Sentences with phrase «from charter supporters»

It's time to spread the intelligence to their Congressional counterparts, who recently held a hearing on a new proposal, HR 10, the «Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act» with testimony from charter supporters only.

Although I'd mostly come to hear perspectives from charter supporters in the crowd, I found myself instead listening, horrified, as keynote speaker Steve Perry, a former charter school principal - turned - showman from Connecticut, shouted non-stop insults during his entire keynote address.

Although Tuck ended up losing to Torlakson by almost 200,000 votes in 2014, the campaign itself attracted close to $ 30 million in spending — most of it from charter supporters of Tuck and labor groups supporting Torlakson.

Not exact matches

There is also, undoubtedly, a kind of neo-paganism among many Charter supporters, whose antipathy to modern society in all its aspects, from industrial to religious, has led them back to a radical premodernism, a pan-religiousness that appears to be some (partly imagined) basic form of religious life before the destructive divisiveness of the historic religions appeared.

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 City.

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.

A central irony of the debate is that the charter groups, which despise de Blasio, are strong supporters of mayoral control, while de Blasio's usual allies in the UFT have been notably absent from the mayor's push for a multi-year extension.

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.

His remarks drew condemnation from several charter school groups, which have strong supporters in the Senate.

And charter - school supporters, led by Mr. Loeb, have poured millions of dollars into ensuring that the State Senate remains in Republican hands — even as Democrats have won a majority of seats — backing Mr. Klein's renegade group, which first broke away from the party in 2011 and eventually formed a coalition with the Republicans.

The proposed charter school has hundreds of local supporters and backing from SUNY New Paltz and the Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement.

There also was concern from opponents that private and parochial school donors could use the legislation as a way to leverage tax breaks for charter school supporters.

The governor had been a mild supporter of charter schools throughout his tenure as governor until he made «saving» charters from Bill de Blasio a key issue in recent months, as the mayor made promises to charge some charter networks rent and put other restrictions on the city's charters.

Cuomo has been a strong supporter of charters and close ally of Moskowitz's at times, but has recently inched away from the charter cause in favor of more broadly popular education plans like free college tuition.

The latest push is coming from New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, a group backed by supporters of charter schools, is spending $ 263,976 on digital, radio and TV ads in the suburban district.

As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.

He was also helped by StudentsFirstNY, a charter school supporter who invested heavily in Senate Republicans in 2014 and has reported spending $ 1.49 million on the race in the past two weeks, $ 250,000 of which came from a group backing education tax credits.

She benefited from nearly $ 540,000 in spending from the IDC's campaign arm — much of it coming from real estate interests and charter school supporters that have also backed Senate Republicans, who are more often cross-endorsed by the Independence Party.

But the victor prove to be Nelson, who the Daily News reported recently, had support from former Mayor David Dinkins and some charter school supporters.

In recent years, outside groups, from unions to charter school supporters, have spent millions on New York elections.

In the most recent election, Mr. Cuomo raised more than $ 2 million from supporters of charter schools and school choice, from their companies or from their families.

An open question in this year's Senate races is the degree to which Gov. Andrew Cuomo — a charter supporter who has received major support from DFER donors — will act to help his fellow Democrats win the Senate.

To do that, supporters of charter schools also have to refrain from citing weaker evidence, which only serves to legitimize the use of inferior studies by charter opponents.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Under cream - colored tents in Radcliffe Yard today, the cloudy and wet weather did little to dampen the nearly 40 supporters who showed up — some in a chartered bus all the way from Michigan — to celebrate and cheer Teasley on as she earns her doctorate from the Urban Superintendents Program tomorrow.

A report from Education Sector raises questions about the ability of charter schools and charter - management organizations to scale up as dramatically as their supporters might hope.

When charter school supporters marched in the city's streets and rallied at the state capitol in Albany, they won enthusiastic support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and favorable action in the state legislature.

This is why many people, charter school supporters included, are eager to see what we learn from Nevada.

... Legislative supporters on both sides of the aisle braved brickbats from charter school operators and unions.»

In the face of pressure from local district supporters, two housing developments that had planned to provide land for charter schools instead gave it to district schools.

But charter schools supporters say it would not take away from traditional schools because the students most likely to enroll in a charter school are ones that have already left the system.

In spite of a wealth of information that points to K12, Inc. running a business operation that has poor returns by failing to adequately educate students, yet continues to profit mightily from state taxpayers, some are still enthusiastic about the prospect of the virtual charter school coming to North Carolina, including Rep. Larry Pittman, a supporter of virtual charters.

That's why I'm now working to mobilize charter school teachers, parents, board members and community supporters to stand up and demand a solution from Governor Cuomo and state leaders.

«Voters have clearly shown they want another chance to consider this issue, and we believe the majority will join us in voting YES in November — to finally allow public charter schools here in Washington,» state Rep. Eric Pettigrew, D - Seattle, a charter supporter, said in a news release from the initiative campaign.

«I think it says there's an opportunity for four - to - six districts to approve it,» said charter school supporter Jana Carlisle from Partnership 4 Learning.

Charter school supporters say money flowing to the state from federal charter school grants would offset much of theCharter school supporters say money flowing to the state from federal charter school grants would offset much of thecharter school grants would offset much of the total.

Because October is when charter school teachers, leaders and supporters from across the state make this their conference by submitting proposals to present and Hart Vision / Sue Bragato Scholarship nominations to the CCSA conference team.

The charter schools being given funding, PR and «growth opportunities» by Minnesota Comeback and their supporters need students from the Minneapolis Public Schools in order to survive and further weaken the district.

Still, it also is courting help from charter - school supporters across the nation.

Those are the same rules from which charter schools are exempt, a policy supporters say allows charters to flourish with longer school days, a focus on teacher merit instead of seniority, and other innovations.

In hindsight, the mayor could have gotten away with blocking several thousand charter expansion seats while winning applause from his many anti-charter supporters.

Supporters of the legislation say the bill is also important because it may protect charter school employees from losing retirement benefits if the Internal Revenue Service someday rules that charters are not public entities and therefore not eligible for public services, such as the California State Retirement System.

«Getting feedback from both supporters and critics of charters has improved the RFP and will continue to improve this office.»

Charter - school supporters and some academics dispute the federation's interpretation of the test scores, saying it's impossible to reach a conclusion about the performance of charter schools from a singlCharter - school supporters and some academics dispute the federation's interpretation of the test scores, saying it's impossible to reach a conclusion about the performance of charter schools from a singlcharter schools from a single year.

In the most recent election, Mr. Cuomo raised more than $ 2 million from supporters of charter schools and school choice, from their companies or from their families.

The governor had been a mild supporter of charter schools throughout his tenure as governor until he made «saving» charters from Bill de Blasio a key issue in recent months, as the mayor made promises to charge some charter networks rent and put other restrictions on the city's charters.

According to campaign finance records, Mr. Cuomo's re-election campaign has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from charter school supporters, including William A. Ackman, Carl C. Icahn, Bruce Kovner and Daniel Nir.

It has left the community sharply divided between supporters of charter schools as a better option for students and charter opponents, who see the plan as a major threat for its potential to drain students and resources from an already financially - challenged district of more than 600,000 students.

«There simply were not a lot of people against the charters,» said Karim Camara, a Democratic assemblyman from Brooklyn and supporter of charter schools, who introduced Mr. Cuomo at the rally in early March.

School districts may suffer net financial losses to charter schools and, although some supporters have argued that competitive pressures from charters can force public schools to improve their own performance, the evidence for such outcomes is unclear.