Sentences with phrase «on conventional public schools»

On the same day they cast their votes for president — November 8 — residents of one U.S. state will decide whether or not to remove a cap on the number of such schools, which are given public funding but operate free of the usual restrictions placed on conventional public schools...

Not exact matches

After all, charters are public schools too — and their students have as strong a moral claim on the public fisc as conventional pupils.

The third pattern is a set of disputes about whether charter schools and conventional public schools compete on a level playing field.

Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaschool can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaSchool Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.

This is the case in Boston, where researchers» careful tracking of six charter high schools over the last decade has shown that those charters have a large and positive impacts on MCAS scores as compared to the city's conventional public high schools.

Naeyaert cited a Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) study done by Stanford University that found Detroit school children are learning at a rate of an extra three months in school a year when in charter public schools compared to similar counterparts in conventional Detroit Public Scpublic schools compared to similar counterparts in conventional Detroit Public Sschools compared to similar counterparts in conventional Detroit Public ScPublic SchoolsSchools.

This directly contradicted the findings of the RAND report, which found that on average, «start - up» charter schools outperform conversion charter schools, as well as conventional non-charter public schools.

More recently, Dr. Scripp has posted the Partnership in Arts Integration Research (PAIR) Report on ArtsEdSearch — a publication that details the expansive scope of arts learning research methods and findings in the Chicago Public Schools (see www.pairresults.org)-- and the Oakland Unified School District Principal Investigator's report, which demonstrates how a Music PLUS Music Integration Curriculum Intervention optimizes both music learning and its impact on academic performance when compared to conventional music control school proSchool District Principal Investigator's report, which demonstrates how a Music PLUS Music Integration Curriculum Intervention optimizes both music learning and its impact on academic performance when compared to conventional music control school proschool programs.

Specifically, students enrolled in charters in the state - run district made learning gains, on average, almost twice those of their peers in conventional public schools.

On average, charter schools are funded at $ 7,131 per pupil compared to $ 11,184 per pupil at conventional district public schools.

In fact, a new report out from The Center for Reinventing Public Education, «A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011,» argues that the relationship between conventional districts and charters is evolving «from a traditional paradigm of opposition, competition, and indifference to a partnership based on trust and collaboration through a shared mission, shared resources, and shared responsibility.»