Sentences with phrase «independently operated schools»

But the plan would also alter the politics of the city's education system by pulling the independently operated schools under the direct influence of a powerful labor group that has sought to limit charter expansion.

Charter schools are publicly funded, independently operated schools that are allowed to operate with more autonomy than traditional public schools in exchange for increased accountability.

The president had incentivized the expansion of these publicly funded but independently operated schools, which proponents say give students an alternative to failing traditional schools.

School boards oversee the individual or entity responsible for the day - to - day operation of the school — a principal in the case of an independently operated school, a management organization in the case of a school that is part of a network.

Additionally, he provides professional development and technical assistance to teachers, administrators, and service providers» — supporting New Jersey's 676 independently operated school districts.

Not exact matches

Each Waldorf school is independently operated, but all share a commitment to the same educational philosophy.

Each Waldorf school is independently operated, but all share a commitment to the same educational philosophy and methodology.

Private schools operate independently from the government.

The education secretary has been criticised in some quarters for the way that free schools operate independently of local authority control, potentially opening them up to abuse by Christian or Islamic benefactors.

This is why alpha authorizers, chartering agencies that operate independently of school districts, are so desperately needed.

Well over half of the city's 88 public schools are now charter schools that are independently operated but publicly authorized, funded, and evaluated.

PDK: «As you may know, charter schools operate under a charter or contract that frees them from many of the state regulations imposed on public schools and permits them to operate independently.»

In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter schools, the Buffalo, N.Y., school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated public schools.

While each small school operates independently, for other purposes, Piccolo is considered one school.

A 13 - month audit recently concluded at Putnam Vocational Technical High School found that some employees abused a student association checking account that operated independently from the city and school system in apparent violation of MassachusettSchool found that some employees abused a student association checking account that operated independently from the city and school system in apparent violation of Massachusettschool system in apparent violation of Massachusetts law.

Choice programs come in several flavors, including charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated; private school vouchers, which cover all or part of private school tuition; and open enrollment plans (sometimes called public school vouchers) that allow parents to send their child to any public school in the district.

Historically, parochial schools have been independently operated and managed locally — at the parish level by the pastor and principal.

Since 1995, the board has approved plans for 159 charter schools, which are independently run public schools that operate free of most state regulations.

These independently operated public schools of choice got a nice reputational boost from the latest U.S. News list of best public high schools — with nine of the top ten schools and sixty out of the top hundred fitting into that category.

Mayor Muriel Bowser presides over this dual system, where the traditional D.C. Public Schools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter SchoolSchools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter Schoolschools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter School Board.

Today, forty - four states and Washington, D.C. contain some seven thousand of these independently operated public schools, serving nearly 3 million students.

Much of what's good about today's policy regimen of common standards but independently - operated schools of choice is the enhanced capability of school innovators to strike out in potentially promising directions that may work well for different kids.

1 Boston's charter schools are constituted by the state as individual school districts and therefore operate independently of the Boston Public Schoolsschools are constituted by the state as individual school districts and therefore operate independently of the Boston Public SchoolsSchools (BPS).

Partlow (2004), for example, argues that student achievement operates independently of changes in school leadership.

Charters are independently operated and exempt from some rules that govern traditional schools.

Charter schools are public schools that operate independently without many of the restrictions applied to traditional schools.

And school district administrators frequently oppose charter schools because the charter schools use public dollars but operate independently and out of the direct control of the local school board.

At the same time, some of the schools and education programs that are making the most significant positive impact on students — including programs that serve districts but operate independently from them - must constantly fundraise to do their work.

They must have a contract with a local school board, but operate independently.

Charter schools - whose supporters include President Barack Obama - operate largely independently of school districts and therefore were able to avoid much of the fallout of California's financial crisis earlier this year.

November's voter approval of Initiative 1240 allows the creation of up to 40 of the independently operated, publicly funded schools over the next five years...

Assuming the batch contains 241,153 valid signatures, state voters will get a fourth chance to approve charters — free and public schools that operate independently of traditional districts and are allowed to use unconventional techniques.

Obama and the Gates Foundation share some goals that not everyone embraces: paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state.

As a researcher who studies both vouchers and other forms of school choice such as charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomes.

The Florence Falcons Foundation is a non-profit organization that operates independently of the city school system.

Charter schools — which are publicly funded but independently operated — are no exception, and researchers from Pennsylvania State University and University of California Los Angeles have found that in some states, these schools are more segregated than traditional public schools.

CSDC is focused on helping to «stand up» and stabilize those schools so that they become independently creditworthy, without the need for CSDC's further assistance, by virtue of their successful operating history and demonstrated ability to meet their enrollment goals and produce good academic and financial results.

Public education in Philadelphia is a mixture of district - run schools, schools operated by private management companies and charter schools, which are public but operate independently from the district.

Charter schools are publicly financed but operate independently of local school systems.

Allow a maximum of up to 40 public charter schools to be established over a five - year period as independently - managed public schools operated only by qualified non-profit organizations approved by the state;

In 2014, The Mind Trust formed a nationally unique partnership with the state's largest public school district, Indianapolis Public Schools, and the Indianapolis Mayor's Office to launch independently operated «Innovation Network Schools» within the district.

Academies are schools in England that are funded directly by the Department for Education (DfE) and operate independently of the local authority.

Second, although the Swedish voucher scheme requires private schools to follow the same curricular framework as public schools, they operate independently in many respects and are not held to the same level of accountability.

Charter schools are publicly funded and independently operated; L.A. Unified has more of them than any other school system.

The nation's second - largest school system is once again inviting bidders to take over poorly performing and new campuses, in a school - control process that is, once again, pitting teachers and their union against independently operated charter schools, most of which are nonunion.

Charters are public schools that operate independently, with only limited oversight by school districts or other authorities.

Funded with taxpayer dollars but operated independently of the school system, charters now enroll more than 40 percent of the city's students, putting Washington at the leading edge of a national movement toward charters.

This year, Peterson helped get a law change through the Legislature that allows local school boards to create new «innovation» schools that operate independently from many of the state and local rules that govern schools.

Charter schools are publicly financed, but operate largely independently of local school board oversight and state regulations.

Charter schools are taxpayer - funded, independently operated and overseen by the agency that authorizes them.