Sentences with phrase «more school takeovers»

Also, the Gates foundation is educationally a joke of a non-profit, lobbying for more school takeovers.

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Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

Pending approval, the schools that have been yielding poor outcomes for 10 years or more will be allowed one year to show «demonstrable progress» before being subject to a state takeover.

Further, her call for a state takeover of far more of the cost of public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of cuts in staff and services to schools and local governments, experts said.

«The state's budget includes a $ 248 million increase in school aid, $ 212 million more for the state takeover of Medicaid, and $ 60 million in additional tax revenue — calling this significant increase a cut is disingenuous and the city should check its math.»

Speaking about Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeover of failing schools, «that hit me more than anything else,» said Mulgrew, who went on to talk again about the lack of school aid offered up by Cuomo.

Even public policy — notoriously glacial — responded to the decades of urban - district failure by creating chartering, recovery school districts, mayoral takeovers, and much more.

As more schools compete for limited educational resources, a takeover school at North Division will divide communities against themselves.

That number is small compared to the Atlanta and Philadelphia scandals, yet with more state policies — like teacher evaluations, merit pay, and takeovers of schools with poor ISTEP + scores — riding on students» scores on state tests, state officials, education experts, and parents told StateImpact Indiana they see these pressures to get results as incentives for teachers who can't hack it to bend the rules on state tests.

«Why, under these circumstances, would the ASD insist upon a hostile takeover of Neely's Bend when other local schools clearly require more attention,» wrote Nashville school board members Amy Frogge and Jill Speering.

Turning schools over to the ASD is becoming more controversial in light of data analysis that indicates the ASD is not doing better (and in some cases, is performing worse) than the schools were performing before ASD takeover.

The takeover in Jackson «offers an interesting new model, departing from the more commonly used state takeover approach across dozens of school districts,» Wong said.

Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders will hold «walk - ins» on Friday, September 18 at more than 100 public schools across the city of Milwaukee to celebrate public schools and to share information about how a proposed public school takeover will hurt students and the Milwaukee economy.

Poor - performing urban districts, more than suburban and rural schools, often are targeted for takeover by their respective states, as documented in some recent cases:

Through secondary analysis, CPE found that mayoral takeovers are «a rare, and largely urban phenomenon,» and out of more than 13,000 school districts in the U.S., only about 20 have come under formal mayoral control in the last 20 years.

The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) recently visited the DC Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) to learn about its authorizing process, and more specifically, to highlight a case in which it facilitated a charter takeover for a low - performing public charter school in its portSchool Resource Center (NCSRC) recently visited the DC Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) to learn about its authorizing process, and more specifically, to highlight a case in which it facilitated a charter takeover for a low - performing public charter school in its portSchool Board (DC PCSB) to learn about its authorizing process, and more specifically, to highlight a case in which it facilitated a charter takeover for a low - performing public charter school in its portschool in its portfolio.

Most recently, Philadelphia Public School District was threatened with a takeover by the state earlier this year when superintendent David W. Hornbeck said he would close schools early unless the state allocated more money.

Before the report card change, more than 50 schools in the Milwaukee district were eligible for takeover.

North Carolina, he says, will start off with a relatively limited crop of schools, and state law limits the takeover to no more than one school per district over a five - year contract.

Takeovers and other methods of proliferating charters, such as vouchers, have helped push the number of charter schools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter Sschools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsSchools.

The attempted takeover was made possible by a highly disputed new law called Parent Trigger, which allows half - or - more of parents at any failing school (as designated by the U.S. Department of Education) to make major decisions about its future.

Bennett said Einstein would be listed as choice on RSD's centralized OneApp in an effort to retain more students at the school they will likely takeover.

The decision in effect returns a state takeover charter to the local Orleans Parish school system, which has been hungry to get schools back more than 9 years after the state took over almost all of them.

Also, on Oct. 25 at Hobnob Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant gave reporters more details about the rumored third option for the takeover of Jackson Public Schools.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 6, a bill that purports to help the lowest performing schools in the Commonwealth, but is really little more than a state takeover and charter school conversion bill all rolled into one.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eSchools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eschools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

The recent wave of state takeovers are not about educational improvement; they are aimed at paving the way for more unregulated charter schools, and new profits for textbook, testing and IT companies.

Under the section labeled «community control,» M4BL called for an end to state and mayoral takeovers of school systems in favor of local, democratically elected boards, more equitable school funding and a de-emphasis on standardized testing.

Bennett told StateImpact after meeting Wednesday that he has no desire to slow down his push for more school accountability laws, even after state takeovers this year.

Fact, state takeovers of school districts do not yield improvements in student achievement; rather, more often than not, student achievement is stagnated during the short term and delayed over the long term.

For those interested in comparing the processes that precede school and district takeovers, this is a... Read More

Karen Borelli, a district health and physical education teacher who attends more school board meetings than some of the members, sees opportunity in the state takeover.

Please join Milwaukee Public Schools leadership and PPS - MKE to learn more about the contents of the MPS Takeover proposal and what we can all be doing to inform our community at large and how we can continue to build momentum to push back against this egregious action.

We will be encouraging other parents to stand up against the testing fad and, more importantly, the corporate and government takeover of our schools.