Sentences with phrase «given access to the charter school»

Studies adopting this approach take the students interested in attending a charter school, use a lottery to assign them randomly either to the charter school or to a control group of students who would not have access to that school, and then compare the achievement of the students given access to the charter school with that of the students in the control group.

Not exact matches

«Expanding access to public charter schools will help eliminate the achievement gap in New York City and will help give children like my son access to the schools they deserve,» said Tamika Bradley, a public charter school parent from Brownsville.

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.

By giving these schools true control over their programs, staff, and curricula, and by opening them to all families, authors of the charter school law resurrected the true American vision of public schooling: equal access to great instruction and accountability for results.

That service includes access to CBP fellows, who are given time off by their employers from their corporate jobs to serve as part - time staffers to charter - school boards.

Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.charter public schools.schools.»

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.

It's time for the movement to embrace an inclusive «Social Justice Plus» strategy that aims to give urban students access to private, charter and suburban schools.

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.

City and state leaders can accomplish this by ensuring that charter authorizers are paying attention to recruitment and admission practices, by ensuring that schools are getting their fair share of funding, by giving charter schools access to excellent special - education expertise and networks, and by promoting innovative new approaches through grants and charter — district partnerships.

The audience was given a glimpse of what's to come on Councilmember Grosso's agenda, including efforts to create a charter school facility mandate and a reintroduction of a language access bill deemed essential.

The creation of a soccer field gives the school a tool to compete with area charter schools that often emphasize access to soccer to Latino families.

(Calif.) Members of an important legislative policy committee gave conditional support to bills that would temporarily reduce teacher training requirements and provide charter schools better access to surplus property, but they rejected a measure that would have repealed district funding reserve caps.

«But we need policies that will give more of the city's children access to great public charter schools, not scare those schools away.»

Potential policies outlined in the model law include giving charter schools a right of first refusal to lease or buy unused school facilities, giving them access to statewide building aid or financing programs, and including charters in bonding and tax levy requests.

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools President and CEO Nina Rees praised the 2014 law that gave new and expanding NYC charter schools access to facilities, and said she wishes it «was something that was in place throughout the state and for all charter schools.Charter Schools President and CEO Nina Rees praised the 2014 law that gave new and expanding NYC charter schools access to facilities, and said she wishes it «was something that was in place throughout the state and for all charter schools.Schools President and CEO Nina Rees praised the 2014 law that gave new and expanding NYC charter schools access to facilities, and said she wishes it «was something that was in place throughout the state and for all charter schools.charter schools access to facilities, and said she wishes it «was something that was in place throughout the state and for all charter schools.schools access to facilities, and said she wishes it «was something that was in place throughout the state and for all charter schools.charter schools.schools.»

Today the charter school movement achieved an important win: the State Board of Education voted to give qualifying charter schools earlier access to the recent increase for Permanent School Fund bond guarantee prschool movement achieved an important win: the State Board of Education voted to give qualifying charter schools earlier access to the recent increase for Permanent School Fund bond guarantee prSchool Fund bond guarantee program.

District and charter partners in Camden, NJ, have implemented a new enrollment process designed to give families equal access to schools across the city through a neutral, unified system, while also guaranteeing a spot at their neighborhood school.

Last year a city task force opted against mandating that charter schools give neighborhood kids preference in the admissions process, saying that doing so could potentially limit access to high - quality schools.

Given the gap in fiscal and technical expertise between traditional districts and independent LEAs, public charter school networks that multiply each school's capacity and access to resources offer a promising strategy to scale equity and access for students with disabilities.

Unacknowledged by the NAACP is that access to charter schools gives blacks and other minorities a great opportunity to escape lives of poverty and / or crime in many urban areas.

Although a recent investigative report in the Miami Herald found that «86 percent of charter schools do not have any disabled or special education students... despite state and federal laws that require charter schools to give equal access to these students,» Bush remains a champion of «choice.»

«Our study shows that as charter schools are given more programmatic autonomy over special education services and access to state and federal special education funds, the special education student population increases at those schools and we see very innovative and creative delivery models emerge,» Plate asserted.

With this prestigious accolade, Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School continues to expand its partnership with the CollegeBoard «Incorporating the Pre-AP curriculum at our school continues to support our mission of giving all of our students, regarding of ability level, equal access to a challenging, college - bound curriculum», stated Maria Beatriz Nuñez, PrinSchool continues to expand its partnership with the CollegeBoard «Incorporating the Pre-AP curriculum at our school continues to support our mission of giving all of our students, regarding of ability level, equal access to a challenging, college - bound curriculum», stated Maria Beatriz Nuñez, Prinschool continues to support our mission of giving all of our students, regarding of ability level, equal access to a challenging, college - bound curriculum», stated Maria Beatriz Nuñez, Principal.

The CSP provides grants to fund the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation, giving students access to more options for their education.

In an interview in today's Star - Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium, his views on «boutique» charter schools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ fight so vociferously against public charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional sschools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ fight so vociferously against public charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional sSchools - NJ fight so vociferously against public charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional sschools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional schoolsschools.

This fund gives new charter schools financial relief during their start - up years by providing access to resources that can be used for a variety of projects, including capital projects.

For efficiencies, charter operators tend to cluster a number of schools in one city or state, thus giving more students easy access.

Recommendations include convening district and charter leaders regularly to discuss district - charter collaboration; bringing North Carolina charter authorizing and performance legislation, policy, and practices in closer alignment with national standards to improve charter school quality; and using charter - district pilots to explore mechanisms such as common enrollment and sharing of resources that would give all students equal access to all public schools.

The law gives charter schools access to more state money while setting standards by which the state can hold charters accountable.

But Indiana State Teachers Association president Nate Schnellenberger says he fears giving charters access to state money will create more entities dependent on government support, meaning the state will shortchange failing public schools serving the same low - income populations.

Although school districts control major operations on affiliated charters including employment decisions, the school gains access to the charter categorical block grant, which expands spending flexibility and can be used to reduce teacher layoffs in a given year.

In response to Banner questions on why unified enrollment was necessary, given the availability of a common charter application, a Boston Compact spokesperson issued a statement attributed to collaboration officer Rachel Weinstein that said that unified enrollment is meant to simplify enrollment and application processes, create consistent enrollment policies and procedures across district and charter schools and provide Boston students with «fairer access to high quality schools.»

As a result, the Shelby County Board of Education gave final approval to the District Charter Compact Committee, which will work to improve public charter school access to resources and facilities and enable more effective district and public charter school communication and collaboCharter Compact Committee, which will work to improve public charter school access to resources and facilities and enable more effective district and public charter school communication and collabocharter school access to resources and facilities and enable more effective district and public charter school communication and collabocharter school communication and collaboration.

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, «Once again, public charter schools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and succeed.

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut Policy Manager Chris Harrington said, «Once again, public charter schools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and sCharter Schools Network Connecticut Policy Manager Chris Harrington said, «Once again, public charter schools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and sSchools Network Connecticut Policy Manager Chris Harrington said, «Once again, public charter schools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and scharter schools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and sschools have proven that when given access to a high - quality education, all children - especially those in our state's most underserved communities - can learn and succeed.

«Jovian P4's activities included managing two nonprofit organizations, launching charter schools to serve at - risk high school students, providing access to technology for low - income youth and administering a portfolio of philanthropic giving.»

A 2014 law gave some NYC charter schools access to this aid but left out all of the schools outside of NYC and approximately one quarter of the charters in NYC.

There are still many inequities facing public charter school students in Connecticut — including a sizable difference in per - pupil funding — but, common - sense collaborations like these can help close that gap and give more children access to quality public schools.

Public charter schools then have access to bonds with the full faith and credit of the State of Texas, which gives them the highest bond rating available (AAA).

That includes giving every public school student the same amount of support by giving all public schools — district and charter — the same amount of financial support and access to space.