Sentences with phrase «of authorizers»

The most prevalent type of authorizer nationwide is the school district, though a variety of other entities have authority to play that role, depending on the state, from universities to mayor's offices and state education agencies.

The new requirement quickly had the desired effect: in subsequent surveys, 100 percent of authorizers reported receiving financial audits.

While serious efforts are underway to improve the professional practices of authorizers in California, inconsistent and ineffective authorizing has produced too little charter school autonomy in some cases and too little charter...

This creates extreme variability within the authorizing sector, with hundreds of authorizers with very small portfolios and largely undeveloped authorizer practices.

From the outset, MDE leadership set out to use bureaucratic process to slow and deflect the newly defined role of authorizers.

Based on the restart experiences of authorizers, school operators, education support organizations, and community leaders nationwide, the guide provides nine steps to a smooth transition.

STIMULUS FUND: The budget proposal holds the stimulus fund steady with $ 3.1 million to allocate to charter schools regardless of authorizer.

The result is tangible examples of the authorizer practices associated with high - quality charter school portfolios.

Her team works directly with hundreds of authorizers across the country to strengthen the field and the professionals working within it, so all students have access to quality school options.

While authorizers collect written assurances that schools will follow federal and state laws specific to students with IEPs (including federal law that specifies academic improvement for most students with IEPs), it's unclear why a relatively low proportion of authorizers don't use more tools to understand applicant plans for recruiting students with IEPs or ensure applicants have a high bar for outcomes.

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

At the same time, MDE has set out on a course to delay approvals of authorizers and new schools which almost certainly will lead to a contraction of the number of charter schools for reasons completely unrelated to whether or not a sponsor and school are on course to improve educational outcomes for students.

Just 50 percent of authorizers report having carried out a replication or expansion project, and less than a quarter have differentiated application processes for great schools seeking to grow.

NACSA's sixth annual survey of authorizers is a must - read for anyone trying to become familiar with the ins and outs of authorizing, as well as those interested in seeing big gains in authorizer quality.

I am not suggesting that the Arnold Foundation (or the charter movement in general) abandon all quality control efforts, but I think quality is best promoted by relying heavily on parent judgement and otherwise relying on a decentralized system of authorizers with the most contextual information to make decisions about opening and closing schools if parents seem to have difficulty assessing quality on their own.

They argue that public oversight of authorizers limits the supply of schools and that forcing charters to follow many rules and regulations substantially limits their operational freedom.

In addition to dedicated professional staff and board members, our vision requires efforts from a broad coalition of authorizers, superintendents, and state and local advocacy organizations, as well as public officials, civic leaders, funders, and others.

Additional documents related to ACNW's change of authorizer process and application can be found below:

It was enacted after NACSA surveys found a similar proportion of authorizers also abdicated this basic responsibility.

Courtney Leigh Beisel is NACSA's Director of Authorizer Engagement.

The Director of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement will manage one of NACSA's largest strategic programs and will serve as a field expert on a variety of projects, providing hands - on, customized support to charter school authorizers across the country.

We work to improve authorizing by building an evidence base to inform best practices among hundreds of authorizers nationwide, shape state charter policies, and develop the growing authorizing profession.

In Authorizer Shopping: Lessons from Experience and Ideas for the Future, released today by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), I and my co-authors, Public Impact colleagues Shonaka Ellison and Bryan Hassel and NACSA's Sean Conlan and M. Karega Rausch, consider five examples of authorizer shopping in action.

Over 90 percent of authorizers across the country are school districts, but depending on state law, authorizers can also include state education agencies, independent boards, universities, mayors and municipalities, and non-profit organizations.

Between 2009 and 2012, NACSA's Fund for Authorizing Excellence invested more than $ 2 million to strengthen the practices of dozens of authorizers throughout the country.

Equally welcome is a call to sharpen and accelerate the still - new processes of authorizer accountability.

«By default, charter schools are treated as public schools of their authorizer («schools of the district») for purposes of special education.

Arizona, Colorado, and Utah also did not perform evaluations of authorizers, another part of NACSA's recommended policy framework.

This diverse pool of authorizers, loose cap, and strong appeals process work together to ensure applications are not arbitrarily denied.

If true, charter performance would be a lagging indicator of authorizer reform; improved policies will take time to influence performance.

Schools that couldn't attract families would close, as would those that ran afoul of authorizers for academic, financial, or management failures.

Fordham's Dayton office strives hard (and with fair success) to be that kind of authorizer.

Today, Richmond couldn't think of any authorizer that meaningfully incorporates citizenship criteria into its decisions.

Take California, in particular: most of its authorizers are mediocre or worse and its per - pupil funding is in the tank, but because the California Charter Schools Association plays a very effective self - policing role, the Golden State's charters perform better than expected.

But many authorizers are still falling short on the back end of accountability: 34 percent of authorizers lack a clear, established policy to close underperforming schools.

But since chartering was created so schools could be largely independent, the ability of authorizers to exert substantial systemic control will always be limited.

At the same time, the report says, almost half of authorizers, especially smaller ones, practice «limited oversight» of their schools.

She manages a range of survey projects that focus on teacher perceptions and school climate, and oversees data collection efforts to catalog charter school closure actions and develop a national database of authorizers and their schools.

We can adapt our strategies to meet the needs of any authorizer — both staff and board — and its community.

We encourage any interested school to contact us and submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Submit a Change of Authorizer Application.

Authorizers can also avoid having to step in on the back end by more attention to prevention during the application process, for example, requiring schools to simply describe their marketing / outreach plans for students with disabilities (only a quarter of authorizers surveyed do this now).

The vast majority of authorizers gathers and monitors this data now.

These issues will ultimately impact a diverse array of authorizer responsibilities including the appropriate selection and use of annual assessments, school compliance with parental notification provisions, and how charter schools demonstrate they are using Title I funds appropriately.

The report's findings indicate that the size of an authorizer's portfolio is directly related to its adoption of key practices to ensure quality.

A former education policy and commercial real estate attorney, Elisa brings expertise to her authorizing clients, including detailed assessments of authorizer policies, practices and comprehensive due diligence reports on experienced operators.

Cheryl Weathersby, CFO and Business Manager for Pataula Charter Academy in Edison, GA said, «This shows exactly why we appreciate the work of our authorizer, The State Charter Schools Commission.