Sentences with phrase «local district schools»

However, we recognize that all children learn differently and some may not respond to the educational approach that is offered in local district schools.

When respondents are given the state and national ranking of local district schools, charter support shifts upward to 56 percent and 58 percent, respectively (see Figure 3).

Parents spoke about how their children's academic performance suffered at local district schools.

Instead of supporting local district schools, they've taken a position that leaves them at odds with many districts by regularly approving charters on appeal.

Local district schools often welcome the arrival of this type of charter school.

Race to the Top promoted state laws establishing appointed charter authorizers independent of local district school boards.

Charter schools typically focus on a special curriculum approach, a new school organization approach or some other feature that sets them apart from local district school offerings.

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, local district schools probably benefit by gaining high - scoring students who leave Success.)

And despite the CEA's attempt at fear - mongering, the fact that parents choose charter schools in Connecticut is not at odds with supporting local district schools across the state.

For most families, local district schools work well for them, however there are many who need something different but may lack the resources to pursue other options such as private schools and home schools.

However, unlike local district schools, charter schools do not receive support from local levies.

Success» critics have argued that new, co-located Success schools can cause overcrowding and other problems in local district schools.

Transition the ISD school back to the local district or The school may be closed if the local school board elects not to receive the school back into the local district

11:00 AM — Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and Senator Rubén Diaz announce major state funding for local district schools.

Another Success principal in the Bronx has begun advising the local district school principal on instructional practices, the application reads.

Over the past 25 years, charter schools have offered an increasing number of families an alternative to their local district schools.

(This follows the basic design in Florida, where students can chose between courses offered at their local district school or courses offered by a statewide school, Florida Virtual School.)

It showed that among the 16 states studied, there was wide variation in charter quality, and that while lots of charters were doing well, lots were doing worse than local district schools.

The return of many white, upper - middle - class, educated parents — and their young children — to city centers has caused some urban districts, like those in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, to actively encourage these families to send their children to local district schools.

And though charters have taken to putting a good face on things by comparing themselves to their local district schools, which is fair, the truth about quality is uncomfortable.

But we find that support for universal vouchers expands when the public learns about the relative ranking of the local district schools, while support for targeted vouchers actually declines somewhat (see Figure 2).

The bill would place lots of new restrictions on charters, including requiring that they maintain retention rates equal to the local district, and that their boards of trustees include a member of the local district school committee.

, if every scholarship student were to enroll at their local district school instead, the schools ``

According to a 2014 Show - Me Institute report, if every scholarship student were to enroll at their local district school instead, the schools «would require an additional $ 892 million in revenue to handle the additional enrollment.»

Anthony Nieves is one of many students who transferred to Capital Preparatory Harbor School in Bridgeport from Bassick High School, a local district school, for their senior year.

Private school would be financially impossible, and they did not feel confident in the local district school, so the Craigs moved in search of better options.

Erica Howard lives less than a mile from her local district school in the school zone she intentionally moved into.

And today, it means attending his local district school.

She moved to North Greenwood for Bankston Elementary School, the local district school.

These quotas compel charters to mirror the very same segregation that exists in their local district schools, instead of leaving room for socioeconomically diverse charters to integrate classrooms and communities.

For Kim's three older children, they are in the local district school and doing well.

Private school would become financially impossible, and they did not have confidence in the local district school.

For example, a homeschooling scholarship student could spend part of the funds on tutoring, online courses, or even individual courses at a local district school, but a student attending private school could not spend scholarship funds on tutoring, online courses, or other educational goods and services.

Students are assigned to district schools based on the location of their home, so the quality of the local district school is a major consideration for those who can afford it.

Local community members worry about the worsening traffic to the neighborhood as a whole, as we house up to 2100 new elementary school students, many of whom travel to school by car (as opposed to our local district schools where most people walk).

TAYLOR AND BECKY PROUDFIT Parents Taylor and Becky Proudfit were concerned their local district school wasn't meeting their children's individual needs.

A PAC representative must be appointed by their local district school board and then by the MAISD Board of Education.

TIFFANY LIDDILE Legacy Traditional School Avondale parent Tiffany Liddile described how her daughter fell behind academically in her local district school but was able to find success at Legacy Traditional Schools» Avondale campus.

As for everyone else, we were at the mercy of our local district school.

That may be lower than other private schools in Greenville and throughout the state and about one - third of what the local district school spends per child, but it's a hurdle for many families in an area where the poverty rate is more than double the national average.

These are the best kinds of studies as there is a direct comparison between two groups of students both trying to leave their local district schools for charters.

He also was invited to come to our neighborhood and tour our local district school, but he declined.

Conversions are not about school choice — the local school would be replaced by a Rocketship and students» local district school would no longer exist.

To suggest that a local district school board should have a designated seat on a charter school board is tantamount to suggesting that the South Kingstown School Committee should have a designated seat on the North Kingstown School Committee, which is just nonsense.

Second, charter schools are held accountable with far greater scrutiny and due diligence than any local district school.