Sentences with phrase «dozen new charter schools»

«Kristin is a nationally respected leader in charter school authorizing and oversaw the opening of more than a dozen new charter schools during her tenure at the Mayor's Office,» Harris said.

While the city is nearly certain to reach the limit of the number of charter schools it can approve this year, the State University of New York can still approve more than a dozen new charter schools.

De Blasio noted the current cap allows for almost two dozen new charter schools by 2019, and insisted that the city has allowed the existing privately run, publicly financed facilities to grow.

Not exact matches

Public Advocate Letitia James joins dozens of healthcare activists protesting in front of a Harlem charter school before the expected visit of House Speaker Paul Ryan on May 9, 2017 in New York City.

The de Blasio administration said it would provide free space in public school buildings to a dozen new or expanding charter schools, including 10 run by Eva S. Moskowitz, one of the mayor's fiercest rivals on the issue.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

More than a dozen elected officials are signing on to a letter pledging support for charter schools ahead of a major rally in New York City.

Albany, NY — Dozens of New York City parents joined Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Robert Rodriguez in Albany today and called on state legislators to give public charter schools equal treatment in the state budget.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

The city closed dozens of schools, and more than 70 new schools — many of them charter schools — opened.

The session in the second - floor seminar room at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany had already featured a detailed presentation of «charter facts» from the new executive director of New York's Charter Schools Institute and a dozen friendly questions from the mostly pro-charter aucharter facts» from the new executive director of New York's Charter Schools Institute and a dozen friendly questions from the mostly pro-charter audiennew executive director of New York's Charter Schools Institute and a dozen friendly questions from the mostly pro-charter audienNew York's Charter Schools Institute and a dozen friendly questions from the mostly pro-charter auCharter Schools Institute and a dozen friendly questions from the mostly pro-charter aucharter audience.

He dramatically improved chartering in the state, authorizing dozens of new schools while closing 10 persistently low performers.

While there remain dozens of strong charter schools in New York City and demand for their seats remains robust among parents, they are viewed with suspicion if not outright contempt by New York City's mayor.

Derrell noted that suburban parents in some New Jersey communities have been avidly battling charter schools seeking to open up in the «burbs,» and pointed to the enormous political power that a couple dozen suburban families can wield.

The group was named Thursday (May 12) and includes Superintendent Lewis and Recovery Superintendent Patrick Dobard, a half dozen charter school leaders, the Orleans Parish federal programs / external grants director and two education advocates, Urban League of Greater New Orleans chief executive Erika McConduit - Diggs and Orleans Public Education Network director Deirdre Johnson Burel.

Daniel Loeb, Paul Singer and dozens of other hedge - fund managers have poured millions of dollars into promoting charter schools in New York City and into groups that want to revamp pension plans for government workers, including teachers.

Two dozen states lack the kind of «charter - friendly» policies they need to earn top points on their Race to the Top applications, according to a new review of charter school laws.

A vast array of nonprofit organizations came of age to support public school innovation: Teach For America, TNTP, dozens of high - performing charter school networks, new - school incubators, advocacy organizations, and much more.

But the data collected and analyzed by the charter school association also shows that one L.A. charter up for renewal in 2014, New Designs Charter School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in thecharter school association also shows that one L.A. charter up for renewal in 2014, New Designs Charter School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in the school association also shows that one L.A. charter up for renewal in 2014, New Designs Charter School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in thecharter up for renewal in 2014, New Designs Charter School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in theCharter School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in the School - Watts, is among half a dozen seriously underperforming schools in the state.

Of the 108 charter schools operating in Colorado this year, a dozen are new, according to the Colorado League of Charter Scharter schools operating in Colorado this year, a dozen are new, according to the Colorado League of Charter Sschools operating in Colorado this year, a dozen are new, according to the Colorado League of Charter SCharter SchoolsSchools.

Across the country, the number of charter schools that are diverse by design has been steadily rising in recent years, in cities including New York, Denver, and Washington D.C. Scholars at the Century Foundation in Washington D.C., a nonpartisan research organization, estimate that about two dozen such charters have opened in recent years although they still comprise only a tiny fraction of charter schools.

That was the same time that the state legislature lifted the cap on charter schools, giving DPI staff dozens of new charter school applications to review on top of an already heavy workload.

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction's three - person charter school office and a newly created commission meeting a dozen times a year would be the only entities responsible for ensure taxpayer money is being spent wisely and that state laws are followed at the existing and new schools.

Courts will be the new arena where it will be demonstrated that Title I charters are not keeping pace with Title I traditional public schools and for every one of the few and isolated successful Title I charter schools, we will provide dozens of successful traditional Title I public schools.

As Wait, What have readers learned over the last two years, Achievement First, Inc. the Charter School management company that runs more than two dozen schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is notorious for «out - migrating» or «dumping» any students that don't fit their «exacting» standards.

It was 13 days ago that the State Board of Education signed off on just eight of 28 aspiring new charter schools in North Carolina, a stunning flip for a board that's approved dozens of new charters since state lawmakers lifted the 100 - school cap on charters in 2011.

The confusion of people even fairly familiar with the unique situation of New Orleans public schools further illustrates the complex system of dozens of independently run charter schools and the handful of traditional schools — and who has control of them.

As part of the pruning that even charter supporters say is expected in a city full of dozens of charter schools, four schools in New Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operatoNew Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operatonew operators.

«Charter schools in New Jersey, specifically in Newark, have some of the largest learning gains we have seen to date,» wrote Margaret Raymond, director of CREDO, which has conducted charter school research in more than a dozen Charter schools in New Jersey, specifically in Newark, have some of the largest learning gains we have seen to date,» wrote Margaret Raymond, director of CREDO, which has conducted charter school research in more than a dozen charter school research in more than a dozen states.

In January, Gov. Chris Christie signed a law allowing nonprofits to apply to start up to a dozen new public charter schools in struggling districts like Camden, Newark and Trenton.

In the past decade, the district has opened dozens of new district schools and has authorized dozens of tuition - free, independently run charter schools.

Long - term teacher retention wasn't a priority at Success Prep when the school opened in 2009, part of a radical reconstruction of the city's long - troubled school system after Hurricane Katrina that involved opening dozens of new charter schools.

After Lewis finished explaining that under the new system, the charter boards will run the schools and the Orleans Parish School Board will set standards for them, he opened the meeting up for questions — including several from a group of more than a dozen parents and children wearing shirts with the «Our Voice / Nuestra Voz» logo.

Through this work, ConnCAN has emerged as a leading voice for education reform, built a base of thousands of supporters across the state and secured dozens of policy wins including: the adoption of rigorous education standards, more flexibility to recruit great new teachers and a 50 - percent increase in the number of students enrolled in public charter schools.

A dozen Louisiana Recovery School District charter schools in New Orleans have opted to stay in the state system for another year, instead of transferring back to Orleans Parish control.

«Since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011, Chicago has ordered the closings of dozens of neighborhood public schools while approving a new wave of publicly financed, privately operated charter schools, in a much - touted effort to improve education.

On Wednesday, a dozen House Democrats met with Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D - Hamden, to share their concerns with the Democratic governor's determination to spend $ 4.6 million in the upcoming fiscal year to open a new charter school in Bridgeport and another in Stamford

The study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, examined the two dozen charter schools in New York City.

Representatives for a half dozen independent charter schools in New York City did not comment.

Proposals for about a dozen new charter programs are set to come before the school board Wednesday.