Sentences with phrase «from charter schools in»

EB -5-funded projects span a diverse range of regions and industries, from charter schools in Utah and manufacturing plants in South Carolina to mixed - use commercial property in downtown Washington, D.C.

So why is Connecticut turning students and families away from charter schools in droves and making scant effort to meet this demonstrable public need?

«Mr. Kayser chooses to ignore the fact that 76 % of students who graduate from charter schools in L.A. Unified are eligible for college admission, compared to just 18 % of students who graduate from district schools,» Marquez continued.

While he approved the majority of requests for space from charter schools in February, he canceled plans for three schools affiliated with a high - performing network known as Success Academy Charter Schools, arguing that they would crowd out traditional school programs.

And he adds there's continued pressure on the District's budget from charter schools in the city - which receive a portion of the school system's revenue.

NACSA is a professional membership organization that supports the work of charter school authorizers, provide information and services to authorizers across the country, and support school system leaders interested in applying best practices from charter schools in their own systems.

To the extent, if any, that parents prioritize test scores in their decisionmaking calculus, they are likely to approve of the data from charter schools in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah (Figure 2).

In Florida, 57 percent of students who went from a charter school in 8th grade to a traditional public school in 9th grade received a standard high school diploma within four years, compared to 77 percent of charter 8th graders who attended a charter high school.

A ninth - grade teacher, she is the first national winner from a charter school in the program's 65 - year history, and the first from Massachusetts.

But Setren's research also uncovered some contradictions: While students in those populations were more likely to score proficient on the 10th - grade MCAS math and English exams in charter schools, they are less likely to graduate from a charter school in four years, in comparison with their peers in traditional schools.

The resolution also proposes that local school boards be permitted to weigh in on new charter applications in their districts, and to recoup public dollars when students transfer back to Buffalo public schools from a charter school in the district.

A plane crash in New Mexico killed three students from a charter school in Silver City, devastating the community and the students» families.

Not exact matches

In addition to the plan to move Zappos downtown, he has made a series of investments from his sizable personal fortune: seed capital for several tech start - ups that have promised to relocate; $ 2 million for a new performing - arts center that will bring Broadway shows downtown; $ 1.2 million to Teach for America to improve downtown's schools; $ 7 million for 20 percent of the charter airline JetSuite, which he plans to use to fly prominent entrepreneurs and rock bands into town.

Christoph graduated with a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Geneva, he is also a CFA charter - holder and holds a doctorate from the Edinburgh Business School.

«He is deeply honored to have been invited by CUA to address the school's graduating class and is looking forward to receiving an honorary degree from the only Catholic college in our country that is chartered by Catholic bishops,» the statement continued.

Sebastian received his MBA in Finance from NYU's Stern School, and is a CFA Institute Charter Holder.

Naseir Upshur, who has said that Michigan is recruiting him the hardest, got a personal note from Michigan's head coach after making the honor roll at his high school — Imhotep Institute Charter School in Philadeschool — Imhotep Institute Charter School in PhiladeSchool in Philadelphia.

Consider: Late in the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 10, as Brees was running through a long checklist of bye - week obligations, he detoured to the Lusher Charter School, not far from his home in Uptown New Orleans.

«All of the kids on the team do well in school, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter Sschool, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter SchoolSchool.

The publication is produced 20 times per year in print, digital and mobile editions from its headquarters in Concord (not far from Clayton Valley Charter High School).

The college had been chartered in 1927, a step up from a county agricultural school.

From Men in Blazers: America SCORES is non-profit organization that promotes football and poetry with students at more than 175 public and charter schools across North America.

Our numbers have expanded to 45 known schools and initiatives, and we've started to see the Public Waldorf Education impulse move from its spiritual home in the West towards its historical roots in the East... with a few stops in between: schools based on the principles of Public Waldorf Educationwere granted charters in Colorado, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Florida this year and are set to open in the fall.

Editor Chip Romer will report FROM THE FIELD on a roundtable discussion with five school leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in Sonomschool leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in SonomSchool in Sonoma, CA.

If public schools are in crisis, it may well be because school reform lurches from cause to cause, from standardized testing to differentiated classrooms, from all - inclusive public schools to charter schools and everything in between.

It's a vivid and persuasive social polemic, rooted in real children's lives, that brings the schools of urban America leaping off the page — and should be forced reading for Michael Gove and his merry band of free - schoolers, who, having filched the idea of charter and KIPP schools from the US, now need to look West again to see how fiddling with school structures can never, by itself, help pupils do better.

A student who transfers from a charter school program to a traditional public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.

A school district or charter school may not delay eligibility or otherwise prevent a student participating in controlled open enrollment, or a choice program, from being immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.

She was in a local charter school from age 3 through 3rd grade, and always took a lunch from home.

Cuomo got $ 60,800 from Stanley Druckenmiller, a charter school backer and former hedge manager, on March 4 — the same day the governor spoke at a pro-charter rally in Albany.

The campaign, which features 30 - second videos on YouTube, is part of an effort from Families for Excellent Schools opposing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent reduction of $ 210 million in capital as well as a new charter rent policy.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

«Most kids who attend a charter school in New York come from low - income families of color who can't afford to move into a better school district.

And Senate Democrats who hope to flip the district once held by Republican former Sen. Dean Skelos are pointing to the support from groups like the PAC maintained by StudentsFirstNY after the initial charter school aid proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was doubled to $ 54 million in the final budget agreement — a figure that was backed by Senate Republicans.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom.»

Kaminsky has in recent weeks been archly critical of the controversial Common Core standards and raised questions after Republicans successfully pushed for a boost in charter school aid the budget and then received campaign support from the pro-charter organization.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

Rep. Charlie Rangel slammed his main primary opponent, Sen. Adriano Espaillat, for accepting $ 21,300 in campaign donations from the controversial charter school lobby since 2006.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York CitIn many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York Citin order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

Here's yet another TV ad from the pro-charter school group Education Reform Now, which is pushing Albany to raise the charter cap in advance of the next «Race to the Top» funding application deadline on June 1.

What we're looking at now is an extremely active post-budget session, with everything on the table — from the charter cap and DREAM / EITC to the NYC rent laws and mayoral control over the NYC school system, both of which sunset early in the summer.

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city schools, and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.

In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems asSchool are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems asschool draws from nearby systems as well.

Legislative insiders said Silver is miffed that Senate Democrats passed a bill Monday to lift the statewide cap on charter schools to 460 from 200 — putting the political hot potato squarely in his lap.

But charter schools will be getting an additional $ 25 million, from an allocation controlled by Republicans in the State Senate.

«So we're losing millions from the Syracuse City School District this year to charter schools in the city.»

He has accepted significant contributions from Ravenel Boykin Curry, a wealthy supporter of education reform and trustee of Girls Prep charter school, which made the news in 2010 when Joel Klein used emergency powers to displace the public school program for autistic children with which Girls Prep was co-located.

He and predecessor David Paterson remain the only state or local politicians in New York who've received donations from individual members of the family, though they have also made some sizable checks to charter school groups that support Senate Republicans.

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