They outscore their peers
in nearby district schools in both math and ELA tests.
The study found The Equity Project's students had similar academic backgrounds to children
in nearby district schools, had about the same attrition rate and none was expelled.
A 2014 study found the typical charter getting just 72 percent of what's spent
in nearby district schools.
Schools may only give preference to siblings of current students or students enrolled
in nearby district schools that have received a «D» or «F» grade.
Even when charter schools use simple applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come from more motivated families» than kids
in nearby district schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.
In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students
in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.
Not exact matches
For at least 40 years, the only outdoor play area for the
school's recess and physical education classes has been the blacktop space, making Irving the only
school in the
district with no open green space nearby, said Oak Park District 97 Board President Bo
district with no open green space
nearby, said Oak Park
District 97 Board President Bo
District 97 Board President Bob Spatz.
In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter
School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems as
School are from the local
district, the
school draws from nearby systems as
school draws from
nearby systems as well.
Rozic is committed to extending and improving bike infrastructure
in her
district to make it easier for people to ride to
nearby transit stations and to
schools, advocating for real Bus Rapid Transit connecting Flushing and Jamaica, and ensuring that all police precincts
in Queens are supplied with necessary enforcement equipment and trained
in new traffic - safety laws.
The impending closure of the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant
in Oswego County is already financially impacting the
nearby Mexico
School District.
A new
school is on its way
in District 10, but will it alleviate all the overcrowding problems
in schools nearby?
While Rosenthal has worked to create new
school space
in the
district and carefully (too slowly, to some) move along a
school district rezoning plan to address racial segregation
in nearby schools, she has also used her background to hold the de Blasio administration accountable related to the budget and contracting practices through her committee work.
Compare the demographics of these cities to
nearby school districts in Onondaga County.
Even though charters
in his Harlem
district have greatly outperformed students
in nearby traditional
schools, Perkins has proposed legislation that would cripple the charter -
school movement.
The Southern Cayuga Central
School District in upstate New York, which based its case on
nearby landmarks like Seneca Falls, regarded as the birthplace of the women's rights movement.
Mr. Doyle said the plant paid half of the property taxes collected by the
nearby school district in Mexico, N.Y.
Nearby Monroe County has an urban - suburban program that allows students from the city to attend
school in suburban
districts, and vice versa.
Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a
school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents wan
in a
nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that paren
district:
In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents wan
In California, some
school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's
District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that paren
District of Choice law, which allows
districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.
Those
schools include public charter
schools, magnet
schools, and other types of options both within
districts and
in nearby districts.
In the Spring 2018 issue cover story, we present evidence on the spillover effects of charter
schools on
nearby district -
school students.
CAMBRIDGE, MA —
In some
school districts across the United States, public
school buildings sit vacant while
nearby charter
schools searching for space are turned away.
Of these teachers, 13 (21 percent) have come from
schools in high socioeconomic areas
in Madison or
nearby districts, and they are among the best teachers from the area.
This summer, a high - performing KIPP charter
school in Annapolis, Maryland, was forced to close because it couldn't find a permanent facility, even though the
school district, according to its own study, had 900 empty seats
in a
nearby, underutilized
school.
Adequate, fair funding: University of Arkansas analysts report that the typical charter gets 28 percent less funding per pupil than
nearby district schools,
in large part because few charters share
in the locally generated portion of K — 12 funding.
Mr. Frailey, 41, is an assistant superintendent of the 32,000 - student Spring Branch
school district in suburban Houston and serves on the
school board of the
nearby 68,000 - student Cypress - Fairbanks
district.
At the Bullitt County
district's expense, the child had attended a
school in nearby Jefferson County where the oral - communication method was used.
But to really understand the disparities
in how
schools help teachers learn to integrate classroom technology, it helps to compare a
district like South Fayette, where 80 percent of students are white and just 13 percent are poor, to a
district like
nearby Sto - Rox, which is 33 percent white and 77 percent poor.
Like students
in many urban
schools, BPS students have lower test scores, lower high
school graduation rates, and are less likely to go to college than students from
nearby suburban
districts.
We found that attrition and replacement patterns could not explain most of KIPP's positive effects on student achievement, because (a) early attrition patterns at KIPP
schools are similar to those at
nearby district middle
schools; and (b) KIPP
schools have large achievement effects
in the first year of students» enrollment, before replacement patterns could have any effects.
In some places, districts are encouraged to offer college - level courses in high school or on nearby community college campuse
In some places,
districts are encouraged to offer college - level courses
in high school or on nearby community college campuse
in high
school or on
nearby community college campuses.
The opening of a charter
school leads to small reductions
in enrollment at
nearby district schools, but does not change the percentage of students from underrepresented minority groups, special education students, or LEP students.
In nearby New Jersey, alumnus Brian Osborne is the superintendent of the 6,000 - student Maplewood - South Orange
school district.
I find that students
in district schools do better when charters open
nearby: students
in these
schools earn higher scores on reading and math tests and are less likely to repeat a grade.
I compare the outcomes of students at
district schools after a charter
school opens
nearby to the outcomes of students
in the same
schools before a charter opened.
To shed light on the question of spillover effects, I use data from New York City to estimate the effects of charter
schools on students
in two types of
nearby district schools: those
in the same neighborhood, and those that are co-located (
in the same building).
When funding follows students, the impact of competition is greater
in areas where
school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss of students to charter
schools or
nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.
The Shorewood, Wis.,
schools had never hired a woman for a high - level job when,
in 1981, Barbara Grohe, a 36 - year - old assistant superintendent from a
nearby district, was picked to succeed veteran
schools chief Doug Brown.
As a large
district in one of the most poorly funded states in the U.S., Arizona's Paradise Valley Unified School District (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions in nearby
district in one of the most poorly funded states
in the U.S., Arizona's Paradise Valley Unified
School District (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions in nearby
District (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions
in nearby states.
About a third of the eligible students
in the
district's boundaries attend the charter; the others are at neighboring
districts or other
nearby charter
schools.
«There's a lot of students who will not be helped
in the next year,» said Brock d'Avignon, curriculum director for Desert Sands High
School in California, which hopes to open a school in Federal Way or another nearby dis
School in California, which hopes to open a
school in Federal Way or another nearby dis
school in Federal Way or another
nearby district.
Their report found that, on average, charter
school students
in New York City tend to stay at their
schools at a higher rate than do students at
nearby traditional
district schools.
Public education
in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000
school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students
in New York City's more than 1,500 public
schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8
school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high
school shared with the
nearby town of Jonesport.
This contract fails to resolve many serious issues that were identified
in the review of the proposal for this charter
school, including inadequate staffing and student services, a budget shortfall, and no way to ensure enrollment reflects the demographics of
nearby neighborhoods or the
district.
Even if the
school successfully recruits low - income families
in nearby neighborhoods, there is no guarantee those students will be admitted through the lottery, where they will have to compete with students from across the
district.
(Warhaftig has released his own data analysis of high
schools, which includes magnets, charters, and traditional
schools both
in LA Unified and
in other
nearby school districts.)
Kast would like to enroll Jacob
in another
nearby school district with a reputation for a stronger special - education program.
Boasberg said the
district has used the SIG dollars allocated for Montbello and for
nearby Noel Middle
School to launch several smaller school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE sc
School to launch several smaller
school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE sc
school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a
school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE sc
school year that's longer by three weeks and a
school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE sc
school day that's extended by an hour
in the FNE
schools.
Most are outperforming
nearby district schools, but the majority of the denials stem from charters» rejection of specific language required by the
district in their petitions.
Case
in point, a local news outlet recently reported that a community
school district in neighboring Cabarrus County was blindsided by a bill for $ 326,800
in payment for 231 students who transferred to a new charter that opened
nearby.
«The SRC has been quick to point out what
school district employees
in nearby counties pay for health care.