Sentences with phrase «on charter expansion»

Twenty - five states have imposed some type of cap on charter expansion, and in eight states those limits currently constrain growth.

That leaves me fearful of the upcoming referendum on charter expansion in Massachusetts.

While the board will not vote on the new applications for at least another month, any public discussion on the requests could provide valuable insights into the board's latest sentiments on charter expansion by an outside group and on more charters, in general.

If Congress fully funds ESSA — without restrictions on charter expansions — they fund the way forward for the Trump / DeVos / Alexander school choice / privatization plan.

TRENTON, NJ — In response to the ongoing debate on proposed charter school regulation changes and subsequent calls for a moratorium on charter expansion at the State Board of Education meeting today, several education advocacy organizations and charter school parents offered the following statements:

Furthermore, their focus on charter expansion indicates that improving the traditional public school system in the local area is not the top priority and that AF views charters as alternatives to district schools, not labs for innovation.

When coupled with the fact that there is no transparency or accountability in terms of how charters spend taxpayer dollars are the very reasons why we need to put the brakes on charter expansion and require them to serve the same student populations and be just as accountable as traditional public schools.

The NAACP garnered some controversy last year when it adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium on charter expansions.

«Imagine a governor of a state that has fairly severe caps on charter expansion and a need to get in an application under Race to the Top.

To criticize the call by the NAACP, Movement for Black Lives and the Journey for Justice Alliance for a moratorium on charter expansion and for the end of school privatization is to be tone deaf to the voices of the people directly impacted — and it is to ignore growing proof that corporate reform has failed to bring equitable educational opportunities to all children.

Claypool's plan didn't seem to mollify the critics of charter schools, which include 42 aldermen who want a moratorium on charter expansion.

On Saturday, the board of directors at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ratified a resolution passed this summer at its national convention calling for a moratorium on charter expansion and strengthening charter oversight.

In fact, the Connecticut Attorney General has declared recently in a pending federal suit (where charter advocates are attempting to lift any cap on charter expansion) that Connecticut's district public school system is the vehicle that the legislature has chosen to fulfill the State's constitutional obligation to provide each child with an adequate education.

The second section examines a key debate on school choice and the impact of charter schools, at a time when both the NAACP and Black Lives Matter have called for a moratorium on charter expansion.