Sentences with phrase «effective charter school policies»

This includes sending taxpayer dollars to fund private and religious schools through voucher programs and fighting against effective charter school policies in favor of a charter sector with little public oversight and accountability.

Designing an effective charter school policy therefore requires attention to details about accountability and other features, such as whether enrollment in charters is unified with traditional public school enrollment processes and whether charter schools provide transportation for students.

Members of the National Advisory Board work with NACSA to advance excellence and accountability in the charter school sector through effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices.

An independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to great public schools.

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to more great public schools.

NACSA is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to more great public schools.

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Meanwhile, policies that focus on stopping charter schools from «counseling out» student with disabilities are unlikely to be effective because they do not address the factors that are truly underlying the gap.

Parents are far more effective advocates for their children — and for other children in their community — than charter school leaders or policy experts or professional advocates.

In short, the takeaway from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more effective than traditional public schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these schools succeed or not.

Parental school choice fit perfectly within John's intellectual framework for effective service delivery, and he championed all forms of it — vouchers, charters, tax credits, magnet schools, and open enrollment — throughout his academic and policymaking career, knowing full well that his outspoken support for this policy would limit his ability to rise through the ranks of his party.

The state of Texas has been making a concerted effort to raise the quality of its public charter schools through sound policy reform, effective implementation, and resources to help practitioners zero in on improvement.

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

CCSA's new report takes a look at 10 outstanding California charter public schools and the effective and innovative approaches behind their special education programs, their best practices for implementation, and what policy arrangements have allowed them to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

There are lots of accidents waiting to happen in the skirmishes inherent to the school choice battle, and the only way to protect and improve charter schools is to have strong policies that drive effective charter legislation.

We achieved this sign - on rate even though all participating LEAs will have to implement a bold set of policy and practice changes, including using student growth as one of multiple measures in evaluating and compensating teachers and leaders; denying tenure to teachers who are deemed ineffective as gauged partly by student growth; relinquishing control over their persistently lowest - achieving schools; increasing the number of students who are taught by effective teachers; and, in many cases, opening their doors to more charter schools.

As the state's primary charter school support organization, the Tennessee Charter School Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed commucharter school support organization, the Tennessee Charter School Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed communschool support organization, the Tennessee Charter School Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed commuCharter School Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed communSchool Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed communities.

A 2014 report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Public Accountability for Charter Schools: Standards and Policy Recommendations for Effective Oversight, pulls together both examples and data, finding that poor oversight limits academic...

Public Accountability for Charter Schools: Standards and Policy Recommendations for Effective Oversight - Annenberg Institute for School Reform, September 2014

She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective policy solutions that are far from test - based accountability and «school choice» policies: social services for poor families, early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.

Efforts to foster collaboration between district and charter schools — traditional rivals for scarce educational resources — are showing some promise, but challenges remain in forging effective partnerships, according to a new study released today by Mathematica Policy Research.

The State Board, given its broader and more significant role in setting statewide education policy, lacks the capacity and focus to provide effective oversight for its growing stable of charter schools,» said the report.

Instead, policy attention might be more usefully spent identifying and replicating effective academic or behavioral interventions that allow schools to declassify students with mild disabilities, and investigating why parents of students with special needs are not choosing charters early on.

Inform policy so states can address barriers and create opportunities for charter schools to enroll and provide effective instructional programs and individualized support to students with disabilities;

Some studies in both Massachusetts and New York City have found that a «No Excuses» educational approach — characterized by mandated intensive tutoring, longer instruction times, frequent teacher feedback, strict disciplinary policies, and high expectations for students — is a common feature among charter schools with the biggest positive effects (however, the most effective of these schools are located in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, making it difficult to disentangle whether this is due to the No Excuses approach or sub-par public school alternatives).