Sentences with phrase «more charter operators»

We will see many more charter operators pulling in $ 400,000 - 500,000 a year for their role, not as principals, but as «rainmakers» who build warm relationships with politicians and investors.

On tap for 2014: With the cap gone on the number of charter schools that can exist in the state, expect more charter operators to look toward North Carolina as fertile ground for expansion efforts.

Not exact matches

«The taxpayers and more importantly our children and parents deserve a charter education free from fraud, abuse and self - dealing,» said State Sen. Bill Perkins (D - Harlem), who convened the Manhattan hearing and ripped the «hidden and questionable behavior» of some charter operators.

Parents will have access to more school options and charter operators will get significant relief.

Viverito steered more than $ 500,000 in capital funds to Dream Charter operator Harlem RBI, budget records show.

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.

«Parents will have access to more great school options, and charter school operators will now be able to return their focus to the classroom.»

Our CRPE colleagues Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim have proposed a more radical solution: a new institution (a community board) that would oversee all public schools and get the school district out of the business of oversight (the district would become a school operator, much like a charter management organization).

Superintendent Arlene Ackerman began aggressively reshaping the Philadelphia School District, turning to charter operators to «restart» more than a dozen struggling schools and pouring resources into another 18 District - managed «Promise Academies.»

Some want charters to take more special education students or to hold low - performing charter - school operators to account.

Third, charter operators have generally chosen to offer relatively attractive defined benefit plans, though these appear less costly and more flexible (for both educator and school) than the established state system.

Facilities were named the primary reason that charters are not growing more quickly by the operators we interviewed and surveyed.

More interesting to me, though, was learning how Chris Barbic — former superstar charter - network leader and first and current ASD head — shaped the new body through imaginative approaches to growth, operator recruitment, school matching, community engagement, human capital, and mMore interesting to me, though, was learning how Chris Barbic — former superstar charter - network leader and first and current ASD head — shaped the new body through imaginative approaches to growth, operator recruitment, school matching, community engagement, human capital, and moremore.

But I would've preferred the report to point out that school quality matters far more than school operator, and while the CSO - model is a promising approach to the district sector, it should be viewed in the context of a city's entire portfolio of schools — CSO, charter, and private.

Given the need for more high - quality schools, we should be open to finding ways for any high - quality public - school operator to be successful, whether they are stand - alone charter schools, EMOs, franchises, networks, or CMOs.

These constraints bode well for Cerf's Machiavellian hypothesis, although the downside for charter operators in these fiscally constrained times is that the new mayor will be even more tempted to charge them rent.

More specifically, I concur that some charter applications seem to equate length with rigor, ask for information with limited bearing on school quality, and pose major obstacles to first - time operators.

Interviews with more than 400 charter school operators from coast to coast have revealed widespread localized combat — what one administrator called «bureaucratic sand» that is often hurled in the faces of charter schools.

Implementation of the grant program is running smoothly so far, and charter school operators have testified to the legislature's Education Oversight Committee about their new ability to reach more students due to these grants, said Marcus Brandon, executive director of

Could a charter operator serve this fragile population more cost - effectively by scaling up services for a wide catchment area?

Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.

Implementation of the grant program is running smoothly so far, and charter school operators have testified to the legislature's Education Oversight Committee about their new ability to reach more students due to these grants, said Marcus Brandon, executive director of NorthCarolinaCAN.

«We see more and more charter school authorizers in cities with large charter market shares (like Washington, DC, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New Orleans) are starting to encourage high performing charter school operators to take over and restart low performing charter campuses.»

You may be surprised to learn that NACSA — the association of authorizers comes out as more critical of them than NAPCS, the association of charter operators.

Perhaps nothing embodies the Lawrence approach more than the spirit of cooperation — instead of competition — fostered between charter school operators and the wider district.

What's more, officials needed adequate charter funding to woo high - quality operators to the Motor City.

Together we conducted a major teacher survey, and I personally visited 28 charter campuses in Arizona run by 20 different operators and conducted in - person and phone interviews with more than 200 policymakers, district school officials, and charter school teachers, operators, students, and parents between November 1997 and May 2001.

As of the fall of 1999, 162 of 216 charter - school operators were running a single campus; only 10 ran 5 or more, signaling a grassroots movement driven mainly by local educators and parents, not distant management companies.

As more parents turned to charters, school operators, supporters and advocates began to recognize an opportunity beyond individual schools serving discrete Newark neighborhoods.

Under the current arrangements, great charter operators are already here and more are coming.

And to make it easier for charter school operators to run more than one school, Mr. Bloomberg said he would advocate allowing charter schools to operate on more than one campus.

With these additional resources, the number of charter operators almost doubled in the second decade to 19, and enrollment share more than tripled to nearly a third of all students.

The newspaper also takes Bennett to task for putting more state dollars in the hands of for - profit charter school operators and pushing for legislation that makes it easier to get a teaching license in Indiana.

More importantly, Rotherham doesn't see how families can succeed in overhauling schools when traditional districts have only a 1 percent rate of success (and charter school operators would rather control their own schools).

In December 2010, signatures of more than 60 % of the school's parents were submitted to the school district, calling for turning the school over to the Celerity Educational Group charter operator.

Public schools have long and justifiably complained that charter operators play by a different, more advantageous set of rules.

The report finds that a more transparent, accountable, and fair system will require action from all parties, including school districts, charter authorizers, charter operators, and states.

Charter school operators must also figure out how to bring more community members onto their governing boards and advisory councils; the lack of diversity on those boards is one of the main reasons why some blacks still view charters with skepticism.

Here's a more immediate benefit: Under a resolution sponsored by Yolie Flores Aguilar, vice president of the L.A. Unified school board, charter operators, along with unions and community groups, could submit proposals to run any of more than 50 new campuses that will open over the next three to four years.

Alan Hawkes, a member of the N.C. Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.»

Meanwhile, state lawmakers in Indiana are now pushing legislation that would make it easier for the state to more quickly take over schools that receive Ds or Fs and put them in the hands of charter school operators.

A charter school operated by a hope operator which serves students from one or more persistently low - performing schools; is located in the attendance zone of a persistently low - performing school or within a 5 - mile radius of such school, whichever is greater; and is a Title I eligible school.

This District Charter Collaborative Compact (DCCC) provides an opportunity to recruit and select operators equipped to meet the district's identified gaps in service and to more strategically deliver high - quality school options.

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:

A Mercury News investigation published in April revealed how the state's online charter schools run by Virginia - based K12 Inc., the largest for - profit charter operator in the country, have «a dismal record of academic achievement» but has won more than $ 310 million in state funding over the past dozen years.

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.

As seen in Adelanto, where the Desert Trails parents have eschewed handing over the school to a charter school operator, more parents are willing to do the hard work of running schools so they can help their kids achieve better lives.

New charter operators would have been discouraged from coming to the state to offer more options in more communities.

It is also critical to get Beltway reformers and social enterepreneurs such as charter school operators to work more - closely with grassroots advocates.

This, along with Jindal's plan to allow universities, nonprofits, and community groups to authorize charters, could also make charter school operators work more - closely with communities, an issue that Dropout Nation discussed last year during the fracas in New York City over expanding charter schools.