Sentences with phrase «of the public charter»

, who won the most expensive House race in the country, supported insertion of «Creationism» and «12 Christian principles» (akin to the Ten Commandments) in the curriculum of a public charter school whose board she served on, we are in danger.

I'd like to finally end my series on cyberschooling with a review of some public charter schools.

Our goal is to demonstrate that here is extremely board support for the protection of public charter schools,» he said.

And rumor has it he will announce, possibly this week, a rollback of previously approved «co-locations» for a number of public charters — which would leave 5,600 kids in a lurch.

On Friday, Moskowitz released an «open letter» to de Blasio, detailing his «poor management and lack of control over the governance of city schools [and] his neglect of public charter school student needs.»

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.

Ever a believer in the true economic principle that competition is what drives innovation, results, and excellence, Senator Smith is a proud supporter of public charter schools.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

Having established that the form of parental school choice offered within school districts is a harmful way of ability tracking, Burris uses that example to tarnish parental school choice in its other forms of public charter schooling and private school vouchers as well.

At the same time, students in both groups have access to a large number of public charter schools.

«The explosive growth in the number of charter schools has been just wonderful,» Royce Van Tassell, executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, told the Deseret News.

But while we're seeing truly great progress in supporting the quality growth of the public charter school sector, there's still a lot of work to be done here in Newark.

It is exciting to see such strong growth of the public charter sector in Newark, and such fantastic support from all fronts.

Whether this pattern is indicative of general receptiveness on the part of these districts toward alternatives to public schools or a long - standing dissatisfaction with traditional public schools, it certainly suggests that private schools do not serve as a hindrance to the start - up of public charter schools.

Over on the 74, Nelson Smith responded with «A Few Thoughts About John Oliver's Bleak, Unrepresentative Sample of Public Charter Schools.»

Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.

A handful of public charters are already doing a bang - up job educating kids with disabilities, I swear.

The nation's capital had become something of a magnet for well - educated, idealistic young teachers like Christopher, many of them drawn to the rapidly expanding network of public charter schools.

He's also written a popular book called Teach Like a Champion and co-founded a chain of public charter schools in the Northeast.

«Hall of Fame members include school teachers and leaders, thinkers, policy experts, and funders that have paved the way for the success and growth of public charter schools.

So, if this language goes through, to receive Charter School Program funds, states will now need to «provide for intervention, revocation, or closure of the public chartering agencies and charter schools that fail to meet... standards and procedures.»

Check out High Tech High, a network of public charter schools that uses rigorous, tech - infused projects to revolutionize student learning.

The Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools gained prominence as a deft legislative advocate for what was being called the New Orleans reform model.

Charter schools now enroll 2.9 million students, up 9 % from last year, according to a new report from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools described in the Washington Post.

Tim King is founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, a network of public charter boys» high - schools in Chicago.

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

Today my colleagues and I at the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas released The Productivity of Public Charter Schools.

Then what is behind the Money - Ed success of public charter schools?

Two - thirds of our public charter schools saw their waitlist length increase from last year to this year.

Negative headlines about DCPS may be drowning out the story of the success of public charter schools in D.C.

«The survey also found that more than two - thirds of public charter schools, 67 percent, across the nation reported having children on their waitlist, with an average waiting list of 214 students.

Green Dot Public Schools is a network of public charter schools in Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; and Washington State.

The DC Public Charter School Board's Communications Department is the official point of contact for representatives of the public charter school board and the DC Charter Sector.

As the KIPP network of public charter schools continues to expand, KIPP is largely maintaining positive impacts on student achievement, according to Mathematica Policy Research.

Among other reforms encouraged by Race to the Top, Washington, D.C., adopted a new teacher contract that raised salaries across the board while adding performance pay, and New York City increased its allotment of public charter schools, to cite just two notable examples.

Percentage of public schools that are charters Derived from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

The report was also developed with the help of the National Association of Public Charter Schools.

For these students and their families, the promise of a public charter school is often a game - changer.

Each year, DC PCSB evaluates the performance of every public charter school in the District.

Additional honors include being selected as the Florida Virtual School Superintendent of the Year, Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Superintendent of the Year, Champion District Superintendent of the Year for Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools, Florida Department of Education's District Data Leader of the Year Finalist, 2014 Leader to Learn From by Education Week, and 2015 Hispanic - Serving School District Superintendent of the Year.

Although the number of public charter schools is increasing rapidly this year an additional 275,000 students enrolled in charter schools this survey demonstrates that parental demand continues to outpace what is an already increasing supply.

Percentage of public school students attending charters Derived from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

These pitched battles often follow a similar script about the potential «spillover effects» of public charter schools on non-charter students, one which has informed political campaigns, protests, and even lawsuits.

Bush also favors expanding the number of public charter schools.

The state of Texas has been making a concerted effort to raise the quality of its public charter schools through sound policy reform, effective implementation, and resources to help practitioners zero in on improvement.

Although he agrees that parents need to have more school choice, he says, the way to accomplish that is by tripling the current number of public charter schools.

The awards celebrate members of the public charter school community that do an exceptional job advocating on behalf of schools, students, and families.

Imagine Schools Mission Statement As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

In Washington State, NEA gave $ 250,000 to People for Our Public Schools, which unsuccessfully opposed Initiative 1240, which ended the state's embarrassing status as one of the few that didn't allow for the existence of public charter schools.

Located in different boroughs, serving students of all grade levels with varying needs, and implementing a range of instructional and organizational models, C3S aims to exemplify the diversity, innovation, quality, and commitment - to - community that inspired the original vision of the public charter school movement.