Sentences with phrase «favor more charters»

Bill DeBlasio supporters favor more charters by 53 - 38 percent.

Republicans and Independent Democrats in the senate favor more charter schools, while Democrats in the Assembly do not.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.

You may recall that more than a decade ago, felonious former Gov. John G. Rowland came to grief and went off to prison the first time for exchanging favors for charter jet flights and going with a group on a Las Vegas junket, some of whose members had a reported rendezvous with Las Vegas prostitutes.

Cuomo has been a strong supporter of charters and close ally of Moskowitz's at times, but has recently inched away from the charter cause in favor of more broadly popular education plans like free college tuition.

The GOP leader maintained that he and his colleagues favor prolonging the program of mayoral control, but insisted they also wanted more charter school opportunities for inner - city students.

New Survey Shows Majority of Independent Voters Favor Charter Schools, feel Unions do «More Harm than Good»

But they're onto one decent idea: allowing charter schools more say over who attends them, thereby helping them to specialize in more of the niches that parents favor.

Surprise: Democrats more likely to favor vouchers, but Republicans more likely to back charters

These laissez - faire positions have netted them mediocre ratings from organizations like the National Association of Charter School Authorizers that favor a more - regulated approach to charter Charter School Authorizers that favor a more - regulated approach to charter charter growth.

More than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhMore than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhmore than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.

Nearly 80 percent of parents of school - aged children support allowing parents to choose which public schools their child should attend and more than 70 percent of parents surveyed favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the state's largest teachers union, said it favors new rules for charters but opposes any bill that would allow for more charters, which are publicly funded, but operated independent of districts, usually with non-unionized teachers.

Michigan, where many policies favored by Secretary DeVos have been implemented, has been widely cited by critics for its lack of regulation and the fact that it has, at more than 80 percent, far more for - profit charter schools than any other state.

Ryan is more positive about the varieties of school choice — whether within school districts, or by way of charter schools and vouchers, and of course he favors interdistrict choice — but the legislative and judicial obstacles (not to mention practical ones) to the expansion of this route are clear.

More than 80 percent of the public support annual student testing, three - quarters favor charter schools, two - thirds favor higher teacher pay, and half are in favor of means - tested vouchers.

I actually deprecated that approach to philanthropy in favor of much more ambitious end - runs of the entrenched K - 12 system: all sorts of great charter schools, policy changes (e.g. for special ed), unconventional human - capital development programs, better information for kids regarding their progress (or lack thereof) in school, personalized learning via sophisticated technology, and much more.

This comes just days after The New York Times / Siena College Poll released last week showed a resounding majority (See NECSN's release here) of New York City likely voters favor creating more public charter schools.

If Zimmer loses to challenger Kate Anderson, both sides agree, that will permanently tip the scales 4 to 3 in favor of a board that pushes for more charter expansion and data based teacher evaluations.KPCC Donations From Independent Groups Shaping City, LAUSD Elections Independent...

The true nature of market forces shows up as smaller charters are muscled out by large networks, whose business models require that they expand enrollment, favor locations with more generous public per - pupil reimbursements, and reduce exposure to expenses associated with working in distressed areas, such as a greater concentration of high - need students and high insurance costs.

Mr. Duncan, who favors tighter oversight of charters, has said the administration will favor states that let them expand while doling out more than $ 100 billion in stimulus funds in the coming months.

As states compete for more than $ 4 billion in federal education grants, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has made it clear that those willing to embrace charter schools and other favored innovations will get preference.

This comes just months after a New York Times - Siena College poll found that the vast majority of NYC likely voters favor creating more public charter schools.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

The influence that these private philanthropists exercise is now being felt in school districts from coast to coast and manifests itself in the policies favored by the donors: the introduction of a corporate model in school administration, merit pay for teachers, giving local schools greater autonomy from their respective districts and the opening of more charter schools.

What the CT SDE and charter school lobbyists are not explicitly telling you in these claims is that charter schools often serve a relatively more advantaged group of Black and Latinx children compared to the local public schools where they are located and these children are likely to do relatively better on standardized tests because standardized tests favor more advantaged groups of people.

Latinos strongly favor charter schools — much more so than the national average.

In a much more honest poll — using objective, non-leading questions — Education Next found in 2014 that the public favors universal vouchers by a 50 - 39 margin and charter schools 54 - 28.

In addition, Booker said he favors more educational choices for children, including charter schools, public schools run by nonprofits and school vouchers.

Concerns about the government's disinvestment in traditional public education in favor of private and charter schools — which have become more acute since the appointment of the pro-school-choice Education Secretary Betsy DeVos — have helped fuel the uptick in teacher unrest.

(LOS ANGELES) Eighty - seven percent of Los Angeles residents support improving the public education system, nearly three in four favor expanding charter public schools and 69 percent want more charter public schools in their neighborhoods, a new poll of 1,150 Los Angeles voters released today showed.

Yet exactly sixty - one days later, Erin Benham, the teacher who Peters promised would, «ensure that the voices of educators are heard and respected, and [who would] play a role in helping to shape policy in all our state's schools,» joined Malloy's other political appointees on the day after the election to vote in favor of diverting millions of dollars to even more privately run, publicly funded charter schools.

The question was defeated with 62 % voting against the measure and 38 % voting in favor of lifting the cap and allowing more charter schools in Massachusetts.

If these groups» resources keep growing, more of their favored reforms — such as closing failing schools, expanding charter schools and using test scores to grade teachers — will likely spread across the country.

Last week the organization released the results of a poll finding that 78 percent of parents support a charter school opening in their neighborhood and an equal number of parents favor more public school choices, regardless of where they live.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publiccharter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicCharter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicCharter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publiccharter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publiccharter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publiccharter schools even more public funds.

Just six weeks ago, on February 21, 2013, she went before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee to speak in favor of more funding for charter schools and Governor Malloy's education reforms saying, «I am here representing Jumoke Academy and its charter management organization Fuse, as its Chief Operating Officer...»

While making record cuts to public schools and human services the Hartford Courant is reporting that Connecticut's Democratic legislative leaders have caved in to Governor Malloy and agreed to force their follow Democrats in the legislature to vote in favor of giving two more charter school companies the money they want to open schools in Bridgeport and Stamford.

In that survey, there was a direct correlation between respondents» perceptions of surrounding public school quality and support for charter schools: the worse parents believed their traditional schooling options to be, the more they favored charter schools.

A recent New York Times - Siena College poll found the vast majority of NYC likely voters favor creating more public charter schools.

While charter school expansion is part of an education privatization movement favored by Republicans in particular, who say families need more choice when it comes to kids» educational options, the movement has been dogged by controversy as several charter schools have abruptly closed almost as soon as they opened due to financial and governance problems.

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