Sentences with phrase «on charter school waitlists»

The campaign, launched earlier this month, draws attention to the more than 1 million student names on charter school waitlists across the country and asks Congress to continue making funding for charter schools a priority.

Today there are almost 4,000 names on charter school waitlists in Connecticut and more than 50,000 names on waitlist in New York City alone.

We are thrilled about the possibilities this could open up for the nearly 6,000 kids who are on charter school waitlists across the state, and for the dedicated groups and individuals eager to start new public charter schools to help meet that need.»

Despite the charter board adding nearly 9,000 charter school seats since 2013 - 14, the number of unique families on charter school waitlists has risen from 7,205 in April, 2014, to 11,317 in April, 2018.

In fact, thousands of students remain on charter school waitlists statewide.

For at least a few of the more than 7,000 names sitting on charter school waitlists, these additional seats will open the door to life - changing educational opportunities.

This legislation should help provide new seats for some of the 11,000 students currently on charter school waitlists.

This survey is based on charter school waitlist data compiled from multiple data sources, including several state departments of education and state charter school's associations.»

Second, there are more than 6,000 Idaho Children on charter school waitlists.

«Even though California's charter schools have grown to serve over 580,000 students in 1,230 charter schools, there is still an overwhelming unmet need for quality school choice options as over 158,000 students linger on charter school waitlists.

The resolution fails to acknowledge a simple reality: over 60,000 Chicago parents have chosen to send their children to charter schools, and thousands of students continue to languish on charter school waitlists.

Connecticut's lawmakers, however, are poised to enter the negotiation phase of session without a concrete education funding fix that includes charter schools, leaving the state's more than 9,000 current charter students and nearly 7,000 others on charter school waitlists in limbo.

Demand for high - quality charter schools like Girls Prep Bronx is highest in the Bronx, and one in every three families on charter school waitlists are Bronx families.

State Estimates 34,000 Students Remain on Charter School Waitlists.

An analysis of survey and application data revealed that the vast majority of families sitting on a charter school waitlist had only applied to that particular school, giving them no backup options.

It's no wonder then that more than 10,000 kids are currently attending charter schools in Connecticut, with more than 7,000 names currently on charter school waitlists.

We also know that high performing schools should be able to grow and address the demand for a quality education - thousands of students are on charter school waitlists across the city and state.

«This budget doesn't begin to address solutions for the nearly 7,000 names on charter school waitlists.

This year, a record 91,000 students are on charter schools waitlists in California.

With over 37,000 Massachusetts students on charter school waitlists, the need for Phoenix, and other high performing charter schools, continues and we are committed to answering the call for educational equity.

There are currently 24 public charter schools in Connecticut serving more than 10,000 students, and there are more than 7,000 names on charter school waitlists.

More than 40,000 students in L.A. are on charter school waitlists.