Sentences with phrase «of charter movements»

Therefore, even though the recent drafts of the Earth Charter are less extreme than they once were, the philosophy of the Charter movement continues to be totalitarian.

Four charter schools are expected to be approved for New York today that state officials say illustrate the original goal of the charter movement: innovation.

Cuomo has only recently become a champion of the charter movement, intervening in a battle between the charters and de Blasio on the side of the charter sector, and eventually overseeing the passage of a bill guaranteeing the continued growth of the movement.

For eight years, she's been the lightning rod of the charter movement, raising millions from hedge funders and foundations as she aggressively worked her close connections to the Bloomberg administration to take over space in public schools.

DeVos is a major contributor to New York City's Success Academy Charter Schools and a supporter of the charter movement in general.

DFER's new strategy «gives them protection for their agenda if the Senate goes Democratic without their help,» said Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian and frequent critic of the charter movement.

This courtroom effort is also apt to chill charter enrollments, teachers, and public perception of the charter movement.

Some self - inflicted wounds of the charter movement have strengthened the hands of its critics and opponents.

That story reveals the limit to the mayor's pushback on behalf of charters and the fact that there is no limit to what United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) will do to prevent the growth of the charter movement.

The founders of the charter movement envisaged that increased autonomy would remove the ceiling for high achievers.

This morning he takes on one of the charter movement's fiercest competitors, Eva Moskowitz

This is no idle question, as Republican support has been crucial to the growth and success of the charter movement over the past twenty - five years.

It is far too early to assess the significance of charter schools for American education, but this report offers the first comprehensive description of the charter movement; thus, it provides a foundation for tracking future charter developments.

Instead, many leaders of the charter movement have spent the past decade displaying their progressive credentials and chasing after Democratic votes that almost never materialize.

KIPP, the nationwide network of charter schools and one of the great success stories of the charter movement, has 125 schools serving 41,000 students, making it less than one - twentieth the size of the New York City Department of Education.

The second cause for enthusiasm is the contribution of the charter movement to the health of civil society.

It almost certainly didn't mean to, but OCR may have stumbled into the most significant federal charter policy action since the birth of the charter movement two decades ago.

This morning he takes on one of the charter movement's fiercest competitors, Eva Moskowitz; rather, he finds a kid who he implies got dumped by one of Moskowitz's schools and through him attempts to show charters as cherry - pickers.

These vendors provide the tools and resources to fit the unique and expanding needs of the charter movement.

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addressed a standing - room only crowd on Tuesday, expressing her support of the charter movement as well as other forms of school choice including traditional public education, private schools, and vouchers.

Among the goals of the charter movement from its inception was pushing traditional public schools to improve.

For all that, there is no denying the very real accomplishments of the charter movement in Los Angeles.

If we can work with the administration in raising the discussion from the zero - sum game of testing to the greater vision of «where are we going and how should we get there» — maybe we can actually get some of the district - charter collaboration that was also one of the original goals of the charter movement.

It's well past time for us in the community wing of the charter movement to reclaim our place in the debate.

The real story we want to tell, though, is one of principles: the principles that were at the core of the charter movement when it first began and the principles we're trying to return to.

Let's just say the leaders of the charter movement were all over this one, and also allegedly involved.

Check out the statement from CCSA's Jed Wallace, as well as a story in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press, which discusses the birth of the charter movement, and the changes over the past two decades.

That's why this page has supported the growth of the charter movement in L.A., as well as a new district initiative that will open perhaps 250 schools to outside management, including charter operators.

He spoke of a charter movement that was intended to empower parents who were... Read More

The first days of the charter movement might serve as the starting point of confrontation but the issues today include a variety of policies aimed at shaking up the status quo such as teacher evaluations, school choice, parent rights and interventions of struggling schools.

Bridgeport, the most corrupt Dem city in CT and the cancerous tumor of the charter movement.

And I think several of us came in (to City Hall) saying, «There's many faces of this charter movement, and also several of your critiques of the charter movement may not be accurate.»

For instance, much of the charter movement has been about educating poor children based on pity.

«Right now, our focus must be to support the voice of the charter movement, to mitigate political and ideological battlegrounds, and instead, find common ground to ensure all students are getting the education they deserve.

He suggested that while authorizing standards are vital to charter success (NACSA rates each state and provides an index score to quantify the effectiveness of their authorization process), the strength of the charter movement is built upon the idea that creativity, flexibility, and originality to meet the educational needs of diverse learners should continue to define the charter movement.

Hosted by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), the three - day annual conference drew nearly 3,000 members of the charter movement's best and brightest leaders to the largest state charter school conference in the country.

Working on behalf of the charter movement, CCSA launched a campaign this week to counter the «alternative facts» CTA is spreading.

The San Carlos Charter Learning Center, which opened that following year, is known as the birthplace of the charter movement.

It could have been a year during which the National Alliance of Charter Schools and other leaders of the charter movement reflected on the four areas of concern and encouraged charters to make progress on each and every one.

«We want to thank the supporters of the charter movement, including students, parents and teachers, for recognizing the important role of charter schools in public education, and for supporting efforts to expand quality education opportunities to more students.

Of course as a post-age 50 attendee I was the outlier in this observation, but I was encouraged by the relative youthfulness of the attendees, reflective in a way of the youth of the charter movement and the energy and creativity that is inherent to school choice.

Despite growing critical of the charter movement, Shanker (1988) believed that his proposal for charter schools could drive widespread reform, leading to, as he put it, «thousands and thousands of schools in this country where people are building a new type of school that reaches the overwhelming majority of our students» (p. 21).

Pittsburgh Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt described just how bad Imagine's reputation is when Imagine was trying to open a school in the district: «A lot of my friends in education around the country are very supportive of the charter movement.

Instead, in 2012, RSD turned the school over to Collegiate Academies, considered a leading light of the charter movement.

His influence can be traced to almost every corner of the charter movement's development, and unlike Shanker and the others, he remained dedicated to building and promoting the idea through decades of effort.

Plus, there are many grants to the «cottage industries» of the charter movement.

As Peter Cookson and Kristina Berger observed in 2002, «Much of the charter movement is rooted in the same assumptions and philosophy that [voucher advocates John] Chubb and [Terry] Moe use to support their belief that the American public school system should be transformed into a market - based «economy» that forces autonomous, publicly funded schools to compete for students.»

They're saying their interests and reputations can suffer when they're lumped in with the rest of the charter movement.

The book highlights successes and struggles of the charter movement after 25 years, backs it up with mountains of data, and offers a number of policy recommendations going forward.

Charter Schools at the Crossroads offers a frank and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcomings of the charter movement, and outlines possible directions for the future.