Sentences with phrase «first charter school operator»

Ms. Moskowitz was one of the first charter school operators to branch out into better - off neighborhoods like the Upper West Side and Williamsburg.

Not exact matches

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

The first casualty of the 18 percent cap was Edward Brooke Charter Schools, one of the highest - performing elementary - school operators in Massachusetts, which was denied a charter to open a fourth school in Charter Schools, one of the highest - performing elementary - school operators in Massachusetts, which was denied a charter to open a fourth school in charter to open a fourth school in Boston.

More interesting to me, though, was learning how Chris Barbic — former superstar charter - network leader and first and current ASD head — shaped the new body through imaginative approaches to growth, operator recruitment, school matching, community engagement, human capital, and more.

Which means, a charter operator with campuses in multiple states, like KIPP, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or school leader between their schools in various Schools, Achievement First, or Rocketship Education, can not freely move a teacher or school leader between their schools in various schools in various states.

More specifically, I concur that some charter applications seem to equate length with rigor, ask for information with limited bearing on school quality, and pose major obstacles to first - time operators.

The first grant opportunity for Breakthrough School Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mSchool Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mschool operators developing new, whole school mschool models.

Though charter schools already had right of first refusal on public school property up for sale, charter school operators were meeting resistance from some Arkansas school districts selling vacant buildings.

In the first of those parent triggers (McKinley Elementary School in Compton, CA, December 2010), the charter school operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesSchool in Compton, CA, December 2010), the charter school operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool a few minutes away.

Achievement First, Inc. the large charter school company that was co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, is continuing its campaign to get the Hartford Board of Education to close the Clark Elementary School and hand it over to the charter school opeschool company that was co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, is continuing its campaign to get the Hartford Board of Education to close the Clark Elementary School and hand it over to the charter school opeSchool and hand it over to the charter school opeschool operator.

And two private school operators, the Mississippi Community Education Center, which operates New Summit School, and the Piney Woods School, are hoping to open their first charter sschool operators, the Mississippi Community Education Center, which operates New Summit School, and the Piney Woods School, are hoping to open their first charter sSchool, and the Piney Woods School, are hoping to open their first charter sSchool, are hoping to open their first charter schoolschool.

Charter Management Organization Leaders / Charter Operators De-Lea Deane - Allen, Achievement First Frances Teso, Voices College - Bound Language Academies Greg White, LEARN Charter School Network Kara Bobroff, Native American Community Academy / NACA Inspired Schools Network Roblin J. Webb, Freedom Preparatory Academy

In schools like McKinley Elementary in Compton — where an early attempt to invoke the law fizzled after a heated court battle between the district and parents — and Desert Trails Elementary in Adelanto — the first parent - trigger school handed to a charter operator — the trigger campaigns led to costly litigation and accusations of intimidation and harassment from both sides.

She is the first charter operator in the Texas House of Representatives, serving District 120 and charter school students across the state.

The city's charter movement has attracted innovative school operators such as KIPP, Achievement First, Uncommon Schools, Harlem Village Academies and others.

He led the group in its successful takeover of Locke High School in Watts, the first time a district school was handed over to a charter school operator School in Watts, the first time a district school was handed over to a charter school operator school was handed over to a charter school operator school operator in LA.

The Los Angeles - based nonprofit operates 10 local charters as well as Locke High, the district's first traditional high school to be taken over by a private operator.

According to The New York Times, the ten highest paid hedge fund operators with close ties to charter schools also includes David Tepper (number 1 at $ 3.5 billion in 2013), founder of founder of Appaloosa Management and New Jersey based «Better Education for Kids»; Steven A. Cohen (number 2 at $ 2.4 billion) of SAC Capital Advisors, which was forced to pay a $ 1.2 billion dollar penalty for insider trading, who has given over $ 10 million to the Achievement First charter school network; and Paul Tudor Jones II (tied for tenth at $ 600 million), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation who has supported charter schools through his Robin Hood Foundation.

INFO: The «Clark Rising» movement is a grass - roots response to the proposed displacement of Clark School students in order to make way for the expansion of charter operator Achievement First.

The process of selecting charter operators became even more important this year when the RSD became the first all - charter - school district in the country, though traditional schools still operate in the city under the Orleans Parish School school district in the country, though traditional schools still operate in the city under the Orleans Parish School School Board.

Over the past two years, state regulators have reviewed 78 of Arizona's original charter - school operators, the first to be granted 15 - year contracts to create privately run public schools funded with state and federal money.

And thanks to Malloy and Pryor, Achievement First, Inc. has received more new funding than any other charter school operator in Connecticut.

The charter operator must first submit an application to the State Department of Education explaining their work, including areas such as students» academic progress (interpreted by the state as standardized test results), curriculum, staff development, finances, and governance (management & administration) of the school.

Join the Colorado Charter Marketplace and take the first steps to serving the vibrant charter school operators in CoCharter Marketplace and take the first steps to serving the vibrant charter school operators in Cocharter school operators in Colorado.

But SURPRISE — thanks to Governor Dannel Malloy's recent action, Achievement First, Inc. and Connecticut's Charter School owners, operators and advocates are celebrating the fact that one of their own has quietly been appointed to Connecticut's State Board of Education, the very state entity that remains responsible for overseeing and regulating charter sCharter School owners, operators and advocates are celebrating the fact that one of their own has quietly been appointed to Connecticut's State Board of Education, the very state entity that remains responsible for overseeing and regulating charter scharter schools.

Dacia Toll, the Co-CEO of Achievement First Inc. testified that requiring charter school operators to adhere to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act would be a unfair burden.

CICS is a pioneer — one of Illinois» first charter networks to manage a portfolio of talented and autonomous school operators with a wide range of school models.

have been among the most vocal proponents of diverting scarce public taxpayer funds to Achievement First, Inc, the large charter school management company, to former charter school operator Dr.» Michael Sharpe and his disgraced FUSE charter school chain and Steve Perry, the controversial anti-teacher former Hartford school administrator and self - described «most trusted educator in America,» who, thanks to Governor Malloy is opening his own privately owned but publicly funded «boutique» charter school company.

For the first time, the government was mandating not only «accountability» (code for punishing teachers and schools who fall short), but also «choice» (code for handing low - performing public schools over to charter operators).

Tom has served as the Incubated Memphis Leader with Scholar Academies since summer 2014, working with the Memphis Scholars team to foster school community engagement, build a strong academic team, and open the public charter school operator's first campus in Memphis.

One charter school operator, Achievement First, which has come under state scrutiny in the past year for its disciplinary practices, once again topped the charts with a rate of close to 50 percent for its middle school students in Hartford and a rate of better than 40 percent at its high schools in Bridgeport and New Haven.

In order to open a new school, charter operators must first find an ample supply of strong leaders — a challenge that can bedevil district and charter schools alike.

«When I first got into office, I did meet with some charter school operators to talk to them about this.

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Achievement for All Children, a new non-profit closely aligned with the charter school operator TeamCFA, was selected to run the first school.

In November, we partnered with Kathy Hamel at Charter School Growth Fund, Sajan George at Matchbook Learning, Paige McLean at Achievement First Charter Network Accelerator, and Ben Rayer to bring together more than 30 operators who have either committed to restarting struggling schools or are interested in exploring the opportunity.

In addition, Rhode Island Mayoral Academies wants to hire Achievement First, a charter management operator, to open as many as five schools in Providence and Cranston, starting in 2011 or 2012.

While parent trigger was first promoted by a small charter school operator in California, it was taken up and launched into hyperdrive by two controversial right - wing organizations: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Heartland Institute.