Not exact matches
In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy
Charter School are
from the local district, the school draws
from nearby systems as well.
Not far
from the heart of Houston, unlikely alliance between a school district and
nearby charter schools is bringing the best of both worlds to area students.
One possible alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public schools when a
charter school opened
nearby is the migration of lower - performing students
from the traditional public school to the
charter school.
Working with staff at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, fifth graders
from the East Palo Alto
Charter School track predators of the clapper rail, an endangered bird, in a
nearby salt marsh.
Even when
charter schools use simple applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come
from more motivated families» than kids in
nearby district schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.
The opening of a
charter school leads to small reductions in enrollment at
nearby district schools, but does not change the percentage of students
from underrepresented minority groups, special education students, or LEP students.
To shed light on the question of spillover effects, I use data
from New York City to estimate the effects of
charter schools on students in two types of
nearby district schools: those in the same neighborhood, and those that are co-located (in the same building).
The problem, she said in a separate analysis, is that Ms. Raymond compared the achievement of individual
charter students with that of groups of students
from nearby public schools, without making the statistical adjustments necessary to account for the natural downward biases that result
from that sort of calculation.
Student performance in
charter schools was significantly lower than regular
nearby schools in just five states with about 30 percent of national
charter enrollment, mostly minority children
from poor families.
The rally, which is being hosted by California
Charter Schools Association Families, will include a march
from Vaughn Next Century Learning Center at 9:30 a.m. to
nearby Vaughn G3 (Green Global Generation) before a public program that will feature speeches
from LA Unified school board member Monica Ratliff and Congressman Tony Cardenas.
Most are outperforming
nearby district schools, but the majority of the denials stem
from charters» rejection of specific language required by the district in their petitions.
«I feel like is a family, we're all as one,» said High Tech freshman Raven Wright, who came to the district - run school
from a larger
nearby charter school.
Among those who enrolled in the spring — some just weeks before the school year ended — were a 17 - year - old
from Guatemala returning to classes for the first time since he was in sixth grade, a ninth - grader who left a
nearby charter school after she was caught with marijuana, and an 18 - year - old who dropped out of Southeast Washington's Ballou High earlier in the year after moving into a group foster home in Northwest Washington.
«Cherokee
Charter Academy is a unique school that reignited my daughter's passion for learning after she transferred
from a
nearby traditional school.
The principal at my
nearby charter school makes over $ 300,000 per year, a 246 percent increase
from her salary before the school was
chartered.
Now the DC Public
Charter School Board has mapped the geographic distribution of students at every charter campus in DC, revealing which schools attract students who live nearby and which draw them from al
Charter School Board has mapped the geographic distribution of students at every
charter campus in DC, revealing which schools attract students who live nearby and which draw them from al
charter campus in DC, revealing which schools attract students who live
nearby and which draw them
from all over.
Shirley Oesch, principal of Valley Oaks
Charter School under the Kern County Supt. of Schools office, took in 70 students
from a
nearby closed California
Charter Academy campus that served 300 students.
Hire a private
charter in Ambergris Caye
from the pier to bring you along the coast, enjoy the sunset or have a romantic picnic on a secluded
nearby beach.
Guests can also
charter a boat
from the Aman fleet to sail to the Greek islands
nearby or venture to off - shore diving spots
From the
nearby town of Oriental, NC, Bryce and his wife, Helen, run a company called Love Odyssey
Charters in which they take one couple at a time on a week - long cruise to different ports of call along the rivers and sounds of North Carolina.