Sentences with phrase «of kids in charter schools»

Yet on key comparisons, especially by students» race, there is no statistically significant difference between the performance of kids in charter schools and traditional public schools.

«You can't learn about charter schools by studying 3 percent of kids in charter schools, because charter school students are only one and a half percent of American students,» says Hoxby.

«If we double the number of kids in charter schools from 100,000 to 200,000, we get every kid off the waitlist and into a school they deserve.»

«Ninety three percent of the kids in charter schools are minorities that finally got a chance to succeed, and we shouldn't be kicking them in the butt, pardon my language,» he said.

Not exact matches

At the public charter school where she used to teach, she said, «I had a lot of students comment, «I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City.»»

«All of the kids on the team do well in school, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter Sschool, and I think that it is important for us to keep our grades up to stay on the team,» said Brent Bell, a 17 - year - old from Lincoln who attended Lincoln High before starting his senior year being home - schooled through the Horizon Charter SchoolSchool.

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Goin said she feels very lucky that her three kids attend Larchmont Charter in part because of the garden and fresh meals that are cooked for school lunch each day on the campus.

Fields lives in the South Bronx, and three of her kids receive free lunches at their local charter school.

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

«Most kids who attend a charter school in New York come from low - income families of color who can't afford to move into a better school district.

Thousands of city charter school kids got a day off school to take part in a huge rally on the steps of the Capitol that called for an end to the «failing schools crisis.»

«Our kids are in a great school and quite simply we're hoping that everybody else gets the opportunity to do the same,» said Nina Zito, 44, of Manhattan, whose two daughters attend a charter school.

Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder and chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, shown last year, said in a statement on Wednesday, «In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.&raquin a statement on Wednesday, «In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.&raquIn the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.»

«There's no denying that charter schools have become a fundamental part of the overall success of New York City public schools, especially in those areas where moms and dads are looking to get their kids out of a failing school so they can have a fresh start on the future of their dreams,» Flanagan said in the statement.

«There are over 100,000 kids in charter schools, over 40,000 on waiting lists, which tells me that there is a crying need on behalf of parents to make sure there kids get a good education,» Flanagan said.

By increasing the number of gifted and talented programs in our neighborhoods and increasing the number of public charter school seats to 200,000 citywide, we can give thousands more kids in the Bronx the chance to participate in a program or attend a school that could change their lives.

Consider a math competition, said the dean of an all - boys, entirely African American charter school that seemed to have little in common with Powell: «Kids respond well to that.»

Despite a record of supporting charter schools, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton questioned their effectiveness in her campaign by saying that they «don't take the hardest - to - teach kids or, if they do, they don't keep them.»

• More than half of the charter kids studied live in poverty — higher than the traditional public school rate.

Today, almost half of the city's public school enrollment is in charters, even more kids are on charter waitlists, and PCSB has the authority to continue growing its portfolio.

«There are very few good options in school nutrition, and most schools serve their kids lousy food that is unappealing,» says Bob Nardo, managing director of operations for KIPP TEAM Charter Schools in Newark, N.J. «This is a problem everywhere, but particularly in low - income areas that are considered food deserts, where you can't get adequate, nutritious food schools serve their kids lousy food that is unappealing,» says Bob Nardo, managing director of operations for KIPP TEAM Charter Schools in Newark, N.J. «This is a problem everywhere, but particularly in low - income areas that are considered food deserts, where you can't get adequate, nutritious food Schools in Newark, N.J. «This is a problem everywhere, but particularly in low - income areas that are considered food deserts, where you can't get adequate, nutritious food nearby.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

Charters and vouchers, for example, have not succeeded in extending school choice to many more millions of kids because the structural rigidities, ingrained practices, and adult interest groups that dominate the system haven't let that happen.

Choice among schools is a fine thing, and the U.S. has made major strides in widening access for millions of kids via vouchers, charters, tax credits, savings accounts, and more.

With about 55,000 kids enrolled in L.A. charter schools, «you don't solve the problem through 10 percent of the kids.»

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

Today, fourteen cities have at 30 percent of their public school kids in charters.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

In the eyes of many educators, policy makers, and philanthropists (and probably the broader public as well) chartering has come to be viewed as principally a mechanism for liberating poor kids from bad schools and relocating them into better schools.

Of course, that's only a «win» for kids if the new charter schools themselves are high - performing — which is by no means a given, especially in states like Ohio.

Clearing some of the fog is The Lottery, a new documentary film by Madeleine Sackler that tracks four families hoping to enroll their kids in one of the Harlem Success charter schools.

Reformers in New York's capital have brought high - quality charter schools to scale, giving hope to a generation of disadvantaged kids.

In another classroom at the East Palo Alto Charter School, Ken Clarkson led Meg Barrager's third - grade class in a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the traiIn another classroom at the East Palo Alto Charter School, Ken Clarkson led Meg Barrager's third - grade class in a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the traiin a series of simple mental - awareness exercises designed to help sharpen kids» abilities to spot interesting and unusual anomalies along the trail.

D.C.'s charter school sector stands as a shining example of what urban chartering can accomplish for kids in need.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

«I think that this [charter] model is the only model that can be principled and serve the needs of kids,» says Tony Monfiletto, a progressive educator who cofounded the Amy Biehl Charter High School in Albuquerque, New charter] model is the only model that can be principled and serve the needs of kids,» says Tony Monfiletto, a progressive educator who cofounded the Amy Biehl Charter High School in Albuquerque, New Charter High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Teachers and administrators in those buildings might not want to lose the space, or have their work compared with the efforts of a charter school in the same building, but we believed the space belonged to the kids, not the schools, and if the kids wanted to choose a charter school, they should command their share of the space as well.

But as he sees it, the keys to success in the New Orleans RSD, where 37 of the 70 schools are charters, will be «communicating with parents» his «deep belief that parents need to be a partner in education,» that «they need to understand the options for their kids, and the need to make the best choice possible for their kids, knowing what the likely outcome is going to be.»

Thus, the case for charter schools today is almost always made in social - justice terms — promoting charters» success in closing achievement gaps, boosting poor kids» chances of upward mobility, and alleviating systemic inequities.

Charter advocates say, «No, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.Charter advocates say, «No, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.»

«They said the mix is right now, but the mix can not be right, because there are still thousands of kids who are in schools that are not working,» said Andy Smarick, a charter advocate and partner at Bellwether Education Partners in the District.

The latest findings, based on six well - regarded charter schools in Boston, released Wednesday by the Boston Foundation and MIT's School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative, adds to the accumulating evidence that at least a subset of high - performing charters are measuring up to the movement's early aspirations of giving disadvantaged kids a shot at a better life.

Neither side is wholly satisfied: liberals complain that not every needy kid has equal access to charter options and that not every charter is good at meeting every kid's needs, while conservatives lament that the hand of government still weighs upon these schools and the marketplace is constrained in multiple ways.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor accused him of waging a «war against kids» and House Republicans promptly announced a committee hearing on «The Role of Charter Schools in K - 12 Education.»

«There are just better ways for us to help kids in the Bay Area,» said Jason Solomon, senior director of advocacy and engagement at Summit Public Schools, which operates eight charter schools in the Bay Area and three in WashingtonSchools, which operates eight charter schools in the Bay Area and three in Washingtonschools in the Bay Area and three in Washington state.

Even when charter schools use simple applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come from more motivated families» than kids in nearby district schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.

Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone is one of the most - discussed charter school ventures in America since it combined a «no - excuses» schooling philosophy with the provision of a lot of additional social services to in - need kids.

For English - language learners, 8 percent of charter students were proficient in reading, compared with 5 percent of public - school kids.

Jen Walmer, state director of Democrats for Education Reform, explained, «Our focus was always on ensuring that all kids enrolled in public schools — including charter schools — had equal access to local revenues.