Sentences with phrase «for opening charter»

* Stefan Pryor and Dacia Toll led the effort to create the Amistad Academy and then created Achievement First as a vehicle for opening charter schools in Connecticut and New York.

High Bar For Opening A Charter School In Mississippi June 9, 2016 by Brett Kittredge Monday was the completion of the first stage in the process for those wishing to open a charter school in Mississippi during the 2017 - 2018 school year.

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Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 20 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers * STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset quality.

May 2 Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 20 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers * STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset quality.

This could also open up another opportunity for Sprint, where both Charter and Comcast buy some of Sprint, and the mobile carrier uses the cash to continue building out its business.

Laura will open and lead a new department for AltSchool as the company prepares to support private, charter, and public schools who will utilize the platform.

One of the well - known perks for the Travelers is the charter jet they send to the U.S. Open each year.

But if you do make the U.S. Open cut, as soon as the last putt drops Sunday night, the charter jet is waiting for you and your family.

Created exclusively for the Village from vintage European chocolate molds and hand painted, the heirloom piece celebrates the opening of the Old Sturbridge Academy Charter School.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

Many charter schools host open family nights for families interested in applying to the charter school.

Meanwhile, the Senate has called it quits for the day and is planning to return at 9 a.m. tomorrow to vote on a deal to keep the parks open and — for now, anyway — a charter school bill.

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SUNY holds authority for the authorization of 38 Success Academy charter schools in New York City, including several that have yet to open.

Story of the Day: Bronx Charter School on Probation for Shady Lottery Practices The Academic Leadership Charter School, which opened on East 141st Street in 2009, is in hot water and in danger being closed after city investigators discovered that the school may have manipulated its lottery selection process to weed out unwanted students.

Electeds Urge «No» on Proposal to Co-Locate High School in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queens:

The compromise would require that state statutes be changed to allow certificates for closed or never - opened charter schools be transferred to new schools.

The Syracuse area currently has two charter schools and a third will be opening for the 2017 - 18 school year.

Maple Street Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Albany.

A charter school for 175 students in kindergarten through second grade is expected to open in Uniondale in September, after the operator of The Academy Charter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institutioncharter school for 175 students in kindergarten through second grade is expected to open in Uniondale in September, after the operator of The Academy Charter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institutionCharter School in Hempstead won state approval to start a similar educational institution there.

The passing of the royal charter opens the door for a judge to impose a financial penalty on a newspaper even when it wins a libel case — although any such move would have to wait for a year until the state - backed regulator is established.

NYSUT even publicly lauded Republican candidate Rob Astorino for an open letter he wrote to teachers expressing his respect for their work after Cuomo characterized public education as a monopoly that he intends to break with stricter evaluations and competition from charter schools.

The omnibus education bill included funding for the «Schools of Hope» program, which encourages charter schools to open in low - performing school districts by giving them incentives.

If approved by voters in the fall, the change to the charter would require that all vacant positions held open for one year and a day be eliminated from the following year's budget and the funding for those jobs returned to the general fund.

A new documentary called «The Lottery,» tracks students from the Bronx and Harlem as they compete for a seat at the very competitive Success Academy charter school in the Harlem (Success Academy will open two schools in the Bronx this fall).

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.

Success Charter Network announced Monday that 357 students have applied for seats at Upper West Success Academy, a new school it wants to open in District 3, which stretches from West 59th Street to West 122nd Street.

* Capping the number of charters that can open in a specific district — thus preventing them from becoming a serious option for more than a lucky few.

Major rallies are planned at the Capitol Tuesday to lobby for universal pre-K and to keep Charter Schools open, as well as add new ones.

As he runs for the state Senate, Democrat Micah Lasher has shifted his tone on charter schools ahead of his primary for an open Senate seat.

Also at 1:30 p.m., Success Academy Charter Schools CEO Eva Moskowitz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, ManCharter Schools CEO Eva Moskowitz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, ManCharter School for the Arts Principal Richard González rally to demand that de Blasio provide public space for them to open six public charter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, Mancharter middle schools next year, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In a move designed to help immigrants, the state is telling New York - chartered banks that the city municipal identification card is an acceptable form of verification for those looking to open bank accounts.

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.

New York City's largest and most polarizing charter school network, Success Academy, is applying for its biggest expansion yet, with plans to open 14 new charter schools in the next two years, a spokeswoman for the network announced on Tuesday.

«Under their leadership, rental assistance for new and expanding New York City charter schools will increase, translating into more high - quality schools being opened.»

The deal would allow the reuse of 22 charters — or contracts for schools — that were previously revoked or surrendered by charters that closed or never opened.

The Success Academy Charter School, run by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, plans to open inside the building at 10 - 45 Nameoke St. for the 2016 - 2017 school year, the DOE said.

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.

The governor also called for eliminating the restriction on the number of charter schools that can open in New York City.

Mulgrew urged state lawmakers to reject Gov. Cuomo's proposals to increase charter funding, permit more charters to open in New York City and increase rent subsidies for charters.

Tens of thousands of city families are waiting for charter seats to open up, but the mayor's not interested in what those constituents want.

Experts point out that one of the most influential players in Albany, Speaker Sheldon Silver, is neither a great fan of charters nor a strong critic, possibly leaving open room for negotiation especially since Silver has made passing the DREAM Act a top legislative priority that will require political cooperation.

If we are to open the charter for improvements, we must include essential changes sought by the people.

Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for teachers, vowed to step up efforts to remove ineffective teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of negotiations over a teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

According to the Center for Education Reform, as of January 2003 there were nearly 2,700 charter schools serving more than 684,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia, just a decade after the first charter opened its doors.

Following the hurricane, a declaration made by the New Orleans governor stating that it could take upward of a year for schools to reopen prompted the creation of charters by many educators, Usdin said, in an effort just to get schools open again.

In suburban districts, this open - enrollment policy not only provided the opportunity for outside students to attend these schools, it also increased the competitive pressure on new charter schools.

Worrying about its impact to the point of delaying the opening of virtual charter schools, which provide an option that is critical for some students» success, does not make sense.

School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.