Sentences with phrase «on public charter school waiting»

«Too many of our school children still aren't getting the quality of education they deserve, which is why tens of thousands of students are currently on public charter school waiting lists.

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Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still on waiting lists.»

Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in public charter schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs than any of the other boroughs, with less than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more than 45,000 students.

«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.

Across the country, 3 million students are enrolled in public charter schools and millions more are on waiting lists hoping for a spot.

The Idaho Charter School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitCharter School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school wait School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitcharter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitcharter school wait school wait lists.

But the U.S. lags behind other developed countries in student achievement, about 1 million students are on charter school waiting lists nationwide, and many student groups are still underserved by all public schools, traditional and charter.

According to a recent report released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 520,000 students nationwide are on waiting lists, 50,000 of them residing in the Golden State.

We're glad to see the state answer the call and offer some of the thousands of children on charter waiting lists access to their preferred public school of choice.

«With more than 90,000 students anticipated at charter schools this year, and another 50,000 - plus names on waiting lists, New York families clearly want more public charter school options.»

Nina Rees, the new head of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, says more than 600,000 children are on waiting lists.

On the show with Rhee were Gates, whose foundation has spent a few billion dollars trying to reform schools, with little so far to show for it, and Davis Guggenheim, the man behind «Waiting for Superman,» a tendentious documentary that casts Rhee as an angel and public charter schools as wonderful.

The annual report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that 2 million students — nearly 5 percent of the nation's public school population — enrolled in charters last year, with 610,000 on waiting Public Charter Schools found that 2 million students — nearly 5 percent of the nation's public school population — enrolled in charters last year, with 610,000 on waiting public school population — enrolled in charters last year, with 610,000 on waiting lists.

Even more impressive: Consider that another 1 million students are on waiting lists nationwide to attend a public charter school.

Despite this growth, there is still an overwhelming unmet parental demand for quality school options in California, with approximately 158,000 students on charter public school waiting lists.

Families shouldn't be penalized for choosing to send their child to a public charter school and families who want to send their student to a charter school shouldn't have to spend years on a waiting list for a seat to open.

Evidence over the past five years argues that the public has never been more supportive of charter public schools than they are right now based on growth in charter school enrollment, waiting list numbers, and polling data.

Landecker described the new approach as an effort that would blunt some of the criticism even as the major thrust of the effort remains adding charter schools to satisfy the growing public demand for them and reducing the long lists of students on waiting lists to get in.

On the contrary, tens of thousands of parents in California have children on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.&raquOn the contrary, tens of thousands of parents in California have children on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.&raquon waiting lists to attend a public charter school.»

In the past 5 years, 1,600 Mississippi children have enrolled in expanding school choice programs, including public charter schools, the Special Needs Education Scholarship Account, and the Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship, and every program with a cap on the seats available has a waiting list.

This includes public charter schools of every mission and type — we must advocate for students attending public charter schools to receive equitable funding and help address the thousands of children on a waiting list to attend a public charter school.

As you all know, the key priority for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) is centered on providing public charter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waitinCharter Schools Association (TCSA) is centered on providing public charter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waitinSchools Association (TCSA) is centered on providing public charter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waitincharter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waitinschools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waiting list.

With an additional 141,000 students on a waiting list, there is much work ahead to ensure that public charter schools have the necessary resources to provide a quality public education to -LSB-...]

Nationally, there are about 1 million students nationwide who are on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.

Two new public charter schools are due to open — and hundreds of families who've been stuck on waiting lists, will finally have access to a great neighborhood school....

The fact is that public charter schools, with the freedom to not unionize their staffs and focus on children's academic progress rather than just seniority in teacher evaluations, have resulted in long waiting lists for children to gain entrance into good public charter schools.

More than 11,000 Idaho students are on wait lists for public magnet and public charter schools.

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Unlike «Waiting for Superman,» a film about the failures of traditional public schools and the virtues of public charter schools, this movie does not hinge on the work of a few high - profile school reformers and entrepreneurs.

There were more than 141,000 students on wait lists to attend a public charter school.

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Thousands of families have applied for spots at public charter schools, hoping to move their child into a safer school, but are still on waiting lists.

With its ongoing focus on Connecticut politics and policy, along with the ever growing damage that is being done to our public education system by the charter school industry and its allies in the corporate education reform movement, Wait, What?

Led by a drum line of students from charter schools all over the state, 500 parents celebrated, according to a press release, «50,000 public charter school children currently receiving a world - class education» and strove to «raise awareness of the more than 35,000 children that remain on charter school waiting lists.

The public has never been more supportive of California's charter public schools based on growth in charter school enrollment, waiting list numbers, and polling data.

She applied to several public charter schools, and was placed on multiple waiting lists.

Many of the students on the waiting list are enrolled in traditional public schools, which have slowly been losing students to charter schools over the last several years, creating at times an antagonistic relationship between the two.

«We believe that corporate school reformers are once again turning to Hollywood to sell a version of school reform that many parents reject, as they did with «Waiting for Superman» and its biased attack on public school teachers and idealization of charter schools,» said Julie Woestehoff, PAA co-founder and executive director of Chicago's Parents United for Responsible Education.

With over 3,600 children on waiting lists for public charter schools, this bill sends the wrong message to parents who want a better future for their child.

That's why hundreds of thousands of low - income families of color are on charter school waiting lists across the country right now, desperately hoping for the chance to get their children out of their dismal traditional public schools.