Sentences with phrase «of the charter application process»

It means protecting the integrity of the charter application process by making it competitive, transparent, and merit - based.

Cerf is leaving office at the end of this month, and he said the rigor of the charter application process and the work of the charter office in general were among his most significant accomplishments.

Lack of oversight, and the «everybody come» atmosphere created by the almost total deregulation of the charter application process has inevitably allowed some bad actors entering the market to treat charter schools as tax - funded ATMs.

Not exact matches

In addition, the application of the full ratchet will be disclosed to the incoming invstors in the new round upon review of the company's charter documents in the due diligence process.

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.

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Department of City Planning says the agency will review the application to determine its completeness (a requirement of the City Charter) before it is entered into the public review process.

Those backing the proposed Truxton Academy Charter School once again have an application before the state education department.Part of the process

Over the course of the application process for the second network of mayoral academies, we saw a downside of having a charter growth effort identified with mayors.

Interstellar is in the process of developing a range of applications of its technology for specific schools, districts, and charter management organizations.

It was DeVos articulating the kinds of practical frustrations that bedevil so many educators, parents, and community members — especially that trio of dynamic teachers who might want to launch a charter, but don't have the time or bandwidth to navigate an application process that requires two years, foundation support, and a professional proposal writer.

In joining this debate, Greene mischaracterizes generally positive findings by Harris's Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA) about the role of my organization, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), in managing the Louisiana Recovery School District's (RSD) application processes between 2008 and 2013.

As Harris says in the brief: «The NACSA rating is also positively related to future years of renewal, signaling that NACSA is able to discern from the application process what kinds of charter schools the state wants to maintain.»

The present report incorporates seven of those 13 dimensions that are outward facing for students and families and most likely, conceptually, to play a role in their exercise of school choice: Alternatives to traditional schools, e.g., number of seats in charter schools; Assignment Process, i.e., the extent of school choice and its» fairness; Common Application for traditional and charter schools; Accessibility of information on the choice process; Understandability of the information provided to parents on which to compare schools; Transportation to schools of choice; and School Quality in the diProcess, i.e., the extent of school choice and its» fairness; Common Application for traditional and charter schools; Accessibility of information on the choice process; Understandability of the information provided to parents on which to compare schools; Transportation to schools of choice; and School Quality in the diprocess; Understandability of the information provided to parents on which to compare schools; Transportation to schools of choice; and School Quality in the district.

Yu Ying, which recently held its third annual enrollment lottery to process 500 applications for 100 spaces, is just one illustration of the invaluable service that CSDC's fee developer program provides to successful, expanding charter schools that recognize the benefits of outsourcing their facility needs to an experienced developer on a complete, «turnkey» basis.

NACSA congratulates the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board (MCSAB or Board) on the completion of another rigorous application process, resulting in two additional quality school options for students and families in North... Read More

The founding group must be willing to scrutinize its ability to commit a significant amount of time and energy toward the development of a charter school before embarking on the application process.

Leveraging essential practices as part of your application process helps to ensure that only the best applicants are granted charters.

The report, North Carolina Charter Schools: Excellence and Equity through Collaboration, looks at policies and outcomes around the state's charter application and approval process and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountaCharter Schools: Excellence and Equity through Collaboration, looks at policies and outcomes around the state's charter application and approval process and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountacharter application and approval process and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountacharter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountacharter authorizing practices and increase accountability.

The measure allows the creation of as many as eight charter schools each year over a five - year period, leaving it to the state Board of Education to establish the timeline and the application process.

Reduce the number of separate applications and processes that families must navigate, leading to a single application process for all public school options, both district and charter

During his tenure with the organization, Colleston has helped to develop and lead all aspects of the district's authorizing function, including overhauling the district's charter school policies, managing the charter school application process, overseeing citywide authorizing strategic priorities, and leading the development of the district's first School Performance Framework.

Explore all Oakland public school options using the Oakland School Finder, apply to 95 % of charters with one application, and get connected to the District's new and improved enrollment process for District schools.

«The latter may require some changes in legislation to allow districts that have achieved a certain level of success with both traditional choice and charter options the opportunity to shift from the traditional charter application process, or at least allow for flexibility in authorizing.»

If Charter schools take the students whose parents are able to manage the transport and the application process, and they aren't required to take all students or to keep students that are difficult to work with, who gets to tough job of trying to educate the kids who have nothing going for them?

«It is critical that the application and enrollment process is open and transparent to preserve the integrity of the law and the operation of Kentucky's charter schools.»

Also, the policy changes the charter school application review process so that most of the review committee members are hand - picked by the superintendent.

Of the applications submitted for external review, nine of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1Of the applications submitted for external review, nine of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of May 8 - 11.

Bennett also pledged his office would soon have a real - time, public spreadsheet available on its website of charter proposals, showing who had applied for charter schools and what stage of the process the application is in.

Janet currently oversees the new and conversion school application processes, the collection and validation of student and staff level data for its 41 charter schools, and the organization's recently developed communications team.

In February, 23 charter operators sent a letter to the school board complaining about what they said was increased scrutiny of charter schools during the application and renewal process.

The Massachusetts Charter Public School Association reports that the total number of applications for 16 Boston charters has surged to 35,000 from 13,000 last year, facilitated by a new online process that allows easy application to multiple schools at once.

This program will include a panel of experts to provide writing - lab assistance for the charter application, as well as a panel of experts to provide various final reviews and check - lists for applicants in the areas of legal, finance, academics, and governance to help ready school developer members for the school start - up process once their application is approved.

Long - awaited legislation that would rewrite the state's charter school law, including a new proposal for easing the tug - of - war over local say in the application process, was introduced yesterday by state Assemblyman Troy Singleton.

NACSA: Special Education Toolkit for Charter School Authorizers Authorizers play a critical role in the lifecycle of a charter school, from reviewing and approving applications for new charters, through ongoing oversight and monitoring practices, and ultimately the decision - making processes to determine whether or not a school has earned the right to continue serving stCharter School Authorizers Authorizers play a critical role in the lifecycle of a charter school, from reviewing and approving applications for new charters, through ongoing oversight and monitoring practices, and ultimately the decision - making processes to determine whether or not a school has earned the right to continue serving stcharter school, from reviewing and approving applications for new charters, through ongoing oversight and monitoring practices, and ultimately the decision - making processes to determine whether or not a school has earned the right to continue serving students.

Charters are granted only after a rigorous application process through the New Jersey Department of Education.

Orleans Parish School Board charters were invited to use RSD's centralized enrollment application this year, but many, including Einstein, opted to remain in control of their own application process.

Sets out the application process to establish charter schools subject to approval by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The review application process, created jointly by the Alliance, the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Association of Charter School Authorizers, and reviewed by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, is designed to seek evidence of quality sponsorship and evaluate sponsor commitment to the Alliance's goal that every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school.

As SCS and MNPS both continue to evaluate and establishconsistent criteria for evaluating applications, we encourage them to consider processes that not only uphold autonomy of and high expectations for potential schools, but also recognize the value of the multiple ways in which charter schools are demonstrating impact.»

Each webinar focuses on an area of critical importance to groups in the process of designing a school and writing a charter application.

Even a modicum of investigation on the part of Commissioner Pryor and the State Board of Education would have led to the denial of the Booker T. Washington Charter School, yet Rev. Morrison, who now has a lucrative five - year charter to run a private school with public funds has the audacity to claim that Connecticut's charter school application process is «grueling.Charter School, yet Rev. Morrison, who now has a lucrative five - year charter to run a private school with public funds has the audacity to claim that Connecticut's charter school application process is «grueling.charter to run a private school with public funds has the audacity to claim that Connecticut's charter school application process is «grueling.charter school application process is «grueling.»

• Provide direct technical assistance to new school developers throughout their process of designing a new school, writing a charter application, and opening a new school.

Thanks to the generous contributions from the Anschutz Foundation and the Daniels Fund, the Colorado League of Charter Schools offers seven planning grants that are designed for groups that are in the process of developing high - quality charter school models and are writing a charter appliCharter Schools offers seven planning grants that are designed for groups that are in the process of developing high - quality charter school models and are writing a charter applicharter school models and are writing a charter applicharter application.

Ms. Clarke also worked at the Chicago Public School's Charter Schools Office of Accountability managing all aspects of the charter application and renewal pCharter Schools Office of Accountability managing all aspects of the charter application and renewal pcharter application and renewal process.

This report, from Self - Help, The A. J. Fletcher Foundation, and Public Impact, reflects their thoughts on policies, practices, and outcomes related to the state's charter application and approval process, and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance.

The North Carolina State Board of Education approved measures Thursday that will add rigor to the charter school application process and temporarily delay plans to renew the charter of a controversial school serving at - risk students in Morehead City.

Members also voted to make changes to the charter school application and processes [see here for details] and they voted to ask the State Board of Education to lobby the General Assembly for special waivers related to charter school expansion.

Intended to make the admissions process easier and more equitable, families considering a new school could submit a single application for nearly all of Newark's schools — district or charter — and be matched by a computer program that considered both their preferences and school capacity.

In the descriptions of these items, Welner argues that charter schools often make the application process so arduous that only the most committed will follow through and that they also place requirements on enrollment that ensure that the already - highest - performing students get in.

In response to Banner questions on why unified enrollment was necessary, given the availability of a common charter application, a Boston Compact spokesperson issued a statement attributed to collaboration officer Rachel Weinstein that said that unified enrollment is meant to simplify enrollment and application processes, create consistent enrollment policies and procedures across district and charter schools and provide Boston students with «fairer access to high quality schools.»