Sentences with phrase «independent public schools»

It's the emergence of K - 12's own version of mini mills in the form of independent public schools of choice.

Washington became the 42nd state to OK independent public schools in November.

We see charter schools throughout the state of Utah as independent public schools governed by their approved charters and supported by families, communities and policy makers who recognize the importance of innovation, autonomy and choice in education.

Australia's education leaders have supported the Federal Government's $ 70 million Independent Public Schools Initiative as a step in the right direction, but have warned that the focus must remain on improving student outcomes.

The measure would have allowed residents of districts to vote to make them «renewed school districts» in which «nonprofit organizations may operate publicly funded independent public schools with parental choice and revised state regulation.»

Inside Schools, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs, conducts and publishes independent public school reviews.

Charter schools are by definition independent public schools.

«Western Australia has a particular brand of independent public schools which is very autonomous,» he said.

President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have been championing charter schools for months, creating what some advocates believe is the most forceful national momentum to expand the largely independent public schools since the first charter opened nearly 20 years ago.

But now a few private schools and charter schools, which are independent public schools exempt from ordinary rules and procedures, have set themselves up as boarding schools for low - income students who want many of the advantages and the support given to bankers» and lawyers» children at Groton and St. Mark's.

Texas: Houston Independent Public Schools joined thousands of schools nationwide and recognized the role parents and grandparents play in the education of the district's nearly 200,000 students at the annual HISD Parent Involvement Day in conjunction with Project Appleseed's 17th Annual National Parental Involvement Day 2011.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne believes independent public schools are more efficient.

Consulting groups Integral Development and Nous Group have won contracts to support development of independent public schools, as part of a range of programs that also include 20 principals per year attending a training program at Harvard University.

Charter schools are tuition free, independent public schools governed and operated jointly by licensed teachers, parents and community members.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne has unveiled a $ 70 million Independent Public Schools Initiative to help a quarter of Australia's public schools to become independent by 2017.

Charter schools are independent public schools with rigorous curriculum programs.

At its 10th anniversary, one of the nation's largest experiments with independent public schools has enjoyed unfettered growth and solid academic performance.

Almost 60 percent of respondents to the national survey said they knew «very little» or «nothing at all» about the independent public schools.

Citing examples from around the country, the series suggests that policymakers should at least consider instituting such systems of independent public schools,...

Since 1991, 40 states have enacted laws allowing for the creation of charter schools — independent public schools of choice that are freed from many regulations but accountable for their results.

The analysis, which looked only at charter schools because of the prevalence of incentive programs in the independent public schools, found no impact on students» performance in mathematics.

Changes in charter school regulations and funding formulas could make it more feasible for «brand name» networks of the independent public schools to expand, according to a paper commissioned by the Brookings Institution and discussed at an annual conference here last week.

The Republican governor had hoped to make room for more of the independent public schools before the clock ran out on the 1999 session last week, but he was unable to muster the votes.

After a bitter fight in a state that has become a major battleground in the national debate over charter schools, the Ohio legislature adopted far - reaching changes last week in the ground rules for how the independent public schools operate.

Independent public schools of choice could turn out to be as disruptive to traditional education systems as those crummy little Sony radios turned out to be to the vacuum - tube behemoths and as Honda was to Detroit.

Confusion abounds among educators and the broader public about the purpose of charter schools and how these independent public schools relate to school district improvement efforts.

It is increasingly evident that, around the world, national education policies are encouraging more schools to become autonomous; for example, in Australia, the independent public schools; the academies in England; concertado schools in Spain; free schools in Sweden; and charter schools in the USA.

For Arizona's 556 charter schools, independent public schools that have more autonomy over school operations than district schools, testing flexibility gives a charter school the ability to match a test with its unique mission.

In November, Washington became the 42nd state to allow the independent public schools.

The groups, led by the League of Education Voters, filed a ballot initiative in the hopes of forcing a November vote on the free but independent public schools, which are allowed to use unconventional techniques and hire nonunion employees.

It also sought to increase school autonomy under its Independent Public Schools initiative, but Labor had already supported school autonomy during the Rudd and Gillard era through the Empowering Local Schools initiative.

Washington became the 42nd state to approve the independent public schools in November, when voters authorized the opening of up to 40 charter schools over five years.

Charter schools are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative and are held accountable for improved student achievement.

Charter Schools: Charters are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative while being held more accountable than traditional public schools for improved student achievement.

Such schools are independent public schools that use nontraditional and innovative teaching methods.

But those in favor of the independent public schools say they can do things like help minority and low - income students improve their learning, close the achievement gap and head to college.

Pioneered in Minnesota in 1992, charter schools are independent public schools that get taxpayer funding but aren't held to many of the rules and regulations that apply to regular schools.

Washington became the 42nd state to OK the independent public schools in November.

Charter schools are independent public schools that control their own budgets, design their own criteria and make their own hiring decisions.

The ruling seems to fly in the face of national momentum to form such state chartering bodies, which many charter advocates argue can both lift roadblocks to opening more of the independent public schools and bring stronger oversight to ensure high quality.

There are political reasons the NAACP is considering this moratorium, and of course they're correct that there are some terrible charter schools that have been allowed to open and stay open (mostly in states where the oversight / laws are awful), but overall the creation of these innovative, independent public schools has benefitted African American students.

Charter schools are independent public schools that operate under a contract or charter, and are funded by taxpayer dollars.

The development stunned and embarrassed charter school supporters, who had long seen unions as antithetical to the very idea of these independent public schools, which rarely employ union teachers.

Charter schools are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative and are held....

New Legislation Will Strengthen Charter Schools, Give Parents More Options February 17, 2016 by Brett Kittredge Charter schools are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative and are held accountable for improved student achievement.

Charter schools are independent public schools that receive state funding but are largely exempt from state education rules.

Even if the state's economy enters a recession, leaders of the independent public schools say they'll find a way to survive.

Charter schools are independent public schools that are exempt from many state and federal regulations that restrict traditional public schools.