Sentences with phrase «first independent public charter school»

Founded in 2000 as the state's first independent public charter school, Highlander was named after the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, a historic institution that has served as a training ground for grassroots activists — including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. — since the earliest days of the civil rights movement.

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President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have been championing charter schools for months, creating what some advocates believe is the most forceful national momentum to expand the largely independent public schools since the first charter opened nearly 20 years ago.

Its tight controls on entry into the charter space have come to typify the authorizing process in many states — and have given rise to a number of the country's best - performing schools and networks of any type, including Success Academy in New York City, Achievement First in Connecticut, Brooke Charter Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector charter space have come to typify the authorizing process in many states — and have given rise to a number of the country's best - performing schools and networks of any type, including Success Academy in New York City, Achievement First in Connecticut, Brooke Charter Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector schools and networks of any type, including Success Academy in New York City, Achievement First in Connecticut, Brooke Charter Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector Charter Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to sector growth.

Independent Charters First permitted by the California legislature in 1992, Independent Charter schools are public schools run by non-profit organizations.

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When public charter schools first opened in the early 1990s, each was unique and independent.

The district is recommending the second step toward revoking its independent charter school status and turning it back into a traditional public school, following an investigation into financial mismanagement first reported in the Los Angeles Daily News.

In 2001, at the urging of then Mayor Bart Peterson, Indiana lawmakers enacted legislation making Indianapolis the first U.S. city where the mayor can authorize charter schools, which are public schools that are independent from school districts, allowing them more freedom to make key decisions at the school level.

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