Sentences with phrase «district school authorizers»

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D.C., provides an instructive example: a strong charter authorizer and school district operate with mutual awareness and a set of shared agreements (for example, around information, enrollment, etc.).

In April 2011, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers agreed to assist DPS as the district designed a competitive and rigorous RFP (Request for Proposal) process to identify schools that it would authorize as charters beginning in fall 2011.

The school district may be glad to see the school go; the charter authorizer may not have the capacity or the philosophical inclination to intervene.

Local school districts are the primary authorizer for most charters, but charter schools can also be approved by their county or the state board of education if rejected by their district.

This is why alpha authorizers, chartering agencies that operate independently of school districts, are so desperately needed.

The flaw is relying on school districts to be authorizers.

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

But I'm swimming against the tide here; school districts represent nine out of every 10 authorizers, though they authorize relatively few schools.

School districts also have the smallest staffs when compared to other authorizers (proving my point, I'd argue, that districts weren't designed and will never have the right mindset to authorize at the highest levels).

That democratically controlled authorizer would then have a performance contract with each of the city's public schools, including those operated by the district.

The district could voluntarily begin the shift to an authorizer, developing a new relationship with its schools and reworking its administrative structure to meet the new conditions.

Or, believing the organization is unable to make this change, the district could gradually transfer its schools to an established authorizer.

One strategy is for a group of charter authorizers, district leaders, and school and school association leaders to come together to take a stand for quality to build on the existing success stories in Detroit.

Ninety percent of authorizers are local school districts, many of which view charters as an administrative inconvenience, competitive nuisance, or worse.

Institutional players — teachers unions, school boards, and state and district administrators — frequently petition state leaders for charter caps and reduced charter funding and vigorously oppose alternative authorizers and facilities aid.

Local school districts now constitute 90 percent of charter school authorizers and could have fostered the kind of cross-fertilization Shanker envisioned, but they've tended instead to treat charters as distant cousins.

Once the District's authorizer, the D.C. Public Charter School Board, approves a charter school to offer pre-k, the school receives per - pupil funding through the school funding formula for each 3 - and 4 - year - old it enSchool Board, approves a charter school to offer pre-k, the school receives per - pupil funding through the school funding formula for each 3 - and 4 - year - old it enschool to offer pre-k, the school receives per - pupil funding through the school funding formula for each 3 - and 4 - year - old it enschool receives per - pupil funding through the school funding formula for each 3 - and 4 - year - old it enschool funding formula for each 3 - and 4 - year - old it enrolls.

South Carolina appears on track to enact legislation that would create both a statewide authorizer for charter schools and a new statewide district exclusively for those schools.

In joining this debate, Greene mischaracterizes generally positive findings by Harris's Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA) about the role of my organization, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), in managing the Louisiana Recovery School District's (RSD) application processes between 2008 and 2013.

they point out that in some states, authorizers operate virtually unchecked, with dire consequences for students, and that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools approves the quality controls of only two states (Hawaii and Louisiana) and the District of Columbia.

The Upper Carmen Charter School and Salmon School District — its authorizer — have not always had a congenial relationship, as the district board initially saw the charter as a threat to enrollment and District — its authorizer — have not always had a congenial relationship, as the district board initially saw the charter as a threat to enrollment and district board initially saw the charter as a threat to enrollment and budgets.

The school's authorizer, the San Francisco Unified School District, has reviewed the application and is confident Gateway «maintains a consistent effort to reach and serve a diverse population,» spokeswoman Gentle Blytheschool's authorizer, the San Francisco Unified School District, has reviewed the application and is confident Gateway «maintains a consistent effort to reach and serve a diverse population,» spokeswoman Gentle BlytheSchool District, has reviewed the application and is confident Gateway «maintains a consistent effort to reach and serve a diverse population,» spokeswoman Gentle Blythe said.

Every public charter school has an authorizer which, subject to state law, may be a district school board, university, Mayor's office, or non-profit organization.

The study outlines PCSB's authorizing strategies and tactics that policymakers, other authorizers and traditional school districts can adopt, adapt and build on in order to strengthen their practices.

Rather than creating school districts that provide all of a locality's schools, the state government can create «authorizers» to empower and then monitor nonprofit groups that start, run, and grow schools.

He argued in an education blog that the board's position signaled the close of an «exhilarating chapter of reform» and suggested that the District should approve a second charter school authorizer that would be willing to take the city to the next level of growth.

And they won't have to wait if schools, districts, and authorizers continue to intentionally grow and support the talent already in place.

The school's charter is up for review this summer and its authorizer, the San Diego Unified School District, plans to scrutinize the application process, said Moises Aguirre, who oversees charter schools for the disschool's charter is up for review this summer and its authorizer, the San Diego Unified School District, plans to scrutinize the application process, said Moises Aguirre, who oversees charter schools for the disSchool District, plans to scrutinize the application process, said Moises Aguirre, who oversees charter schools for the dDistrict, plans to scrutinize the application process, said Moises Aguirre, who oversees charter schools for the districtdistrict.

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From 2010 - 2017, Sara served on the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, which authorizes charter schools in Washington, D.C. Sara currently serves on the board of the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).

In the 2013 - 2015 state budget, money for districts will be tight again, creating a new round of challenges, which D'Andrea says will probably include merit pay, a teacher effectiveness program, the expansion of school choice, and maybe the creation of a statewide charter authorizer.

Districts aren't really designed to give individual schools full autonomy, nor are they staffed to serve as authorizers, nor do most districts provide full school choice to their Districts aren't really designed to give individual schools full autonomy, nor are they staffed to serve as authorizers, nor do most districts provide full school choice to their districts provide full school choice to their families.

Schools run by CMOs have produced greater gains in student learning on state assessments than their district - school counterparts, while the mom - and - pops have fared less well, possibly making the single - site schools less attractive to authoSchools run by CMOs have produced greater gains in student learning on state assessments than their district - school counterparts, while the mom - and - pops have fared less well, possibly making the single - site schools less attractive to authoschools less attractive to authorizers.

City and state leaders can accomplish this by ensuring that charter authorizers are paying attention to recruitment and admission practices, by ensuring that schools are getting their fair share of funding, by giving charter schools access to excellent special - education expertise and networks, and by promoting innovative new approaches through grants and charter — district partnerships.

Some authorizers do great work (e.g. the District of Columbia's Public Charter School Board, the Massachusetts Department of Education and the State University of New York) but too many others display mixed motives, are influenced by perverse incentives, and lack judgment, courage, or expertise.

The rating systems inventoried included some from state departments of education, large public school districts, charter associations and authorizers, and private news and advocacy organizations.

Another way to proceed is to remove all students attending any charter schools in the District of Columbia (no matter what entity is the authorizer).

Whether a district becomes an authorizer or not, charter schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public school for children who used to attend district schools, taking dollars away from those districts.

If the Washington Board of Education approves Spokane Public Schools as an authorizer, the district would have a head start in implementing charter sSchools as an authorizer, the district would have a head start in implementing charter schoolsschools.

In the county's larger districts, school leaders are taking a wait - and - see attitude knowing full well they can apply later to become an authorizer.

He added, «For the second - largest school district to be the first to be an authorizer is a significant thing because of the size of the district; the interest that Spokane has is evident.»

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There is a distinction between districts» roles as school authorizers and service - providers.

As an authorizer, the district would have power of approval and input over a charter school application and could determine how it would fit into the district's education goals.

The Tacoma School Board's original objection to charters focused on the loss of control, but Santorno agreed with Redinger that not becoming an authorizer may mean giving up whatever local control the district could maintain.

A non - profit charter school authorizer in Minnesota called Innovative Quality Schools (see https://iqsmn.org) provides a good example of how this kind of school district could operate.

With that in mind, I was encouraged to see that the majority of surveyed authorizers think charter schools should enroll roughly the same proportion of students with disabilities as traditional districts schools and collect enrollment as well as performance data.

Thomas MacLaren School, while located within the boundaries of District 11, is actually chartered through Colorado's state authorizer, the Charter School Institute.

SEQUIM — The Sequim School District is one of 12 statewide, along with the Port Townsend School District, that have indicated to the state Board of Education that it intends to apply to be an authorizer of public charter schools...