Not exact matches
The Governor is helping to create the conditions for further growth of high
quality charter schools and is giving hope to thousands
more children.
The union - friendly Alliance for
Quality Education suggested lawmakers address inequality instead of propagating
more charters.
«Under their leadership, rental assistance for new and expanding New York City
charter schools will increase, translating into
more high -
quality schools being opened.»
«And beyond that having a presidential
charter actually is the beginning of a new chapter for us, we get to move forward with a little bit
more confidence in springing our steps in planning the next step for Ashesi and we also take on
more control or
more responsibility for
quality assurance within our operation which is up until now been done by UCC and UMaT.»
The pro-public school funding group the Alliance of
Quality Education said the IDC has already «failed» the roll call for voting for
more money for privately run
charter schools.
Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for
Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for
more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into
charters.
Our bold, scientific approach to matching means
more quality dates with deeply compatible singles in
Charter Oak that truly understand you.
We met with three hundred
charter leaders around the state to learn
more about what could be done, and then built goals and objectives for the California
charter schools movement by first providing insurance, cash - flow financing, and other resources to schools willing to focus on academic
quality (measured in many different ways).
We're long overdue in asking whether the
charter sector could grow
more quickly with
quality, what's holding it back, and what are creative new ways for successful
charters to expand their reach to
more students.
In fact,
charter school authorizers are now expected to play an even
more assertive role in ensuring that
charter schools offer parents high -
quality choices and not simply
more choices for their children's education.
Charter parents also vary
more in their satisfaction with teacher
quality than do district - school parents.
But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots
more «high -
quality seats» for lots
more kids is to make sure that
charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.»
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.
The state department of education is seeking to establish teacher - preparation schools that are free from state regulations so long as they produce high -
quality teachers — a variation on the concept that has led to the creation of
more than 3,000 K - 12
charter schools in 41 states since 1992.
Research on teacher
quality,
charter schools, school leadership, class size, and other factors in school
quality is likely to be as or
more important than research on race - specific policies for reducing gaps in student achievement.
Charters are important for stimulating improvement in all public schools — and providing even
more quality choices — as research has clearly shown that they do.
He called the results a turning point that demonstrated the political power of
charter school backers as well as others who are seeking
more high -
quality learning opportunities for local students.
For example, a state with a relatively new
charter sector may want to focus on supporting the creation and growth of high -
quality charters, whereas one with a
more mature
charter sector may want to focus on increasing the involvement of an existing private sector that is significant in size and geographic reach but has not historically served large numbers of disadvantaged students.
It's not clear that the CMO model, as a rule, produces
more consistent
quality than does effective authorizing and oversight of «one - off»
charter schools.
The
Charter School Growth Fund invests in CMOs that operate networks of high - quality charter schools, providing grant and loan financing packages that enable these organizations to expand their capacity to serve more low - income and minority st
Charter School Growth Fund invests in CMOs that operate networks of high -
quality charter schools, providing grant and loan financing packages that enable these organizations to expand their capacity to serve more low - income and minority st
charter schools, providing grant and loan financing packages that enable these organizations to expand their capacity to serve
more low - income and minority students.
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.
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.
Districts score lower than non-district authorizers overall, and their policies are far less friendly to replication than non-district authorizers, meaning they are less likely to help great
charters create
more high -
quality seats.
These efforts aim to produce
more consistent
quality among both
charter and private schools and to equip parents with information to make sound decisions regarding their child's schooling.
Denver is a story of innovative superintendents and boards incorporating
charters into a comprehensive system, learning from them, and giving families
more quality choices.
Instead of arguing whether
charter schools should be included in No Child Left Behind, a
more fruitful question is how to ensure that state accountability schemes allow enough flexibility for boutique programs within the public system while not opening up loopholes that low -
quality schools can slip through.
Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public
Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.
Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving
more public school students access to high -
quality charter public schools.
charter public schools.»
Our goal is not to «flood the zone» but to carefully and thoughtfully build a
charter sector of unimpeachable
quality that, along with DCPS, keeps improving and adding
more families to the District.
Finally, Adam Peshek proposes a way to tackle some of the obstacles to
charter - school growth through the Opportunity Zone program (part of the 2017 tax reform package)-- and hopefully create
more high -
quality public school options for children along the way.
Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of school reform: the proliferation of school choice from vouchers to tax credits,
charters, and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from schools to teachers; renewed attention to national standards; and a
more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures and school
quality.
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.
Below is
more information about each of the honorees, why they were selected, and a link to a short video highlighting their work and impact on the growth of high -
quality charter schools.
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 — No
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
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
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
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
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 What?
In other words, high -
quality pre-K is a much
more powerful political issue than public
charter schools.
He went on to serve in the New York City Department of Education, where he helped open new, high -
quality district and
charter schools, support the turnaround of struggling schools, and advocate for admission and enrollment changes that led to thousands
more New York City students being better prepared for college and careers.
• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold
charter schools accountable; provide
more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high -
quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.
What's
more, officials needed adequate
charter funding to woo high -
quality operators to the Motor City.
On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families,
more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and
charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have
quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.
More than anything else, that's what's keeping high
quality charters from growing and replicating.
Across five key characteristics — teacher
quality, discipline, expectations for achievement, safety, and instruction in character and values —
charter parents are on average 13 percentage points
more satisfied than district parents.
But some
charter advocates are calling for a
more nuanced definition of
quality, particularly in light of the population that most standalone
charters — especially those with leaders of color — plan to serve.
Meanwhile, others, like Brown University's Matt Kraft and North Carolina State's Anna Egalite, were
more upbeat about the legacies of federal efforts to boost teacher
quality and support
charter schooling.
The Texas blend — legislative commitment to higher
quality, better oversight, and supportive partners that help
charter schools diagnose and solve problems — is a promising one for states that want to see
more of their students succeed in K - 12 classrooms and beyond.
Governor Corbett and Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis outlined four key provisions of their plan: «opportunity scholarships, expanding the Educational Improvement Tax Credits program, improved
charter school
quality and accountability, and
more robust and comprehensive educator evaluations.»
In a community that needs
more quality school options, Finn Academy: An Elmira
Charter School is working hard to keep students engaged and excited to learn.
We look forward to strengthening our entire
charter law, with an eye on flexibility and a better system for funding schools, so that
more children in Connecticut can have access to
quality choices, like public
charters, in their communities.
With Buffalo families in desperate need of
more high -
quality options, she welcomes the idea of new
charters coming to the city.
States» applications to secure one of the federal grants will be scored on the basis of
more than 30 selection criteria, involving such education improvement priorities as school turnaround, teacher and principal effectiveness, and encouragement of high -
quality charter schools.
«Harbormasters» are unelected entities that seek to put themselves in control of managing public education in a particular community, and (b) «High -
Quality Seats» is a euphemism for
more charter schools.
NACSA congratulates the Mississippi
Charter School Authorizer Board (MCSAB or Board) on the completion of another rigorous application process, resulting in two additional
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