Sentences with phrase «independent study charter»

Most notably, she has made a difference for independent study charter public schools, serving currently as the Executive Director for Visions in Education, and President of the California Consortium of Independent Study Schools.

At issue in «Anderson Union High School District v. Shasta Secondary Home School» was whether the charter school law permits an independent study charter authorized in one district to open a «resource center» to serve students living in other districts in the same county.

An independent study charter authorized, say, by Sacramento City Unified could open a satellite location in Placer or Yolo counties, but not next door in Elk Grove Unified or anywhere else in the county.

CCS is a virtual independent study charter school serving grades TK - 12 with a scholar enrollment of over 1,000.

CCS is a virtual independent study charter school serving grades TK - 12.

Independent study charters no longer can run satellite centers for 38,000 students in nearby districts.

In an egregious case of abuse, the former superintendent of tiny Mountain Empire Unified School District in San Diego County pleaded guilty last year to violating conflict of interest laws for personally taking a cut of the oversight fees and creating a consulting firm to serve the 13 independent study charters, operating outside of Mountain Empire, that his district approved.

Independent study charters have assumed they could legally operate resource centers for the convenience of students living in other nearby districts.

** Correction: An earlier version said the fee is 3 percent, which is not the case for independent study charters, as a reader noted.

Not exact matches

An Independent Budget Office study suggested that charter schools actually get more overall aid than regular public schools when factoring in the free rent or subsidy they receive from the city.

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide in a new study finds that a flat rent of $ 2,400 per student, as recommended by the Independent Budget Office, would have resulted in 71 % of charters running deficits and potentially 577 teacher layoffs in 2011.

The decade between 1999 and 2009 saw a dramatic expansion in CMO schools, with increases of approximately 20 percent per year, a higher growth rate than seen by independent charter schools, according to a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research.

Despite the united front of opposition, with studies like Carol Klein's 2006 Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stop them.

The truth is that virtual schooling is more like a hybrid of public, charter, and home schooling, with ample dashes of tutoring and independent study thrown in, all turbocharged by Internet technology.

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

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

Report 25: Milwuakee Independent Charter Schools Study: Report on Two - and Three - Year Achievement Gains John F. Witte, Patrick J. Wolf, Alicia Dean, and Deven Carlson

Since 2010, all but one independent research study has found that students in charter schools do better in school than their traditional school peers.

NACSA noted that the book was unique because of its independent qualitative study that closely examines the culture, norms, and values of highly successful charter schools.

Milwaukee Independent Charter Schools Study: Final Report on Four - Year Achievement Gains (School Choice Demonstration Project, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building).

The state's charter school association today made the following statement in response to the New York City Independent Budget Office's study on the funding of charter school students versus district school students.

As operators of high quality public charter schools offering independent study, we stand united in offering high quality programs that exist to offer innovative and tested methods of instruction and self - paced learning.

As operators of high quality public charter schools offering independent study, we stand united in following the state law in the operation of resources centers and school sites.

As operators of high quality public charter schools offering independent study, we stand united in stating clearly that we are here for one purpose: educating students.

As operators of high quality public charter schools offering independent study, we stand united believing that the actions of a few rogue charter school operators do not reflect, align, or mirror anything about our programs.

* UPDATED May 13 As district officials and other analysts pick apart the UTLA - funded study released Tuesday that claims that independent charter schools drain half a billion dollars from LA Unified, the district's own numbers show LA Unified actually makes money from charters.

Eliminate the 25:1 student - to - teacher ratio for virtual charter schools — a measure based on no convincing empirical evidence that it raises student achievement — and take virtual charters out of the category of independent study.

Cameron is also a strong advocate for school choice and he provides ongoing support to charter school developers with questions, resources, and information on independent study operations and programming.

Really great milestones have been accomplished as we were the first charter school to receive the Exemplary Independent Study Recognition Award from the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Consortium for Independent Study, one of our teachers being honored for teacher of the year, being awarded charter school leader of the year by CCSA, our high school being recognized as a 2013 California Distinguished School by the CDE, and the ability to serve as a model and partner for other charter schools to succeed.

We participated in a 2011 study of Georgia's independent, start - up charter schools in partnership with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools entitled, Shortchanged Charters: How Funding Disparities Hurt Georgia's Charter Scharter schools in partnership with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools entitled, Shortchanged Charters: How Funding Disparities Hurt Georgia's Charter SCharter Schools entitled, Shortchanged Charters: How Funding Disparities Hurt Georgia's Charter SCharter Schools.

His entrepreneurial spirit and experience has been a great benefit to the operation of the Classical Academies and its high quality independent study public charter schools.

Many charter schools operate as virtual schools or «independent study» home school programs, meaning their students would be exempt from the state's immunization laws.

Question: Can a child, who is enrolled in a private Independent Studies Program, also enroll concurrently in a charter school?

This week, the Stockton Record featured an article on local charter schools changing perceptions of homeschooling and independent study.

As district officials and other analysts pick apart the UTLA - funded study released Tuesday that claims that independent charter schools drain half a billion dollars from LA Unified, the district's own numbers show LA Unified actually makes money from charters.

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * Independent Study Briefing * CREDO Releases California and Los Angeles Charter Schools Reports * FPPC Pulls Draft Charter School Regulation from April Agenda * School Energy Coalition Energy Emporium * Legislative Update * Happenings: Updates and Deadlines

A report released today by the Centre for Independent Studies says Australia should establish charter schools.

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...

On average, only 25 percent of charter schools report using proven innovations like longer school days, independent study, and school work programs.

Operators of alternative charter schools including online and independent study programs are challenging a report released last week that called out non-classroom instruction as being among the lowest performers statewide.

Ingenuity Charter School Opens in San Diego In 2015, O'Farrell Charter Schools opened its blended learning and on - line program to support independent study students who are in need of a specialized program in San Diego.

A independent national study released this year by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes shows charter school students have greater learning gains in reading than their peers in traditional public schools.

SIATech North County Independent Study is a charter high school for students ages 16 - 24 years old who want to earn a high school diploma.

SBE Allows Higher Student / Teacher Ratio for Online Charter Schools California's State Board of Education approved waiver requests this month increasing the pupil - to - teacher ratio for independent study students at several online charter sCharter Schools California's State Board of Education approved waiver requests this month increasing the pupil - to - teacher ratio for independent study students at several online charter scharter schools.

SIATech North County Independent Study is a charter high school... Read More

CRPE has launched a small study of how independent, district, and charter high schools minimize student attrition and admit and integrate new students to replace those who do leave.

Compass Charter Schools (CCS) is a public charter school that offers two flexible independent study programs for families throughout CaliCharter Schools (CCS) is a public charter school that offers two flexible independent study programs for families throughout Calicharter school that offers two flexible independent study programs for families throughout California.

In May a study funded by the LA teachers union claimed that independent charter schools drain half a billion dollars a year from LA Unified, but the district disputed the report, and its own numbers show LA Unified actually makes money from charters.

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

The study estimates that the costs to the district of money intended for traditional schools totals about $ 18 million annually and is growing every year as more independent charters are approved in the district.