Sentences with phrase «on charter schools»

It also lifts the cap on charter schools in the lowest - performing districts.

The civil rights organization has been weighing in on school choice at least since last year, when it called for a moratorium on charter school expansion.

He plans to spend an incredible $ 92 million on charter schools in the coming year.

The district has asked the state to impose a three - year expansion on charter school expansion in the city.

As education reform continues to be a topic of debate across the country, more attention is being focused on charter school accountability and results.

Accountability measures such as requiring charters to post meeting notices and minutes on their websites as well as the publishing of annual reports on charter school performance.

Five to eight years ago, research on charter schools focused mostly on whether the new brand of public schooling was a good idea.

This bill is an attack on charter school students who choose to attend charter schools.

The studies on charter schools certainly offer a mixed message.

Do you want to serve on a charter school board?

Its signature competitive grant programs require states to ease restrictions on charter schools.

«I find myself many times defending my stance on charter schools versus traditional public schools,» she says.

Unfortunately, many people's views on charter schools are heavily influenced by their political and financial interests rather than the most rigorous evidence.

Some of us serve on charter school governing boards.

We didn't want it to be an up or down vote on charter schools or an up or down vote on teacher evaluations.

These realities have a particular impact on charter schools that generally receive approximately 80 percent of the funding of traditional public schools.

The chart below displays results when all students attending charter schools are excluded from the analysis for all years for which information on charter schools is available.

Second, there are a million student names on charter school waiting lists across the country, and these young people and their parents are stuck in schools they would rather not attend.

16 academic studies have been published on charter school performance since 2010, including four national studies and 12 regional studies from throughout the country.

He wants states to use funds to ease limits on charter schools, tie teacher pay to student achievement and move for the first time toward common academic standards.

He is a former public school teacher and a leading expert on charter school law.

They also work on charter school budgets full time, so they know the ins and outs of various revenue sources and expenses.

Public charter schools were at the heart of the electoral fights, with some officials calling for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Perhaps no stain on the charter school movement is greater than this.

My children sat on charter school wait lists for more than three years to get into quality charter schools.

This black - and - white take on charter schools (and many other programs) does a disservice to the complex, multifaceted problems that face our education system.

Research on charter school quality finds significant variations in performance across the sector.

Almost $ 300,000 was spent by outside spending groups to influence the election of the three school district directors in a race defined by debates on charter schools.

Because the referendum involves the cap on charter school enrollment, it only impacts parents and students in communities that are at or near the current cap.

The teacher union war on charter schools ramps up with empty billionaire and accountability accusations.

Further, she supports spending more money on charter schools, vaguely stating that parents need choices until we get this «thing» turned around.

Funding aside, critics also say that removing the cap on charter school operators still doesn't hone in on accountability for quality schools.

Advocates of traditional public schools wanted that included and they have said they also would've liked for the new accountability measures on charter schools to go even further.

They were fast - tracked after the legislature eliminated the cap on charter schools last summer.

He says the civil rights organization's attack on charter schools does a disservice to black students.

They say student achievement is much more than a score on a standardized test and that it's a mistake to rely so heavily on charter schools.

That means not only supporting the growth of high - performing schools, but also shining a light on those charter schools that are not best serving students.

A «yes» vote on the referendum would let the law go into effect, a «no» vote would retain the current statewide ban on charter schools.

There will be a special panel on charter schools, the first time for a statewide study.

With 600,000 children on charter school waiting lists nationwide, the need for affordable, high quality facilities was a central theme of the evening.

Larger class sizes and staff layoffs should not be pinned on charter schools when district buildings are not being used efficiently.

This powerful film will help to put a human face on charter schools, vouchers, and high - stakes testing, highlighting the devastating consequences of these policies.

In what way have you grown more negative on charter schools?