Board members also heard from Louisiana Association
of Public Charter Schools executive director Caroline Roemer Shirley, who discussed the importance of following applicable laws, getting parents involved, and the educational landscape in Louisiana generally.
Louisiana Association
of Public Charter Schools executive director Caroline Roemer's letter to the editor in The Advertiser makes the case of why charter schools are not the blame for fiscal woes of the Lafayette Parish School Board.
Good Morning Louisiana Association
of Public Charter Schools executive director Caroline Roemer's letter to the editor in The Advertiser makes the case of why charter schools are not the blame for fiscal woes of the Lafayette Parish School Board.
Not exact matches
Billy Easton, with AQE, calls Brown a front person for billionaire Wall Street
executives, who he says fund the
charter school movement at the expense
of public school.
The letter was signed by Ms. Moskowitz, the founder and CEO
of Success Academy
Charter Schools; Dave Levin, the co-founder of KIPP charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
Charter Schools; Dave Levin, the co-founder of KIPP charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
Schools; Dave Levin, the co-founder
of KIPP
charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
schools; Jacob Mnookin, the
executive director
of the Coney Island Prep
Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO
of Uncommon
Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement
Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO
of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president
of Achievement First.
*** Photo Left to Right: Althea Williams, Founder and President
of «Youth Leaders On The Move;» Loretta Masterson, President
of the Sack Wern Houses Residents Council; April D. Horton, Director
of External and Government Affairs at Verizon; Senator Jeff Klein; Darrin Speight, President
of the Shorehaven Condo Association; Paul Moore, Principal
of Moore Development Group; Debra Stern, Founder and
Executive Director
of the Amani
Public Charter School.
Scott Pearson,
executive director
of the D.C.
Public Charter School Board, said the report shows diverse and non-diverse charter schools can be succ
Charter School Board, said the report shows diverse and non-diverse
charter schools can be succ
charter schools can be successful.
Nina Rees is President and Chief
Executive Officer
of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools.
«The explosive growth in the number
of charter schools has been just wonderful,» Royce Van Tassell, executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, told the Desere
charter schools has been just wonderful,» Royce Van Tassell, executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, told the Desere
schools has been just wonderful,» Royce Van Tassell,
executive director
of the Utah Association
of Public Charter Schools, told the Desere
Charter Schools, told the Desere
Schools, told the Deseret News.
Former US Secretary
of Education John King, National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools Senior Policy Adviser Christy Wolfe, Chris Barbic
of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and DC
Public Charter School Board
Executive Director Scott Pearson will participate in the discussion and AEI's Nat Malkus will moderate.
Debating this issue were Charles Barone, policy director, Democrats for Education Reform; Robin Lake, director, Center for Reinventing
Public Education; Mike Petrilli,
executive vice president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Delia Pompa, senior vice president
of programs, National Council
of La Raza; and Nelson Smith, senior advisor, National Association
of Charter School Authorizers.
But Wednesday morning, the U.S. Department
of Education took an
executive action that I support strongly, issuing new guidance for the
Public Charter Schools Program that will allow
charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.
The original
executive director
of the D.C.
Public Charter School Board, former president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, current senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and much more, Smith understands chartering and school governance inside an
School Board, former president
of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools, current senior advisor to the National Association
of Charter School Authorizers, and much more, Smith understands chartering and school governance inside an
School Authorizers, and much more, Smith understands
chartering and
school governance inside an
school governance inside and out.
He spent more than seven years as
Executive Director
of Pioneer Institute for
Public Policy Research, where he helped to launch the Massachusetts
Charter School Resource Center, which supported the development of the state's first charter s
Charter School Resource Center, which supported the development
of the state's first
charter s
charter schools.
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.
As Nelson Smith, former
executive director
of the DC
Public Charter School Board, puts it, «David went around the country vacuuming up best practices.»
Nina Rees is the President and Chief
Executive Officer
of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools
As the
executive director and the board chairman
of the District
of Columbia's independent
chartering body, we are often asked whether we favor a «New Orleans» future for D.C., where
charter schools eventually serve virtually all
public -
school students.
I am the
executive director
of the DC
Public Charter School Board, and the story
of our sector in the nation's capital is mostly one
of continued success, growth, popularity, and quality improvement.
«When we first started problem - based learning, it was important for people to see that they could do this in small ways,» says Jessica Wodatch, the
executive director
of Two Rivers
Public Charter School.
After spending 26 years in leadership positions at four international and American
schools abroad in Norway, Japan, Switzerland, and Brazil, he has just concluded twelve years as
Executive Director
of Sturgis
Charter Public School, a nationally and internationally recognized «IB for All» high school with two campuses in Hyanni
School, a nationally and internationally recognized «IB for All» high
school with two campuses in Hyanni
school with two campuses in Hyannis, MA.
The message
of persistence, says Terry Croy Lewis, the
executive director
of the Colorado
Charter School Institute, was clear: «Legislators knew the issue wasn't going away, that every year the reform community would come back demanding that local revenues be shared equally with all students attending
public schools,» she said.
In 2011, she led New York State's first successful
public charter school turnaround as
executive director
of Harlem Prep, which grew from the third percentile citywide to the 96th percentile in just one academic year.
The group was named Thursday (May 12) and includes Superintendent Lewis and Recovery Superintendent Patrick Dobard, a half dozen
charter school leaders, the Orleans Parish federal programs / external grants director and two education advocates, Urban League
of Greater New Orleans chief
executive Erika McConduit - Diggs and Orleans
Public Education Network director Deirdre Johnson Burel.
«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.
Richard Abernathy —
Executive Director, Arkansas Association for Educational Administrators Senator Shane Broadway — Arkansas State Legislature John Brown, III —
Executive Director, Windgate Foundation Senator Steve Bryles — Arkansas State Legislature Gary Compton — Superintedent, Bentonville
Public Schools Debbie Davis — Director, Arkansas Leadership Academy Melanie Fox — Little Rock
School Board Luke Gordy —
Executive Director, Arkansans for Education Reform Jerry Guess — Superintendent, Camden - Fairview
School District Frank Holman — Superintendent, Lincoln
School District Senator Jimmy Jeffress — Arkansas State Legislature Laura Kellams — Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Tom Kimbrell — Commissioner, Arkansas Department
of Education Alice Mahony — Arkansas State Board
of Education Matt McClure — Superintendent, Cross County
School District John Pijanowski — University
of Arkansas, College
of Education and Health Professions Representative David Rainey — Arkansas State Legislature Vicki Saviers — Arkansas State Board
of Education Quentin Suffren — Chief, Academic Officer, The Learning Institute Valerie Tatum —
Executive Director, Covenant Keepers
Charter School Representative Bruce Westerman — Arkansas State Legislature
Much
of this diaspora is associated with a handful
of ideas: the championing
of public education as «the civil rights movement
of our time»;
executive - style leadership;
charter schools; and an emphasis on data, especially test scores.
As part
of the Communities in
Schools Leadership Town Hall Conference, Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Vice President of the AFT, will discuss the effects of poverty in public s
Schools Leadership Town Hall Conference, Nina Rees, president
of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools, and Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Vice President of the AFT, will discuss the effects of poverty in public sc
Public Charter Schools, and Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Vice President of the AFT, will discuss the effects of poverty in public s
Schools, and Mary Cathryn Ricker,
Executive Vice President
of the AFT, will discuss the effects
of poverty in
public sc
public schoolsschools.
On the importance
of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher,
executive director
of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver
Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confi
Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and
charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confi
schools to ensure all areas
of a city have quality
schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confi
schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose
schools confi
schools confidently.
In honor
of this important week, Association
of American Educators
Executive Director Gary Beckner released the following statement: «AAE continues to be awed by the strides the
public charter school community make in communities across America.
«Your ZIP code should not determine your child's fate,» said Caroline Roemer Shirley,
Executive Director, Louisiana Association
of Public Charter Schools.
What follows are edited excerpts
of our Story Suite conversation with Robbyn Wahby, founding
Executive Director
of the Missouri
Charter Public School Commission.
Shields also served as founding
Executive Director
of the Michigan
Public Educational Facilities Authority, where she successfully helped
charter schools gain access to facility financing funds.
On Thursday, September 29, 2016, David Dunn,
Executive Director
of Texas
Charter Schools Association, testified at a joint hearing before the Texas House Appropriations and
Public Education Committees.
Ramona Edelin,
executive director
of the D.C. Association
of Chartered
Public Schools, a membership group for charter school administrators, says, «What's so powerful to me as an educator of 45 years is that some of these schools are having stunning success with the students that so many are concerned
Schools, a membership group for
charter school administrators, says, «What's so powerful to me as an educator
of 45 years is that some
of these
schools are having stunning success with the students that so many are concerned
schools are having stunning success with the students that so many are concerned about.
«Universal pre-k was Mayor de Blasio's signature program, but this contract is just another example
of the way in which the city (the mayor) throws obstacles at
charters,» said Jacob Mnookin,
executive director
of Coney Island Preparatory
Public Charter School.
«Once people understand what a
charter school is, they like the concept of innovation and allowing teachers to have freedom in the classroom,» said Peter C. Groff, the president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter S
charter school is, they like the concept
of innovation and allowing teachers to have freedom in the classroom,» said Peter C. Groff, the president and chief
executive officer
of the National Alliance for
Public Charter S
Charter Schools.
Shields also served as founding
Executive Director
of the Michigan
Public Educational Facilities Authority, where she successfully helped charter public schools gain access to facility financing
Public Educational Facilities Authority, where she successfully helped
charter public schools gain access to facility financing
public schools gain access to facility financing funds.
:
Executive Director Jumoke Academy Honors at Milner
School Educational Institution; 51 - 200 employees; Education Management industry July 2012 — July 2013 (1 year 1 month) Hartford, CT Executed launch and strategic plan of historic partnership between a charter school management company and Hartford Public Sc
School Educational Institution; 51 - 200 employees; Education Management industry July 2012 — July 2013 (1 year 1 month) Hartford, CT Executed launch and strategic plan
of historic partnership between a
charter school management company and Hartford Public Sc
school management company and Hartford
Public Schools.
Prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Goenner served as
Executive Director at The Center for
Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, the nation's largest university authorizer of charter public s
Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, the nation's largest university authorizer of charter public s
Schools at Central Michigan University, the nation's largest university authorizer
of charter public s
charter public schoolsschools.
«On behalf
of the Texas
Charter Schools Association, I want to offer our congratulations to IDEA
Public Schools on winning the Broad Prize this year,» said David Dunn,
Executive Director.
Considering Connecticut's biggest corporate
executives are determined to see their policies adopted, no matter how wrong that are, it will be interesting to see if the new
Executive Director
of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform reverses herself and joins the call for
charter schools or if she is able to sit down with her organization's members and explain why shifting scarce
public resources from district
schools to
charter schools is not the solution for closing Connecticut's achievement gap.
She was
Executive Director
of the Idaho
Charter School Network, and had the privilege of serving under Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna as School Choice Coordinator, providing support for Idaho's charter s
Charter School Network, and had the privilege
of serving under Superintendent
of Public Instruction Tom Luna as
School Choice Coordinator, providing support for Idaho's
charter s
charter schools.
Gary Naeyaert,
executive director
of the Great Lakes Education Project and an advocate for
charter public schools, was at the meeting and wondered why there was so much discussion about one
charter public school when there were 40 - plus conventional
public schools also with deficits.
Bob Lesser is the founder and
Executive Director
of Mott Hall
Charter School, an innovative public middle school serving low - income families in the South
School, an innovative
public middle
school serving low - income families in the South
school serving low - income families in the South Bronx.
Akshai J. Patel is the chief
executive officer
of Phoenix Collegiate Academy (PCA), a K - 12 network
of free
public charter schools in South Phoenix with the mission
of preparing students to succeed in college and be leaders in the community.
We explored this issue with a roundtable
of current and former principals, including Sharif El - Mekki, principal
of Mastery
Charter School — Shoemaker campus in West Philadelphia, PA; Trevor Greene, 2013 NASSP National Principal
of the Year and
executive director
of human resources
of Highline
Public Schools in the state
of Washington; and Brad Seamer, assistant principal at Harrisburg High
School in South Dakota.
Here's the third
of four parts on California
charters, written by Carol Burris, a former New York high
school principal who is now
executive director
of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education.
As
executive director
of Newark, New Jersey's PC2E, he is committed to fostering positive change in all
public schools, whether
charter or traditional.
Second, Baxter noted some recent
public comments made by Scott Pearson, the Executive Director of the D.C. Public Charter Schools Board (DCPCSB) about that authorizer's attempts to ensure equity in the charter schools it ove
public comments made by Scott Pearson, the
Executive Director
of the D.C.
Public Charter Schools Board (DCPCSB) about that authorizer's attempts to ensure equity in the charter schools it ove
Public Charter Schools Board (DCPCSB) about that authorizer's attempts to ensure equity in the charter schools it ov
Charter Schools Board (DCPCSB) about that authorizer's attempts to ensure equity in the charter schools it ov
Schools Board (DCPCSB) about that authorizer's attempts to ensure equity in the
charter schools it ov
charter schools it ov
schools it oversees.