Former Senate President Andy Gardiner, who has a son with Down syndrome and helped create the program, said he hopes the «governor is mindful» that the bill isn't
just about charter schools and that many families will be affected by his decision.
It's not
just about charter schools versus public schools — there are a lot of nuances we need to consider.
«School choice isn't
just about charter schools, but allowing students to attend the schools that help them thrive, regardless of zip code.»
Former Senate President Andy Gardiner, who has a son with Down syndrome and helped create the program, said he hopes the «governor is mindful» that the bill isn't
just about charter schools and that many families will be affected by his decision.
We're not
just about charters, and that's by design.
Not exact matches
Section 33 of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, known as the «notwithstanding clause,» has
just about acquired the status of a zombie law in recent decades, left largely untouched by legislatures (at least in the Rest of Canada).
Those who don't care for either kind of fishing can
just charter the 44 - foot yawl Ondina for a day's cruise
about the harbor.
People are very passionate
about this neighborhood school and don't understand my decision but the
charter school
just lines up better with my daughter and her academic learning style.
... Many of us also believe that
charter schools are public schools and deserve... support as well, so it's really
just about finding the right balance of that and getting this done.»
«We'll do
about 1,000, almost 1,100 FAFSAs a year,
just in Buffalo Public Schools and another 250 in the
charter schools,» he says.
The mayor also had to accept two unpalatable concessions
just to get the bare minimum: agreeing to publish information
about the city's schools budgeting and changing the way many of the city's
charter schools are run.
About half of
charter school applicants are female,
just like students in the traditional public schools (see Figure 2).
He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive
about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...»
Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant nearby, Engler reasoned that
charter school authorizers should be outside the control of the traditional K — 12 system.
And by the end of the legislative session, he got
just about everything he wanted in a school reform plan: expansion of
charter schools, private school vouchers, and college scholarships for students who graduate high school early.
The poll results that Education Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for
just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay,
charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacher tenure.
As a result, this simple correlation tells us nothing
about whether
charters increase segregation or
just tend to locate in areas where the schools are already segregated.
While district - operated schools still serve more than 80 percent of the U.S. school - age population, and private schools serve close to 10 percent,
charters serve only
about 6 percent (a share that is
just slightly larger than that of the home - schooling sector).
In my view, the available choices should include private,
charter, and virtual schools, and
just about anything else with the potential to deliver a quality education to kids.
The school started by Deborah Meier, current scourge of standardized tests,
charters, accountability, and
just about everything associated with Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein, who initiatiated the school report cards program?
«At the end of the day, parents don't care
about charter, union, traditional, they
just want a good school for their kids,» says Riley.
A large part of the explanation —
about 80 % of the difference — can be explained by the fact that
charters are
just less likely to classify students as disabled and more likely to declassify them.
Almost nobody wants out of this system — well, a handful of
charter - school parents don't want their kids «identified» — and
just about everyone except the taxpayer gains from its continued growth.
For all the policy chatter and debate out there
about funding inequities (between
charters and neighborhood schools is one favorite), you don't hear much talk
about just how inequitable the funding gaps can be among the 15,000 or so school districts (or among schools within the same district — don't even get me started).
In
just about every dimension that affects post-secondary education, students who got high lottery numbers (and hence were much more likely to enroll in a
charter school) outperformed those assigned lower lottery numbers.
After all, while we may indeed be entering a new phase of the
charter school debate — one where
charters have lost much of their luster — prudence suggests awaiting further confirmation before concluding we've
just witnessed a sudden
about - face in a two - decade trend.
It happens
just once a year... Got questions
about charter school governance?
A recent review of media articles
about charter schools in just the past year found that: • Charter schools are increasing segregation and excluding children with the greatest need (research studies from NYU, Rutgers, Western Michigan University, media reports from Orlando, L.A., New Or
charter schools in
just the past year found that: •
Charter schools are increasing segregation and excluding children with the greatest need (research studies from NYU, Rutgers, Western Michigan University, media reports from Orlando, L.A., New Or
Charter schools are increasing segregation and excluding children with the greatest need (research studies from NYU, Rutgers, Western Michigan University, media reports from Orlando, L.A., New Orleans).
The root causes of this debacle are a badly drafted (so - called «strong») state
charter law that enables
just about anyone who wants a
charter to get one, and the absence of any community - wide mechanism to ensure that there is a at least one good school for every child.
Student performance in
charter schools was significantly lower than regular nearby schools in
just five states with
about 30 percent of national
charter enrollment, mostly minority children from poor families.
Read more
about why his work with
charter schools is more than
just a job.
«What's important when you're embracing a new approach to education, like
charters and vouchers, is to think
about how those impact all the children, not
just those who get the vouchers or get into the
charters,» Russakoff said.
Russakoff: What's important when you're embracing a new approach to education, like
charters and vouchers, is to think
about how those impact all the children, not
just those who get the vouchers or get into the
charters.
Expressing concern
about the feasibility to do
just that, State Board member Wayne McDevitt ran through a lengthy list of all of the oversight and monitoring responsibilities that are placed on the shoulders of a very understaffed Office of
Charter Schools, which include dealing with exploding charter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even liti
Charter Schools, which include dealing with exploding
charter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even liti
charter school numbers and their associated acquisitions, renewals, revocations, expansions, replications and even litigation.
Those that Francom expects to attend the meeting
just want to learn more
about charter schools.
An estimated 610,000 students are on waiting lists to attend
charter schools — a jump of
about 200,000 from
just two years ago, a national organization says.
It
just serves to confirm that
charter schools could care less
about the academic success of children and really
just care
about the almighty $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $..
The governor's press release appears to say those should be criteria for NEW
charters but what
about the existing
charters and note that it is a long list that begins with students in poor communications so can they keep doing what they are doing and say they meet the new criteria because they are poor —
just not as poor as the kids they leave behind in the district schools.
If you look at
just about every independent analysis of the performance of students in the full - time cyber
charter schools compared to their traditional brick - and - mortar counterparts, they do quite poorly.
So that was
just one school district and I read later
about another school district doing the same thing, also complaining
about how much money it was «losing» by having the kids enroll in
charter schools versus staying in the traditional public schools (TPS).
The Building Hope Annual Report has
just been released and it makes for interesting reading for those who want to know more
about the challenges facing
charter public schools as they open new facilities.
Just 53 parents at Desert Trails, a school of
about 600 kids, made the final call to turn the building — and the public funds to run it — over to a nonprofit group that runs a
charter school in a nearby town.
for school year 2017 - 2018 has received little backlash, which could mean one of three things: either the district has done an effective job communicating and engaging the public, or
charter schools have taken top billing — again, or everyone is
just silly happy
about the proposed salary increases.
[But] half of our top high schools are
charter schools: when we bragged
about [that] after we've
just said, «Let's be clear.
Authorizers in Florida are
just now completing their review of new
charter proposals using a much more robust process, and we are hearing that authorizers are making better decisions
about which schools to open based on better information.
The $ 902 million budget for school year 2017 - 2018 has received little backlash, which could mean one of three things: either the district has done an effective job communicating and engaging the public, or
charter schools have taken top billing — again, or everyone is
just silly happy
about the proposed salary increases.
Today, the nation's
charter schools number close to 7,000 and serve
about 5 percent of the students in the U.S. —
just half of those who attend private schools, and slightly more than the 3 percent who are homeschooled.
Enemies of reform, complain
about people like Dr. Noguera at your own risk, because in urging him to abandon
charters you
just may get what you ask for.
«As soon as I heard
about the achievement school district bill, I
just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a
charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality
charter schools.
The pro-privatization LA School Report (LASR) spun a school board committee meeting last month to say that
just about everybody in LAUSD wants
charter schools to be included in a universal enrollment system.
After hearing
about a
charter school that had to leave their campus and find a new one
just a month before school started, I couldn't help but wonder, «Could that be us?»