Sentences with phrase «of charter schools in the city»

74 % of charter schools in the city received a top tier rating.

Today half of charter schools in the city are improving reading or maths at a significantly faster rate than competing public schools; and across the state as a whole charters are performing better.

And it's led to a proliferation of charter schools in the city.

Chicago charter school advocates gathered to protest a provision that would cap the number of charter schools in the city under a contract with the CTU.

By deciding which proposals are good enough to be approved and which schools are good enough to stay open, authorizers have tremendous powers that determine the overall quality of charter schools in every city and state.

Chicago charter schools advocates gathered to protest a provision that would cap the number of charter schools in the city under a contract with the Chicago Teachers Union.

Aiming to boost the growth of charter schools in cities nationwide, the Walton Family Foundation plans to announce a $ 250 million initiative today to help charters build and expand their sites.

The 12 - month extension, which was coupled with a strengthening of charter schools in the city and statewide through keeping their numbers in an available pool, was agreed to after the mayor sought a permanent program.

Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz, who has fought with de Blasio over the role of charter schools in the city, said earlier Wednesday that she agrees with him about mayoral control.

However, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to be adamant on slowing the progress of charter schools in the city.

The New York City Charter School Center released on April 30 its much - anticipated report on the state of charter schools in the city.

The Boston compact stops short of committing the district to supporting expansion of charter schools in the city.

I want to thank our partners in advocacy for their support of this event: The Northeast Charter School Network who have been the chief advocates for the plaintiffs in Western New York and, of course, the NYC Charter School Center, who have been unwavering supporters of every charter school in this city.

Still, the planned sale sparked dissent among some community activists who have protested the closure of district schools and the rise of charter schools in the city.

But when several people asked about the spread of charter schools in the city and the expectation there will be many more under the state's control Cerf stepped away from his usual refrain about how they outperform traditional public schools statewide.

Emanuel's predecessor, Richard Daley, made school reform a big issue and hired as schools superintended Paul Vallas, who expanded the use of charter schools in the city.

As the year opened, the LA Unified Board of Education in the same week hired a new superintendent and unanimously voted to oppose a $ 490 - million draft plan from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that sought to rapidly increase the number of charter schools in the city so that charters would encompass half the «market share» of the entire district.

This morning, I was pleased to find out that GEO's two Indianapolis charter schools employ the most TFA members of any charter school in the city, and that GEO Academies are the 2nd largest employer of TFA members in Indianapolis period with Indianapolis Public Schools being the number one employer.

The agenda may also pit Mr. Cuomo against local politicians who have often sided with teachers unions — such as Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been resistant to increasing the number of charter schools in the city, something Mr. Cuomo specifically suggested in his speech.

«Our still young profession has the humbling and exciting responsibility of determining the quality of charter schools in every city and state...»

The Democratic - led state Assembly has approved a measure that would extend mayoral control by two years, but Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan, has balked at approving an extension unless it includes a provision to increase the number of charter schools in the city.

The borough president departed from his fellow candidates on several occasions, including in his support for standardized tests and raising the cap on the number of charter schools in the city.

Klein, who oversaw more than 1,600 public schools with 136,000 employees and a $ 21 billion operating budget, also helped grow the number of charter schools in the city.

The conflict intensified in the wake of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to double the number of charter schools in the city.

Last fall, the conflict between charter and district schools intensified after someone leaked a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to raise up to $ 490 million from foundations and wealthy individuals to double the number of charter schools in the city, with the goal of enrolling about half the students in the district within eight years.

After Hurricane Katrina, the state took over all but 16 of the city's public schools and vastly expanded the number of charter schools in the city.

Crew predicts that in the next few years, the number of charter schools in the city will increase dramatically, as will the influence of these philanthropists on the day - to - day operations at LAUSD's central offices.

But as long as there is a cap on the number of charter schools in the city, New York will continue to have a school system where zip code dictates destiny.