Sentences with phrase «important charter supporter»

It lacked the state's most important charter supporter, Cuomo, who made a dramatic surprise appearance at a similar rally a year ago.

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While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

Supporters of the legislation say the bill is also important because it may protect charter school employees from losing retirement benefits if the Internal Revenue Service someday rules that charters are not public entities and therefore not eligible for public services, such as the California State Retirement System.

«We want to thank the supporters of the charter movement, including students, parents and teachers, for recognizing the important role of charter schools in public education, and for supporting efforts to expand quality education opportunities to more students.

The charter school community — parents, teachers, leaders and supporters — along with help from CCSA Advocates and our associated PAC, the Parent Teacher Alliance, worked tirelessly on these elections because everyone knew how important the outcome of these elections were for all children and the future of public education in Los Angeles.»

Charter school families and supporters consistently turn out to vote at higher levels than the general electorate, making it especially important that we mobilize them around charter school policy Charter school families and supporters consistently turn out to vote at higher levels than the general electorate, making it especially important that we mobilize them around charter school policy charter school policy issues.

Experts say those numbers are mostly accurate, although public school supporters caution it's important to note charter schools are serving a population that, historically speaking, tends to perform better academically.