Sentences with phrase «heard about a charter»

The answers in the book will enlighten readers who have heard about charter schools on the news but want to learn more.

After hearing about charter school expansion in Madison.

As a demonstration of how out of touch the NAACP is, they recently held public hearings about charter schools AFTER they

«Plus, a lot of kids from New Orleans, they would have known teachers and heard about charter schools and how contentious things are.»

Last year, California's State Senate Education Committee held a hearing about charter oversight.

After hearing about a charter school that had to leave their campus and find a new one just a month before school started, I couldn't help but wonder, «Could that be us?»

«Parent choice can only make all schools better,» he says, paraphrasing a favorite line on the placards of the parents who picketed Perkins in Albany last winter and in Downtown Manhattan last month when he held a hearing about charters.

Not exact matches

I hope to hear more about your food success in your new charter school.

The more I hear charter school advocates advocate for charter schools — the more concerned I become about the other 90 %.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

The city charter narrowly defines the duties of the public advocate, limiting the office to gathering information, hearing complaints and writing reports about city agencies.

I hear Crooks and Liars is having an expose on the greatness of Obamacare, the evils of charter schools and the benefits of a bag tax (and I'm not talking about MaryJane).

Read the New York Times expose and hear what charter school employees have to say about the methods used by those running the schools.

I've never heard anyone ask about opening a Success Charter school.»

Citizen Ed has reported on some of the hearings and has posted some videos of the presentations, noting that parents, students, and teachers have been mostly absent, and that the NAACP's special task force, which is supposed to be weighing the evidence, seems misinformed and / or confused about what charter schools are.

YES Prep, now a network of seven Houston charter schools, was born more than a decade ago when Chris Barbic and fellow teachers at Houston's Rusk Elementary School got tired of hearing about countless low - income children — their former students — dropping out of middle school and forfeiting their futures to drugs, crime, pregnancy, unemployment, low expectations, and general discouragement.

You probably heard nothing about Rob Birdsell's experience - informed recommendations for private schools considering chartering's school - network model.

«I was a little skeptical when she came in,» one teacher said, «because she was from a charter... But she's a good leader and a good human being, and I've heard [people] raving about her from both sides.»

When Albany Preparatory Charter School requested a variance on property it was eyeing, opponents appeared before a public hearing about the proposed school building and used the opportunity to argue against charter schools in gCharter School requested a variance on property it was eyeing, opponents appeared before a public hearing about the proposed school building and used the opportunity to argue against charter schools in gcharter schools in general.

On June 5, 70 seventh graders from Harlem's Democracy Prep Charter School spent the day at Harvard seeing the sites, sitting in on the Ed School's diploma ceremony, and hearing Harry Potter author and commencement speaker J.K. Rowling talk about the importance of imagination.

Lubbers, who had become interested in charter schools after hearing educators in traditional schools complain about red tape holding them back, says that vesting the mayor (who is of course beholden to voters) with authorizing power offered the very desirable combination of freedom and accountability.

The criticism I have heard about how charters serve students in the «equity» categories is not backed up by the data.

For all the policy chatter and debate out there about funding inequities (between charters and neighborhood schools is one favorite), you don't hear much talk about just how inequitable the funding gaps can be among the 15,000 or so school districts (or among schools within the same district — don't even get me started).

Participate in career development workshops, learn about 13 San Jose charter organizations, and hear a keynote address from Alicia Herald, founder of MyEd Match.

After the hearing, about 1,500 charter school students and family members and their supporters gathered on the north steps of the Capitol Building, facing the Temple of Justice.

This was also a chance for invited guests to hear about the school's progress and how charter schools are faring across the state.

Families and students from Integrated Day Charter School in Norwich will welcome legislators to their school for breakfast, a tour of the school, and the chance to hear first - hand testimonials about why school choice is so critically important to families in Connecticut.

You may have heard about this neat timeline of Connecticut charter school news and developments from the last two decades!

Indianapolis parents say they're finally hearing some of the answers they've been seeking about what activities the charter school company taking over Emmerich Manual High School next year will offer.

The legislative breakfast, held at Park City Prep Charter School, was a chance for parents, community leaders, students, and educators to hear about the many charter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across ConneCharter School, was a chance for parents, community leaders, students, and educators to hear about the many charter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across Connecharter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across Connecharter schools are faring across Connecticut.

We had been hearing a lot about charter schools and there was a huge need here.

WHEC in Rochester spoke to Renaissance Academy Charter School families and educators about how charters are providing much - needed options in the city, in light of the Betsy DeVos confirmation hearings.

It was a powerful tool for making sure people heard the real stories about charter schools.

We hear so much about charter schools in the media - all in a negative light.

The SBOE wants to hear the community's thoughts on the proposed content of a new school report card that will provide the same information about every public and public charter school in the District.

With this growing presence, state lawmakers have taken an increased interest in hearing stories from charter teachers who are passionate about their work in the classroom.

They may have to wait a bit longer to hear the good (or bad) news too, as members of the State Board came to understand that many of the charter school applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended micharter school applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended miCharter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended missions.

It was a great meeting in which the Senator heard about our successes and struggles and got to see a charter school in action.

When we heard about a major cut to charter schools in the latest budget proposal, members from across the state responded in force.

As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.

By now, you've probably heard about the «Elimination of Charter Schools» initiative.

Her dismal performance Sunday night on 60 Minutes (including an inability to articulate the case for expanding public charter schools and other forms of family choice in education) demonstrates that she remains as willfully ignorant about education policy issues as she was during her confirmation hearing last year.

After voting on the budget Tuesday night, commissioners were scheduled to hear a presentation about new charter school applications for 2019.

We are steadfast in our commitment to our Prop. 39 lawsuit and remain hopeful about the possibility that the California Supreme Court will hear the case, confirming once and for all that charter schools should be provided facilities that are truly «reasonably equivalent» to those that are provided to traditional public schools students consistent with California laws.

Authorizers in Florida are just now completing their review of new charter proposals using a much more robust process, and we are hearing that authorizers are making better decisions about which schools to open based on better information.

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

Lynn said his group is increasingly hearing about problems at charter schools, where staff may not realize that part of operating a public school means respecting the distance it needs to keep from religious causes.

A panel moderated by three high school students from Youth United For Change heard from Kendra Brooks, President of the Steel School Advisory Committee and a parent leader from ACTION United, talk about the successful struggle to defeat the takeover of the school by Mastery Charter and the Steel community's vision for a community school.

Also, I heard Brown speak at a promotional event for charter schools when he was just planning the charter schools — this was about late 2001.

One year ago, I wouldn't have been able to tell you ANYTHING positive about charter school systems because all I'd ever heard was nothing short of a pile up of negativity.