Sentences with phrase «of alternative charter school»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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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 populaschool 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 populaSchool 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 schoolOf 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 schoolof 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 schoolof 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 schoolof 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 schoolof youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban schoolof 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.

Since all three choice sectors — private, charter, and district schools of choice — are offering parents educational options that are considerably more satisfying, one must expect the market demand for educational alternatives to increase.

In more than a dozen cities, charter schools educate 30 % of or more of all public school students, and are creating a ripple effect uplifting entire education systems, and seating supportive education leaders who helped create alternative opportunities in positions of authority at local and state levels.

The purpose of this article is to assess the causal effects of charter school attendance and a closely related alternative, called pilot schools, on student achievement.

Three people who work in adult education programs in Orlando said that while they don't always know where students come from, they were unaware of a large influx from charter alternative schools like Sunshine.

They did not respond to questions about whether transfers to Sunshine and other alternative charters have inflated the graduation rates of traditional schools like Olympia.

For purposes of determining adequate yearly progress on the indicator set forth at subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, the graduation rate cohort for each public school, school district, and charter school for each school year from 2002 - 03 through 2006 - 2007 shall consist of all members of the school or district high school cohort, as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, for the previous school year plus any students excluded from that cohort solely because they transferred to an approved alternative high school equivalency or high school equivalency preparation program.