Sentences with phrase «in favor of charters»

The Obama administration has established clear incentives in favor of charters as part of its funding goals - such as the Race to the Top competition.

«This was not a campaign that in any way was run against the union or in favor of charters.»

When you ran for school board, you were in favor of charters — now you're against them.

I am not in any way in favor of charters, particularly for - profit charter chains, but I really do not want to see larger numbers of special needs students going to charter schools.

Statewide, newspapers editorialized in favor of charters and against the governor's so - called reforms.

«This becomes too much of a political football often in Albany, where the discussion is, unless there's additional changes in favor of charters, people talk about perhaps not extending mayoral control of education,» he said on the John Catsimatidis AM 970 radio show.

After the vote in November, there was a 48 - vote spread in favor of charter change.

Former Olympian and Women's National Basketball Association star Lisa Leslie spoke in favor of charter schools, and hip - hop artist Ashanti performed to close the rally.

On a day when he rallied in Albany for his pre-K plan, Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who has developed into something of a frenemy of the mayor's — held an even bigger rally in favor of charter schools.

According to Greene, some families that pulled their children out of Partnership schools in favor of a charter have returned.

Federal Way Superintendent Tom Murphy, whose School Board passed a resolution in favor of charter - school legislation, said anyone applying to start a charter - school would have to show that their schools elsewhere had performed better than traditional public schools.

Hoover - Smoot, who consistently votes in favor of charter applications, is being challenged by Morgan Hill board member Claudia Rossi, who's running a grass roots campaign to try to unseat Hoover - Smoot.

That's why she joined hundreds of other parents in front of the school district to represent her child's school - Aspire - and speak out in favor of charter schools.

41 % of teachers were in favor of charter schools.

An NAACP vote in favor of a charter school moratorium would send the message that what hundreds of thousands of black parents want doesn't matter.

If Stefan Pryor were a public school he would have long ago been judged as «underperforming» and he most likely would have been closed down in favor of a charter school.

Moskowitz has testified in favor of charter schools during congressional hearings and is a regular attendee at Sun Valley, an annual private conference of the world's top CEOs and financiers.

This includes sending taxpayer dollars to fund private and religious schools through voucher programs and fighting against effective charter school policies in favor of a charter sector with little public oversight and accountability.

Recently, Rhee's husband, a former NBA star and Mayor of Sacramento, California showed up to campaign in favor of the charter change.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

What is true is that hedge - fund managers such as Whitney Tilson are biased in favor of charter schools because of their trust in entrepreneurialism.

We don't see other very often, but when we do she tells me how the state is waging an all out war against the public school system in favor of Charter Schools.

The State Education Department (SED) ruled in favor of the charter in a complaint filed against the district for withholding special education services from children.

By the time the State Appellate Court ruled in favor of the charter school last June, the first set of HoLa students had already graduated from 8th grade.

Well practiced in preparing sales, projections, contracts and other reports, I believe hiring me would prove to be in favor of charter communications.

Not exact matches

Overall, «these concepts are doing very well,» says Keith Hudson, president and CEO of Charter Franchise Group, a Houston franchise consultancy, adding that pizza's low cost has worked in its favor in the post-recession years.

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NYC Councilman Jumaane Williams surprised Charter Revision Commission members by bringing up pension benefits while arguing in favor of keeping three, four - year terms for Council members.

In fact our charter bill passed Senate with all GOP voting in favor and a number of Democrats, but without the minority, that wouldn't have been done.&raquIn fact our charter bill passed Senate with all GOP voting in favor and a number of Democrats, but without the minority, that wouldn't have been done.&raquin favor and a number of Democrats, but without the minority, that wouldn't have been done.»

The opening of 519 absentee ballots flipped the outcome to a 10 - vote spread against a new charter that would have dissolved the commission form of government in favor of one run by a city manager.

Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

He even hit the Cuomo for not honoring Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to reimburse the city billions in education dollars the State Court of Appeals determined Albany owed in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision, and for favoring the proliferation of charter schools.

Republican / Conservative US Senate hopeful Jay Townsend has released a lengthy Web video / manifesto that lays out his platform on everything from charter schools (he's in favor) to «military weakness» (he opposes) to government spending (he thinks «restraint» is the name of the game).

Others suggested an expansion in the number of state - authorized charter schools — which Skelos and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo favor — also could be discussed.

The Erie County Legislature's Majority Caucus voted in favor of Chairman John Mills» resolution calling for amendments to the Erie County Charter to reform the county's Ethics Board and revises political donation allowances.

The most powerful man in Albany isn't accustomed to taking direction from anyone (save his union - boss patrons)-- but you can bet his ears perked up yesterday when former President Bill Clinton publicly pronounced himself strongly in favor of raising New York's charter - school cap.

Cuomo has been a strong supporter of charters and close ally of Moskowitz's at times, but has recently inched away from the charter cause in favor of more broadly popular education plans like free college tuition.

Aside from raising the cap, Cuomo also favors continuing the State University's role in approving some new charter schools along with the state Board of Regents.

Sharpton added that Devos — a longtime backer of charter and Christian schools --» does not believe in public education,» and would transform federal school funding into a voucher system that would favor a small percentage of well - off students while neglecting the rest.

The Commission is also leaning strongly in favor of adding an amendment to the Charter that would bar the City Council «from enacting an amendment or repeal of any term limits provision that would extend the eligibility for office of any incumbent official.»

Jumaane D. Williams, a councilman from Brooklyn, said he was in favor of altering the term - limit law, but acknowledged that the topic could overwhelm the charter review process.

On election night, there was a 48 vote spread in favor of changing the charter from a commission form of government to a city manager and expanded city council.

A group of parents filed the challenge, claiming the formulas discriminate against charters in favor of traditional public schools.

Although the State Assembly has passed a bill extending mayoral control of city public schools, Republicans in the State Senate have proposed bills that extend mayoral control only with conditions that favor charter and private schools.

The state budget is due in two months, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a wide range of items that Democrats like and dislike, including an increase in the minimum wage, which they favor, and an expansion of charter schools, and tougher teacher evaluations, which they do not.

A couple of weeks after the report was released, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who has resisted expanding charter schools in favor of proposed «readiness schools,» reversed course and proposed raising the cap on how much a school district could spend on charter schools, from 9 to 12 percent.

«Increasing the number of students who can attend charters in Boston is a popular idea, with 64 percent in favor and just 23 percent saying the limit should stay,» according to MassINC, which conducted the poll.

Nevertheless, a pro-charter mayor could shift the balance on Beacon Hill in favor of lifting the charter cap.

A Democratic congressman is rebuffed by a union, so he votes in favor of major charter legislation?

But they're onto one decent idea: allowing charter schools more say over who attends them, thereby helping them to specialize in more of the niches that parents favor.