Sentences with phrase «includes national charter»

Her past project work also includes National Charter School Resource Center Task Order 1, the National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development, the Teaching and California's Future study, and a study examining local partnerships in support of arts education.

In doing so, we have benefitted from outside experts including the National Charter School Institute.

Not exact matches

The objectives of the Charter of Medina provide a suitable framework for national constitutions in countries with Muslim majorities, and the United Nations Charter and related documents, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are in harmony with the Charter of Medina, including consideration for public order.

He called for a new environmental solidarity to deal with ecological issues that transcend national jurisdictions and he insisted that a «right to a safe environment» be included in the Charter of Human Rights.

Osborne is already facing calls from the centre - right thinktank Policy Exchange to include «a strong set of fiscal rules» in the charter, which would look to impose strict spending restrictions on future governments in order to reduce the national debt.

For the purposes of encouraging high national productivity, government, labour and the private sector must collaborate to institute a management and labour productivity crusade including the introduction of a Service Charter that ensures that productivity is matched with remuneration.

His hourlong visit on National Teachers Day also included a brief meeting with special - needs students at P.S. 149, a public school that shares a building with the charter school.

Additionally, national banks and federally chartered corporations may not make contributions in connection with any election, including state and local elections.

Applicants eligible for Round 3 of the Farm - to - School Program include Kindergarten through Grade 12 school food authorities, public schools, charter schools, not - for - profit schools, and other entities participating in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, or the Summer Food Service Program.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

The book includes five appendices: a snapshot of the socio - economic rights guaranteed by the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act and Chapter II of the Nigerian Constitution; a plethora of applicable national legislation that are not easily found, as well as international human rights and labour treaties to which Nigeria is a state party.

Included in the Charter class are eight Nobel Laureates, two Fellows of the Royal Society, 12 presidents of research universities and non-profit research institutes, 50 members of the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine), 11 inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, three recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, four recipients of the National Medal of Science, and 29 AAAS Fellows, among other major awards and distinctions.

A number of strong nonprofits currently serve the national charter community, including New York — based Civic Builders, Los Angeles — based Pacific Charter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development Corpocharter community, including New York — based Civic Builders, Los Angeles — based Pacific Charter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development CorpoCharter School Development, and the DC - based Charter School Development CorpoCharter School Development Corporation.

La Raza has put together the most intensive package of services — including hands - on consulting for community - based groups starting charter schools, joint professional development opportunities, and the creation of national partnerships that can be useful to all of the network's schools — which La Raza hopes will number 50 by 2005.

The Education Writers Association «s national seminar last month included a panel on charter authorizers.

You've also been a board member of leading organizations, including BAEO and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Speakers included Brian Gill of Mathematica, Alex Medler of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and Will Pinkston of the Nashville School Board.

Last September, the National Council for Private School Accreditation gave an inaugural stamp of approval to six charter organizations that accredit private schools, including the Association of Christian Schools International, the Florida Catholic Conference, and the General Conference of Seventh - day Adventist Schools.

In a speech Thursday to the National Urban League in Washington, the president offered a rebuttal to such criticism, saying the steps the program encourages states to take, including lifting caps on charter schools and using student data to inform teacher evaluation, are the right ones.

There are talented people pushing hard on the quality - versus - quantity issue, including Nina Rees from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate, where Stocklin teaches courses including AP English Language and Composition, is part of a national network of free, open - enrollment, public charter schools dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success.

National advocates of educational change, including President Barack Obama, are pushing for faster expansion of charter schools as a way to foster competition and provide more school choices.

The film, which included interviews with Michelle Rhee, Bill Gates, and the economist Eric Hanushek, among others, made the central points that public education was failing, that resources don't matter, and that the best ways to fix the national crisis of low test scores were to expand the number of privately managed charters, fire ineffective teachers, and weaken the unions that protected them.

Next week (Jan. 27 - 31) is National School Choice Week, a campaign whose sponsors include proponents of vouchers, charters, magnets and other schools, though the real focus is on vouchers.

National Charter Schools Week celebrations include:

Data was provided in March 2016 by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools in a file including enrollment counts from the CCD.

Each subject has been assigned to committees led by college professors and including experienced AP teachers, with expert advice being solicited from groups that include the congressionally chartered National Research Council and the American Historical Association.

The school is governed by Renaissance Charter School, Inc., which has been operating a network of the highest performing charter schools in Florida for over a decade including the State's first National Blue Ribbon Charter School after which this school is patCharter School, Inc., which has been operating a network of the highest performing charter schools in Florida for over a decade including the State's first National Blue Ribbon Charter School after which this school is patcharter schools in Florida for over a decade including the State's first National Blue Ribbon Charter School after which this school is patCharter School after which this school is patterned.

This year's National Charter Schools Week is an especially poignant celebration as many states are reaching 20th and 25th anniversaries of their charter school laws (our state of Connecticut incCharter Schools Week is an especially poignant celebration as many states are reaching 20th and 25th anniversaries of their charter school laws (our state of Connecticut inccharter school laws (our state of Connecticut included).

The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools Equity Coalition released a joint statement urging the charter sector to commit to strong and fair discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, Charter Schools Equity Coalition released a joint statement urging the charter sector to commit to strong and fair discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, charter sector to commit to strong and fair discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, saying:

(May 5, 2016) The National Charter School Resource Center observed AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School and documented findings in this case study that includes six videos.

Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, shared some recent public charter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los ACharter Schools, shared some recent public charter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter board in Los Angeles.

In addition, no person shall be discriminated against in admission to Brooke Charter School or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and access to the courses of study and extracurricular activities offered by the School on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, socioeconomic status, housing status or homelessness, special need, proficiency in the English language or a foreign language, or prior academic achievement, as required by federal and state law, including M.G.L. c. 71, § 89 (l); 603 CMR 1.06 (1); M.G.L. c. 76, § 5 and 603 CMR 26.00: Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.

Prominent national charter operators, including YES Prep and the Oakland, Calif. - based Aspire, plan to open schools within the ASD in the next few years.

Imagine Andrews is part of the national Imagine Schools network, 70 charter schools serving 38,000 students in 12 states and the District of Columbia, which use five Measures of Excellence to evaluate the effectiveness of each school, including academic growth, character development, economic sustainability, parent choice, and shared values.

Ms. Hoxby's research found that in some states, including Illinois, Arkansas, and Arizona, charter schools outperformed local traditional public schools even more than the national average.

Held every January, National School Choice Week shines a spotlight on effective education options for children including traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling.

Other professional experience includes local and statewide projects with the California Charter School Association, National Labor Relations Board, LAUSD Community Outreach, and the University of San Francisco, where she spent the early part of her career developing and implementing programs to recruit and retain Latino students.

We explored this issue with a roundtable of current and former principals, including Sharif El - Mekki, principal of Mastery Charter School — Shoemaker campus in West Philadelphia, PA; Trevor Greene, 2013 NASSP National Principal of the Year and executive director of human resources of Highline Public Schools in the state of Washington; and Brad Seamer, assistant principal at Harrisburg High School in South Dakota.

Today marks the beginning of National School Choice Week (NSCW), a week designed to raise public awareness about all types of effective education options for children, including traditional and charter public schools, magnet, private, online and homeschools.

Additionally, of the top 112 U.S. top charter high schools on the list, 43 were from California, and 18 in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alone, including recent National Academic Decathlon winner Granada Hills Charter High and National Green Ribbon Award recipient Environmental Charter High.charter high schools on the list, 43 were from California, and 18 in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alone, including recent National Academic Decathlon winner Granada Hills Charter High and National Green Ribbon Award recipient Environmental Charter High.Charter High and National Green Ribbon Award recipient Environmental Charter High.Charter High.»

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized 335 schools today as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2015, and included on the list is one from LA Unified, the independent charter Kipp Raíces Academy School.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, issued a statement saying that the study demonstrates «that charter schools are not the panacea they often are made out to be, and that our national focus must continue to include discussion of how to support and improve our regular public schools.»

Davis Guggenheim's doc about poor kids and charter schools got 11 major film award nominations and won four, including the National Board of Review and Sundance Audience Prize.

TEC 12.1111 (a)(5) requires that a charter school's admission policy include a statement that the school will not discriminate in admissions based on gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, academic, artistic, or athletic ability, or the district the child would otherwise attend.

Louisiana Charter Law includes a mandate that charter school authorizers follow the National Association of Charter School Authorizers» (NACSA's) «Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing sCharter Law includes a mandate that charter school authorizers follow the National Association of Charter School Authorizers» (NACSA's) «Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing scharter school authorizers follow the National Association of Charter School Authorizers» (NACSA's) «Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing sCharter School Authorizers» (NACSA's) «Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing sCharter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing scharter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing schools.

Charter schools are getting more public records requests, including from other school districts for their students» directory information and from national organizations requesting teacher salary information.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has created resources for schools to help prepare for National Charter Schools Week including social media, press releases, charter results anCharter Schools has created resources for schools to help prepare for National Charter Schools Week including social media, press releases, charter results anCharter Schools Week including social media, press releases, charter results ancharter results and more.

Held every January, National School Choice Week is an opportunity to raise public awareness of all types of education options for children, including public charter schools, traditional public schools, scholarship schools, online schools, and homeschooling.

The Republican National Committee platform details its support for school choice including home - schooling, career and technical education, private or parochial schools, magnet schools, charter schools, online learning, and early - college high schools.