Sentences with phrase «creating more charter»

The Compact, as it is commonly referred to, has provided nearly $ 5 million for the express purpose of encouraging and creating more charter schools in our State.

Achievement First grew out of that experience as the vehicle for creating more charter schools.

According to the Patriot - News, a Philadelphia - based nonprofit is looking into creating more charter schools in the Harrisburg school district in the 2012 - 13 school year.

Buffalo, NY — The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday night approved a plan requesting that the school system create more charter schools.

In June of 2006, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings came to Louisiana to announce the awarding of $ 24 million to create more charters.

The Cartel maintains that we must not only create more charter schools, but provide vouchers so that children can flee incompetent public schools and attend private schools.

De Blasio has called for a moratorium on creating more charters, and an end to the rent - free deals for well - off charter schools that are already in place.

More specifically, the union is demonstrating against a plan by several foundations, including his, to create more charter schools in Los Angeles.

Another reform approach that is often touted is to create more charter schools and give parents vouchers so they can have more choices of where to send their kids.

A new study concludes that one of the biggest contributions of the most effective charter schools is the extra help many of them give students, important information in Georgia as voters consider whether to change their state constitution in a way that could create more charter schools.

Obama's «Race to the Top» program, for example, put heavy pressure on the states and created financial incentives to create more charter schools and push privatizing initiatives.

Not exact matches

The two most relevant regulations were: 1) the prohibition on interstate banking, which created overly small and undiversified banks that were highly prone to failure; and 2) the requirement that federally chartered banks back their currency with purchases of US government bonds, which made it prohibitively expensive to issue more currency when the demand rose, leading to the currency shortages and resulting panics that culminated in the Panic of 1907.

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson is supporting a bill that would create a commission to take on more extensive charter review, parallel to a commission proposed by the mayor in his State of the City address.

Cahill, a top aide and official in former Governor George Pataki's Administration, says as Attorney General he'd bring more focus to creating jobs and helping small business, improving education and protecting Charter Schools, and fighting crime.

Cahill says as attorney general he'd bring more focus to creating jobs and helping small business, improving education and protecting charter schools, and fighting crime.

The Governor is helping to create the conditions for further growth of high quality charter schools and is giving hope to thousands more children.

For a start, as editors know well, Miller played no more than a walk - on role in the decision to create a royal charter to underpin press regulation.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at CUNY's Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, also said Success» likely expansion could create more of a wedge between Success and the city's other charters, since the network will serve by far the most students and require the most public dollars, a sentiment echoed by some independent charter leaders.

«And if you want to help some charters, some charter kids or create some more good charter schools, I'm all for that.

Mulgrew said he was «perplexed» that so many upstate Republican senators — many who receive contributions from the charter industry — took so much interest in creating «more free space in New York City public schools» for charter chains.

And if you want to help some charters, some charters, and create some more good charter schools, I'm all for that.»

VOISE is part of the Chicago Public Schools's Renaissance 2010 initiative, designed to create 100 specialized public and charter schools that will keep kids engaged and wanting more.

It may be that private schools are able to create a more or less consistently safe environment, whereas charter schools, concentrated in areas that serve disadvantaged students, vary substantially in this regard.

If we could make a dent in one district, it would have more effect nationally than me flying around and creating little charter schools everywhere.

From the early days, I was dismayed that most government agencies saw charter schools more as an escape valve for angry parents and disaffected teachers, not as a way to create better schools by establishing binding performance goals and consequences, placing the locus of authority and accountability at the school level, and pushing schools to be distinctive and purposeful about their instruction.

So the department will be able to do more of that, in addition to continuing to make grants to states to create new charter schools from scratch.

We should figure out why that's the case and what can be done to create more high - performing suburban charters.

Districts and charter schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an Opportunity Culture, creating pilot schools that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.

But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots more «high - quality seats» for lots more kids is to make sure that charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.»

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across the state.

It should include more (and better) specialized charters created in systematic ways: schools that focus on STEM, career and technical education, high - ability learners, special education, socioeconomic integration, and other realms within the K — 12 universe that cry out for better options than what's there today.

Their most effective strategy — working with superintendents to create far more high - performing traditional schools that would lure parents away from charters — might require dramatic changes to teachers» contracts that unions have spent decades winning.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Districts score lower than non-district authorizers overall, and their policies are far less friendly to replication than non-district authorizers, meaning they are less likely to help great charters create more high - quality seats.

And, more important, charters can create better school experiences for thousands of students.

In the short term, at least, creating suburban charters could hurt the political coalition more than it helps.

Only one out of four charter schools, whether newly created or pre-existing, encountered one or more problems involving regulatory barriers.

By 2004 Rosenstock had created a network of 16 more urban High Tech High charter schools, in California, Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.

Finally, Adam Peshek proposes a way to tackle some of the obstacles to charter - school growth through the Opportunity Zone program (part of the 2017 tax reform package)-- and hopefully create more high - quality public school options for children along the way.

In more than a dozen cities, charter schools educate 30 % of or more of all public school students, and are creating a ripple effect uplifting entire education systems, and seating supportive education leaders who helped create alternative opportunities in positions of authority at local and state levels.

«We can not create more good schools for our children by accepting more failing schools,» Mary Bradley, CPS top officer responsible for charter schools, told the commission before it decided to keep the South Side charters open.

By giving teachers the freedom to innovate and try new ways to improve student achievement, public charter schools can be more responsive and create an environment tailored to the needs of individual students, while still being held more accountable for student learning.

Charter schools are tuition - free public schools that foster a relationship between parents, teachers and students to create an environment where parents can be more involved, teachers are given the freedom to innovate, and students are provided the structure best suited for their learning.

The promise of federal money has prodded 11 states to revamp their laws to allow for more charter schools, for new plans to remake failing schools, and to create more incentives to attract better teachers.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nocharter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nocharter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NoCharter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nocharter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NoCharter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

Sometimes the solution creates more problems, however, which is why we believe the best route is to enble charter schools to offer pre-k.

Expanding voucher programs and charter schools will involve more than just lifting the enrollment caps on such programs; it will also require private - or public - sector efforts to create more schools of choice.

And finally, can we commit ourselves to a more inclusive and flexible approach to charter authorizing in order to diversify the schools we create and the pool of prospective leaders who run them?

Or does that create demands on charters to become more and more like the district schools they're replacing, potentially undermining the premise of charter schooling?

Even public policy — notoriously glacial — responded to the decades of urban - district failure by creating chartering, recovery school districts, mayoral takeovers, and much more.