Sentences with phrase «independent charters»

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

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.

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

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.

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.

It's well past time for independent charter public school directors, teachers, parents and students to speak out.

Despite wide variation in performance across the nation's charter schools, research has shown differences between network and independent charter operators.

Like their more common counterparts they are operated by independent charter organizations.

Many independent charter leaders chose not to hire local teachers (mostly black).

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

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

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

While independent charters are free to hire their own teachers and other staff, affiliated charters must follow district policies in their hiring decisions.

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

It joins an elite group of schools that test higher than the district's magnet schools and the local independent charters.

The charter school division spends $ 2.9 million more than the available funding on monitoring and helping independent charters, and routine audits can cost an average of $ 70,000, the report says.

And we found the atmosphere charming and infectious — very much like what we experience at some of our great independent charter schools.

We were the first in the nation to convert a failing school into a successful independent charter.

On the math test, 30 percent of independent charters met or exceeded the standard, versus 28 percent for traditional schools.

Independent charter supporters say it's because their schools aren't focused on growth, scale, and replication — priorities among mainstream education reformers.

In addition, the plan would allow several other entities to oversee independent charter schools.

The district covers their administrative costs, an expense independent charters have to handle themselves.

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

It requires a majority of the parents to sign a petition that could force a district to bring in new leadership and staff, or convert a school into a nonprofit independent charter.

Including their scores with those from traditional district schools reduces the difference between independent charters to only a few percentage points.

On the math assessments, 48 percent of magnet students met or exceeded standards, while 31 percent of independent charter students hit those marks.

But the proposal has raised questions among some educators worried that it would lead to a raft of new independent charters.

The new charter law doesn't have much impact on independent charters, which generally don't extend past a single school and therefore don't need more space.

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

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

It is not the first time in recent memory in which independent charter schools have been shut out.

But in the case of a large independent charter sector, the question is whether the entire system can ever be uniformly governed by anyone or anything.

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.

The matter was delayed because the temporary restraining order only applied to the School Board employees, sending the plaintiff's attorney scrambling to quickly sue dozens of independent charter boards, even though he wasn't convinced it was necessary.

Vladovic has also pushed for improved reclassification rates with independent charter schools as they've come up to the board for renewal.

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.

Under the proposal, the UW System would be required to create a new office within four months to authorize independent charter schools in school districts with more than 25,000 students — Madison and Milwaukee — without local school board approval.

But in math, African American students at independent charters perform at basically the same level as LAUSD.

Charter schools are public schools that are independently run from state school systems, and are typically funded by school districts or are considered independent charters.

Independent charters saw growth on the tests over last year, which was the first year the Common - Core aligned California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) was given.

There are 10 RSD charter network high schools, 2 RSD independent charter high schools, 5 OPSB charter high schools, 2 OPSB district high schools, and 3 BESE charter high schools.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Another key difference is that independent charters serve a higher proportion of low - income students in Los Angeles, data show.

UTLA has been especially critical among the district's labor partners, pointing to the number of jobs and programs that could be lost with every new independent charter within the district.