Sentences with phrase «nonprofit school operators»

By removing the bureaucracy — and putting the power in the hands of nonprofit school operators — we can eliminate the vicious cycle of the hard - charging superintendent needing to «reform» a central office once every three years.

And the leaders of K - 12 Inc. settled a high - profile court case with California Attorney General Kamala Harris this year, agreeing to dispense millions in payments and debt relief to their nonprofit school operators after state officials said the Virginia - based company misled the state in order to take in more public funding.

Not exact matches

The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).

Such organizations, also known as educational service providers, are outside nonprofit or for - profit operators of public schools.

In early January, the Adelanto School Board approved the parents» recommendation for a highly qualified, nonprofit charter - school operator to begin transforming Desert Trails Elementary School in AugustSchool Board approved the parents» recommendation for a highly qualified, nonprofit charter - school operator to begin transforming Desert Trails Elementary School in Augustschool operator to begin transforming Desert Trails Elementary School in AugustSchool in August 2013.

New Orleans is just one chapter in the much bigger story of a shift from a single government operator of schools to an array of nonprofit operators.

Further, he argued that the initiative's provision allowing the nonprofit operators of public charter schools to rent or purchase public property at below fair market value violates the constitutional ban of gifts of public funds.

They brought with them pro-school choice literature that — while paid for by a little - known, at least in North Carolina, nonprofit called Public School Options — almost exclusively plugs the controversial N.C. Virtual Academy, an online school run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operschool choice literature that — while paid for by a little - known, at least in North Carolina, nonprofit called Public School Options — almost exclusively plugs the controversial N.C. Virtual Academy, an online school run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operSchool Options — almost exclusively plugs the controversial N.C. Virtual Academy, an online school run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operschool run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.

This was not philanthropy; it was a profit - making venture.6 Investors quickly figured out that there was money to be made in the purchase, leasing, and rental of space to charter schools, and an aggressive for - profit charter sector emerged wherever it was permitted by state law; in states where for - profit charters were not allowed, nonprofit charters hired for - profit operators to run their schools.

A hope operator is a nonprofit organization with tax exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that operates three or more charter schools that serve students in grades K - 12 in Florida or other states with a record of serving students from low - income families and is designated by the State Board of Education as a hope operator based on a determination that:

The rest of the industry consists of smaller operators and some nonprofit virtual schools.

If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.

This, along with Jindal's plan to allow universities, nonprofits, and community groups to authorize charters, could also make charter school operators work more - closely with communities, an issue that Dropout Nation discussed last year during the fracas in New York City over expanding charter schools.

The Los Angeles - based nonprofit operates 10 local charters as well as Locke High, the district's first traditional high school to be taken over by a private operator.

And Cynthia Ramirez expects to have more say in the discipline policy and curriculum now at her fourth - grade son's school, Desert Trails Preparatory Academy in the desert town of Adelanto, now that it has been taken over by a small nonprofit charter operator.

A graduate of Harvard's business school, he spent five years leading Green Dot Public Schools, a Los Angeles charter school operator, and six years as CEO of a nonprofit founded by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that took control of 17 poorly performing public sSchools, a Los Angeles charter school operator, and six years as CEO of a nonprofit founded by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that took control of 17 poorly performing public schoolsschools.

They argue the money could be better spent on bringing innovations to traditional public schools, rather than picking «winners and losers» and propping up a specific few nonprofit charter operators, whose «schools of hope» could essentially replace failing neighborhood schools.

After two San Bernardino County Superior Court judges upheld their petition to take control of foundering Desert Trails Elementary School, parents selected a nonprofit charter operator to reopen the school as Desert Trails Preparatory AcSchool, parents selected a nonprofit charter operator to reopen the school as Desert Trails Preparatory Acschool as Desert Trails Preparatory Academy.

At each site, IPS enters into an agreement with a school operator (e.g. a nonprofit) to run the school under contract with the district.

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.

I was particularly interested to see that struggling district schools that partner with proven charter school operators or other nonprofit operators will get a two - year pause from state accountability rules.

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.

«Indianapolis Public Schools identified the Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA)- a nonprofit operator of public schools — through a highly competitive selection process to serve as a lead partner in transforming Francis Scott Key into the state's first Innovation network School.Schools identified the Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA)- a nonprofit operator of public schools — through a highly competitive selection process to serve as a lead partner in transforming Francis Scott Key into the state's first Innovation network School.schools — through a highly competitive selection process to serve as a lead partner in transforming Francis Scott Key into the state's first Innovation network School.»

But to read local media reports and talk to close observers in the state's largest city, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofits.

In 2016, the General Assembly also enacted legislation to create an Achievement School District (ASD), through which low - performing schools can be removed from their districts and turned over to private nonprofit or for - profit operators to run as charter schools.

The emphasis on testing is part of the philosophy of Monarch's operator, Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit organization with 21 charter schools across theSchools, a nonprofit organization with 21 charter schools across theschools across the state.

She serves on the board of Charter Board Partners, a national nonprofit that designs and drives high - quality governance for charter school operators around the country.