Sentences with phrase «demanding charter school expansion»

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New Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christie.

The metaphors were clear and painful for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget war with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a master of Albany's byzantine backrooms — Mr. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, had schooled the upstart Mr. de Blasio this year, securing new and unprecedented protections for charter schools, denying Mr. de Blasio a tax hike to fund his universal prekindergarten expansion and swatting away a demand for a municipal minimum wage increase barely after the words had left the mayor's mouth at his maiden State of the City address.

Pisces also gave about $ 35 million to fund the national expansion of the instructionally demanding Knowledge Is Power Program charter schools, which serve mostly low - income students.

With the Los Angeles Board of Education poised to consider the expansion of another successful charter school at its March 8 meeting, parents demanding more choice deserve to know what is driving the district's questionable practices around charter review.

We're building together and amping up our local work now to stop the destructive expansion of low quality charter schools and demand community schools in their place!

These groups, including the Texas chapter of the NAACP, the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, and the Texas State Teachers Association, are obviously and blatantly placing the priorities of adults and their special interests ahead of the kids who are languishing in under - performing schools or on waiting lists for openings in charters that are in need of expansion capital to accommodate demand.

By Caroline Bermudez With the Los Angeles Board of Education poised to consider the expansion of another successful charter school at its March 8 meeting, parents demanding more choice deserve to know what is driving the district's questionable practices around charter review.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

In 2018, it's expected that nationally the demand for and expansion of charter schools will grow, but the challenges of funding such endeavors will likely also increase.

In response to the growing number of charters, who now enroll 1 in 10 of the state's public school students, teachers unions have launched a major campaign to demand greater transparency in the financing and operations of charter schools, as well as to limit their expansion in the state.

Parents, students, and teachers in Newark are demanding a full audit and accounting of the school district's finances in order to know the true impact of state control and charter expansion in the city.

We are encouraging folks to organize a delegation to attend local opportunities to meet with members of Congress, to ask questions about the budget and to demand no cuts to the federal education budget, no expansion of charter schools, and no vouchers!