Sentences with phrase «new rocketship»

But families that selected a new Rocketship charter school in Ward 5 were in for a rude awakening: After the enrollment deadline had passed they learned the school they had chosen would not actually be opening.

District staff discovered that many of those who signed the petition were parents whose children already attended a Rocketship school, and who stated they had no meaningful interest in enrolling their child in a new Rocketship school.

The new Rocketship book arose out of Achievable Dream where the charter group made up one chapter.

Beyond that, we are working to open new Rocketship schools in Indianapolis and in Washington D.C. by August of 2015.

Not exact matches

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Additional images of the Denver School of Science and Technology, High Tech High in San Diego, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary School in San Jose, and School of One in New York City.

Mike Petrilli interviews Richard about his new book about the high - performing Rocketship charter network.

Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings Using wage and staffing data from states, authors Marguerite Roza and Suzanne Simburg project the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce...

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On June 26 at 4 pm, the Fordham Institute will host a panel to discuss Richard Whitmire's new book, On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope.

As more schools like Rocketship build hybrid and blended systems, however, and as more entrepreneurs develop the missing - piece systems, the tipping point may be reached, fueling rapid growth of this new approach to schooling.

As if Rocketship's references to New Orleans, Milwaukee, San Antonio and Washington DC were not unsettling enough, EdSurge, a corporation that helps schools «find, select and use the right technology to support all learners,» doubles - down on the need to replicate New Orleans» failures with a piece titled, How the «Harbormaster Network» Plans to Spread Nationwide Personalized Learning.

It also recently had charters approved in Indianapolis and New Orleans, a Rocketship spokeswoman said.

After four years in New Orleans, Ryan had the opportunity to move back to Milwaukee to help found Rocketship Education's first school outside of California as a Founding Assistant Principal.

Rocketship Education, one of the hottest new chains out of California, says it will watch what happens before it decides whether to apply.

The Silicon Valley Business Journal, for instance, featured a story about the San Jose City Council approving an MOU to build a facility for a new charter school to be operated under Rocketship Education.

... Pupils at the nine schools run by the U.S. charter school operator Rocketship Education spend a quarter of their lesson time online, an approach that has provided inspiration for a proposed new academy run by Ark Schools, one of England's largest school chains....

Rocketship (see Barbara Miner's report from our new Save Our Schools issue) uses computer programs to teach children for a significant portion of the day, and eschews «extras» like school librarians, art, gym, and social studies, which further reduce staff costs.

And up in the Silicon Valley area, Rocketship is fighting to build a new campus that will enable them to grow and serve more students.

Rocketship lost a lawsuit contesting the County's zoning exemption of the Tamien site, and to make matters worse, four local school districts (including Alum Rock) filed suit against Rocketship's petition to open 20 new schools.

Rocketship announced plans this week that it intends to take over a failing school in Nashville Tennessee in addition to opening new...

Rocketship responded by requesting a new petition from Alum Rock, a request that was denied by a vote of 3 - 2 by the Alum Rock School Board.

In December 2011, Rocketship won approval to open 20 new schools in Santa Clara County, including the Jackson St site.

Rocketship hopes to grow more quickly in the 2016 - 17 school year, as they open 2 new schools in the Bay Area.

When Rocketship Mateo Sheedy moved into our neighborhood, we welcomed it and were excited about the new educational opportunities and healthy competition.

Rocketship's 20 new countywide charter schools — to be phased in from 2013 to 2016 — would be located within the Alum Rock, Franklin - McKinley, Evergreen, Campbell elementary, Oak Grove, Mount Pleasant, San Jose Unified and Santa Clara Unified school districts.

Rocketship Education, the upstart charter operator that has posted impressive test scores for traditionally struggling students, won approval early Thursday morning to more than triple its charter network by opening 20 new schools in Santa Clara County — the largest single charter - school approval in the state.

Perry Street Prep is housed in the same LAMB Public Charter School building that Rocketship was set to be in, and Smith will be able to enroll her child in the new school this week.

Rocketship is a pioneer in this new use of paraprofessionals.

In this report, prepared by Julie Kowal and Dana Brinson for the Center for American Progress, we profile two organizations — the Rocketship Education network of charter schools and the Fairfax County, VA school district — that have redesigned the job of teacher to provide new types of leadership opportunities and let great teachers reach larger numbers of students.

It also has sections examining the efficacy of some of the most over-hyped online programs like Summit PLP, Rocketship and New Classrooms, as well as widely used online assessments like MAP and i - Ready.

Backers of these reforms are particularly enamored of a new type of charter school represented by the Rocketship chain of schools — a low - budget operation that relies on young and inexperienced teachers rather than more veteran and expensive faculty, that reduces the curriculum to a near - exclusive focus on reading and math, and that replaces teachers with online learning and digital applications for a significant portion of the day.

Earlier investments of nearly $ 3 million in this personalized learning portfolio include Rocketship, a national network of blended learning schools seeking to eliminate the achievement gap in low - income neighborhoods, New York City's School of One blending learning model upon which New Classrooms is based, and CFY, a national nonprofit organization that runs the acclaimed online learning platform, PowerMyLearning.com, which provides students, teachers, parents and school leaders with free online access to pre-screened digital learning activities produced by third parties, as well as consumer ratings.

Rocketship is currently exploring potential partnerships with cities including Denver, Chicago, Tulsa, Okla., Houston, and Phoenix, to open 30 new schools by 2015.

Rocketship offers professional development to new teachers, including mentorship from administrators and more experienced teachers.

Whereas when I was growing up in New York, I'd scan the library shelves looking for a small yellow sticker on the lower spine of a book, with a red rocketship - in - atom icon.

The main draw is the collection of cool playground equipment, including slides built into a hillside, climbing ropes, a new - age merry - go - round, and a four - story rocketship tower.

Captain Olimar is off on a rocketship, and ecstatic with the view... but something happens... and the spaceman crash lands on a strange new world (again) in Hey!

Virgin Galactic's new spaceship climbed at supersonic speed over California's Mojave Desert on Thursday in the company's first powered flight since the fatal crash of its original rocketship in 2014.