Sentences with phrase «find space for charter schools»

Most significantly, the legislation would require the city to find space for charter schools inside public school buildings or pay much of the cost to house them in private space.

Not exact matches

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

The new laws prevent de Blasio from charging rent to charters as he had said he would, require the city to find space for charters in D.O.E. buildings or to fund those schools up to $ 40 million for space in private buildings, and implement other safeguards for charters after an intensive charter lobbying effort in Albany.

Moskowitz accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of going back on his word to find space for seven new elementary charter schools in time for them to open in August.

She has repeatedly accused de Blasio and city schools chancellor Carmen Fariña of being late to approve deals concerning her network, and has threatened de Blasio administration staffers with press conferences and open letters when she perceived that City Hall was dragging its feet in finding space for her growing charter network.

The same steps today played host to a slew of children who attend charter schools dressed in «I Fight for Equality» T - shirts, the backdrop for a press conference in which Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — another potential de Blasio challenger — called for the mayor to find space for several Success Academy charter schools that have been approved to open by the state.

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio over space issues for her charter schools on Thursday by casting doubt on his worthiness to maintain mayoral control of the city's schools, perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.

The state budget that Mr. Cuomo and legislative leaders announced later that month prohibited the city from charging charters rent and required it to find public school space for them or pay much of the cost for a private location.

In his opinion for the court of appeals, Judge Edward Ferns ultimately found the district's formula for assigning classroom space to charter schools was consistent with the intent of Proposition 39.

In Washington, D.C., both the city and the school district are making it nearly impossible for charters to find classroom space, even though the mayor and the school district are broadly sympathetic to charter issues.

The Post published an editorial following that story, saying Mayor de Blasio's «roadblocks for charter schools when it comes to finding them space» is a big reason that mayoral control of schools should not be renewed.

We have found that there are opportunities for charter and district schools to work together to improve shared spaces and complement each other's academic programming.

On June 27, the CA Superior Court issued a ruling finding that LAUSD has failed to comply with Proposition 39 and its implementing regulations in calculating school space, including the number of classrooms, offered to charter schools for the 2012 - 13 school year.

Anderson's decision to close Eighteenth Avenue was an opportunity for the city's growing charter school community to find some much - needed space.

Educator Joe Nathan, for example, supports a pair of charter schools in the Twin Cities that educate mostly Somali and Oromo students, because the schools provide a space where children can retain their home language and knowledge of their home culture.59 Likewise, Letitia Basford's qualitative study of Somali youth concluded that «attending a culturally specific charter school promotes positive intercultural competence in which students are able to build a good self - concept and find comfort in who they are as East African immigrants, as Muslims, and as American citizens.»

Tapestry Charter found its home for 96 middle school students in renovated space at Northeast Baptist Church in Norcross.

It was an easy fight for her to win: de Blasio fumbled when he decided to reverse the co-locations of three of her charters, and was forced to find alternate space for the schools after sustaining an embarrassing political defeat just months into his tenure as mayor.

She has repeatedly accused de Blasio and city schools chancellor Carmen Fariña of being late to approve deals concerning her network, and has threatened de Blasio administration staffers with press conferences and open letters when she perceived that City Hall was dragging its feet in finding space for her growing charter network.

Mr. Fulop said he supports wresting control of city schools from the state eventually, but his initial plans include diverting a portion of local revenues collected from tax - abated properties to city - school recreational programs and finding space for more charter schools (the city has about 10 charters now, with one slated to close.)