Sentences with phrase «encouraging charter school expansion»

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported today.

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools...

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Specifically, RttT was designed to encourage higher state standards, create new data systems, improve teacher effectiveness, increase college readiness, stimulate charter - school expansion, and strengthen low - performing schools.

In the past three years, several states have implemented or changed laws to encourage the growth or expansion of charter schools.

We encourage the growth and expansion of successful, high - performing charter schools and work with low - performing schools to identify and make necessary improvements.

Moving forward, we want to make sure that any new school expansion we support or encourage (be it district, charter public or private) are in areas where the need is greatest, and that the schools are actually providing programs and opportunities that meet the needs of their unique student population.

You and your co-authors make the case that, just as with subprime mortgages, the federal government is encouraging the expansion of charter schools with little oversight, and the result could be a charter school «bubble» that blows up in urban communities.

While the federal government has only a peripheral role in policy choices like this, it has played a significant role in encouraging, incentivizing, and funding the expansion of charter schools which can establish themselves in closed schools.

«This report should be considered in evaluating new federal incentives to states that encourage the expansion of charter schools, such as the Race to the Top initiative.»

AFC encourages the Oklahoma City School Board to support the expansion of KIPP charter schools in Oklahoma City and offer more educational opportunity to the city's students.

Our membership surveys suggest that teachers are very supportive of policies that empower and encourage the development and expansion of charter schools across the country and AAE is proud to stand with other like - minded organizations in support of this important legislation.

The foundation's education program pursues this endgame through three major program areas: support for vouchers, both publicly and privately funded; support for charter school start - ups to encourage and enable the rapid growth of the sector; and public policy advocacy, to ensure that the road is clear for expansion with minimal regulatory interference.

We are encouraging folks to organize a delegation to attend local opportunities to meet with members of Congress, to ask questions about the budget and to demand no cuts to the federal education budget, no expansion of charter schools, and no vouchers!

For me, however, what is most instructive in the report are the truly encouraging results in Washington, D. C. and the states of Tennessee and Indiana, all of which are pioneering in the measurement of growth in student achievement as a component of educator evaluation, compensation, and continuing employment; advancing charter school expansion; and remaining strongly committed to other elements of accountability for student learning.