Sentences with phrase «local charter schools»

At the same time, the number of local charter schools increased.

These rankings did not include other local charter schools.

Many local charter school students are from lower - income backgrounds and are struggling academically.

He has a demonstrated track record of starting and sustaining local charter schools, demonstrates consistent student achievement, and creates positive school cultures and professional learning communities for teachers and staff.

According to the data, an additional 35 seniors from the class of 2016 left the district last year and transferred to local charter schools outside the district's boundaries.

What's telling, however, is the motivation behind the district's initiative: a severe threat from the success of local charter schools.

As a result, 21 L.A. Unified charters have signed up with the El Dorado County Office of Education, which agreed to oversee special education in local charter schools from hundreds of miles away in exchange for a small percentage of state funds.

Lauren co-founded the Entrepreneurship and Finance Club at BU and served as a board member of Constitution in the Classroom, which connects law students with local charter schools for after - school programming.

(5) Identify the availability of funds for local charter school start - up grants and develop an application

Charter schools are often created by local nonprofits, colleges and universities, state or local charter school boards, and local school boards.

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 Saturday.

Local charter school advocates also need to engage in assertive but respectful conversations about how to manage district enrollment loss so that students in district - run schools do not pay the price for unfettered growth.

GARY — U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put Gary on the map in a big way Friday when she visited local charter schools, complimenting the students» education and the ability of parents to make a choice in their children's education.

Allows SBE, within available appropriations, to approve operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student for eligible local charter schools.

This week, the Stockton Record featured an article on local charter schools changing perceptions of homeschooling and independent study.

That marks a sharp change in tone from previous superintendents, which local charter school founder Earl Phalen described as flat - out hostile to charter schools.

Success» nearly 400 - page SUNY application provides a look inside the charter network, and sheds light on the complicated process of local charter school authorization.

Yesterday, the Gates Foundation announced that district and charter school leaders in nine cities have embraced a «District - Charter Collaboration Compact,» in which the district and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in new ways.

Both of the Montessori schools would be so - called local charter schools, which are governed by the local school board but receive an additional $ 3,000 per student and as much as $ 500,000 in start - up costs.

The mayor of Los Angeles sided publicly with local charter schools Thursday in their latest bid to take over new and low - performing campuses, while sharply criticizing the L.A. schools superintendent, his onetime deputy.

Charter schools have given their students the power to advocate for equity with local charter schools hosting community events to engage our community and address topics like teaching equality for all.

The unique partnership will team the Los Angeles Unified School District with local charter school operator Crown Preparatory Academy to reform 24th Street Elementary, which ranks in the bottom 2 percent of 563 elementary schools district - wide.

The bill's return comes as the Palm Beach School district is suing over the process used by the state to override local charter school decisions.

The New Mexico Teacher of the Year is chosen from the eighty - nine school districts and the state and local charter schools who have nominated an outstanding teacher by a panel of judges (i.e. past New Mexico Teachers of the Year, School District Superintendents, Nationally Board Certified Teachers working within New Mexico School Districts, School Administrators, and other teachers) representing New Mexico educators.

Regardless, LaMotte often complained in board meetings that schools in her district were hemorrhaging students and resources to local charter schools popping up by the dozens every year.

(2) Develop a funding model for New Haven's Elm City Montessori Local Charter School and create a special «staffing flexibility agreement» for the Montessori Charter School

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.

The boards ruled that the 1997 charter school law does not give local charter schools, except in Philadelphia, the right to operate more than one school under the same non-amended charter.

Families Empowered spearheaded a solution by securing three years of funding from two donors for the prototyping and development of a «universal» application, and by recruiting several local charter schools to participate, including KIPP Houston, YES Prep, Promise Community Schools, and Harmony.

The proposals, which would require approval by state legislators, include increasing the per - pupil grant for charter schools to a comparable statewide average rate, lifting caps on charter school enrollments, allowing priority school districts to form independently governed local charter schools, and revising state laws that limit funding for charter schools.

Develop local charter school plans (engagement and advocacy goals), ensuring alignment with NECSN's annual state - level advocacy plan.

It is New Haven's first public Montessori school, and Connecticut's only local charter school.

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.

One of those parents is Rochester mother Maria Dalmau, whose two daughters attend local charter schools — Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter and PUC Achieve Charter.

Three Rivers and Mitch also are outperforming local charter schools.

Many families in local charter schools include undocumented immigrants who now face the threat of deportation.

Already, fellows have been challenged to think about what it would take to move into a role as CMO leader, or what it would take to serve on the Orleans Parish School Board or local charter school boards.

Recently, New Haven elected officials gathered with charter school parents, students, and school leaders to celebrate the work of local charter schools.

Local charter school leaders were supportive, but their naiveté about the political process stood in sharp contrast to the strategic organizing in the labor community.

The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

It's understandable that Betsy DeVos would find a reservoir of goodwill from national and local charter school advocates.

GARY U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put Gary on the map in a big way Friday when she visited local charter schools, complimenting the students» education and the ability of parents to make a choice in their children's education.

Allows SBE to award grants of up to $ 500,000 for startup costs for an eligible local charter school to be established on or after July 1, 2012.

It doesn't mention the CAASPP data for local charter schools, which is pretty strong.

As I've recently written for Education Week, since 2010, the Denver district has been partnering with local charter schools to serve students with severe disabilities.