Sentences with phrase «many other charter operators»

It's a market that has lured other charter operators in the past only to see them pull out amid periodic chills in the relationship between the U.S. and the Caribbean country.

We actively recruit students who are the least served by traditional public schools and other charter operators, including English language learners and special education students.

While other charter operators use the same approach, many do not.

As a result, said Ricardo Soto, a lawyer for the charter school association, which filed a brief in support of them, other charter operators have to reexamine how they conduct their own operations.

Talk about Pearson or other charter operators all you want, but no one at AF (for whom Barth doesn't even work anymore) is getting rich.

The Tennessee group known for helping its participants start successful charter schools is branching out to help other charter operators start second schools.

For others, the show will highlight the lack of charter operators willing to get involved in turnarounds — that Barr (and Green Dot) are doing dirty work that almost none of the other charter operators are willing to do.

Not exact matches

Eighteen other charter school operators have rejected Moskowitz's planned protest and come out in support of de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K, saying «Tuesday is not a day to be divided.»

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

SUNY — which licenses charter schools — plans to demand more information from the high - performing Success Academy and other charter - school operators about their disciplinary and suspension policies before signing off on new charter applications or renewals.

«Can she translate success as a charter school operator into a broader education agenda, let alone other issues?»

Even beyond so - called «grand bargains,» many of these paths forward will be challenging, requiring a greater deal of coordination and collaboration from districts, charter operators, funders, and other stakeholders than is the current custom.

When we talk to school providers there, they say they can still get charters authorized but the politics of district finance, combined with the saturation effect of having so many charter operators fighting over the same buildings, kids, and talent, are forcing them to look to other communities.

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).

It will change not because the feds will continue investigating discrimination against these children, as they found recently in a virtual Ohio charter, but because the smarter charter and virtual operators will find that they can succeed with special needs kids when others have failed.

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.

For example, the RSD and DOE have strict test - based requirements for charter contract renewal; 45 schools have been closed, merged, or turned over to other operators since 2007.

Our report Going Exponential offers advice for authorizers, school operators, and policymakers about growing successful charter schools, based on research about how organizations have grown quickly and with quality in other sectors.

Gradually, the RSD turned schools over to charter operators, and the teacher workforce shifted toward alternatively prepared teachers from Teach for America and other programs.

Early on, there was considerable resistance among charter operators to join with each other and the district on enrollment.

«There are charter operators who are spectacular educators and try to do a really good job with low - income kids in Watts or Harlem or other places, and the charter is a mechanism for them to see if they can.

While some successful operators apply for a new charter to replicate, others simply get permission to expand at the original site.

A hope operator is a nonprofit organization with tax exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that operates three or more charter schools that serve students in grades K - 12 in Florida or other states with a record of serving students from low - income families and is designated by the State Board of Education as a hope operator based on a determination that:

He probably has no idea of the extent to which the Gulen charter school operators lie, or that the drive to expand their charter school network is to influence young American minds in more ways than just math and science, and to reap financial and H - IB visa benefits for other members of their cult - like religious group — and thus extend their presence and power.

The reactions ranged from shocked (in the case of an advocate for English language learners) to constructive (AFT chief Randi Weingarten, who offered a takeaway for other states) to pleased (charter school operator Eva Moskowitz, whose schools posted high scores on the new exams).

Charter school operators and proponents, of which I am one, have had too little concern for how charter schools impact the other public schools and students in our commuCharter school operators and proponents, of which I am one, have had too little concern for how charter schools impact the other public schools and students in our commucharter schools impact the other public schools and students in our communities.

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

And for charter school operators and other school turnaround players, it means putting parents at the head of education decisionmaking and governance.

In the past few years, the district has approved one charter school and denied at least two others, mostly over concerns about brand - new operators with poor financial plans.

The city's charter movement has attracted innovative school operators such as KIPP, Achievement First, Uncommon Schools, Harlem Village Academies and others.

Risk - taking charter school operator Steve Barr is launching an effort through which parents would wrest political control of the L.A. school system from unions, school bureaucrats and other entrenched interests.

Only charter school operators with successful track records will be allowed to open or expand charter schools in these districts, and they must make meaningful efforts to attract, enroll, and retain low - income students, students scoring sub-proficient on the MCAS, English Language Learners, special - education students, students who have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out, and other students who are on the short end of our achievement gaps.

Michigan permits practices barred by some other states, such as for - profit charter operators, virtual charter schools and multiple charter - authorizing bodies.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

Predictably, Speaker Corcoran's controversial priority «Schools of Hope / High Impact Charters» will get $ 200 million to entice charter school operators in other states to compete with chronically failing schools, according to...

Each was run by a separate charter operator — one authorized by the state board and the other recently returned to the locally elected board.

As the year unfolds hopeful charter operators will apply to run schools, others may learn they have to shut down, and some may be taken over or absorbed by larger charter networks.

Some of them were taken over by new charter operators, while others closed completely.

Unlike in California and most other states, many of Michigan's charter operators are for - profit providers; therefore, it is critical for Michigan's legislation to explicitly ban these providers.

If inside groups» plans are unacceptable, then charter operators, who mostly run schools that are nonunion, and others can apply.

Many thanks to all of our charter school operators, parents, and other stakeholders that help push pro-charter legislation forward.

And thanks to Malloy and Pryor, Achievement First, Inc. has received more new funding than any other charter school operator in Connecticut.

I was particularly interested to see that struggling district schools that partner with proven charter school operators or other nonprofit operators will get a two - year pause from state accountability rules.

They say that these specialized charter operators will use innovative techniques that have been proven to work in other areas.

It is a well - designed study and a sobering reminder that some localities have done far better than others in recruiting, funding, and monitoring high - quality charter operators.

«In working together with the parents and the charter school operator to arrive at this decision,» said Desert Trails Parent Union lead coordinator Cynthia Ramirez in a press statement, «the school board has set an example for other parents and districts across the country on how to use Parent Trigger legislation to transform otherwise failing public schools.»

State officials have been too eager in recent years to buy into bold promises from charter school operators, lottery companies, financiers and others whose loyalty is not to Hoosiers, but to the bottom line.

Charter school leaders have recently voiced concerns that something other than the merits of a prospective charter operator's application is driving the district's denial recommendCharter school leaders have recently voiced concerns that something other than the merits of a prospective charter operator's application is driving the district's denial recommendcharter operator's application is driving the district's denial recommendations.

The report contains news stories, criminal records, and other documents to detail abuses such as charter school operators embezzling funds, using tax dollars to illegally support other, non-educational businesses, taking public dollars for services they didn't provide, inflating their enrollment numbers to boost revenues, and putting children in potential danger by foregoing safety regulations or withholding services.

In other words, if Trenton Public Schools were run by a charter operator it would have been closed long ago.