Sentences with phrase «local charter operators»

We continue to bust myths and expose hype and falsehoods told about Chicago's Renaissance 2010 program by people from local charter operators on up to Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Parents will choose from two local charter operators who submitted proposals: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a K - 12 charter school in Apple Valley focused on project - based learning; and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, a K - 8 school in Hesperia that partners with the University of La Verne.

The other three options include solo operator plans by the LAUSD, Crown Prep and another local charter operator, Academia Moderna.

And now, the 24th Street parent organizers have convinced the district to partner with a local charter operator to take over the struggling school; Tuesday parents get to vote on that.

Parent Esmeralda Chacon is excited that 24th Street Elementary, just west of downtown Los Angeles, is bringing back a pre-kindergarten program and will benefit from a unique leadership partnership, a joint operation between a local charter operator and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Not exact matches

The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»

To the greatest extent possible, growth should be driven by replicating successful local charters and recruiting high - performing operators from other areas (see Figure 2).

Official Ohio Department of Education policy bans districts» use of flagging to harass the charter schools, but some charter operators complain that the state often looks the other way and insists that charter schools resolve the problem with the local districts.

Some proponents of providing local capital funds to charters tried to stave off self - dealing by including language to restrict «personal financial enrichment» by charter operators and require that facilities be owned publicly or by an unaffiliated nonprofit.

Today, school reformers, state and local education officials, exemplary charter - school operators, and managers of philanthropic foundations make it very clear that they are primarily in the business of educating poor black and Hispanic children.

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.

Opponents tend to complain that the districts divert funding from public schools (forgetting that they are still public) and that they remove control of schools from local oversight, handing them to state authorities and even (gasp) charter school operators.

Last week's panel came as Republican lawmakers pushed legislation that could wrest control of some chronically low - performing schools from local school boards, placing staffing and curriculum powers in the hands of for - profit charter operators in so - called «achievement school districts.»

Because charter operators have no local tax bases, the state must provide 100 percent of funding for maintenance and operations (M&O).

The «charter» is a contract between a school operator and a local district or state establishing the school's mission, programs, assessment mechanisms and proposed goals.

Bubbling opposition to the idea of a phased - in approach that entails co-locating charter schools within traditional public schools and allowing the charters to expand one grade at a time — a tactic that charter operators endorse as a way to gradually build community support and resources, but local school districts are reluctant to participate in.

As we document in Public Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeCharter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeCharter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opecharter operators.

State and local policy changes over the past few years have cleared the way for some of the shifts in Memphis and helped draw the interest of charter operators around the country.

Representatives from statewide and local teachers» groups filed a complaint over a partnership SAISD is negotiating with a charter operator.

We work with districts and district - charter partnerships, such as in - district restarts by charter operators, to meet each local area's needs.

The proposal to create an «achievement school district» that wrests control of low - performing schools away from local school boards and into the hands of charter operators is being developed behind closed doors as the legislative session marches on, with numerous lawmakers and advocates working in tandem on successive drafts of the legislation.

Relaunch the school under a charter school operator that has been selected through a rigorous state or local review process;

In Bridgeport he used a «turnaround model» that brought in a charter school operator to run a public school but left the local teacher contract in place.

If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.

The Los Angeles - based nonprofit operates 10 local charters as well as Locke High, the district's first traditional high school to be taken over by a private operator.

He contends the move to enlist charters is not evidence - based, would not be financially attractive to charter operators, would cause chaos in the lives of our most vulnerable students while further damaging neighborhoods, would usurp local elected school board control, and would not solve the challenging problems presented by low - performing, high - poverty schools.

Jennie works closely with charter operators and local elected officials to maximize the positive impact of charter schools in the region.

In 2011, some charter operators were threatening to leave LA Unified's Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) and have their special education students served by the El Dorado County Office of Education in Northern California.

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Gray Line Tennessee, a Nashville - based motor coach operator, plans to install seat belts in school buses serving local charter schools in response to the fatal Chattanooga bus crash.

By the end of February, local districts would have to decide whether to close the targeted schools or transfer them to a charter operator.

Will local taxpayers have any recourse if there are problems with the charter operator?

The bill was intentionally designed to give autonomy to the local district and charter operator (or nonprofit partner) to build a relationship, identify areas of need, and collaborate on solutions in those areas.

Innovative school operator may apply to convert the school to a charter school if the local school board elects not to receive the school back into the local district

In fact, the status as a local education agency was considered so important to most charter operators that the state school board created a new type of charters, Type 3B.

The Public School Choice Initiative will allow competition among teams of internal and external stakeholders, such as local educators, administrators, community members and organizations, charter school operators, non-profit organizations, and labor partners.

But to read local media reports and talk to close observers in the state's largest city, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofits.

He said the concept works, but the state needs to ensure that contracts with independent operators allow enough time to show progress and the Community Schools Office takes steps to ensure locals aren't pushed out of contention by large charter - school lines.

The father of two children, including a fifth - grader at Desert Trails Elementary School, he helped lead the effort for local parents to use California's parent trigger laws, which allows parents who gather sufficient signatures to wrest control of their school away from officials and, in this case, turn it over to a Hesperia charter school operator at the end of this school year.

Charter school operators would not be accountable to local boards of education, only accountable to the state charterCharter school operators would not be accountable to local boards of education, only accountable to the state chartercharter board.

The Nashville school selected to join the ASD will be run by LEAD Public Schools, a successful local public charter operator authorized by the ASD after a rigorous application and replication process.

Several schools identified last fall for possible takeover by the state pushed back against the idea, pointing out both the model's poor outcomes in states like Tennessee as well as concerns over the loss of local control when a school hands the reins over to a charter school operator that could fail to appreciate local needs and relationships.

Most charter school operators have limited understanding of federal / state / local sources of special education funding and how to access these resources.

You'll find a plethora of local tour operators offering rental gear, boat charters, and guided tours of the arches, coves and rocky outcrops.

The study found that the Big Bay Boom event boosts local business sales more than 30 % for hotels to six-fold gains for operators of boat charters and rentals.