Sentences with phrase «of more charter»

Although the Gates Foundation money is a tiny portion of the Hartford School System's total budget, by accepting the grant, the Hartford Board is committed to instituting more standardized testing (the NWEA MAP test), supporting the expansion of more charter slots (a gift for Jumoke and Achievement First) and attaching teacher evaluation results (From the Danielson / Teachscape programs) to the NWEA MAP and other standardized test data.

Under his leadership, CCSA now advocates on behalf of more charter schools and charter school students than any other state in the nation.

Locally, opposition from a strong union, United Teachers Los Angeles, hasn't been enough to stop the creation of more charter schools than in any other city in the country.

This is not about whether Commissioner Pryor should be involved in discussions and decisions about whether Connecticut should allow the creation of more charter schools.

President Obama's administration should direct federal incentives to encourage the formation of more charter schools.

Voters in Massachusetts and Georgia rejected ballot measures that would have paved the way for the creation of more charter schools.

The pro-reform website Dropout Nation noted that «the passage of the plan, along with one that would allow for the opening of more charter schools, is another reminder of the important shift that is happening, not only within Louisiana's public education system, but throughout American public education as a whole.

But the passage of the plan, along with one that would allow for the opening of more charter schools, is another reminder of the important shift that is happening, not only within Louisiana's public education system, but throughout American public education as a whole.

The Obama administration wants states to compete for the money by showing they're ready to take - on tough reforms — reforms that use student test scores in teacher evaluations, as well as reforms that encourage the creation of more charter schools.

The influence that these private philanthropists exercise is now being felt in school districts from coast to coast and manifests itself in the policies favored by the donors: the introduction of a corporate model in school administration, merit pay for teachers, giving local schools greater autonomy from their respective districts and the opening of more charter schools.

Castrejón, a former lobbyist for the California Charter Schools Association, comes to GPS Now at a time of heightened scrutiny, skepticism and outright animus from district officials and parents growing fearful of the financial impact of more charter schools in the district.

For one thing, she said, the group is not focusing solely on the creation of more charter schools, pointing out, «This is not a charter - only effort.

In Massachusetts, where residents will soon vote in a referendum on whether to allow the creation of more charter schools, pro-charter groups are running tv ads.

In Massachusetts, where residents will soon vote in a referendum on whether to allow the creation of more charter schools, pro-charter groups are running tv ads including the one shown above.

A new Quinnipiac poll released on Nov. 19 found that New York City voters are divided on the idea of more charter schools, but many believe those charters should pay rent for using public school buildings.

«Their fear, writ large, is if you have a city that says, I don't want to have any more charter schools, that a city could basically stop the creation of more charter schools by limiting the location and the funding,» he said.

For every move de Blasio has made to treat charters less favorably relative to traditional public schools than they were treated by the previous administration, Cuomo has countered with promises of more charter funding and benefits.

Cuomo has suggested $ 1.1 billion in additional education spending — but only if lawmakers agree to implement tougher tenure rules, teacher evaluations more reliant on student test performance and the authorization of more charter schools.

Not exact matches

After months of speculation Qantas has confirmed it has taken over regional airline Network Aviation to move into the fly - in - fly - out air charter market in a deal believed to be valued at more than $ 30 million.

Privately - held companies are often more difficult to research, but every corporation has to be chartered in a particular state and the filings of state corporation records are public documents.

For a few hundred more dollars, you can do a custom charter flight to a destination of your choice, and you can even choose to fly on a faster aircraft if you'd like.

People like him — and there are more than you think — charter a commercial airliner and hop across the country visiting the Meccas of the aviation world.

Lloyd's has become more involved in inclusivity as of late, with a number of inclusion and diversity networks formed in 2014, in addition to Lloyd's recently becoming a signatory to the Women in Finance Charter and committing to the Working Forward campaign.

THERE should be more chartered accountants within the public sector, according to newly appointed Institute of Chartered Accountants WA regional manager Con Abbott.

More recently, the lack of new banking charters is playing a big role — as banks continue to merge and close, there's been little influx of new institutions to balance that out.

This combination will also force AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Verizon, and others to make investments of their own to compete, driving billions more in accelerated investment.

According to CVI ² charter member and pioneering industry tracker and media company Global Corporate Venturing, today worldwide there are more than 1100 corporations with corporate venture programs, more than 475 of those having formed since the beginning of 2010.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Monday moved to approve Charter Communications» $ 65.5 billion acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, enabling the creation of a new cable giant as the industry focuses more on broadband as traditional TV declines.

C100 Charter Members include some of the most successful Canadians working in some of the most important tech companies in the Silicon Valley, include startups CEOs, top executives of companies such as Apple, Cisco, EA, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle, and venture investors representing more than $ 8 billion in capital.

«As holders of more than 1.3 million Apple shares, Greenlight is alarmed that Apple is attempting to eliminate preferred stock from its corporate charter, hindering its ability to unlock value for shareholders,» Einhorn wrote in his shareholder letter.

In conclusion, she asks those reading her post to «not even consider» using Talon Air, and instead to turn to one of the «many more charter companies available.»

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

Aerospace and aviation are by far the biggest segments of IMP, a conglomerate with revenue of more than $ 1 - billion a year from interests spanning charter airline CanJet and private aviation firm Innotech - Execaire Aviation Group.

It probably won't make Wynne any more popular in Harper's eyes, and will be one more reason for him to avoid meeting with her, but it could also be the first shot in a Supreme Court challenge of the legislation, which could conceivably be much faster - tracked than it would be if we had to wait for a Charter challenge the traditional way, which could conceivably help save lives, going back to the thrust of the Bedford decision in the first place.

They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens, and they're probably more successful than charter schools.»

The two most relevant regulations were: 1) the prohibition on interstate banking, which created overly small and undiversified banks that were highly prone to failure; and 2) the requirement that federally chartered banks back their currency with purchases of US government bonds, which made it prohibitively expensive to issue more currency when the demand rose, leading to the currency shortages and resulting panics that culminated in the Panic of 1907.

We supervise state chartered banks that choose to be members of the Federal Reserve System, trust companies, data processing centers that service state member banks, and bank and financial holding companies, which control one or more commercial banks.

This is because the rigorous standards of a trust charter are actually much more extensive than the BitLicense.

ColorOfChange, an online civil rights organization «comprised of Black folks from every economic class,» announced in a press release that it has joined nearly a dozen groups and more than 200,000 individuals in opposing a merger between Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) and Time Warner...

Organizers at Pembroke Pines Charter High School said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing that day.

The data on charter - school performance is perhaps mixed, but a half century of research proves, as Ravitch acknowledges, that «minority children in Catholic schools are more likely to take advanced courses than their peers in public schools, more likely to go to college, and more likely to continue on to graduate school.»

Faith - based organizations charter more than 70 % of Scout chapters, providing meeting space and leadership, according to the BSA.

The policy fails to respect or revere the religious beliefs, values and theology of the vast majority of Christian churches, which charter more than 70 % of all Scouting units.

The end of the cold war makes it politically more likely that the UN will want to exercise the powers granted it in its charter.

The Earth Charter is the project of a loose group of NGOs who hoped to use their accreditation to the 1992 UN «Conference on Environment and Development» at Rio de Janeiro (the «Earth Summit») to get a document containing some more radical environmental views on the formal agenda and, if possible, adopted.

A very large part of them represent some sectarian or denominational opinion; some of them have little more than a name, a charter, and a bias.»

When the people decide to amend the nation's charter, they do so because they believe the changes will make their Constitution an even more perfect instrument of the right, rather than because they think it will better serve them and their interests.

Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still on waiting lists.»

but the most important part is the belief that we are all connected on a deeper level and that our bodies are just instruments helping us charter through this plethora of interactions (between the like) called «life» More like Buddhism with out Budha.