Sentences with phrase «limited number of charter schools»

First, we have to establish a limited number of charter schools.

Charter schools are part of President Bush's education - reform policies, and in November, Washington state voters will approve or reject the Legislature's authorization of a limited number of charter schools.

«Andrew also opposes limiting the number of charter schools that can operate in a school district, the so - called saturation argument.»

The budget also extends for two years the so - called millionaire's tax, preserving up to $ 4.5 billion in annual revenue, and keeps in place a cap limiting the number of charter schools, both positive outcomes for city public schools.

In fact, at one point during testimony before the referees, in the fall of 2004, lawyers for the city requested that the panel include a recommendation for the legislature to remove a statutory cap limiting the number of charter schools in the state, arguing that charter schools were one part of its strategy for overhauling the city's school system.

«This year, charter schools are facing unprecedented attacks in the California Legislature, as demonstrated by AB 401, and other short - sighted bills that threaten to limit the number of charter schools able to operate in the state.

The lawsuit argued that limiting the number of charter schools in the state denies students the opportunity for a quality education.

One deals with the union's ongoing effort to limit the number of charter schools.

Not exact matches

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

Charter school supporters claimed that the provision would allow SUNY to waive requirements that limit the number of uncertified teachers that charter schools can Charter school supporters claimed that the provision would allow SUNY to waive requirements that limit the number of uncertified teachers that charter schools can charter schools can employ.

But this is obviously not the case: Tisch yesterday blasted the Senate bill for neither limiting the number of charters allowed in a certain neighborhood nor making it harder for them to share space with underpopulated traditional public schools.

The schedule called for the New York State Legislature to be home for the summer by this week, but lawmakers are still in Albany as legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo try to reach agreement on a number of major issues, including making the 2 percent tax cap permanent, and changes to the charter school limit.

Charter schools — which already are permitted to have a limited number of uncertified teachers — have pressed for reduced certification standards because of sky - high teacher turnover rates.

Sensing a limited window of opportunity, a number of special interests are investing heavily in the Senate battle, with charter school advocates and real estate interests backing the Republicans, and teachers» unions, tenant advocates and social progressives — led by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — siding with the Democrats.

He has suggested that the limit on the number of charter schools needs to be raised or eliminated.

While BPS staff has expended significant time and political capital in order to make this limited space available to charters, the district's primary concern is a growing number of young students entering Pre-K programs and elementary schools.

Other than conversion charters and charter schools in a limited number of states, the bulk of charter schools place no residential requirements on admission.

Mr. Weld proposed adding six new charter schools in the 1996 - 97 school year to the 15 currently operating in the state and has proposed removing limits on the number of such schools.

By capping the number of charter schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of schools per district, and providing for input from the local district before approval of charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more control over the establishment of charter schools than some states.

Few jurisdictions have passed significant voucher and tax - credit legislation, and most have hedged charter laws with one or another of a multiplicity of provisos — that charters are limited in number, can only be authorized by school districts (their natural enemies), can not enroll more than a fixed number of students, get less money per pupil than district - run schools, and so on.

That path is a limited replication of No Excuses schools that rely on a very unusual labor pool (young, often work 60 + hours per week, often from top universities); the creation of many more charters that, on average, aren't different in performance from district schools; districts adopting «lite» versions of No Excuses models while pruning small numbers of very low performing teachers; and some amount of shift to online learning.

As it stands, Massachusetts currently limits both the number of charter schools and the proportion of a district's budget that can be lost due to charter enrollment.

For example, a «cap» on the number of charter schools may simultaneously limit the competitive challenge to traditional public schools and intensify the competition among charter school applicants.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Opponents have hamstrung school - choice programs at every turn: fighting voucher programs in legislative chambers and courtrooms; limiting per - pupil funding so tightly that it's impractical for new schools to come into being; capping the number of charter schools; and regulating and harassing them into near conformity with conventional schools.

NewSchools Venture Fund commissioned a MassINC poll of 625 Boston voters, which found 64 percent of respondents in favor of increasing the number of students who can attend charter schools and just 23 percent saying the limit on charters should stay.

Massachusetts currently limits the number of students that charter schools can serve in a single district.

The law limits the number of new charter schools to 45: five in each of the first three years the law is in effect, and 10 in each of the next three.

There's no limit to the number of conversion charter schools.

While the city is nearly certain to reach the limit of the number of charter schools it can approve this year, the State University of New York can still approve more than a dozen new charter schools.

Several other states also put strict limits on the number of new charter schools.

While some say capping the number of charter schools controls the quality of education, others say the caps are arbitrary and limit opportunity.

The original concept was to address at - risk students in schools within specific geographic boundaries, and we even had a limit on the number of charter schools within those communities.

The state currently has laws in place that limit the number of charter and magnet schools, but parents are arguing that cap is unconstitutional.

The limit of 45 new charters over six years is good, but unlimited numbers of public schools could convert.

The state does not limit the number of Horace Mann charter schools in each district, which allows the districts to offer the flexibility of the charter schools on a larger scale.

The total number of charter schools this fall is 276, with 100 of those authorized by public school districts; the state doesn't limit the number of charters districts can open.

With so few charter schools even possible able to serve only a limited number of students it is surprising the argument even survives.

He has suggested that the limit on the number of charter schools needs to be raised or eliminated.

Ms. Moskowitz has used her high test scores to argue that she should be allowed to open more schools, and an effort by Mr. Cuomo to raise the limit on the number of charter schools in the state could make it easier for her to do so.

The Democrats in the Connecticut Legislature responded by eliminating a number of the provisions in Malloy's «Commissioner's Network» program including limiting the number of schools Pryor could give to charter school companies.

Though Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, offered up $ 1.1 billion in new school aid, he attached strings that could kill the deal for allies of the teachers» unions in the Assembly: a much more rigorous teacher evaluation system to replace the current one, new hurdles for teachers on the path to tenure, and an expansion by 100 of the limit on the number of charter schools statewide.

Gangopadhyay said a quick solution to the city's limited number of seats in highly rated charter schools would be to allow them to replicate and expand.

He said he would like to see the city «put the same effort into helping whatever (public) schools they think need that help, as to go out and create their own charter school to do something that's going to be limited on the number of students that they can get.»

New charters and enrollment expansions approved under this law would be exempt from existing limits on the number of charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local school districts» spending allocated to them.

After his visit to Match on March 12th, Secretary Duncan said in an interview with the Globe that with the limited number of seats available in Boston charter schools, we need to start providing more options for the high demand of parents seeking to enroll their children in these successful schools.

In addition to collecting the bulk of the $ 110 million in Connecticut taxpayer funds paid to charter schools, Achievement First, Inc. earned its infamy from suspending record numbers of kindergarteners in an apparent attempt to push out children who don't fit the company's limited definition of appropriate students.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

A select few charter schools do better than traditional public schools, however, there are a number of things to consider in those limited instances.

For example, charter school regulations in both states, as elsewhere, limit the ability of charter schools to set their own mission (e.g., they must be secular), mandate that they administer the state standardized test, forbid them from setting their own admissions standards, forbid them from charging tuition, limit who can teach in the schools, limit the growth of the number of schools, and so on.