Sentences with phrase «independent schools run»

Charter schools, small, independent schools run with public money, were voted into law by the state Legislature in April, and the law says that people may begin to apply for charters Thursday.

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Waldorf education is one of the world's largest and fastest - growing independent school movements, and Green Meadow is recognized as one of the most well - established and best - run Waldorf schools in North America.

A shadowy Independent Expenditure group run by a «charitable» charter school advocate organization is said to be aiding Cabrera.

«The public deserves to see in place a robust and independent system of school accountability that does not allow those who are privileged to be running state funded schools to operate within their own secret garden.

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

But now the power that Osborne holds in Whitehall threatens independent institutions (BBC, universities), as localism in education has come to paradoxically mean schools being run from the Department of Education and local government securing extra powers only on Osborne's terms.

Massey spoke at an independent Catholic school in Flatbush not run by the city — a week after having hip surgery, touring the building while wearing tapered maroon sweatpants, slip - on shoes, and with the help of a cane adorned with a silver - colored lion as the handle.

Paladino acknowledged an independent receiver should be given the authority to run the entire Buffalo system and the whole School Board should be disbanded.

The UFT is currently interviewing candidates to run an independent assessment of the impact of the Community Learning Schools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating sSchools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating schoolsschools.

But as Stacy Gelhaus, a postdoc in Ian Blair's lab at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, found out, there are many small ways that traditional postdocs can gain some early autonomy and, in the long run, prepare themselves for an independent position.

Today, I run BUSK, the independent organisation that aims to promote safe child road transport throughout the UK, specialising not only in all aspects of home to school transport, but also in school trips in the UK and school visits abroad.

Students who attend five charter schools in the San Francisco Bay area that are run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or kipp, score consistently higher on standardized tests than their peers from comparable public schools, an independent evaluation of the schools concludes.

In Los Angeles County, roughly 80 communities run their own school districts that are independent of Los Angeles Unified.

We also came to realize that independent charter schools faced almost insurmountable hurdles in delivering high - quality academic instruction while running these small businesses on tight margins.

They range from small independent schools, often emanating from visionary teachers and parents, to franchise schools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison Sschools, often emanating from visionary teachers and parents, to franchise schools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison Sschools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison SSchools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison SchoolsSchools.

The officials who run the schools and the teachers who helm the classrooms must feel as if their jobs and per - quisites are in jeopardy if they fail to stem enrollment losses to independent charter and private schools.

The cost of getting an independent school garden up and running can top $ 100,000, plus the cost of ongoing maintenance.

Current legislation for sex and relationships education only applies to pupils attending local authority - run secondary schools, which only represents around a third of high schools in the country, and PSHE is only mandatory at independent schools.

Schools no longer run by districts but by independent contractors.

We also send potential leaders on external training courses including those run by Association of School & College Leaders (ASCL); Boarding Schools» Association (BSA); Catholic Independent Schools Council (CISC); and Girls» School Association (GSA), all of which provide high quality courses.

They found that «an increase in the share of independent - school students improves average performance at the end of compulsory school as well as long - run educational outcomes.»

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.

The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into an Independent Islamic school in Luton run by the Rabia Educational Trust.

He started a Future Business Leaders of America chapter and a student run school store at a title - one high school in the Houston Independent School Disschool store at a title - one high school in the Houston Independent School Disschool in the Houston Independent School DisSchool District.

But few have gone as far as Indianapolis, where the district is now authorizing what it calls innovation network schools: districts schools that are run by outside contractors, with their own independent boards and full charter - style autonomy.

«Independent» charter schools are typically nonprofit organizations run by their own volunteer boards.

The maker movement has seen a large number of makerspaces in independent and charter schools, which is why it's noteworthy that 72 % of the fellows work in or with district - run public schools.

Very few independent schools receive the corporate funding typical of network charter schools because most of us are too busy running great community schools to be looking to create the kind of «scale» that attracts investors and funders.

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.

Independent Charters First permitted by the California legislature in 1992, Independent Charter schools are public schools run by non-profit organizations.

Charter schools are public schools that use government money but are run by independent governing boards.

The Holland Park School, in Kensington, west London, was given # 125,000 from the Holland Park Schools Trust, an independent charity set up by donors, to fund breakfast clubs and sports clubs that the academy would «otherwise been unable to run».

Free schools are run by independent education providers that are funded directly by central government.

Answer: Independent charter schools at LA Unified are publicly financed but independently run educational institutions.

A third of the new schools will be charter schools; a third will be operated by independent contractors; and a third will be created as small schools to be run by the school district.

Charter schools are run independent of public school districts.

He plans to authorize only nonprofit organizations, not for - profit companies, to run independent charter schools in Madison.

Many New Orleans schools were closed for months, and once they began reopening, most did so as independent charter schools overseen by a state - run district.

In addition to those PACs, CCSAA also runs a super PAC, known as the California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee, which has raised nearly $ 16.9 million since it began in the summer of 2011.

Charter schools include both district - run charters (instrumentality) and independent charters (non-instrumentality).

Charter schools are public schools funded by tax dollars, but they are run by independent boards as schools that students choose to attend.

This course of GCSE revision sessions was one of the first arrangements made by the Wimbledon Independent State School Partnership created by Heather McKissack, formerly senior mistress at King's, and it has been running every year since 2004.

They are run by independent boards instead of elected local school boards and answer to an authorizer that oversees their charter agreement.

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.

Maybe state school headteachers are happy with what is done to them and their teachers, and it is true that there are all these incompetents running state schools whilst brilliant unqualified people are running independent schools.

The government's academies and free schools programme - where schools are run by independent organisations but outside of local authority influence - aims to improve failing schools.

In McAllen Independent School District, which has 33 schools and 25,000 students, each location runs wireless hot spots 24 hours a day so that students can sit in parking lots or crouch against school walls to do homework into the School District, which has 33 schools and 25,000 students, each location runs wireless hot spots 24 hours a day so that students can sit in parking lots or crouch against school walls to do homework into the school walls to do homework into the night.

The proposal mentioned historic underachievement in the area which the free school said it would address in partnership with the independent Woodbridge School also run by the Seckford Foundschool said it would address in partnership with the independent Woodbridge School also run by the Seckford FoundSchool also run by the Seckford Foundation.

The proposals for alternative league tables, to be published on a free website, are being put forward by the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the United Learning group, which runs academies and independent schools.

The evidence shows Michael Gove was in favour of running schools for profit and the document he was championing, «Blocking the Best» by Policy Exchange, said turning state schools into ones that were technically «independent» would allow them to outsource to for - profit education providers.