«We're here again to fight for our children,» said Corri Tate Ravare, president of ICEF Public Schools, which operates 15
local charter campuses.
Not exact matches
As of the fall of 1999, 162 of 216
charter - school operators were running a single
campus; only 10 ran 5 or more, signaling a grassroots movement driven mainly by
local educators and parents, not distant management companies.
The Teacher of the Year award recognizes
charter educators that advocate for
charters at the
local level, are innovative in their approaches to educating all students, and serve as a leader on their
campus and within their communities.
Moskowitz's high praise for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her willingness to host high - profile visits from Ivanka Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan at Success's signature
campus in Harlem have angered parents and staffers, and unnerved some of her
local allies in the
charter school movement.
In addition, the Sacramento Business Journal published a story showcasing the labor of
local volunteers to beautify
local elementary school
campuses, including Westlake
Charter's.
The State Board unanimously voted to keep the Aurora
campuses of HOPE Online
charter school open despite the
local school board's decision to close the schools.
Lawmakers are proposing expanding the entities that can authorize
charter schools — beyond
local school boards, UW - Milwaukee, UW - Parkside and the city of Milwaukee — to include all UW System
campuses, state technical colleges and state Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, or CESAs.
Kathy Riedlinger, chief executive of the Lusher
Charter School — which is under
local board authority — said the
campus doesn't participate in the lottery because the centralized admissions system usurps school autonomy.
The
campus next year will be run by InspireNOLA, which runs two highly rated
charter schools under the Orleans Parish School Board, and Wilson will transfer back to
local control.
So when parents decided to get together to make a difference at their
local charter school, their first priority was to enhance the traffic safety measures surrounding the
campus.
The grassroots action of St. HOPE, West
Campus, and
local charter school supporters changed the outcome.
A dozen of those schools found ways to stay open: Two
campuses became separate
charter schools; another two received waivers from the State Board of Education to remain open; and eight joined with other existing
local charter schools.
When Principal James Lee learned that his students at Sylmar
Charter High School had among the biggest jumps in state test scores in the
local school district, he was thrilled but surprised, because they managed to pull it off despite a well - publicized lunchtime brawl that erupted on
campus right in the middle of testing.