Sentences with phrase «many existing public school»

400,000 students, or approximately 15 percent of all students in New York State attend nonpublic schools, providing an important educational alternative in virtually every corner of New York State — and especially so in communities where the existing public schools are failing.

Among other things, SCN - and other organizations which run charter schools - has been accused of crowding out existing public schools.

A state Supreme Court judge permitted the city to move forward with its plans to place 15 charter schools inside existing public schools.

400,000 students, or approximately 15 percent of all students in New York State attend nonpublic schools which provide an important educational alternative in virtually every corner of New York State — and especially so in communities where the existing public schools are failing.

«Success has seen positive culture shifts in existing public schools in which Success Academy schools co-locate,» the application reads.

The mayor says the schools can no longer have rent - free space in existing public school buildings.

Mike Reilly, president of Community Education Council 31, which represents the entire borough, believes Success hasn't made the move to Staten Island because existing public schools are doing well.

Asked if he agreed with FES's allegations that the de Blasio administration was dragging its feet on finding locations for charter schools in existing public school buildings, Mr. Diaz answered, «I hope not.»

Upper West Side public school parents, elected officials and Community Board 7 fought for months to keep Upper West Success Academy from moving into an existing public school building.

Yes, charter schools on the whole perform no better or worse than existing public schools, but they've allowed educators to experiment with new approaches to problem solving.

The state of existing public schools in an area?

Survey Question # 5: In order to improve public education in America, some people think the focus should be on reforming the existing public school system.

Which approach do you think is preferable — reforming the existing public school system or finding an alternative to the existing public school system?

Survey Question # 6: Which one of these two plans would you prefer — improving and strengthening the existing public schools or providing vouchers for parents to use in selecting and paying for private and / or church - related schools?

The second of them asks, «Which one of these two plans would you prefer — improving and strengthening the existing public schools, or providing vouchers for parents to use in selecting and paying for private and / or church - related schools?»

To ensure a supply of new school options, the city conducts an RFP process rather than trying to convert existing public schools.

One early effort at reform was a proposal from the University of New Orleans (UNO) in the summer of 2001 to create and oversee a new charter school district, converting 10 existing public schools to charters.

We help to found public high schools in low - income communities — district and charter - that send all graduates to college, and help to transform existing public schools K - 12 toward high student achievement, character and citizenship.

KIPP's one attempt to turnaround an existing public school, in Denver, was a failure.

Community groups and parents had also expressed concern about locating a new charter within a few blocks of an existing public school, Oakland Technical High School.

That question has been repeated each subsequent year, with the proportion favoring improving existing public schools standing at 71 percent in 2001.

This raises a serious problem, but on the whole it is an argument that is being made abstractly or on the basis of history - without considering the existing public school systems and how well they are presently carrying out this aim.

Even in the earliest days, Vander Ark said that the foundation would work with folks on both sides of the education - reform fence, helping existing public schools and districts whenever possible but also making sure they came under competitive pressure.

We then added a question presenting a direct choice between «improving existing public schools» and «providing vouchers.»

In addition to the commission, the state Board of Education can authorize existing public schools seeking to convert to charters.

It also would have allowed an unlimited number of «conversion» charters: existing public schools converted to charters if they failed to make adequate progress on test scores...

Patti Lehman, a 45 - year - old Olympia preschool teacher, said she voted against charter schools because she fears the measure would drain funding from existing public schools.

Even Ben Austin, head of the Parent Revolution, has admitted that most parents are not interested in turning their school into a charter, but would rather focus on improving their existing public schools.

«Instead of diverting scarce resources from existing public school classrooms and spending it on unaccountable charter schools for a few students, we should be investing more in the innovative public schools we already have,» Mary Lindquist, president of the state teachers union, said in a news release in response to the signature turn - in.

He and Cami Kiel, a teacher at Renton's Hazen High School, say that the state should invest its money in existing public schools.

Existing public schools deemed as «needs improvement» by the state or federal government could convert to charter schools as well.

The most surprising aspect of the new collaboration between Klein and Canada is that the chancellor is encouraging the Harlem Children's Zone's plans to convert existing public schools in Harlem into charter schools.

The sixth grade will be housed in the organization's new headquarters on 125th Street; the kindergarten is expected to open inside an existing public school.

«Why on Earth would we start new, experimental schools and divert money away from our existing public schools when we're not fully funding those?»

So, during the summer of 2001, UNO pitched a bold proposal to create a charter school district of 10 existing public schools and turn those schools into laboratories for national reform models.

Opponents said charters drain resources from existing public schools and would not be as accountable as existing schools.

«I think it gives the continued growth of creating new charter schools and converting existing public schools into charter schools a green light.

Read, for example, the response to dianeravitch posted by Linda174, part of which says: «I think it's good they're not longer pretending to advocate on behalf of existing public schools

Both proposals have interesting elements and I hope Leon County Schools can incorporate some of them into our existing public schools.

Under I - 1240, conversion charters could happen in Washington, if a majority of teachers or parents at an existing public school sign a petition to initiate an application for charter status.

Require that public charter schools receive funding based on student enrollment just like existing public schools;

But opponents say charter schools will take resources from existing public schools and that the Legislature ignored the will of voters when it approved charter schools earlier this year.

A «lighthouse school» is an existing public school or a public school planned before July 1, 1997, in a priority school district that (1) has a specialized curriculum and (2) is designed to promote intradistrict and interdistrict public school choice.

Opponents fear charter schools would drain funding from existing public schools and wouldn't face strict oversight.

If an existing public school converts to a charter school, it would continue to receive the same share of local levy funding, but not be required to pay rent to the local school district, according to initiative documentation.

Opponents say charter schools will take money away from existing public schools at a time when resources are scarce.

In order to convert an existing public school to a charter school, the school must demonstrate the support of at least 50 percent of the teachers employed at the school and 50 percent of the parents whose children are enrolled at the school.

According to the Florida statutes, charter schools can be formed by creating a new school or by converting an existing public school to a charter school.

◦ the development of alternative arrangements for current students who choose not to attend a charter school that was converted from an existing public school

Houston's Spring Branch school district, for instance, courted two proven charter companies — KIPP and YES Prep — to open schools with their own teachers and principals inside two existing public schools.