The Education Committee previously heard testimony in support
of alternative charter school authorizers from leaders of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS).
Operators
of alternative charter schools including online and independent study programs are challenging a report released last week that called out non-classroom instruction as being among the lowest performers statewide.
In future work, we hope to provide additional evidence on the relative effectiveness
of alternative charter models.
Not exact matches
«These hundreds
of small mom - and - pop shops who operate airplanes and occasionally
charter them out are not an
alternative to a globally trusted brand,» he says.
Under the
charter, Metcash, Woolworths and Coles are not able to limit the ability
of independent supermarket retailers to seek
alternative purchasers for their stores.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive
of the effort to strengthen
charter schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap on the
alternative public schools by 100.
Some are calling her support for
charter schools, a growing
alternative to public education, as a conflict
of interest much like Pruitt's.
If you're against
charter schools, then give me a better
alternative,» said the mother
of two boys.
It also allows the groups to push for
charters as an
alternative to district schools by justifying the existence
of charters by the existence
of failing non-charter schools.
In remarks on the floor during the Council
Charter session Council Member Inez Barron offered herself as an
alternative speaker candidate, harshly criticizing the absence
of any black speaker among the four people who've held the position and the continuation
of that reality with the selection
of Johnson.
Capping
charters in a certain neighborhood, for instance, is a shot aimed directly at parents in Harlem — where a proliferation
of charters is starting to offer real
alternatives to failing district schools.
And he remains bitterly hostile to the educational
alternative that is one
of the city's great success stories —
charter schools — to the point
of denying them space and working to thwart their growth.
The waiting lists to get into
charter schools are around the block in the districts
of state Assembly members who haven't challenged attempts to limit the
alternative schools, according to data obtained by The Post.
That expansion would turn her network from a formidable sector within the Department
of Education to a complete
alternative school system in New York City, comparable to the nation's largest
charter networks and a constant force for City Hall to reckon with.
Flanagan's «political» interest is in boosting educational choice in the form
of charters and other
alternative schools.
Much
of her service work revolves around working with troubled teens and
charter schools; teaching classes for creating
alternatives to drug and alcohol use.
We find at least one piece
of evidence
of competition awareness in all 12 cities, indicating that traditional public - school leaders generally acknowledge students»
alternative schooling option
of attending a
charter school.
Charter schools offer a tuition - free
alternative for lots
of urban families that might have once considered parochial schools.
But in states and school districts with strong unions and
charter laws
of similar strength, more families have sought out
alternatives for their children in
charter schools.
Whether this pattern is indicative
of general receptiveness on the part
of these districts toward
alternatives to public schools or a long - standing dissatisfaction with traditional public schools, it certainly suggests that private schools do not serve as a hindrance to the start - up
of public
charter schools.
In 2017, the New Mexico Public Education Department responded to a legislative proposal to implement a
charter school moratorium by noting, «The families
of New Mexico continue to seek
alternative, quality choices for the education
of their children.
The lottery process allowed the researchers to compare the performance
of students who won the lottery with those who lost the lottery and either attended a neighborhood G&T program, a
charter school, or an
alternative magnet school.
Thus, the NYC study can be thought
of as proof that the best
charter schools, as judged by parents, can dramatically outperform the
alternative traditional school.
Had the commission been able to develop as a real
alternative to local authorization, larger numbers
of charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support
of charter schools, capable
of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment.
Harris instead offers two potential
alternatives: 1) the improved public /
charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance
of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack
of alignment rather than poor performance.
Competition from
charters and other schools
of choice is one proven way to do that, so continuing to grow
alternatives to traditional public schools should remain at the top
of our priority list.
One possible
alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public schools when a
charter school opened nearby is the migration
of lower - performing students from the traditional public school to the
charter school.
If
chartering is to live up to its promise as an
alternative to the district - based system
of public education delivery, authorizing must get more attention.
This behavior contrasts sharply with the approach
of the
alternative, nondistrict
chartering authority in D.C., the D.C. Public
Charter School Board, which has
chartered nearly 20 schools, none
of which has been closed.
Dubbed «
charter school deserts,» these areas are predominantly located in urban and rural settings and represent populations
of students in most need
of alternative school options.
The decision was perhaps the biggest advance yet for a movement that embraces not only vouchers, but also an assortment
of new arrangements in public education, among them
charter schools, corporate management
of public schools, open enrollment, and other
alternatives to traditional schools.
But test - based outcomes, merit pay for teachers, rewards and sanctions, and voucher and
charter alternatives have been part
of the reform agenda
of most states for years.
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All four states are experiencing some degree
of teacher shortage; all have
alternative routes to certification; all have
charter - school legislation; all have adopted standards in core subjects; all use criterion - referenced assessments aligned to standards; and all are collective bargaining states.
«It kind
of came across as the problem is the charterization... But I don't think [the problem with
alternative schools] is necessarily a
charter school thing.»
Colorado requires that 95 percent
of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public
Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving
alternative student populations.
In this forum, Robin Lake
of the University
of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) and
Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) CEO Kevin Hall discuss what we know about the strengths and frailties
of CMOs, what the future holds, and what promising
alternatives might be.
Asked about the fact that only 13 percent
of alternative programs are
charter - run, Golden noted that
charters only make up 6 percent
of schools nationwide.
Using their new authority, Bloomberg and Klein «dramatically» expanded the «availability
of alternatives» to failing public schools, increasing
charters from 14 schools to 159 during Bloomberg's three terms, closing failing schools, and making almost all
of the city's high schools «schools
of choice» (see Figure 2).
Unfortunately, the ProPublica reporter and editor involved in producing the piece are defending the decision to take the angle they did, citing a spike in
alternative school enrollments in Orlando and the disproportionate representation
of charter providers in the
alternative school space.
But in the case
of private - school accountability, it doesn't have to be the Common Core — aligned tests that states will be using for their district and
charter schools (some
of which also need «
alternative» accountability arrangements).
Of course I was predisposed in that direction because I'm a huge admirer of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools — more than 40 of them now, in four boroughs of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban school
Of course I was predisposed in that direction because I'm a huge admirer
of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools — more than 40 of them now, in four boroughs of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban school
of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy
charter schools — more than 40
of them now, in four boroughs of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban school
of them now, in four boroughs
of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban school
of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational
alternatives for thousands
of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban school
of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some
of the country's worst urban school
of the country's worst urban schools.
On Twitter, reporter Vogell noted that
charter schools might be a niche element
of the
alternative school world but that «doesn't mean we shouldn't write about this case.»
The Arizona State
Charter School Board has developed an innovative system that compares the performance
of alternative schools only to that
of other
alternative schools.
The story package — complete with searchable databases and fancy maps — never tells readers that there were 6,187
alternative public schools in 2014 - 15, just 813
of which are
charters.
Vouchers,
charter schools, testing,
alternative certification, and other now - mainstream reforms are part
of this broad effort to eliminate the public schools and oppress poor people.
The vast majority
of alternative programs — 87 percent — are run by traditional school districts not
charters.
Here's my attempt at the first
of those five strategies: «Build a new system via
charter schools, education savings accounts, or similar mechanisms» as an
alternative to today's traditional, ossified one.
Within the foxholes
of New Jersey's
charter school wars, the target de jour is special education, specifically the accusation by school - choice opponents that
alternative public schools intentionally discriminate against children with special needs.
In some states, however, public
charter schools provide an important
alternative:
charters have the flexibility to opt out
of the state pension plan and develop their own retirement plans.