Sentences with phrase «establishment of charter schools»

We can increase opportunities for educating children in our state in November with the passage of R - 55, which would allow establishment of charter schools.

Our results suggest that traditional public schools did not respond to competition from charter schools by becoming more effective, at least as measured by the learning gains made by individual students in the years immediately following establishment of charter schools.

We address this question here by examining the link between the establishment of charter schools in North Carolina and average student proficiency rates at the traditional public schools most affected by the new source of competition.

By capping the number of charter schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of schools per district, and providing for input from the local district before approval of charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more control over the establishment of charter schools than some states.

Political and Social Climate: A clear sense of this aspect of the climate relative to the establishment of charter schools in Michigan was gained by reading the background information and description of the establishment of the authorizing agencies, especially with reference to the authority of the universities to act as charter school authorizers.

The PAA statement called for improvements in the bill, including replacing its call for centralized state chartering entities with «guarantees that there will be parent and community input in the charter school authorizing process» and «the right of local communities to approve or disapprove the establishment of charter schools in their communities, either through direct vote or through their school boards or other locally elected body.»

The school - choice legislation signed by Rosselló allows for the establishment of charter schools and voucher programs to fund private school.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Patrick Gargan, a spokesman for the 6th Air Mobility Wing, the base host unit, said that «while MacDill Air Force Base has no official role in the establishment of a charter school on base, we are interested in anything that may potentially benefit local and military children.»

Where such systems are deemed less than adequate, local voters should be allowed to choose between the enhancement of the existing school system or the establishment of charter schools.

The 31 - page lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court earlier in the day, seeks to stop the establishment of charter schools.

Well, despite the fact that the folks out there in Washington, Bill Gates» own neighbors, have repeatedly rejected the establishment of charter schools in their state, Bill and his know - nothing - about - education pals keep trying, and this year they have ponied up nearly $ 10 million to push ballot initiative 1240, allowing up to 40 charter schools in Washington

Why has Alabama never authorized the establishment of charter schools?

The law never specifies what sorts of districts charter schools should target but does state: «The commissioner shall actively encourage the establishment of charter schools in urban school districts with the participation of institutions of higher education.»

Since then, 43 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation allowing for the establishment of charter schools.

«In reviewing petitions for the establishment of charter schools pursuant to this section, the chartering authority shall be guided by the intent of the Legislature that charter schools are and should become an integral part of the California educational system and that establishment of charter schools should be encouraged.»

New Jersey Charter School Program Act «The Legislature finds and declares that the establishment of charter schools as part of this State's program of public education can assist in promoting comprehensive educational reform by providing a mechanism for the implementation of a variety of educational approaches which may not be available in the traditional public school classroom.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Members of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission Education Committee today voted to support a proposal by Commission member Erika Donalds to change language in the Florida Constitution that will authorize the Legislature to enact general laws providing alternative processes to authorize the establishment of charter schools.

The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico has passed a bill to allow the establishment of both charter schools and taxpayer - financed vouchers on the island.

Indeed, the establishment of a charter school in place of a public institution has the real practical effect of diminishing the rights of parents to be involved in their children's education; it curtails the parents» standing as «citizens» and leaves them only as «consumers» or «stakeholders,» at best.

• The right of local communities to approve or disapprove the establishment of charter schools in their communities, either through direct vote or through their school board or other locally - elected body.

Subject: Petition for the Establishment of a Charter School Under the Oversight of the State Board of Education: Consideration of Audeo Charter School II, which was denied by the Carlsbad Unified School District and the San Diego County Board of Education.

Now she's proposing an amendment that would allow legislators to create «alternative processes to authorize the establishment of charter schools within the state.»

Since then many states have enacted laws permitting the establishment of charter schools.

Act 22 of 1997 authorized the establishment of charter schools in Pennsylvania.