Sentences with phrase «of charter school business»

Our mission is to reduce the cost of charter school business operations, ease the bureaucratic burden on educators, and provide expertise and counsel that helps charter schools invest more education dollars in education and dedicate more of their time and energy to achieving their mission and fulfilling their charter.

Raj Thakkar, founder of Charter School Business Management, which consults for New American, said it is not uncommon for charters to dismiss financial management as a bit of bookkeeping.

Not exact matches

A chartered accountant, Mr. Ruffolo was formerly a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP and has also spent time as an instructor for both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and York University's Schulich School of Business, from which he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.

She graduated with an Economics degree from Nova School of Business and Economics (SBE) and is a CFA charter holder.

Christoph graduated with a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Geneva, he is also a CFA charter - holder and holds a doctorate from the Edinburgh Business School.

Here is her background: — State Senator — Helped to build charter schools for at risk youths — Attorney for 30 years — Built her own business and acually MET a payroll — 5 children of her own and 23 foster children — Representative for 5 years — True fiscal conservative

Cuomo has been adept at raising millions of dollars from interests whose businesses are impacted by Albany actions — labor unions, real estate developers, business executives, the health care industry, charter school backers, government contractors, and the film and TV companies that get tax breaks for filming in New York.

(Gov. Cuomo told business leaders that the state would step in to pay the rent of city charter schools denied free space under a crackdown by Mayor De Blasio, according to two sources.

The activist wing of the WFP had raised concerns over Cuomo's fiscal policies, including his support for tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners, as well as his embrace of charter schools.

Some members of the party have been upset because they believe the governor has not been progressive enough and they're unhappy with Cuomo's support for business - friendly tax cuts and charter schools.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

In a flurry of television appearances, Mr. Peebles attacked the mayor from both the left and right, accusing his liberal administration of trying to clamp down on charter schools and not doing enough to help minority - owned businesses.

But the governor has also passed a cap on property tax increases as well as a suite of business tax cuts, along with embracing charter schools — all policies that have led to activists within the WFP to challenge him.

Under the provisions of the education tax credit proposed by Cuomo, people and businesses can donate up to $ 1 million to a scholarship fund to send underprivileged children to private schools, or the publicly funded, but privately run, charter schools.

On top of that, powerful interests close to Cuomo, like the hedge funders behind the charter school movement, some business people and municipal unions that have been fighting with the mayor (like the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association) could pounce if a challenger emerges, insiders say.

Also included is a $ 200 million small business plan; acceptance of Cuomo's proposal to raise the state's charter school cap; a five - year, $ 1.5 billion highway and bridge capital fund; and the creation of five local transportation cooperatives to help farmers bring their products to major metropolitan areas.

«The city's business leaders support expansion of charter schools and the extension of mayoral control and insist that both should happen this session,» said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

Many of those companies and individuals have business before the Cuomo administration — and they aren't just interests like those of charter school supporters that have a clear policy alignment.

Serving as chairman of the Committee on Small Business, the former pro basketball player's most outspoken moments have come in defense of charter schools, and in warning that the city's aggressively progressive direction might debilitate mom - and - pop entrepreneurs.

A former councilwoman from Manhattan, Ms. Moskowitz could have been a natural choice for a hodgepodge of communities frustrated by Mr. de Blasio, including white voters in Manhattan who have soured on the mayor, business leaders who have long viewed Mr. de Blasio with hostility and a diverse set of charter - school parents across the city.

He is a member of the Executive Board of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, the Lord Young Business Charter Executive Group, the EFMD Deans and Directors General Steering Committee, and the EQUIS Committee.

We would help independent charter schools acquire benefits of scale by concentrating some of their needs and corresponding services in a single place, particularly their business management and other «back office» functions.

A more comprehensive approach would take charter schools out of the facilities business altogether.

Our CRPE colleagues Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim have proposed a more radical solution: a new institution (a community board) that would oversee all public schools and get the school district out of the business of oversight (the district would become a school operator, much like a charter management organization).

Nevertheless, even with the help of loan guarantees, lenders are still reluctant to do business with any but the most sophisticated of charter school operators.

By statute, the state of Arizona grants 15 - year charters, but a very large majority of closed Arizona charter schools are out of business many years before their charters are scheduled for renewal.

The mayor agreed with host Ebro Darden that «a lot» of charter schools are funded by big business: «Oh yeah, a lot of them are funded by very wealthy Wall Street folks and others.»

Or the state could simply require that districts that fail to reduce costs responsibly get out of the property - ownership business, either by having the state assume ownership, by placing the buildings into a third - party trust, or by establishing a cooperative to which charter schools have equal rights.

To be effective, these authorizers must want to be in the charter schooling business, need to have the resources and staff to do the work, and must be committed to the idea of charter school autonomy.

This year's class makes my point — a great cross-section of students, some with teaching experience, some with a business background, one in the Harvard Law School, and several from overseas — but all wanting to see how they could put to work the freedom and flexibility afforded by the charter model.

Further complicating the politics of reform, charter - receptive local civic and business groups often also support efforts to improve district - run schools — particularly neighborhood schools.

A 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that students enrolled in online charter schools aren't performing as well as their peers, and many observers have argued that online - only charters should be put out of business.

Norwest Coaches is a charter business in the north - west of Sydney, primarily operating club and pub courtesy runs and specialised school runs.

Mike Petrilli was on top of this story back in 2007 when he wrote «No Business Like Show Business: Hollywood and Hip - Hop Discover Charter Schools» for Ed Next.

Reform advocates call it «churn,» the business of aggressively and systematically zeroing in on the least successful schools, ousting failed managers, and reorganizing the schools as open - enrollment, citywide charter schools.

He also developed an annual business plan competition through his microeconomics classes at a nationally - ranked college prep charter school where his students presented their plans in teams to investors, entrepreneurs, and college professors at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice Unibusiness plan competition through his microeconomics classes at a nationally - ranked college prep charter school where his students presented their plans in teams to investors, entrepreneurs, and college professors at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice Univeschool where his students presented their plans in teams to investors, entrepreneurs, and college professors at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice UniveSchool of Business, Rice UniBusiness, Rice University.

Teachers who care and assignments that have real - world applications are attracting students to the Minnesota Business Academy, one of the state's most unusual public charter schools.

Among the entries, we find Bambino musing about the impact of charter schools; the need in schools for more business partnerships and community involvement; the «us and them» divide between teachers and parents; the validity of the school science fair; and the need for more time to plan and reflect.

Larry Rosenstock, High Tech High's founding principal and now CEO, admits he had to combat some skepticism when he, along with a coalition of business leaders and educators, established a single charter school in 2000.

In Colorado, the coalition included the Colorado League of Charter Schools, Democrats for Education Reform Colorado, the business group Colorado Succeeds, and the Colorado Charter School Institute.

In 2002 he gave a private pledge to business leaders organized by Terence C. Golden, a former Reagan administration Treasury official and chief executive of Host Marriott, to support vouchers as part of a broader initiative to help charter and regular public schools.

After Commencement, he plans to open a charter school for boys of color, grades 6 — 12, in South Central Los Angeles, focused on math, business, and the arts.

Tom is the recipient of the prestigious Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership (2009), University of Michigan Ross Business School's Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010), the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award (2008), and served as Chairman of the 2007 National Charter Schools Conference.

In 1993, Shanker turned against the charter school idea when he realized that for - profit organizations saw it as a business opportunity and were advancing an agenda of school privatization.

In some cities, charter chains seek to drive the public schools out of business.

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• None of us should think that most bureaucrats and school personnel in Illinois» public education industry want to see more good charters: Those schools, like many parochial and other privately run schools, are thriving proof that when schools have to excel to stay in business, many of them will... find ways to excel.

Today, charter schools are promoted not as ways to collaborate with public schools but as competitors that will force them to get better or go out of business.

The Secretary specifically invites advice and recommendations from State and local education administrators, parents, teachers and teacher organizations, principals, other school leaders (including charter school leaders), paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and other organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and other organizations involved with the implementation and operation of title I programs.