Sentences with phrase «including charter school operations»

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Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.

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).

In New York City, the Executive Budget also requires that a charter's entire planned grade configuration — elementary, middle or high school — be located within a single building including grade levels not yet in operation at the time of opening.

Fifth - grade entrants comprise only 13 percent of CCSF's total admittees and only about 6 percent of the admittees in our analysis, which excludes applicants from private schools and does not include charter schools that are in their first year of operation.

The Portfolio Manager would govern schools of all types in a location — traditional, charter, and perhaps private — and select which schools should be allowed to operate, which should be closed, and police certain aspects of their operations, including admissions, transportation, and perhaps special education, discipline, and other issues.

It preserves the elected school board but outsources some school operations, including fifty - four largely independent charters and 36 less autonomous «innovation schools.»

The study includes the first definitive survey of all charter schools (90 % of all charter schools in operation as of the 1995 - 96 school year).

The Secretary specifically invites advice and recommendations from State and local education administrators, parents, teachers and teacher organizations, principals, other school leaders (including charter school leaders), paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and other organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and other organizations involved with the implementation and operation of title I programs.

The Board of Directors oversees all operations of the corporation including the operations of its charter schools.

In spite of a wealth of information that points to K12, Inc. running a business operation that has poor returns by failing to adequately educate students, yet continues to profit mightily from state taxpayers, some are still enthusiastic about the prospect of the virtual charter school coming to North Carolina, including Rep. Larry Pittman, a supporter of virtual charters.

The CEC would hire a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and contract with independent organizations such as charter management organizations (CMO) to run the day - to - day operations schools, including management of human, curricular, and financial resources.

Some standards include setting up a governing board for each school system to oversee operations and ensure the charters live up to their service commitment and to track student data to improve programs to boost academic success.

Included in that budget were several common - sense charter school budget proposals that would reduce bureaucracy, streamline operations, and provide charter schools with new cash flow options.

The Board establishes policy consistent with the school's mission and ensures the school's programs and operations are faithful to the terms of the charter including compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The Governing Board establishes policy consistent with the school's mission and ensures the school's programs and operations are faithful to the terms of the Charter including compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Resources include a New School Orientation, strategic planning assistance in budgeting and operations, a Pre-Opening Checklist, SCSC Guidance Documents on state and federal requirements and laws, SCSC Research, and access to trainings and resources available to existing state charter schools.

A lack of oversight and confusion among several departments with little experience in understanding how affiliated charter school should operate, including school operations, school management services and budget services, lead the district to purchase textbooks, classroom furniture and other supplies for years on behalf of the autonomous schools.

Kelley's recommendations to ensure charter school accountability include, among others, requirements for charters to report much more information about their financials and a prohibition on obvious conflicts of interest in charter school governance and operations.

EP Fellows in the New Orleans area work on strategic projects that make a difference, including: growth plans for expanding charter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Scharter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City SCharter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Schools.

Sonia has worked her way to Vice President, overseeing business operations for charter school clients, including a CMO.

The 2nd Annual DC Charter Conference, hosted by FOCUS, will bring together public charter school leaders, administrators, board members, and stakeholders to dive into topics including advocacy, data, development and communications, equity, governance, operations, student support, anCharter Conference, hosted by FOCUS, will bring together public charter school leaders, administrators, board members, and stakeholders to dive into topics including advocacy, data, development and communications, equity, governance, operations, student support, ancharter school leaders, administrators, board members, and stakeholders to dive into topics including advocacy, data, development and communications, equity, governance, operations, student support, and more.

Several other agenda items were postponed, including one from Mónica Ratliff that called for more transparency in the operations of charter schools.

In addition, Klarman has been a major source of cash for a series of charter schools and pro-charter school sponsors including EdVestors, a Boston - based operation that, in turn, has funneled millions to a variety of charter school chains including the KIPP charter school chain.

Jonathan writes, «Although the law requires an inclusive «turnaround» process that is supposed to include local parents, teachers, school officials and community members, multiple sources, including one close to Stefan Pryor, report that Malloy's Commissioner of Education has already decided that the final «Clark School Turnaround Plan» MUST be to hand the day - to - day operation of the Hartford elementary school over to Friendship Public Charter School Inc..&school officials and community members, multiple sources, including one close to Stefan Pryor, report that Malloy's Commissioner of Education has already decided that the final «Clark School Turnaround Plan» MUST be to hand the day - to - day operation of the Hartford elementary school over to Friendship Public Charter School Inc..&School Turnaround Plan» MUST be to hand the day - to - day operation of the Hartford elementary school over to Friendship Public Charter School Inc..&school over to Friendship Public Charter School Inc..&School Inc..»

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

• Until and unless there is sufficient accountability of charter school operations, including increased federal support for state and local oversight agencies, we believe that states and districts are acting responsibly in capping the number of charter schools and should not be punished for doing so.

Although school districts control major operations on affiliated charters including employment decisions, the school gains access to the charter categorical block grant, which expands spending flexibility and can be used to reduce teacher layoffs in a given year.

Other elements including the strength of state and local leadership, strength of school leadership, the availability of support organizations, the availability of philanthropic funding, the supply of human capital, and the availability of facilities dramatically affect charter school operations.

SB 1882 (Menendez / Koop)-- TCTA successfully advocated for including higher performance standards for charter schools with whom school districts may contract for operation of a campus, to require that the charter school had acceptable performance for at least the three preceding years prior to the contract.

Her commitment to education is exemplified in her work with the Texas Charter School Association and the Texas Education Agency as a trusted expert advisor on the development of rules governing charter school operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiCharter School Association and the Texas Education Agency as a trusted expert advisor on the development of rules governing charter school operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiaSchool Association and the Texas Education Agency as a trusted expert advisor on the development of rules governing charter school operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initicharter school operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiaschool operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiaSchool Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiaschool finance related legislative initiatives.

After all, the federal, state, and local governments already works with faith - based operations to provide healthcare and other services — including $ 3 billion in federal dollars into Catholic Charities alone — while Centrist Democrat and progressive school reformers are more than happy to back charters, which are operated by nonprofit and even for - profit organizations, and support federal and state student aid (which flows into private and parochial universities).

And given the problems faced in the charter schools sector — including news stories about charter school operators that have woefully managed their financial operations (and ultimately, the taxpayer dollars with which they are trusted), and the religiously - bigoted, xenophobic suspicions about the Cosmos Foundation charter schools — voucher supporters must step up their own efforts to defend school choice.

Members of the county's Board of Commissioners and Board of Education unanimously approved a joint resolution Monday night opposing Southside - Ashpole's selection for the state's Innovative School District (ISD), which could allow charter or education management organizations — including, possibly, for - profit groups — to seize control of operations and staffing in hopes of turning around lagging test scores.

Included in this special Capitol Update message from Jed Wallace: * Legislative efforts to address charter school management and governance * CCSA reaches agreement on charter school governance, finance and operations * Bills provide clarity, address accountability, and increase access to quality facilities * Get more information, share your feedback * State budget passed; watch for new Budget Brief

However, there are eight other full - time Capital Prep administrators and teachers who are listed as founding members of Perry's charter school operation and are included in Perry's plans to open up charter schools in Bridgeport and Harlem, New York in the fall of 2015.