Sentences with phrase «decisions around charter»
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Some mainstream Democrats, though, downplayed the political contention of issues like charter schools and the tax credit and even differences in nuanced positions regarding the Common Core standards and how the Board of Regents should be governed, arguing that those are secondary to decisions around school funding.
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Virginia O'Neil, chairwoman of the Sequim School Board, said Superintendent Kelly Shea made the decision to return a letter of intent, which was due by last Monday, to give the district the option of having a say in charter schools around Sequim.
An estimated 150 teachers, school administrators, parents and others from around the state came to the conference at the University of Washington Tacoma to learn about charters, which are public schools that permit significant decisions to be made at a school level, rather than by a school district or state officials.
It's a decision deeply rooted in the politics of school choice in Indiana and revolves around the administration of Democratic Mayor Bart Peterson, the first mayor given the authority to oversee the city's charter schools, says Claire Smrekar, a professor of education and public policy at Vanderbilt University.
In a statement, MNPS said it appreciates the passion around the issue of East Nashville schools and that no final decisions have been made about charter conversions or other options.
The ASD will make a decision between the two schools official by Dec. 12, around the same time Metro Schools Director Jesse Register plans to announce which of the city's low - performing elementary schools he will contract out to KIPP charter schools, which won a guarantee to take over a school over the summer.
The dangers of such an approach, in an era where administrative law decisions makers have increasing power, is to allow legislators to do an end run around Charter protections by delegating discretionary authority to administrative rule makers, rather than imposing clear rules, subject to robust Charter challenge.