Sentences with phrase «nonprofit charter schools»

We concluded that the increased use of nonprofit charter schools has potentially substantial implications on accountability and effectiveness in the delivery of public education.

The problem with for - profits running nonprofit charter schools.

Unlike most cities nationwide, New Orleans will rely on a diverse constellation of local, nonprofit charter school organizations to provide these opportunities to families.

As a result, we see the rapid growth of high - performing nonprofit charter school operators such as Success Academy, along with high public approval of charter schools.

As of this fall, 18 percent of the 644,000 students in LA Unified are enrolled in nonprofit charter schools authorized by the district.

In this paper, survey data was collected from nonprofit charter school board and elected public school board members in Minnesota.

The 74 New CREDO Report Finds Nonprofit Charter Schools Perform Better for Children Than For - Profit Charters

KIPP is the nation's largest nonprofit charter school network.

A person can start a purportedly nonprofit charter school and then have that charter purchase all of its services and supplies from a company owned by that same person.

CSDC's nonprofit charter school clients are the very epitome of entrepreneurial small businesses founded and operated by community - focused leaders.

The annual event brings together California's growing and diverse charter public school community to advocate for urgent legislative priorities focused on preserving and growing a thriving and accountable nonprofit charter school sector.

George leads Matchbook Learning, a national nonprofit charter school turn around management organization, launched in 2011 to turn around our nation's bottom 5 % of schools with a unique, blended learning model.

Regaining trust in nonprofit charter schools: Toward benefit corporation branding for for - profit education management organizations.

We found that nonprofit charter school board members perceive lower levels of conflict, place less priority on the general public, and perceive a higher degree of governance responsibly in the area of financial management, than elected board members.

A graduate of Harvard and Yale, King was managing director for the nonprofit charter school company Uncommon Schools before joining the state education department in 2009.

The school is part of Achievement First, a nonprofit charter school management system founded in 2003 by two University of North Carolina graduates (Class of 1994), Doug McCurry and Dacia Toll.

Because many states prohibit for - profit public education, the management companies for virtual schools run schools under contract with public districts or nonprofit charter schools, which also receive public money.

«When people hear we spent $ 15 million, they say, «You're insane,»» said Marco Petruzzi, chief executive of Green Dot Public Schools, the nonprofit charter school group that has remade Locke.

Located in three leased buildings once used by a parochial school at Trinity Lutheran Church near downtown Stockton, the kindergarten through fifth grade Port City Academy is part of Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school organization based in Oakland.

This article provides an overview of the nonprofit charter school system, including the historical backdrop, legislation, and how charter schools operate.

Newsom's campaign, in turn, rejected these attacks as «name - calling and distortion» and that he supported «reputable» and «innovative» nonprofit charter schools.

«I started my full - time career in public education helping to build a nonprofit charter school organization called Green Dot Public Schools.

A study from earlier this year found that nonprofit charter schools (which account for more than 80 percent of charter schools in the country) are delivering substantially better results than for - profit charter schools.

«For 20 years I've been supporting high - quality, nonprofit charter schools,» he told LA Times columnist George Skelton today.

Are nonprofit charter schools a myth?

Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school operator with 12 schools chartered through LAUSD, announced this morning that it will expand its blending learning curriculum to all of its elementary schools in the Los Angeles region by the end of the 2015 - 16 school year.

For example, when a nonprofit charter school operator hires a for - profit company, it sometimes pays the for - profit more than 95 % of the tax dollars it receives from the state.

Prior to joining PowerMyLearning, Stacey served as the Managing Director of Development at Public Prep, a nonprofit charter school management organization in New York City.

Presently, Jeffrey is spearheading the creation of and serving as board chair for Beacon College Prep, a nonprofit charter school that will be located in Liberty City, Florida.

This is a subject I know well: I started my full - time career in public education helping to build a nonprofit charter school organization called Green Dot Public Schools.

PUC National is a nonprofit charter school development and management organization that develops and supports schools that provide a successful alternative to traditional public education.

Eric Premack, executive director of the nonprofit Charter Schools Development Center in Sacramento and a participant in negotiations over the 2002 bill, acknowledged sections were poorly drafted.

In Denver, the district works closely with the University of Denver's rigorous school leadership program and a nonprofit charter school leadership organization.

Just one school — Desert Trails Elementary in the tiny high - desert town of Adelanto — has been converted into a nonprofit charter school through a parent - trigger campaign.