Sentences with phrase «expressed about charter schools»

«Sweden, where the free schools idea came from, is expressing real concerns about segregation and divisiveness in the same way that concerns are being expressed about the charter schools in the US,» she said.

We'd like to see the same public mandate expressed about charter schools.

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He also expressed concern about the administration's effort to redirect a $ 210 million construction fund used to build space for charter schools toward pre-K, and its plans to charge better - financed charter schools rent.

But two borough presidents have already expressed misgivings about allowing charters to share space with traditional schools.

Ms. Moskowitz's political prominence carried a cost: Other charter school leaders have expressed reservations about her seemingly endless appetite for combat with City Hall.

Charter parents report more extensive communications with their children's schools than parents in the other two sectors, but they also express greater concern about a paucity of extracurricular activities.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty members participating in an Askwith Forum panel discussing the controversial documentary Waiting for «Superman» expressed mixed emotions about the film's emphasis on charter schools and teachers unions, and agreed it's a small glimpse of a large and complicated education problem.

On the first two «costs» the book provides no evidence of harm, other than summary statements about segregation, expressing concern that «education programs that serve low - income and minority students have become quite different from those that serve the rest of the student population,» (p. 225) and that «charter schools have moved the country farther away from the collective and democratic forms of education.»

When asked about these options, Americans express greater support for replacing teachers and principals than for converting failed district schools into charter schools.

Community groups and parents had also expressed concern about locating a new charter within a few blocks of an existing public school, Oakland Technical High Sschool, Oakland Technical High SchoolSchool.

A 2010 study by the Brookings Institution, a center - left Washington, D.C. - based think tank, looked at one of HCZ's two Harlem charter schools and expressed grave concerns about the resources required to expand the HCZ model.

Several board members expressed skepticism about the organization's ability to turn around schools or voiced opposition to partnering with a charter group.

Expressing concern about the feasibility to do just that, State Board member Wayne McDevitt ran through a lengthy list of all of the oversight and monitoring responsibilities that are placed on the shoulders of a very understaffed Office of Charter Schools, which include dealing with exploding charter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even litiCharter Schools, which include dealing with exploding charter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even liticharter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even litigation.

A group of concerned charter school leaders from across the country submitted a letter to the editor expressing concern about the proposed federal funding cuts likely to hurt students» prospe...

The national board of the NAACP, which has long expressed concern about charter schools, is scheduled this weekend to vote on whether to approve a resolution — passed at the group's convention this past summer — that calls for a moratorium on their expansion.

Likewise, Democrats for Education Reform, a national group of education advocates that support a range of education options including charter schools and who have often opposed teachers» unions, has expressed concerns about DeVos.

Dale Kildee (MI), the committee's ranking Democrat, expressed skepticism about the effect of charter school access and vouchers on parental engagement and stressed that the two options do not serve all children: «As we explore strategies for comprehensive school reform, including parent engagement,» he cautioned, «we should never lose sight of our commitment to equal access for all students, not just those who receive a voucher or attend a charter school.»

This was not the first time the organization expressed its concern about charter schools.

McKenna and other board members approved allowing the 14 traditional schools to apply for the SIG money, but they expressed concerns about how to help the charter schools that they were not voting on Tuesday with SIG applications.

Recovery School District superintendent Patrick Dobard agreed to hear her questions, and Bigard began by expressing concern about discipline policies as Walter L. Cohen High School is transformed into a charter school operated by NOLA CollegeSchool District superintendent Patrick Dobard agreed to hear her questions, and Bigard began by expressing concern about discipline policies as Walter L. Cohen High School is transformed into a charter school operated by NOLA CollegeSchool is transformed into a charter school operated by NOLA Collegeschool operated by NOLA College Prep.

During their discussions, committee members expressed concerns about the significant amount of money the state would have to commit to charter schools to finance the «money follows the child» funding proposal with the state facing a nearly half billion dollar budget deficit.