Sentences with phrase «moratorium on charters»

Last spring, state education officials lifted a temporary moratorium on charter schools, citing high demand.

A proposed moratorium on charter schools is putting the NAACP at odds with hundreds of thousands of Black families around the country who have demanded a better education and a better future for their children.

Frustrated by the loss of more students and funding to new charters, the majority of the Buffalo School Board requested that the State University of New York and the state Board of Regents issue a three - year moratorium on charters in the city.

There are problems in some cities and states with some charter schools that need to be improved or closed, but calling for a national moratorium on all charter school growth makes no sense at all.

In January of 2016, the Board issued a strong statement calling for a statewide moratorium on charter schools.

With a controversial platform put out by the Movement for Black Lives and an NAACP backed moratorium on charter schools, it has been virtually impossible for any in education reform to avoid weighing in.

SBE Chairman Bill Harrison had said in comments of an October board meeting that the state wasn't considering virtual charter schools, an announcement that attorneys for N.C. Learns argued did not carry the weight needed to create an effective moratorium on the charter schools.

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The NAACP's Board of Directors needs to keep this in mind when casting their votes on October 15 on a proposed moratorium on charter schools.

... We agree with the Sept. 21st letter to the NAACP from 170 black educators and leaders, which said that «a blanket moratorium on charter schools would limit black students» access to some of the best schools in America and deny black parents the opportunity to make decisions about what's best for their children.»

After calling for a national moratorium on charter schools until certain concerns were addressed (see below), the NAACP received blowback from charter school advocates.

In addition, Three Parks supports a moratorium on charter school expansion in New York City and opposes the co-location of any charter schools within District 3.

The UFT Delegate Assembly approved a resolution in support of the NAACP's call for a moratorium on charter school expansion until charters are subject to the same standards and educate the same range of students as public schools.

The NAACP, which issued a national moratorium on the charter school sector in 2016, collected $ 36,185.

He has also said he'll place a moratorium on charter co-locations with district schools, a shared - space arrangement that many charters have come to rely on.

De Blasio has said he wants to charge some charters rent on a sliding scale and impose a moratorium on charter co-locations.

The meeting was an attempted show of goodwill between the city's charter contingent and the administration, despite the fact that charter leaders have said the mayor's proposals to charge some charters rent on a sliding scale and put a moratorium on charter co-locations would threaten their existence.

Jones, a former New York City public school teacher, is calling for a moratorium on all charter school co-locations in public school buildings.

De Blasio also reiterated his commitment to placing a moratorium on charter school co-locations and school closings, and said the department will get rid of the Bloomberg administration's controversial A-F progress - report system for schools.

For his part, de Blasio has proposed a moratorium on charters, which are publicly funded but privately run, and even supports charging them rentt.

They are investigating this question in response to the backlash that came last year after the organization called for a moratorium on charter schools.

The NAACP, for example, has called for a moratorium on charter school expansion until, among other things, charters «are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools.»

For example, the Markell of 2001 never would have predicted that the Markell of 2015 would sign a law establishing a moratorium on charters in Delaware's largest city.

He has since called for a moratorium on charter schools in Indianapolis, as IPS has been losing about 1,000 students a year, due to charter schools and, even more so, population decline.

There's also the threat of the state legislature passing a moratorium on charter schools, as it has considered doing in the past.

On Saturday, the national board of the NAACP ratified a resolution adopted this summary calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion.

Public charter schools were at the heart of the electoral fights, with some officials calling for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Last fall, the NAACP called for a moratorium on charters and reiterated it again in July after a national «listening tour.»

Chalkbeat's Laura Faith Kebede writes about the NAACP Tennessee State Conference boldly choosing to stand with local families for high quality choices by rejecting their national leadership's moratorium on charters.

Interestingly, despite a call for a moratorium on charter schools from the NAACP, African Americans still favor charters by a 68 - 20 margin.

Delaine Eastin, a former state superintendent of public instruction, has called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

In ratifying a resolution to issue a moratorium on charter schools, the NAACP — despite its storied history of defending the civil rights of black and brown people in America — has made the same mistake that the majority has made about us for years: Assuming (wrongly) that black folks are a monolith.

The NAACP approved the resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools at its meeting in Cincinnati - a stunning show of support for a broken status quo.

If you've had or have a child in a charter school, or otherwise support them, you might consider calling the NAACP today to tell them you oppose the moratorium on charter schools that they are considering this Saturday.

The fact that the NAACP wants a national moratorium on charter schools, many of which offer a high - quality education to low - income and working - class black children, is inexplicable.

Hence, their stance against charter schools really extends beyond their call for a moratorium on charter schools.

After the NAACP approved its moratorium on charter schools, the National Task Force for Quality Education was established to conduct hearings across the country.

THE RHODE ISLAND legislature's decision to put a moratorium on chartering new schools is the wrong decision at the wrong time.

The NAACP claims to be taking a stance against school segregation through this moratorium on charters.

But the legislature's decision to put a moratorium on charter schools can only substantiate that charge.

Eastin, in a post published on Medium titled «California Needs a Moratorium on Charter Schools,» wrote: «Too many charters are escaping the rigorous financial oversight, auditing and reporting rules that are required of traditional public schools.

Update: This story was updated at 5 p.m. on March 28 to reflect that the endorsements of Villaraigosa and Tuck were made by the California Charter School Association's political and advocacy arm, CCSA Advocates, a 501 (c)(4) organization, and to clarify that the CTA has not called for a moratorium on charter school expansion.

On November 27, 2013, the East Bay Express published an opinion piece, «Oakland Needs a Moratorium on Charter Schools.»

When the NAACP, one of our country's foremost civil right organizations, voted on a resolution to place a moratorium on charter schools, the backlash from charter advocates was swift and often times mean - spirited.