Sentences with phrase «of new school operators»

It requires a sophisticated new system for enrollment, the incubation of new school operators, and a fair, transparent, and rigorous accountability system.

Not exact matches

Ben also serves as Chairman of the Board of KIPP New Orleans Schools, the largest charter school operator in New Orleans.

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — A new national survey of school meal program operators reveals that more school cafeterias are utilizing strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access -LSB-...]

The new School Meal Flexibility Rule... reflects USDA's commitment, made in a May proclamation to work with program operators, school nutrition professionals, industry, and other stakeholders to develop forward - thinking strategies to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and practical... This action reflects a key initiative of USDA's Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President's Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory buSchool Meal Flexibility Rule... reflects USDA's commitment, made in a May proclamation to work with program operators, school nutrition professionals, industry, and other stakeholders to develop forward - thinking strategies to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and practical... This action reflects a key initiative of USDA's Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President's Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory buschool nutrition professionals, industry, and other stakeholders to develop forward - thinking strategies to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and practical... This action reflects a key initiative of USDA's Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President's Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory buschool nutrition standards are both healthful and practical... This action reflects a key initiative of USDA's Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President's Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2016 - More school cafeterias are using strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access to school meals through government programs such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), according to a new national survey of school meal program operators.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

Under current law, the city Department of Education uniformly refuses to offer space to new and expanding charter schools and forces the operators to file a lengthy appeal.

Klein Earns Legislator of the Year Award From School Bus Operators This week the New York School Bus Contractors Association presented New York State Senator Jeff Klein of the Bronx with its Distinguished Service Award.

Over the course of 2015, charter school operators have grown increasingly vocal about the de Blasio administration's pace of accommodating their new schools.

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

Experts working on new social networking map apps, Wi - Fi and cell tower experts, and old - school amateur radio operators are all working to help Filipinos cope with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

Our CRPE colleagues Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim have proposed a more radical solution: a new institution (a community board) that would oversee all public schools and get the school district out of the business of oversight (the district would become a school operator, much like a charter management organization).

Under the auspices of the district - charter compact, New Orleans has an integrated student - enrollment system, a common report card for all schools, and a transparent process for allocating facilities to school operators.

The overwhelming majority supported ICEF Public Schools as the operator of the new Barack Obama Global Leadership Academy, as did the superintendent and his panel of experts.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

Common Core, teacher - evaluation reform, new CBAs, technology, schools within schools — the list goes on endlessly — all of these do nothing to alter the urban district's role as dominant - default school operator.

James Merriman from the New York City Charter School Center recently pleaded with charter operators to acknowledge the unique agreement into which charters entered: «Charter schools are free from a lot of the bureaucracy that entangles district schools.

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuSchool Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool continues to serve the same students.

«I work with a lot of schools, but am usually focused on specifying master key systems and similar security requirements, so on this occasion I spoke to Nigel Gray at HOPPE to get advice on automatic door operators and he told me about their new range.

Thus far this has not been a challenge for the premier school districts, like those in Westchester (New York), Montgomery (Maryland), or Fairfax (Virginia) counties, or for charter school operators like KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) or Uncommon Schools, but it does impose a ceiling on the number of schools and districts that can rely on the people and strategies that drive success in these organizSchools, but it does impose a ceiling on the number of schools and districts that can rely on the people and strategies that drive success in these organizschools and districts that can rely on the people and strategies that drive success in these organizations.

New Orleans is just one chapter in the much bigger story of a shift from a single government operator of schools to an array of nonprofit operators.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Implementation of the grant program is running smoothly so far, and charter school operators have testified to the legislature's Education Oversight Committee about their new ability to reach more students due to these grants, said Marcus Brandon, executive director of

Guard rails would include strict standards for authorizing new schools and careful review of the background and capacities of would - be school operators.

Implementation of the grant program is running smoothly so far, and charter school operators have testified to the legislature's Education Oversight Committee about their new ability to reach more students due to these grants, said Marcus Brandon, executive director of NorthCarolinaCAN.

It protects a system in which kids are assigned to schools, the district retains power irrespective of performance, light - touch interventions pass for change, tough accountability is muted, old rules and contracts are preserved, and new operators and approaches are stymied.

Even if most individual turnaround attempts fail, you can achieve a cumulative success rate of 70 or 80 % by retrying rapidly: bringing a new, more capable leader; closing the school and starting fresh with a new operator; or closing the school altogether and dispersing the students to other, better schools.

One of the Gates Foundation's most consistent collaborators is the New Schools Venture Fund, which provides venture capital for new charter - school operatoNew Schools Venture Fund, which provides venture capital for new charter - school operatonew charter - school operators.

In the first of those parent triggers (McKinley Elementary School in Compton, CA, December 2010), the charter school operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesSchool in Compton, CA, December 2010), the charter school operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool operator that had been poised to take over the school didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool didn't do so; instead, it opened a new charter school a few minutesschool a few minutes away.

According to a series of articles this weekend in the Indianapolis Star, the new operators of four struggling Indianapolis Public Schools are using structure and discipline to communicate their expectations to students.

«We have some of the best (charter school) operators in the country in New York City, and I know that operators are starting to look elsewhere,» he said.

But instead of closing its doors, the school's former leaders brought in another operator — New York - based Democracy Prep — to turn the school around.

As we document in Public Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter operators.

Indianapolis — The Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA), the new operator of Francis Scott Key School (IPS # 103), will hold an employment information session to recruit talented and passionate teachers and staff for PLA@103, Indiana's first Innovation Network School.

Here's a more immediate benefit: Under a resolution sponsored by Yolie Flores Aguilar, vice president of the L.A. Unified school board, charter operators, along with unions and community groups, could submit proposals to run any of more than 50 new campuses that will open over the next three to four years.

Alan Hawkes, a member of the N.C. Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.&school districts feel «threatened and up their game.»

With school operators who are ready to embark on a new journey of blue sky - innovation and want to go from concept to creation... We partner to conceive, build, launch, iterate, and ultimately codify breakthrough new models.

The reactions ranged from shocked (in the case of an advocate for English language learners) to constructive (AFT chief Randi Weingarten, who offered a takeaway for other states) to pleased (charter school operator Eva Moskowitz, whose schools posted high scores on the new exams).

Tuesday, the parents who signed the petition to overhaul 24th Street Elementary will have the chance to go to a public park a few blocks from the school to vote on one of four separate proposals for a new school plan and operator.

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.

The measure also prevents the sponsors of poor - performing schools from opening new ones, makes it harder for academically lagging schools to shop for new sponsors and ensures that classroom equipment purchased with public dollars remains the property of schools — not their operator or management company.

Established in 1999 as a non-profit organization by a grassroots group of charter school operators, it provides advocacy, support, resources, and networking opportunities to new and existing charter schools, parents and students.

Pennsylvania can easily start by embracing the approach taken by Louisiana and its so - far successful reform effort in New Orleans, handing over control of traditional schools to an array of Parent Power groups, community organizations, and charter school operators.

... Pupils at the nine schools run by the U.S. charter school operator Rocketship Education spend a quarter of their lesson time online, an approach that has provided inspiration for a proposed new academy run by Ark Schools, one of England's largest school chaschools run by the U.S. charter school operator Rocketship Education spend a quarter of their lesson time online, an approach that has provided inspiration for a proposed new academy run by Ark Schools, one of England's largest school chaSchools, one of England's largest school chains....

-- A new law to boost charter schools in Texas followed a surge of political contributions from employees and board members of charter school operators.

Parents representing about 69 percent of students at 24th Street Elementary, which has about 685 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, signed a petition seeking the law's «restart model,» which lets parents bring in a new charter operator or pair a charter operator with the district to turn around a failing school.

According to The New York Times, the ten highest paid hedge fund operators with close ties to charter schools also includes David Tepper (number 1 at $ 3.5 billion in 2013), founder of founder of Appaloosa Management and New Jersey based «Better Education for Kids»; Steven A. Cohen (number 2 at $ 2.4 billion) of SAC Capital Advisors, which was forced to pay a $ 1.2 billion dollar penalty for insider trading, who has given over $ 10 million to the Achievement First charter school network; and Paul Tudor Jones II (tied for tenth at $ 600 million), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation who has supported charter schools through his Robin Hood Foundation.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

Families of kids attending several schools operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District have also leveraged the Parent Trigger law to force the school operator into negotiations that have led to new reforms to the benefit of students attendingSchool District have also leveraged the Parent Trigger law to force the school operator into negotiations that have led to new reforms to the benefit of students attendingschool operator into negotiations that have led to new reforms to the benefit of students attending them.