schools there is seeking to «double down» on what's working: District management of schools with increased investment, support, and flexi
schools in that district's Innovation Zone, the Director
of Schools there is seeking to «double down» on what's working: District management of schools with increased investment, support, and flexi
Schools there is seeking to «double down» on what's working: District management
of schools with increased investment, support, and flexi
schools with increased investment, support, and flexibility.
An
out -
of - state reporter recently checked a seemingly obvious fact with the head
of the Louisiana Association
of Public
Charter Schools: The «recovery» in the Recovery
School District's name refers to
coming back from Katrina, right?
Dozens
of people
came out to support an eighth
charter school in the city.
Unlike most other states, Maryland's law doesn't require local
school boards to fund the construction or renovation
of the buildings
charter schools use; often those costs have to
come out of the
school's operating budget.
An incredible 95 percent
of the money that flowed into the Massachusetts
charter school campaign
came from
out -
of - state donors, with 84 percent
of the total funds
coming from New York based Families for Excellent
Schools, a dark money
charter school group that advocates in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
When it
comes to their new proposed education agenda, it is bad enough that Malloy and Wyman plan to give more money to the privately owned but publicly funded
charter school industry while making the deepest cuts in state history to Connecticut's public
schools, but in a little understood piece
of proposed legislation, the Malloy administration is trying to sneak through legislation that would give his Commissioner
of Education and the political appointees on his State Board
of Education a new mechanism they would use to punish taxpayers in certain communities where more than 5 percent
of parents opt their children
out of the wasteful and destructive Common Core SBAC testing program.
I
came away so impressed with his knowledge, passion, and entertaining style
of presenting, I immediately reached
out to him to work with our staff at Chicago Virtual
Charter School as a key component
of our Professional Development program.
The head
of the foundation that is administering the funds, the Foundation for Newark's Future, said recently that there will be a roll -
out of a number
of unspecified initiatives in the
coming months to help both district and
charter schools.
According to official reports filed with the State Department
of Education, and current as
of March 2016, 14
out of 24 (58 %) Connecticut
charter schools are were violating the law when it
comes to ensuring students have properly authorized staff in the building.
An
out -
of - state company is also counting on Malloy to
come through with the cash needed to expand their
charter school chain into Stamford, Connecticut.
In the end, it was students from CHAMPS
Charter School of the Arts in Van Nuys, California who
came out victorious in the VEX Robotics High
School World Championship.
In those moments Quigley also articulated what he sees as an evolving divide on this board — a rift between those who want to uphold a high bar when it
comes to the quality
of a
charter school applicant's pitch versus those who are more willing to take a gamble in the hope that things will simply «work
out.»
Lusher
Charter School is likely to reduce the number
of incoming kindergarten students from 150 to 100 in the
coming year, halting the expansion it began two years ago because it has run
out of room at its satellite campus at the Jewish Community Center and been unable to find more space elsewhere.
Money allocated to
charter schools does not
come out of school districts» budgets.
«
Charter schools are asking for basic fairness when it
comes to educating their public
school students and a system that forces schools to take funds out of the classroom to pay rent is clearly one that is broken,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School C
school students and a system that forces
schools to take funds
out of the classroom to pay rent is clearly one that is broken,» said James Merriman, CEO
of the New York City
Charter School C
School Center.
While the studies showed mixed results for
charter schools when compared to district
schools in other states, the data
coming out of Massachusetts»
charter schools told a much different story.
In Indianapolis, the effect was more pronounced:
Charter school students
came out about two months ahead
of where they might have been if they attended Indianapolis Public
Schools or township schools, the study re
Schools or township
schools, the study re
schools, the study reported.
Seth Coleman, a spokesperson for the Georgia
Charter Schools Association, told HuffPost that nothing «earth - shattering»
came out of the session.
As more and more facts
come out about Michael Sharpe, the CEO
of the Jumoke / FUSE
Charter School Management company, parents, public school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school
Charter School Management company, parents, public school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school
School Management company, parents, public
school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school
school advocates and the taxpayers
of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board
of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar
School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school
School, its students, staff, parents and millions
of dollars in public funds to the disgraced
charter school
charter school school fraud.