Not exact matches
New Orleans
Charter Re-Start Project: Launch or turn around 19 schools in New Orleans and eight in Tennessee, help develop 3 new charter - management organizations in New
Charter Re-Start Project: Launch or turn
around 19 schools in New Orleans and eight in Tennessee, help
develop 3 new
charter - management organizations in New
charter - management organizations in New Orleans
Example projects: Ms. Doyle is focusing on school finance reform; how roles and responsibilities change as
charter market share grows; the use of
charter restarts to turn
around chronically low - performing schools; and
developing a slate of options to improve financial sustainability for teacher residency programs.
If policymakers aim to improve the educational opportunities available to the poorest students, they will have to
develop strategies to turn
around the schools —
charter schools and traditional public schools — that these students attend.
Based on model legislation
developed out of best practices from
around the country, Mississippi has a rigorous and accountable process to ensure that only the highest quality
charter schools will be authorized.
John Bryan, who is reportedly a retired chemical company executive, is founder of an organization called TeamCFA, an offshoot of his family's foundation that is devoted to
developing a network of
charter schools
around the country — most of which exist in North Carolina.
Based on model legislation
developed out of best practices from
around the country, this law creates a rigorous and accountable process to ensure that only the highest quality
charter schools will be authorized.
The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses on improving student learning, strengthening families,
developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap -
around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent
charter schools or
charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.
Duncan has dispensed plenty of tips: Lift restrictions on the growth of
charter schools; build data systems that show individual student progress under specific teachers and principals; seek out new ways to turn
around perennially struggling schools; and sign on to efforts to
develop common academic standards that are tough enough to withstand international scrutiny.
Additionally, YPI Valley Public
Charter High School (AkA Bert Corona High School), in Pacoima, was
developed around the same principles.
By partnering with other
charter schools and highly regarded service providers in a regional special education consortium,
charter schools will strengthen their expertise
around special education and
develop the infrastructure to offer a full range of program options.
With this in mind, Gutierrez and the Bellwether researchers are examining district and
charter schools
around the city, state, and nation that promote this model and, over time, aim to
develop a strategic plan for implementing a cluster of such schools in San Antonio.