Sentences with phrase «number of charter schools in the city»

The agenda may also pit Mr. Cuomo against local politicians who have often sided with teachers unions — such as Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been resistant to increasing the number of charter schools in the city, something Mr. Cuomo specifically suggested in his speech.

The Democratic - led state Assembly has approved a measure that would extend mayoral control by two years, but Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan, has balked at approving an extension unless it includes a provision to increase the number of charter schools in the city.

The borough president departed from his fellow candidates on several occasions, including in his support for standardized tests and raising the cap on the number of charter schools in the city.

Klein, who oversaw more than 1,600 public schools with 136,000 employees and a $ 21 billion operating budget, also helped grow the number of charter schools in the city.

The conflict intensified in the wake of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to double the number of charter schools in the city.

Last fall, the conflict between charter and district schools intensified after someone leaked a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to raise up to $ 490 million from foundations and wealthy individuals to double the number of charter schools in the city, with the goal of enrolling about half the students in the district within eight years.

After Hurricane Katrina, the state took over all but 16 of the city's public schools and vastly expanded the number of charter schools in the city.

Crew predicts that in the next few years, the number of charter schools in the city will increase dramatically, as will the influence of these philanthropists on the day - to - day operations at LAUSD's central offices.

Chicago charter school advocates gathered to protest a provision that would cap the number of charter schools in the city under a contract with the CTU.

Chicago charter schools advocates gathered to protest a provision that would cap the number of charter schools in the city under a contract with the Chicago Teachers Union.

But as long as there is a cap on the number of charter schools in the city, New York will continue to have a school system where zip code dictates destiny.

As the year opened, the LA Unified Board of Education in the same week hired a new superintendent and unanimously voted to oppose a $ 490 - million draft plan from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that sought to rapidly increase the number of charter schools in the city so that charters would encompass half the «market share» of the entire district.