Sentences with phrase «expand charter school operations»

The Obama Administration's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative won plaudits for encouraging states and school districts to expand charter school operations and develop merit pay plans.

But on the eve of his current campaign, Menino asked the legislature to expand charter school operations in Boston.

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Even if mayoral control vanishes, charter schools would still face challenges in expanding their operations.

Since then, seven «proven» school operators have been granted charters to expand their operations in Boston.

Governor Deval Patrick, in a nod to the mayor, backed legislation that would expand pilot schooling throughout the state while curtailing charter school operations (see «Accountability Overboard,» features, Spring 2009).

Lighthouse Academies, which opened a charter school in the city in 2005, has selected it as the next place to expand its operations.

Net growth is the number of charter openings minus closures in a given year, and shows whether the overall number of charter schools in operation is expanding.

His unprecedented autonomy allowed him to engage in bold experiments regarding the governance and operation of the city's schools, expanding choice at all levels of the system by closing failing schools and opening charter schools, decentralizing authority, and creating a new accountability system to drive innovation.

That has left the district paying for half - empty schools while allowing new charter high schools to expand their operations in the city.

EP Fellows in the New Orleans area work on strategic projects that make a difference, including: growth plans for expanding charter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Scharter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City SCharter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Schools.

Most of the $ 27 million in federal grants that four California - based charter school organizations received this month to expand their operations will go toward growing schools in out - of state markets.

Although school districts control major operations on affiliated charters including employment decisions, the school gains access to the charter categorical block grant, which expands spending flexibility and can be used to reduce teacher layoffs in a given year.

Previously, she was the CFO for KIPP DC and prior to that she underwrote development loans to charter schools in DC, NC, and TX that enabled schools to expand their operations by purchasing new buildings or funding significant real estate expansion.

Helped eight charter schools begin operations, renovate or expand through the use of $ 1.4 million in revolving loan funds.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education clarified the maturation program for Utah teachers; helped eight charter schools begin operations, renovate or expand with $ 1.4 million in loans; and examined the development of Utah's Public Education Online website.