Sentences with phrase «of local charter»

Recently, New Haven elected officials gathered with charter school parents, students, and school leaders to celebrate the work of local charter schools.

He is desperate to find out if there's any room for his daughter in any of the local charter middle schools.

The district disputed numbers we published earlier this year, which were based on data from a handful of local charter schools.

As native Philadelphians who have pursued careers — as a state legislator, a founder of a local charter school, and a school principal — focused on empowering individuals and communities, we feel an obligation to Philadelphia's children to ensure they receive high - quality education.

Their loss coincided with a marked increase in the number of local charter schools.

At the same time, the number of local charter schools increased.

In all, six grants, totaling nearly $ 900,000, were handed out by locally based Great Public Schools Now, which is best known for its controversial genesis in a confidential plan for a massive expansion of local charter schools.

As the face of the social - Darwinist wing of the local charter movement, she's been cast as the grim reaper of moribund neighborhood schools, a witting tool of privatizing billionaires, and a Machiavellian schemer with her sights set on the mayoralty.

What's telling, however, is the motivation behind the district's initiative: a severe threat from the success of local charter schools.

In fact, some of the local charter school networks with the highest discipline rates have long enjoyed reputations as «beat the odds» schools that supposedly serve students of color better than the Minneapolis Public Schools.

This past Saturday over 2,000 families in marched in Pacoima, California in support of local charter schools.

(A statewide charter authorizer would effectively supersede and therefore negate authority of local charter authorizers such as Metro.)

And while districts could theoretically pursue rezoning on behalf of local charter schools, they reportedly hesitate to do so.

Moskowitz, the de facto leader of the local charter movement who attacked de Blasio's position on charter schools during the primary, made attendance at the march mandatory for her parents and students, but she remained relatively inconspicuous throughout the morning.

Success» nearly 400 - page SUNY application provides a look inside the charter network, and sheds light on the complicated process of local charter school authorization.

New York City has just 28 slots left for new charters, a number that could easily drop to zero over the next year with the growth of local charters guaranteed under a state law passed earlier this year.

The little - known certification fight has been a top legislative priority for Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, whose legion of local charters is largely staffed with uncertified teachers.

Last week, one of our local charters, KIPP Bridge, was featured in CCSA's report «Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter Schools in Promoting African American Achievement», which details the performance and enrollment trends of African American students in California's public schools, including charter schools.

A recent article in LA Weekly was very critical of some local charters» use of «founding parents.»

Not exact matches

Charters are public schools that boards of local citizens can apply to open and run under state oversight, and that any child can attend.

Several years ago, my uncle came up from Colorado for vacation, and while here, decided that he wanted to go charter fishing on a local lake and take some of us with him.

A 1980 charter signed by 11 restaurants (7 in Marseille) dictates what kinds of fish form the basis of an authentic local bouillabaisse.

They were charter members of all the state and local soccer organizations (California Soccer Association North, San Francisco Soccer Football League (senior group) and the California Youth Soccer Association.Info: 415-753-3111 or email: [email protected]

They were charter members of all the state and local soccer organizations (California Soccer Association North, San Francisco Soccer Football League (senior group) and the California Youth Soccer Association.Info: 415-753-3111 or email: [email protected]... Read More

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

In addition, each school district and charter school is required to establish a district School Health Advisory Council that shall meet at least 2 times annually to make recommendations to the local school board in the development or revision, implementation and evaluation of their wellness policy.

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

Arguably, state officials with a legislative role who are not members of the state legislature aren't covered, but this does not reflect common practice and this hole is often filled by a state constitutional provision or a state law or a local government charter.

At 6 p.m., NYC's Charter Revision Commission holds a public meeting and hearing soliciting input from New Yorkers on how best to improve the efficiency of local government and strengthen democracy, Bronx Community College, 2155 University Ave., Bronx.

As a taxpayer I am sick of paying for the unchecked growth of charters.I even got a flyer today offering a $ 100 incentive for those referring students to enroll in a local charter school.The charter school industry seems well funded enough to pay for all these ads — how about donating the funds for these ads to reduce local taxes — listen to local taxpayers!.

At 6 p.m., the NYC Charter Revision Commission holds a public meeting and hearing soliciting input from New Yorkers on how best to improve the efficiency of local government, New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Edna Barnes Salomon Room, 476 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems as well.

He and predecessor David Paterson remain the only state or local politicians in New York who've received donations from individual members of the family, though they have also made some sizable checks to charter school groups that support Senate Republicans.

Erie County Local Law number one of nineteen hundred fifty - nine, constituting the Erie county charter, as amended, is amended by amending section sixteen hundred twelve thereto to read as follows:

A local law is a law adopted pursuant to the Erie County Charter within the power to do so granted by the constitution, any act of the legislature or provision of the cCharter within the power to do so granted by the constitution, any act of the legislature or provision of the chartercharter.

At 11 a.m., NYC Councilman Rory Lancman holds a press conference with local elected leaders and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 workers to denounce Charter Communications» use of out - of - state contractors, Charter / Spectrum Headend Location, 7645 164th St., Qulocal elected leaders and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 workers to denounce Charter Communications» use of out - of - state contractors, Charter / Spectrum Headend Location, 7645 164th St., QuLocal 3 workers to denounce Charter Communications» use of out - of - state contractors, Charter / Spectrum Headend Location, 7645 164th St., Queens.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

And with the Assembly passing a bill to extend both mayoral control and local sales taxes, and the Senate tying mayoral control to various charter school provisions, Cuomo was betting lawmakers would return toward the end of the year to meet a different deadline — the one to re-authorize local taxes before they expire.

Is his choice more charters to serve investors that reap monetary gain and hedge (pun intended) their perception of success by returning troubled students to their local public institution?

The proposed charter school has hundreds of local supporters and backing from SUNY New Paltz and the Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement.

Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.

Should the County Executive, his or her appointed Director of Budget and Management, or anyone fail to provide information including but not limited to the budget reports requested in subsection (f) above, the chair of the Commission shall notify the clerk of the Erie County Legislature and the chair of the Erie County Legislature, in writing, and the Chair of the Legislature shall compel that such information be provided to the Commission by exercising the powers available to the Legislature, in particular those powers to subpoena and require the production of evidence as outlined in article 2, section 202, paragraph h of Local Law No.1 - 1959, as amended, constituting the Erie County Charter.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

LOWER EAST SIDE — State and local officials have asked the Department of Education to hold a public hearing on plans to bring a new school run by the Success Academy charter school chain to the neighborhood.

Ms. Evans is a licensed captain who ran a charter fishing business with her late husband, and is a founding member of the Fisherman's Emergency Fund, a nonprofit «dedicated to providing a safety net to the local fishing community in times of devastating loss,» according to a release she sent out last week.

Late last February, Mayor Bill de Blasio reversed three Success Academy co-locations, setting off a firestorm of controversy between his administration and local charter leaders.

StudentsFirstNY, a local chapter of the national reform organization, and Success Academy, the city's largest and most powerful charter school network, quickly joined suit, along with other charter networks like KIPP and Achievement First.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer released audits citing poor fiscal practices at two local charter schools, among the first such reports since he said he would scrutinize the finances of a sampling of charters.

That reality prompted, as part of the Osogbo conference agenda, the idea of federalizing political parties, along geo - political lines, with local demands driving each party's national charter, though with APC as case - point.

Flanagan, in a lengthy statement, reiterated his support for making the state's cap on local property tax increases permanent as well as the passage of an education investment tax credit along with a lifting of the cap on charter schools.