Sentences with phrase «educational idea of charter schools»

It did not take long for educational entrepreneurs to marry the revolutionary communications technology of the internet with the revolutionary educational idea of charter schools.

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There is a case for what might be called deregulation of Australian schools, particularly to permit better ways of staffing and organising educational work, as the charter idea suggests.

Although the history of folks exercising choice in schools had been long established, the «charter school» idea burst onto the scene in 1991 as a new avenue to realize educational options.

Furthermore, we believe readers are more interested in examining the quality of the Los Angeles public education system along with the creative ideas and educational models, such as charter schools, that are delivering much - needed results and have the power to transform the system.

At the annual conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting this year, Dr. Steve Perry — a liberal charter school leader and passionate educational choice advocate — spoke about the poor state of K — 12 education for families of color and those in poverty and inspired the audience with his ideas on how to bridge the political divide to advance universal educational choice.

Opponents, like those in Boston, say charter schools are threats to the very idea of public schooling — they weaken neighborhood schools by reducing enrollment, capturing their funding and prioritizing high - ability students instead of those most in need of educational improvements.

Green doesn't consider himself «anti-charter» and in fact supports charter schools as incubators of educational innovation — the original idea behind the movement first articulated in the late 1980s by Albert Shanker.