Sentences with phrase «communities about charter»

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Charter for the Acquisition of Independent Supermarkets 4.30 The ACCC introduced a voluntary Charter for the Acquisition of Independent Supermarkets in July 2005, in response to community unease about creeping acquisitions in the supermarket industry.

«We were gifted with this charter that was very much about blending commercial success with community development and social responsibility,» says Kelly Lindsay, director of programs and marketing for the Pike Place Market Preservaton & Development Authority, or PDA, which has managed the market since 1971.

Students at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schools safe.

You don't have to be an aficionado of the art form known as stepping to find the crowd - pleasing appeal in this documentary about the female step team at an inner - city Baltimore charter school that becomes a safe haven for teenagers amid volatility in their families and community.

For that reason, the Moraine charter originally enjoyed the support of community leaders and served about 200 children in grades K — 12.

Within the charter authorizing community there is robust debate about how to do what's needed while promoting continued growth and protecting charter autonomy.

An Ernst & Young study of 430 loan transactions by 15 community - development financial institutions (CDFIs) involving 336 charter schools found a foreclosure rate of 1 percent, lower than the corporate sector debt - default rate of about 3 percent.

The Dust - Up authors also use error - ridden information about a child's food stamp eligibility to argue, unconvincingly, that charter schools tend to serve the better - off segment of the minority community.

authors also use error - ridden information about a child's food stamp eligibility to argue, unconvincingly, that charter schools tend to serve the better - off segment of the minority community.

This led to a patient explanation from other charter leaders as well as district leaders about how hard it is for communities to see a building shuttered or handed over to a charter school when generations of neighborhood kids, some of whom went on to be accomplished leaders, attended the school.

One charter leader put in stark terms how closing a district school and replacing it with a charter school can feel like a personal affront to a community if there hasn't been enough transparency about school performance:

Local charter school leaders were supportive, but their naiveté about the political process stood in sharp contrast to the strategic organizing in the labor community.

Among the entries, we find Bambino musing about the impact of charter schools; the need in schools for more business partnerships and community involvement; the «us and them» divide between teachers and parents; the validity of the school science fair; and the need for more time to plan and reflect.

And, most important, to the extent the charter schools did well, and we believed in our bones many would, they would put pressure on the public schools to stop making excuses about why they weren't successfully educating kids from poor communities.

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Timesha Cohen, a member of our learning community and teacher from Propel McKeesport Public Charter School, has talked about the impact of her participation as positively affecting herself and her students: «My students are able to make connections between what they know and what they need to know, as well as draw conclusions based on patterns they may notice in both math and science.

Community groups and parents had also expressed concern about locating a new charter within a few blocks of an existing public school, Oakland Technical High School.

So we brought fourteen superintendents and charter leaders from their communities together in February 2010, about nine months ago.

Read more about how the Park City charter school community came together now!

They could have had community conversations about finding ways to get money to the schools and students directly, like many charters are able to do.

A poll released last week from Sacred Heart University's Institute of Public Policy proves what we've been saying about our state's public charter schools all along: locally, Connecticut's charter schools stand out for being community - centric and community - focused, resulting in strong local support for them.

Charters are making a positive impact on our communities, but many people do not know about - or understand - charter schools.

Alturas International Academy School Type: Charter Public Location: Idaho Falls Grades Served: K - 8 ’20 in 10 ′ Investment: $ 1,000,000 over five years ’20 in 10 ′ Impact: 538 new seats About the School: Alturas International Academy promotes academic distinction, while empowering students to be principled and intellectual leaders as they explore, create, investigate, and analyze in a safe, engaged, collaborative environment that inspires them to make a genuine difference in their local and global community.

It is regrettable that the NAACP didn't take the time to research the true impact of charter schools in the communities they care about.

The root causes of this debacle are a badly drafted (so - called «strong») state charter law that enables just about anyone who wants a charter to get one, and the absence of any community - wide mechanism to ensure that there is a at least one good school for every child.

Given the positive rhetoric about charter schools being able to «beat the odds» one might expect their achievement profile on the SAT to be significantly higher than the achievement found in public high schools located in either «A» or «B» communities.

The campaign kicked off with the release of a letter signed by over 160 Black education and community leaders calling on the NAACP to reconsider and to learn more about the benefits of charter schools.

This free event is open to the public and is intended to bring the community together for an open and honest dialogue about charter schools» successes and challenges.

Community Magnet Charter School currently has an enrollment of about 470 children.

Bennett encouraged the group to consider establishing a charter school if they still felt strongly about breaking away from Anderson Community Schools.

What is clever about the tactic is that it is shrouded in a worthy - sounding goal: charters should serve more high need students to better reflect the public school community.

Over 150 parents, teachers and community members showed up at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers offices on Tuesday night to see a free screening of Backpack Full of Cash, the documentary about the growth of the charter industry in the U.S. Pittsburgh has a growing charter sector, with about 11 % of students attending charter schools.

The legislative breakfast, held at Park City Prep Charter School, was a chance for parents, community leaders, students, and educators to hear about the many charter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across ConneCharter School, was a chance for parents, community leaders, students, and educators to hear about the many charter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across Connecharter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across Connecharter schools are faring across Connecticut.

The event is meant to bring the community together for an open and honest dialogue about charter schools» successes and challenges.

Each school in the Hope Community Public Charter School will actively inform families and the public each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation status.

When asked about public school choice and how he will address the growth of charter schools and declining enrollment in the district, he said that his own parents had the choice to be in a community that provided the best options for their children.

A recent article in Salon affirms what we've been saying about the destruction that the explosion of poor quality charter schools has wrought on our communities.

CCSA shares a statement from the Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education ComCharter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Comcharter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Comcharter school students in the region - about the failure of SB 1362 (Beall) in the Senate Education Committee.

All HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL schools will actively notify the public about the content of or any updates to this LWP annually, at a minimum.

Local charter schools have been speaking out about their programs and their impact on communities to dispel these myths during the public comment sections of every meeting and they're already having an impact.

The SBOE wants to hear the community's thoughts on the proposed content of a new school report card that will provide the same information about every public and public charter school in the District.

Yelverton found out about Girls Prep Charter School in the Bronx at a community board meeting.

HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL strives to teach students how to make informed choices about nutrition, health and physical activity.

When asked about charter schools, Vermont's Deputy Secretary of Education said she did not support charter schools saying «No I don't think we need them... The state's longtime tradition of allowing public funding to flow to private, non-religious schools when a community does not have a public school... provides enough flexibility.»

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In partnership with Charter Board Partners, FOCUS, and NewSchools Venture Fund, CityBridge Education offers the First Fridays school tours to teach members of the D.C. community about the city's charter sCharter Board Partners, FOCUS, and NewSchools Venture Fund, CityBridge Education offers the First Fridays school tours to teach members of the D.C. community about the city's charter scharter schools.

While many of our own donors are supportive of public charter schools, some are more excited about our work to support district school redesign efforts and community engagement.

Although much about school governance is learned on the job, there is a wealth of experience to be shared within the charter community.

As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.

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