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Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

She spoke with host Gary Axelbank about her abstention in the vote on mayoral control, the concept of mayoral control, charter schools, how the system mgiht be run to maximum effiency, lessons learned from her tenure as president at Hostos CC, and numerous other topics.

Asked how unions could take advantage of gaps in the law while criticizing others for exploiting LLC loophole, Korn said, «Twelve hedge fund billionaires gave more than 187,500 teachers in the 2014 elections,» referring to charter school supporters that gave heavily to an outside group backing Senate Republicans.

Other last minute sticking points included how much to increase school aid, and whether the state should lift a charter school cap.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

In addition to money issues, other recurring themes among institute speakers included how accountability affects charters, the role of authorization by states education departments, and strategic management.

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«If you allow others to determine your permanent criteria, you won't be happy,» she said, urging many charter school educators to take responsibility and charge of how their schools are organized, structured, and ultimately, authorized.

Among other recommendations in its Jan. 13 report, the investigative arm of Congress says the department should require states receiving money through the federal charter school program to provide more details on how the money is being used.

Richard Whitmire is author of On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cCharter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the ccharter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the ccharter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the country.

Other states across the nation will also need to consider how they are going to measure and show charter success in coming years.

This led to a patient explanation from other charter leaders as well as district leaders about how hard it is for communities to see a building shuttered or handed over to a charter school when generations of neighborhood kids, some of whom went on to be accomplished leaders, attended the school.

How, too, could the district move the needle on student achievement, on high dropout rates, and on families getting frustrated with dismal numbers and jumping ship for other districts or competing charter schools?

The administration has yet to release a proposal for how the federal government might foster more school choice in states and localities around the country, although its initial budget proposal included additional funding for charters and other forms of public school choice, as well as funding for a new private school choice program.

How widespread is teacher opposition to rigorous teacher evaluations, school accountability, teacher pension reform, merit pay, charter schools, school vouchers, and other items on the reform agenda?

Here's hoping that Success skeptics will open themselves to the possibility that the network is actually getting some things right, and that Success supporters will consider how the rapidly expanding network can do everything possible to attract and retain the kids who most need its help and share best practices with other schools, charter and district.

One would like to know more on how that law works, and what the state provides to such charters, but Russo is skimpy on these details, as on so many others.

The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals and other school administrators with business leaders, in an effort to give school leaders better training on how to manage their employees and get better results.

NACSA, on the other hand, «has helped our nation's charter school authorizers improve how they do their jobs for over 15 years.»

It is too soon to tell whether other states will follow the lead of Colorado and Florida, but the stories of how the laws were passed in the two states remind us that across the country, the politics of charter schools and charter funding vary greatly.

The problem is that often the forest gets lost because the leaves aren't counted: the authors describe a CREDO report's conclusions on the cumulative advantage of urban charter schools for poor African American students but give the reader no sense of how trustworthy they deem the report to be nor how significant the purported charter - school impact is — compared, for example, to results of any other major school - reform strategy.

So how to keep conservatives in the charter fold other than by tying the issue to particular politicians, especially one as toxic as Trump?

How dependent charters operate actually varies from one end of the state to the other.

A national leader in education reform — and recent winner of the Broad Prize for best public charter school network in the country — Success Academy has long been committed to advancing education reform nationally by sharing its content and approach, and inviting others across the country to access and adapt what we teach and how we teach it.

Little did we know at the time how misguided the charter school cap removal, among other aspects, would seem just a few months later.

Network members can also explore our priority survey results to find out how other advocates are working to change charter policies in their states.

You can use this charter law database to see how your state law compares to our model law and ranks against other states across the country.

-- Tracking a «school choice» bill: It's still very much up in the air how the administration might seek to channel public money to charter schools and vouchers, among other options.

In every city, a trigger event, the persistence of leaders and other influencers, and the presence of conditions that give districts a stake in charter success or create competitive pressures have molded how the sectors do and do not interact with one another.

Over 30 percent of the students in D.C. attend charter schools, so a lot of people know what it is and how it works, but I don't know that that's the case in a lot of other communities.

So, our project looked at how well all of the schools in a city — whether they are district - or charter - governed — are serving their city's children and how a city's schools compare to those in other cities.

Our report Going Exponential offers advice for authorizers, school operators, and policymakers about growing successful charter schools, based on research about how organizations have grown quickly and with quality in other sectors.

Join other parents and community members for an evening of learning how education leaders created excellent public charter schools in Los Angeles and how more can be done to bring more hope through public education.

The investigation has provided more fuel for the national debate over how charter schools use suspensions, expulsions and other harsh disciplinary practices to weed out students who need extra support and, in so doing, boost the schools» test scores.

The other thing that we're really looking at, and this is coming from our state and local school district affiliates, as people have now started to see charter schools as: Wow, there are studies that say they are really no better, depending on which charter schools and how selective they are, and they're not really improving the public schools the way the original concept had hoped.

Others were concerned about how much it would cost the district to fulfill its oversight responsibilities for charters that open in Tacoma — regardless of who authorizes them.

Sue and Dora will talk about how they are organizing other parents throughout the state, working with other stakeholder groups, and helping to disseminate the truth about charters and teacher evaluation to prevent these bills from being passed — in Bill Gates» own backyard.

A resource to charter leaders to effectively engage Legislators and other local officials in charter school issues: includes useful information on how you can get involved, as well as the life cycle of a bill, the budget process, and the protocols for scheduling a meeting with your elected officials.

Still, it remains to be seen how far Mr. Duncan will go in making charters and other needed education reforms a requirement for grants from the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

The Constitution State is literally the only state in the nation that funds its charter students like this, and they have 10 other formulas for how other schools of choice get funded.

Legislators should support the passage of the Charter School Students with Special Needs Act, as well as other common - sense measures to expand how many students they are able to serve.

Fortunately, we have seen how allowing families the freedom to choose other schooling options including charter schools delivers life - changing results.»

Committee members were clearly uneasy about how these schools could ensure children, particularly in the early grades, receive a quality education without any in - person interactions with teachers, peers, counselors, and other support personnel that occur in traditional public, charter, and private schools.

How does the overall academic performance of this charter school compare to other schools in the area?

Too often charter schools, like other public schools, lack the specialized knowledge to know how to serve students with disabilities, especially severe disabilities, and to meet their needs directly, rather than serving them through a private placement outside of the school.

Today, we begin a series of case studies that provide in - depth looks at how districts, charter schools, and other programs have begun using Opportunity Culture models or experimented with similar means of expanding teachers» impact on students and peer teachers.

The Post's zeal to attack the United Federation of Teachers at every turn apparently resulted in your use of old math - test scores in comparing how our charter school compares with others in New York City.

Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA: New Law, New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?

It challenged Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to answer questions about whether to lift the cap on charter schools, how to make it easier to remove ineffective teachers and how to make teacher evaluations more stringent, among other issues.

NCSECS also worked directly on the law's improved charter program which now requires that states applying for innovation funds include in their plan how they will recruit, admit and retain students with disabilities along with all other students among several other prerequisites.