The Mind Trust aims not only to grow the capacity
of excellent charter schools in Indianapolis, but to bring the best charter models to the city — schools that show that all students, regardless of circumstance, can achieve great results.
With nearly half of New York City's failing schools residing in the Bronx, elected officials will stand with community members, clergy, and parents to call for an end to the crisis, and for the expansion of
excellent charter schools like Girls» Prep Bronx.
Despite this growth, CCSA estimates that there are 50,000 students on charter school waiting lists as of the 2013 - 14 school year, underscoring the need for
additional excellent charter schools.
We have
seen excellent charter schools (as part of their partnership with the public school system) function as laboratories for experiment — pioneering new models of instruction or school design that lead the way and are eventually adopted on a larger scale.
Last week he visited an ASPIRA charter school in Philadelphia, and tweeted out after his visit that it represents an «
excellent charter school model.»
Through excellent charter schools, administrative leadership, teacher training, student services, and more, Tindley Accelerated Schools is transforming education in Indianapolis's urban neighborhoods, one student at a time.
Cooperative arrangements with districts, like those in Camden, NJ, and Indianapolis, will also have to be accelerated so that families who want to stay in their neighborhoods can still get the benefit
of excellent charter schools, and charter schools can have a more stable enrollment base.
I would argue that
excellent charter schools, no matter how traditional or progressive, can handily meet the achievement expectations of state accountability systems while maintaining their distinct character.
California has
some excellent charter schools such as the Aspire charter network, which relies on an effective collaborative effort at the school site focused on strong instruction.
And now we're looking at
these excellent charter schools being in place.»
While we have
some excellent charter schools that have demonstrated positive effects on student learning those lessons aren't required to be shared with public schools.
«We were not surprised in that we have consistently believed and said that there are
both excellent charter schools and low - performing charter schools as there are both excellent and low - performing public schools,» Steve Wasko, a spokesman for Detroit Public Schools, told The Huffington Post.