Sentences with phrase «independent charter schools»

The new entity will be one of the largest independent charter schools in the state.

We realized that continued growth of independent charter schools at this rate was barely going to make a dent.

I had the unique opportunity to help craft the direction for independent charter schools for years to come.

Many independent charter schools use alternative measures in dealing with children with behavioral and academic challenges, not just to further their educational excellence, but to improve their lives.

A flyer on her doorstep told her about a new independent charter school.

For them, there's little to lose in taking a chance on independent charter schools authorized by one of the best public university systems in the country.

It's also the same argument a group of independent charter school leaders made earlier this week when they threw their support behind renewal of mayoral control.

Students who leave public schools to attend independent charter schools effectively take their state tax dollars with them.

Also, school choice programs including independent charter schools are funded at lower rates per student than traditional public schools.

Our singular focus is on providing support to independent charter schools so that they can successfully meet the goals of their unique charter missions.

Independent charter schools across the city are doing remarkable things with our students in devotion to the fulfillment of our respective missions and visions.

Given that independent charter schools give taxpayers the best return on investment, policy - makers should consider ways to expand the opportunities for children to attend these schools.

The bill would allow a high - performing independent charter school to open an additional campus.

Supporters of independent charter schools want to get back to the charter movement's roots: creating schools that serve as education laboratories.

That is, to me, an historic event that gives hope to all grassroots independent charter schools that it can be done over time.

Do we have research that independent charter schools produce better learning outcomes for children?

So what if we pull out the affiliated charter schools — will independent charter schools still do as well?

The study pointed out that there are indirect costs to the district for independent charter school operations.

Our «Coalition» is a group of over 50 independent charter schools in the five boroughs.

To do that, a group of independent charter schools and some founders of the 25 - year - old charter movement are organizing efforts to muscle their way back into the spotlight.

Pension and retirement rules are complex and ambiguous, and navigating these systems is especially challenging for independent charter schools.

After trying different schools, including independent charter schools, her son is now a senior and on his way to college.

This past week I had the opportunity to participate in the first ever Independent Charter School Symposium in New York City.

Vista Heritage Middle School in Santa Ana and Goals Academy in Anaheim opened as independent charter schools while Unity Middle College High School in Orange and Ednovate's third college prep high school have been authorized to open in the 2016 school year.

School board member Monica Ratliff called on Superintendent Michelle King to provide the board an analysis of the union - funded study on independent charter schools from which the figure was...

That makes him the unofficial «charter czar,» the guy who now has the ability to bypass local school boards and authorize independent charter schools in Madison and Milwaukee.

MADISON — Assembly Republicans are backing off their plan to force failing public schools to be converted into independent charter schools in an effort to reach a deal with Gov. Scott Walker and state senators who opposed such a penalty.

Twenty - two percent of students at independent charter schools in LAUSD last year were English learners, according to data from the California Charter Schools Association.

Independent charter school operators cringed at the group's attacks on Mayor Bill de Blasio as they attempted to work with him.

The 102 independent charter schools which C3S represents, exemplify the innovative curricula and unique environments at the heart of the charter school movement.

The governor's proposal also calls for $ 4 million in 2016 - 17 to create an appointed state board that would oversee the approval of new independent charter school authorizers, including nonprofit organizations.

Report 21: Milwaukee Independent Charter Schools Study: Report on One Year of Student Growth, 2010 - 2011 Update and Policy Options John F. Witte, Patrick J. Wolf, Alicia Dean, and Deven Carlson

Several more independent charter school leaders soon will find themselves facing a question that several others, including Sophie B. Wright Charter School's principal, have been grappling with for more than a year: Should we move back under the wing of the Orleans Parish School Board?

LA Unified officials and school board members put politics aside Tuesday, agreeing to long - sought policy changes for charter schools and paving the way for unanimous board votes that ended up saving about a dozen independent charter schools from denials.

Thirteen schools that share enough similarities to form a second cluster also include RSD and OPSB schools, but most are RSD independent charter schools.

Opponents say independent charter schools drain sorely needed tax dollars from traditional public schools.

Determined to close the achievement and opportunity gaps for low - income minority students, she returned to Los Angeles and helped open the first independent charter school in South L.A., where she taught for seven years before joining Camino Nuevo in 2001.

Report 31: Milwaukee Independent Charter Schools Study: Final Report on Four - Year Achievement Gains John F. Witte, Patrick J. Wolf, Deven Carlson, and Alicia Dean

The Coalition endeavors to grow and sustain a vibrant, collaborative, and high - quality independent charter school sector that meets the diverse educational needs of all students.

Please attend our 1st ever Independent Charter School Summit — and help us shape the direction of the charter movement.

Also supporting the education side of the budget was the The New York City Coalition of Community Charter Schools (C3S), an advocacy group for over 50 public independent charter schools.

Cheatham also said independent charter schools have no consistent record of improving education and drain school districts» funding.

This year LA Unified started using a modified unified enrollment system, which includes their popular schools of choice — magnets and dual immersion programs — but not independent charter schools.

The Gateway Technical College District Board, which has campuses in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth County, and an accredited tribal college also would be allowed to authorize independent charter schools within its district or county, or in an adjacent county.

Privately Run Charter Schools Allows any UW Chancellor and any technical college district board to authorize independent charter schools anywhere in the state.

As the Los Angeles teachers union continues to try to organize educators at the city's largest charter school network, teachers at one of the few independent charter schools that joined the union voted to leave it after less than two years because union officials were pushing their own agenda, according to interviews and documents reviewed...

«The passion of parents and students attending Sebastopol Independent Charter School feeds Executive Director Susan Olson.

For example, if 60 percent of independent charter schools participated in the pension plan in a particular state, then we would expect that only 15 percent of EMOs would participate.

By the way, one of the strands of the C3S Independent Charter School Conference is called «A New Accountability.»