Sentences with phrase «debate over charter schools»

The race has drawn interest from outside the state, because of a national debate over charter schools and school choice.

The political debate over charter schools often turns on their impact on students in traditional district schools.

A usually tame event for Buffalo schools parents turned into an ugly debate over charter schools.

Enraged parents filed a historic lawsuit against the city yesterday, re-igniting a firestorm debate over charter schools.

Readers should be careful not to conflate the national debate over charter schools with the local one.

Despite the heated debate over charter schools, the number is still relatively small considering the size of the K - 12 student population in U.S. schools: 55.4 million, according to the federal government's most recent «Digest of Education Statistics.»

After a bitter fight in a state that has become a major battleground in the national debate over charter schools, the Ohio legislature adopted far - reaching changes last week in the ground rules for how the independent public schools operate.

One of the measures the union is watching seemingly has paradigmatic implications in the debate over charter schools and standardized testing.

Take the debate over charter schools: the battle lines have been the same for twenty years.

These last findings suggest that information may actually polarize the debate over charter schools — and could also portend a major shift in the political landscape of school choice, note Howell and West.

To seize the high ground in the debate over charter schools, pro-charter forces lay claim to the South Bronx.

The continued debate over charter schools, which are now permitted in 40 states and the District of Columbia, has political overtones.

The problems of Indian schools can make America's debates over charter schools and standardized testing seem petty.

KALAMAZOO — For years, parents, politicians and practitioners have had plenty to say in the debate over charter schools and their effect on public schools.

But meanwhile, a debate over charter schools has been raging among the people commenting on this blog, and I can't resist wading in.

Bill Clinton weighed in on the debate over charter schools this week, warning that the publicly funded yet autonomous schools must keep their «original bargain» if they want support as alternatives to traditional public schools.

The debate over charter schools continues as the state forces school districts to share more tax dollars in capital money.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The debate over charter schools continues as the state forces school districts to share more tax dollars in capital money.