Sentences with phrase «moratorium on new charters»

His union has called for a state moratorium on new charters.

It replaces the previous moratorium on new charter schools with a request for charters to «voluntarily delay requesting action on new charter applications» until a new oversight scheme can be developed.

In Los Angeles on Tuesday, 400 people demonstrated at school district headquarters to protest a proposed moratorium on new charter schools.

Be sure to read Howard Fuller's Education Week commentary on the NAACP's call for a national moratorium on new charter schools.

Also in Massachusetts: As the charter school debate heats up, MTA president Barbara Madeloni penned a great column for The Boston Globe highlighting a call from the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance to institute a three - year moratorium on new charter schools.

Charter campuses focus of L.A. school - board protests LA Times: About 400 charter school advocates descended on Los Angeles school district headquarters Tuesday to protest a proposed moratorium on new charters.

The threat of a two - year state moratorium on new charter schools was lifted Friday afternoon, as lawmakers stripped away that provision from a new charter school accountability proposal.

Good Morning Be sure to read Howard Fuller's Education Week commentary on the NAACP's call for a national moratorium on new charter schools.

Mr. Vargas, a retired teachers union leader, fought unsuccessfully for a moratorium on new charter schools, although Connecticut's charters are generally successful and in demand.

The call for a moratorium on new charter schools in Buffalo didn't go anywhere — but the underlying message still got through in Albany.

Earlier this month, the NAACP further upset the apple cart with a call for a moratorium on new charter schools.

For example, Ted Strickland, Ohio's new Democratic governor, made a moratorium on new charters one of his top priorities.

Instead, they are choosing to use precious time, energy, and money to fight against charter schools and make a moratorium on any new charters part of their national platform.

These are facts I thought a task force charged with exploring the inequities of America's education system would be encouraged by, serving as an indication that the students the NAACP cares about most are being well - educated by the kind of schools the organization is so opposed to — they called for a moratorium on new charters last summer.I waited to speak for three hours before I had to leave.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner called last week for a moratorium on new charter and cyber charter schools, pending an overhaul of a funding system that he said has resulted in serious inequities in how taxpayers finance those alternatives to regular public schools.

Earlier this year, for instance, Illinois and Tennessee raised their charter school caps, Louisiana eliminated its ceiling altogether, and Delaware allowed a moratorium on new charters to lapse.

Whether mayors should be given control of their local school boards, a moratorium on new charter schools, and more money for early childhood education.

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is calling for the School Reform Commission to place a moratorium on new charter schools until the financial crisis that has consistently plagued our school district has been resolved.

We need a moratorium on new charters until we get greater accountability on our tax dollars that pay for these alleged «public institutions!»

PHILADELPHIA — «The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is calling for the School Reform Commission to place a moratorium on new charter schools until the financial crisis that has consistently plagued our school district has been resolved.

The NAACP and the Movement for Black Lives both drew up resolutions for a moratorium on new charter schools.

It recently targeted Zimmer with a critical mailer after he proposed a moratorium on new charter schools.

The power of the board was never clearer than this fall when LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer proposed a moratorium on new charter schools.

The NAACP national executive board passed a resolution on Saturday calling for a moratorium on new charter expansion, and increased public accountability for charter schools.

Charter School Choices The next round of reform deserves to go forward without tiresome attacks on charter schools, which have ranged from efforts by the Legislature to impose a moratorium on new charter schools to questionable union - sponsored studies suggesting that the movement is a failure.

Fast forward to the present day and aldermen are proposing a moratorium on new charter schools, the school district is closing charter schools without a strong oversight process, and inequitable funding still exists.

LAUSD board member Steve Zimmer's proposal to overhaul charter school oversight and, more controversially, to place a moratorium on new charter schools, has been postponed until the November 13 board meeting, according to the just - posted agenda for the meeting this Tuesday, October 9.

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 3, 2016 argues that the City of Huntington Park's moratorium on new charter schools violates numerous laws.

Update: The NAACP Board has approved the moratorium on new charter schools.

The state should impose a moratorium on new charter schools and refrain from increasing the charter school cap until the state oversight system is adequately reformed.

Romney also paved the way for an expansion of charter schools by vetoing a Democratic bill passed by the state legislature that would have imposed a moratorium on any new charter schools.

As Education Week reports, the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, recently ratified its previous call for a moratorium on new charter schools.

The group also demanded a moratorium on new charter schools, on school closures and on out - of - school suspensions, which they link to the school - to - prison pipeline.

On October 15, the NAACP Board of Directors ratified a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter public schools in our country.

Negotiated Charter legislation that passed in 2008 included a moratorium on new charter laws specific to Article 27A of the school code, which includes statutes on local and state finance for charters, until June 30, 2013.

At their national convention in July, the NAACP passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools.

If you believe that the NAACP has taken a positive step forward with their call for a moratorium on new charter schools, please join me by clicking on the this link to state your support of the NAACP for their wise and courageous resolution.

Zimmer's proposal to tighten oversight of charter schools, for example — a reform that's badly needed — came with a poison - pill provision establishing a moratorium on all new charters until the district developed a new monitoring system.

HB 6003 — AN ACT CONCERNING A MORATORIUM ON NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS AND A REVIEW OF EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

It was the first of seven hearings planned across the country after the group passed a a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools this past October.

#WeChoose coordinates national actions on October 9th; the Buffalo Public Schools board of education passes a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools; Schott Foundation to host webinar on October 25th.

The elected school board of Buffalo, New York has passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools in the city for the next three years.

This is why I am so disappointed that the NAACP board of directors earlier this month voted in support of a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools.

Since introducing the resolution in September, Board member Zimmer made many revisions, including changing a moratorium on new charter schools to asking charter school leaders to voluntarily not submit any petitions for new charter schools.

But the most controversial part of Zimmer's motion is that it would place a moratorium on all new charter school applications until the new oversight structure is in place.