NACSA is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to
more great public schools.
Our research offers recommendations about how we can grow the supply of great public charter schools in a community with constrained resources and tremendous need for
more great public schools in our low - income communities.
New Orleans needs
more great public schools.
«We need
more great public schools of all kinds.
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to
more great public schools.
Together, we can close our state's achievement gap, and create
more great public schools.
I'm grateful to Borough President Diaz for supporting
more great public school options in the Bronx, and I know that his investment in our kids is also an investment in our borough's future.
Everyone I know in my home borough is thrilled to see major revitalization efforts taking place, and everyone is eager to see this transformation include
more great public school options.
Not exact matches
The pair's solutions to the alleged problems of CEO - speak are
greater government control of markets,
more bureaucracy in the private and
public sectors, an end to CEOs» duty of care to shareholders and — get this —
more snore - inducing courses on critical textual analysis in business
schools so students can know exactly how many times a CEO says «our company» versus «the company.»
But according to a recent poll conducted by the Harvard
School of
Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and NPR, Americans with health issues are
more likely to experience a
great deal of stress than anyone else.
Keep our
public schools a religion free zone and we have a much
greater chance of creating better educated and
more moral citizens.
«The
public school business now represents about 23 percent of our overall business, and not only is it a little
more surefire in a difficult economy, but also a
great offset to what has always been a seasonal business for us,» Barstow notes.
We think it is a
great priority and can not wait to continue working with Director Brackett to get
more salad bars in Dalton
Public Schools!
We think it is a
great priority and can not wait to continue working with Director Brackett to get
more salad bars in Dalton
Public Schools!
In the last four weeks alone, the Fund For
Great Public Schools has poured
more than $ 1.1 million into the race to bolster Eachus against Republican Sen. Bill Larkin.
«We are working off of less money, being asked to do
more, given less resources, and we're still making our
public schools great,» Mazur said.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said the money would also help kick - start projects that mean a
great deal to New Yorkers, including
more quickly removing the PCBs in the light fixtures in
public schools.
Blacks are
more likely than whites to sleep less than seven hours a night and the black - white sleep disparity is
greatest in professional occupations, according to a new study from Harvard
School of
Public Health (HSPH).
In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that ethnic minorities now make up
more than half of U.S. babies, and minority student enrollment in
public schools was
greater than that of white students.
The 85 year old filmmaker is probably
more well - known for his examinations of
public institutions in films like Welfare (1975), Titicut Follies (1967), At Berkeley (2013) or High
School (1968, followed by a sequel in 1994), but he's also one of cinema's
great chroniclers of art as work.
Many senior
school business management professionals find themselves on call long after 5.00 pm, are now working across groups of
schools, are responsible for a wider range of
school functions and larger,
more dispersed teams, and alongside
greater autonomy and responsibility, face
greater scrutiny and
public accountability.
It will take a lot to make
public schools more effective for all students:
greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct,
more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course,
more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.
The bottom line, as phrased by Education Next's Paul Peterson, Martin West, and Michael Henderson, is that «everyone wants
more emphasis on just about everything in
school, except athletics, though the general
public is especially eager for
more emphasis on reading and math, while teachers see
greater needs in history and the arts.»
Contrary to what one might expect given the opposition — or at least hearty skepticism — of teachers unions to the charter
school movement, districts with a
greater union presence were
more likely to have a charter
school and to have a
greater share of
public school students enrolled in charter
schools in 2003 — 04.
In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our
schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle
schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire
more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our
schools for the 21st century, supporting
more charter
schools, encouraging
public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding
greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.
Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the
public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the
schools, support for
greater parent influence, desire for smaller
schools, belief in what I call the «
public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to
public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make
schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the
public schools.
If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over
school curricula; centralize a
great deal of power in the hands of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even
more abundant and
more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of
public funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»
We are going through a period of
great experimentation as
more and
more for - profit firms enter the market to manage
schools for the
public sector or establish their own
schools.
For the comparison among charter,
public, and private
school teachers, I assumed that charter and private
schools face
more competition than
public schools, since a
greater share of charter and private
schools get funding only if they attract students.
Drew Gilpin Faust, the current president of Harvard University, is right in insisting that «even as we as a nation have embraced education as critical to economic growth and opportunity, we should remember that [
public schools], colleges and universities are about a
great deal
more than measurable utility.
The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost
public facilities for charter
schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing
public -
school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward
more equitable funding systems for all
public school students, including those in charter
schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate
greater uses of learning technology.
In order to determine the effect of scholarship - induced private
school competition on
public school performance, we examine whether students in
schools that face a
greater threat of losing students to private
schools as a result of the introduction of tax - credit funded scholarships improve their test scores
more than do students in
schools that face a less - pronounced threat.
Specifically, we look to see whether test scores showed
greater improvement in the wake of the new policy for students attending
public schools with
more (or
more varied) nearby private options that suddenly became
more affordable for low - income students than did scores for students attending
schools with fewer (or less varied) potential competitors.
This conclusion mirrors James Coleman's finding that Catholic
school students in the 1980s were significantly
more likely to perceive
school discipline to be fair than
public school students, who possessed far
greater formal legal protections.
In March Booker devoted half of his hour - long State of the City address (his fifth) to education, saying «
More than anything, we must do better for our children's education... We know that there will never be a
great Newark unless there is a
great public school system for our city.»
Public assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skept
Public assessments of local
schools would shift in a
more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter
schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain
greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skept
public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront
greater public skept
public skepticism.
With current projections forecasting
more constrained
public funds in coming months, the resource landscape will likely be one of
greater scarcity, which will only increase the likelihood that
schools will have to consider such trade - offs.
All our
schools should be
great, safe places where kids learn and thrive, and there are many
more such
schools out there than most
public education critics are willing to admit.
Whether it's the risk of dodgy contractors placing second - hand burners into
schools or sloppy procurement and supply management as in the Northern Ireland cases,
public money is now
more precious than ever and there is a
greater need to use valuable resources
more wisely.
Florida has the third - largest charter sector in the nation — with
more than 650
schools serving almost 300,000 students — but half of its charters are operated by for - profit companies, fostering negative
public perceptions and
greater reluctance to share tax dollars.
And since charter
schools enroll far fewer students than district - run
public schools, the positive impact on charters should be
greater than the negative effect on district
schools, where the loss of income will be
more broadly distributed.
NEA Leader Stresses Goal of
Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involv
Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community invol
Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking
more funding for
public schools, and increasing parent and community involv
public schools, and increasing parent and community invol
schools, and increasing parent and community involvement.
Given the compelling need of so many city students and the push to hold
schools more accountable for achievement, some argue that urban
schools deserve a
greater share of
public resources.
Some charter
school advocates will surely point to the new study as yet
more evidence that
public school districts should be replaced by a
more decentralized approach to education, with a
greater emphasis on charter
schools.
-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty
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Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to
Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County
Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014
Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte
schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools pay
more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter
schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y.,
schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?
In 2004, teachers and parents at five of seven
public schools voted (by margins
greater than 70 percent) to convert to charter
schools so we'd have
more control locally.Since that time, we have made
great strides.
«Rick DuFour issues a clarion call that both celebrates the
greatest generation of teachers and appeals to that distinguished group to push for
more — all with the desired outcome of ensuring our students have an opportunity to successfully transition to the next stages of their lives beyond the
public school.
There are
public schools and charter
schools serving some of the most disadvantaged students in the country, and yet they are recruiting
great teachers, making the curriculum
more rigorous, using data to see what works, and graduating students ready for college.
Pay Teachers
More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for
Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers
More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough
Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and
More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach
More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating
Great New
Schools — Mar 15, 2012
Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from
Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011
School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find
More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing
Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost
School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter
School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter
School Research from
Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010
Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing
Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing
Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays
more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013
Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays
more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and
great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to
great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your
Great Teachers Are — Now
Great Teachers Are — Now What?