Sentences with phrase «much about charter»

Walton is listed on the Public Disclosure Commission form as a resident of Bentonville, Ark., so you might wonder why she cares so much about charter schools in Washington State.
We hear so much about charter schools in the media - all in a negative light.
The public does not oppose school choice, but doesn't know much about charter schools.
But as Marci Kanstoroom pointed out some years ago (when the design of the study was released but results were yet unknown), the study was set up in such a way that it could not possibly tell us much about charter schools.
Asked about the charter - focused headline and storyline, Vogell explained that «The lead example of the broader problem is very much about charters, so [the] headline is apt.»
Coming from the world of traditional public schools, Dr. Monroe initially didn't know much about charters or the work that they do for kids in our nation's most vulnerable areas.

Not exact matches

«We were gifted with this charter that was very much about blending commercial success with community development and social responsibility,» says Kelly Lindsay, director of programs and marketing for the Pike Place Market Preservaton & Development Authority, or PDA, which has managed the market since 1971.
After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.
But as it happens they did win the election, and George Osborne is spending much of this parliament talking about his so - called fiscal charter, which has replaced the referendum bill on the Mickey Mouse shelf.
Errol Louis says the UFT's decision to shut down the K - 8 grades at its NYC charter school «neatly contradicts much of the union's overheated rhetoric about the supposed ills and evils of charter schools.»
Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.
«This becomes too much of a political football often in Albany, where the discussion is, unless there's additional changes in favor of charters, people talk about perhaps not extending mayoral control of education,» he said on the John Catsimatidis AM 970 radio show.
Easton talks about the impact of the governor's proposed education budget, accountability in the education system, charter schools and much more.
Success spent about four times as much as KIPP, another influential charter network with schools across the nation.
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It owes much to Phillip Kaufman's Quills, which chartered a similar course some 15 years ago, about the ailing and incarcerated Marquis De Sade.
CY: The reason I love charter people so much is that, when you really think about it, they accomplish something amazing.
It's too optimistic about chartering's ability to improve «the broader system» — that the good examples and competitive forces produced by charters will help urban districts get much better.
It's also striking how much the tenor of charter coverage varies outlet by outlet — any broad conclusions about pro-charter or anti-charter bias are going to depend on which particular outlets are examined.
In time, the teacher - empowerment campaign also won federal funding - far more, ironically, than anything done about teaching in the name of the federally chartered Excellence Commission - and gained much sway in Washington and in state capitals.
Union opposition was a constant, but when middle - class parents became upset about having to share facilities with charter schools, the old coalition became much stronger.
Now, look back up at urban charter effects and you'll see the three year results in math are about at the floor of what the SIG study could detect, and the results in reading are much lower than what the SIG study could detect (the SIG study also tracked children for 3 years).
Much of the public still knows little about charter schools, which today serve only 2 percent of the population.
The mayor's office staff disdain to play up the rhetoric of free markets in talking about their charter schools, but much of their intelligence derives from outside government: nonprofits and even the private sector.
Donald Trump could learn much about the beautiful culture and rich history of Mexico from the 1st graders in Angela Napoletano's class at Icahn Charter School 3 in the South Bronx.
Under the new law, during 2017 — 18, Miami - Dade is expected to pay out as much as $ 20 million in capital funding to its charters, and Broward, about $ 12 million; these sums represent approximately 10 percent of each district's total capital funds.
It is therefore notable that we find a clear downward trend from about 2010 on, when pension costs began to rise sharply, with newer charter schools much less likely to participate in the state plan.
He demurred: «The overall climate of what people think about charters and school choice varies so much from city to city.»
Similar to what district administrators had estimated, the House breakdown shows Miami - Dade might have to share as much as $ 23.2 million with its charter schools next school year, or about 12 percent of its capital dollars after debt payments.
For all the policy chatter and debate out there about funding inequities (between charters and neighborhood schools is one favorite), you don't hear much talk about just how inequitable the funding gaps can be among the 15,000 or so school districts (or among schools within the same district — don't even get me started).
In just about every dimension that affects post-secondary education, students who got high lottery numbers (and hence were much more likely to enroll in a charter school) outperformed those assigned lower lottery numbers.
In any case, though the wooly wordsmithing of his letter may make for good unionizing, it makes me welcome Mr. Iannuzzi's current «support» for charters and accountability with about as much cheer and conviction as I would a Trojan horse wheeled up to the school house door.
Yet if I've learned anything over the course of the past year, it's this: Looking at Catholic schools only through the lens of what we have come to expect from traditional or charter school models misses much about what makes them special.
Much has been said about charter schools in Michigan and Detroit, about accountability for voucher programs, and even the views of DeVos's family members!
The natural growth in enrollment during the past decade meant that most large districts were much more concerned about where they would house the students who did not leave for a charter or private school.
After all, while we may indeed be entering a new phase of the charter school debate — one where charters have lost much of their luster — prudence suggests awaiting further confirmation before concluding we've just witnessed a sudden about - face in a two - decade trend.
I currently teach at a charter school and have been doing so for five years but before working at CCSA I did not know much about different models of charter schools.
Russakoff tells inspiring stories about some teachers and students doing remarkable work in impossible circumstances, and the much - ballyhooed KIPP charter schools actually seem to be living up to their reputation in Newark.
Others were concerned about how much it would cost the district to fulfill its oversight responsibilities for charters that open in Tacoma — regardless of who authorizes them.
Much political capital has been made of a 2009 study of 16 states that found that only 17 % of charter schools were better than public schools, 37 % were worse and the rest were about the same.
WHEC in Rochester spoke to Renaissance Academy Charter School families and educators about how charters are providing much - needed options in the city, in light of the Betsy DeVos confirmation hearings.
Self - described reformers argued that Newark schools spent too much for too few results, and that charter schools had shown they could do better; per - pupil spending in the public schools was about $ 24,000 when Ms. Anderson arrived, and the teachers were among the nation's highest paid.
There's not much survey data specifically on how Black parents feel about charter schools nationally, but it's pretty clear that they resoundingly support a parent's right to choose the best school for their child.
Waiting for charter schools The much - buzzed about documentary «Waiting for Superman» argues convincingly for public - education solutions that include charter schools
Mubenga said that «because I'm the superintendent of DPS and not charter schools,» he didn't want to spend too much time talking about charters, but felt compelled to do so because of the impact they have on DPS.
As much as he wanted to avoid talking about charter schools, Superintendent Pascal Mubenga couldn't get around discussing their impact on Durham Public Schools during his town hall meeting Tuesday night at Hillside High School.
To CStephenBaldwin: Since you know so much and you are part of the for - profit charter con, have your read about charter school fraud and the hedge fund managers?
So that was just one school district and I read later about another school district doing the same thing, also complaining about how much money it was «losing» by having the kids enroll in charter schools versus staying in the traditional public schools (TPS).
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