Sentences with phrase «local charter school supporters»

The grassroots action of St. HOPE, West Campus, and local charter school supporters changed the outcome.

Not exact matches

The proposed charter school has hundreds of local supporters and backing from SUNY New Paltz and the Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement.

In the face of pressure from local district supporters, two housing developments that had planned to provide land for charter schools instead gave it to district schools.

OAKLAND, CA - Oakland area leaders joined local charter school leaders and supporters to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the California Charter Schools Act, with a community rally and information expo at Preservation Park on Sacharter school leaders and supporters to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the California Charter Schools Act, with a community rally and information expo at Preservation Park on SaCharter Schools Act, with a community rally and information expo at Preservation Park on Saturday.

Supporters of charter schools, which are funded with the taxpayer dollars that a local school district would otherwise get to educate a student, say the schools allow for innovative ways to teach outside the confines of the red tape found in traditional public schools.

Over the next several weeks, CCSA will be participating in a series of local events in cities like San Diego, Oakland, San Jose, Fresno, Butte and Chico, which will celebrate the contributions charters have made to education, and engage charter school supporters to collectively raise awareness on the issues that impact us all.

Some (including, often, teachers unions) accuse charter school advocates of trying to privatize education, wresting it from local control; supporters see charters as offering critical opportunities for some of the nation's most vulnerable children.

Local Republican financier Benson Whitney, chair of the board of the education reform organization MinnCAN (the state - level branch of 50CAN) and a supporter of Samuels, gave $ 2,500 of the $ 26,000, while California charter school investor and SFER board member Adam Cioth provided the other $ 23,500 in funds.

K12 was a major supporter of the effort, donating at least $ 300,000 in 2012 to «Families for Better Public Schools,» a Georgia political action committee behind a constitutional amendment that would further the charter school industry by bypassing the legislature and state board of education to create a new, politically appointed commission that would have the authority to independently override state and local control and approve new charter schools and online virtual sSchools,» a Georgia political action committee behind a constitutional amendment that would further the charter school industry by bypassing the legislature and state board of education to create a new, politically appointed commission that would have the authority to independently override state and local control and approve new charter schools and online virtual sschools and online virtual schoolsschools.

Bill supporters claim charter schools are not receiving their fair portion of local funding dollars, pointing out that a 2010 Democrat - backed amendment excluded the funds from being shared.

Supporters say charter schools provide more choices to families that feel underserved by local schools.

It is not enough that charter school supporters are already disproportionately represented on many state and local boards of education.