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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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).
Charter school supporters lobbied state lawmakers Thursday for more money at a time when charter schools and traditional public schools are arguing with each over about how much funding they r
Charter school supporters lobbied state lawmakers Thursday for more money at a time when
charter schools and traditional public schools are arguing with each over about how much funding they r
charter schools and traditional public
schools are arguing with each over
about how
much funding they receive.
One of the great things
about charter schools is that public
school teachers can take on a
much greater role in the ownership, vision, operation, and leadership of a
charter school than they can in a traditional public
school.
Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project and an advocate for
charter public
schools, was at the meeting and wondered why there was so
much discussion
about one
charter public
school when there were 40 - plus conventional public
schools also with deficits.
Although
much about school governance is learned on the job, there is a wealth of experience to be shared within the
charter community.
In my own report
about charter operations in North Carolina, I find these
schools regularly mask how their charitable dollars are spent and how
much they profit from related real estate deals and education management firms.
Authorizers in Florida are just now completing their review of new
charter proposals using a
much more robust process, and we are hearing that authorizers are making better decisions
about which
schools to open based on better information.
Experts say many of these new
charters haven't changed
much about their day - to - day operations after making the switch: for instance, by making use of the autonomy over calendar and curriculum that
charter schools are afforded.
It's not easy to do so
much with
about $ 1,000 less per student funding than traditional public
schools, but Texas
charters continue to amaze and impress.
Although Bernie Sanders has not published an education platform, I trust him
much more than I trust Clinton to listen to teachers and put the public good (public
schools)
about companies that would profit from
charter schools and such.
«I think the exciting thing
about growing up in a
charter school is that I experienced so
much diversity.
Parent Michael Galola, who has two sons at Arizona Autism, says this
about the innovative
charter school: «I believe each student, including my sons, will be
much better than where they started.
Bobby Jindal's Push for Choice: While Dropout Nation has devoted plenty of space to reform efforts in other states, it hasn't taken as
much notice as it should
about what is happening in Louisiana outside of the Recovery
School District effort in New Orleans, which has been the epicenter of the expansion of charter schools and school c
School District effort in New Orleans, which has been the epicenter of the expansion of
charter schools and
school c
school choice.
EdSec Betsy DeVos surprised many folks this week when she delivered a speech at the National Association of Public
Charter Schools conference in which she warned as well as praised charter school advocates about their work — and didn't make all that much of accounta
Charter Schools conference in which she warned as well as praised
charter school advocates about their work — and didn't make all that much of accounta
charter school advocates
about their work — and didn't make all that
much of accountability.
Denver, Chicago and Cleveland have embraced
school choice on a smaller scale, but none give as
much freedom — to parents and campuses — as New Orleans does:
About 84 % of its 42,000 public
school students attend
charters, the largest share of any district in the U.S.
But there's something
about that approach that feels too
much like a hair shirt and, in the larger scheme of things, works against the equitable treatment that we all want for
charter schools.