Sentences with phrase «do other charter networks»

Do the other charter networks in Los Angeles compare as well?

Despite some negative publicity in the wake of PURE's work with Chicago student group VOYCE and the Advancement Project in originally exposing these practices, Noble continues to grow, as do other charter networks that use the same or very similar techniques.

Not exact matches

C.E.O.s for the city's other large charter networks, Uncommon Schools and Achievement First, did not reply to requests for comment about whether they support mayoral control.

And Cruz, like others, talks about the various experiments (like the Jesuits» Cristo Rey network and the conversion of parish schools to charters — see Andy Smarick's comprehensive report for Seton Education Partners about Washington, DC's experience), but doesn't he wonder where the Church's bishops are?

Here's hoping that Success skeptics will open themselves to the possibility that the network is actually getting some things right, and that Success supporters will consider how the rapidly expanding network can do everything possible to attract and retain the kids who most need its help and share best practices with other schools, charter and district.

For years, pioneering charter school networks like KIPP, YES Prep, and others won legions of admirers by ensuring that nearly every student they graduated went to college, usually the first in their families to do so.

Take a moment to contemplate that fact: The positive impact of years of work done by thousands of educators to build networks like KIPP, YES Prep, Achievement First, Noble, Mastery, Uncommon, Aspire, IDEA, Harmony, and others is literally negated by the performance of virtual charter schools.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

Don't miss your chance to network with other charter leaders, engage with CCSA staff and other special guests, and discuss information relevant to your area during the Fall Regional Meetings.

In order to be a proof point for what public schooling can and should, Democracy Prep does three things that set it apart from other high - performing charter networks.

The state was supposed to be monitoring the schools in the Commissioner's Network, but it seems that Estela Lopez did not take this charge seriously — nor did the other board members, who act shocked that no background checks were required for employees of a State charter school; no policies in place about hiring / nepotism; no concern about a lack of curriculum; no urgency about teacher certification.

Chalkbeat, the Chicago Sun Times, and others did their best to explain the new CREDO charter network study, which found dramatically different effects for different kinds of networks.

But because this is an independent school with an independent charter that doesn't have the political backing of some of the other charter networks, you decide to tear it down because it's convenient.

Spokespeople for Achievement First and Uncommon Schools, two of New York City's other large charter networks, did not respond to requests for comment about the methods described in the article.

The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), a No Excuses - style charter network, does that by denying some students the traditional year - end trip to Orlando or Utah or New York or Washington or other places they desperately want to go.