Sentences with phrase «give local charters»

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His firm decision to snuff out the so - called «snoopers» charter» has boosted his hand with his party and given them a much - needed boost of energy ahead of next week's local elections.

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Part of the answer certainly lies in the policy arena — giving charter schools equitable access to funding (including capital funds), cutting unnecessary regulations, ensuring that institutions other than local school boards can issue charters in every jurisdiction.

Public supports Common Core, and when given national ranking of local schools, Americans give those schools lower grades and express greater support for vouchers, charters, and teacher tenure reform

The local union abandoned the program in the face of a «surprise $ 180 million budget deficit,» and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.

-- the percentage of those giving the schools an «A» or a «B» on the traditional A to F grading scale drops 11 percentage points, from 49 % to 38 %; — support for a proposal to make vouchers available to all families regardless of income jumps 13 percentage points, increasing from 43 % to 56 %, while opposition to the proposal declines from 37 % to 25 %; — support for charter schools shifts upward from 51 % to 58 % when respondents learn the national rank of the local district, while opposition to charters declines from 26 % to 23 %; — opposition to teacher tenure climbs 8 percentage points, from 47 % to 55 %, while support for tenure drops 8 points to 25 %.

It would also recruit new charter supporters at the state and local policy level, especially since many governors, legislators, and local activists who gave birth to the charter effort have since moved on to other endeavors.

Since the charter school movement began in 1991 in Minnesota, these schools have filled a need in American society, giving individuals, communities, and local associations a chance to create their own schools — with tax dollars paying the basic costs.

In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision by a local school board to deny a charter school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing school districts» control over the approval of charters even where school districts are given a role.

As Parker Baxter and colleagues report, both states passed laws giving charters equitable access to local tax revenues that supplement a district's standard allotment from the state.

Unlike the Charter Schools Act upheld in Booth, which provided for a mix of state and local powers, the voucher program gave the local school board, in the court's words, «no substantial discretion over the educational program embodied in the voucher program,» thus violating the state constitution.

When respondents are given the state and national ranking of local district schools, charter support shifts upward to 56 percent and 58 percent, respectively (see Figure 3).

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

When the charter school leaders checked with the mechanic at the local district in early October 2005, they were given the bureaucratic cold shoulder.

However, in cases of rapid charter school growth, the state might consider giving the local district some transition aid.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operCharter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and opercharter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operations.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

It can give charter schools increased access to facilities and local tax dollars.

That includes Colorado and Florida, which gave charters access to local property tax levies; Texas, which gave charters state funding for facilities for the first time; and Illinois, which passed a comprehensive overhaul of its school finance system that brought greater equity to school statewide, and created a new tax credit scholarship program to boot.

This can only come from empowering local school communities to design their schools, giving them charter - like budget and staffing flexibility in hiring and staff reductions and then holding them accountable for performance, parent satisfaction and enrollment.

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.

Given the hyper - localism and targeted programming of most charters, it's difficult to imagine how a highly - centralized school district can compete in matching programming to local needs.

In 2006, Philadelphia received a $ 20.5 million grant from the U.S. government to develop a merit pay program, but the local union — which had initially supported the program — abandoned it, and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.

The central problem with making growth the polestar of accountability systems, as Mike Petrilli and Aaron Churchill argue in «Stop Focusing on Proficiency Rates When Evaluating Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady state.

Charter schools could be given the authority to operate either by a local school board or by a statewide commission.

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schools do.136

The Tacoma School Board's original objection to charters focused on the loss of control, but Santorno agreed with Redinger that not becoming an authorizer may mean giving up whatever local control the district could maintain.

One of the indicators of success for charter schools, which do not receive the same funding given to schools in the public school system, is in its academic performance compared to the local school system.

The solutions to every perceived or claimed public education problem seem to revolve around standardizing teachers and children, closing public schools, giving away taxpayer resources like school buildings to charter schools, and stripping local control from community stakeholders.

But a 2008 law that created the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as an independent charter - school authorizer gave Madati some recourse by allowing him to apply for approval under that new entity, rather than the local diCharter Schools Commission as an independent charter - school authorizer gave Madati some recourse by allowing him to apply for approval under that new entity, rather than the local dicharter - school authorizer gave Madati some recourse by allowing him to apply for approval under that new entity, rather than the local district.

However, as a public charter school we are required to give standardized tests for local use and state use.

Whether mayors should be given control of their local school boards, a moratorium on new charter schools, and more money for early childhood education.

Several charter proponents said the Georgia legislation was driven by a concern that charter applicants were not being given a fair hearing by local districts.

NECSN also honored local advocates with the second annual Torchbearer Awards, giving them to school leaders Matt Nittoly of Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School and John Taylor of New Haven's Booker T. Washington Academy.

Jim Spady said Saturday that charters are a way to give educators the freedom to create a school of their dreams, and parents the freedom to choose a school model that's different from what their local school district offers.

The influence that these private philanthropists exercise is now being felt in school districts from coast to coast and manifests itself in the policies favored by the donors: the introduction of a corporate model in school administration, merit pay for teachers, giving local schools greater autonomy from their respective districts and the opening of more charter schools.

This bill gives districts the discretion to share local discretionary capital outlay funding with charters rather than requiring districts to do so.

Our charter gives us the flexibility and the initiative to form creative alliances with art centers, local colleges and volunteer groups.

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Given the growth of national charter school networks, such as the Challenge Foundation — a national group that funds a pair of schools, accounting for nearly 11 percent of the student population, in rural Rutherford County — proponents say it's essential to maintain some local control over charters.

While most legislators would agree that local control of public schools is important, this bill would take all control over the creation of charter schools out of the hands of local officials and give it to an unelected state commission — while simultaneously undermining the financial structure of traditional schools which are under local control.

HB 549 and the Flores amendment gives unprecedented power to charter schools, allowing them to acquire public facilities without local...

In many cases, states also give local boards — which are required to transfer local dollars into charters — the power to open and close charters.

Given that some of the schools are charters — usually a better alternative than local traditional schools — and given that New York has no private school choice program, it seems that these families will have no option but to shell out money for a private school... if they can affordGiven that some of the schools are charters — usually a better alternative than local traditional schools — and given that New York has no private school choice program, it seems that these families will have no option but to shell out money for a private school... if they can affordgiven that New York has no private school choice program, it seems that these families will have no option but to shell out money for a private school... if they can afford one.

Meanwhile, the Lodi - News Sentinel gave kudos to their local community for distributing backpacks and supplies for needy students, including those attending an area charter school.

44 percent give an A or B to their local public schools; 58 percent give an A or B to local private / parochial schools; and 36 percent give those high grades to public charter schools.

In instances of the conversion of an existing public school to a public charter school, the local school board may require that current students of the school to be converted and their siblings be given enrollment priority over the lottery process.

But the bill that he and state Assemblyman Carmelo Garcia (D - Hudson) finally ended up introducing yesterday had some significant changes from the original draft, most notably a provision that would give local school boards more say than ever over the approval of new charter schools.

The bill was intentionally designed to give autonomy to the local district and charter operator (or nonprofit partner) to build a relationship, identify areas of need, and collaborate on solutions in those areas.

1970s: New England educator, Ray Budde, suggests that groups of teachers be given contracts or «charters» by their local school boards to explore new approaches.