Sentences with phrase «open charter schools»

Q: Why did you choose to open charter schools in particular?
The results confirm that the negative effects of attending a charter school are considerably greater for students in newly opened charter schools than for students in charter schools that are more established.
He recently created a management company to open charter schools at a hefty fee.
They talked of either opening a charter school with public money or funding one on their own.
Today's grants will serve 18 new, or recently opened charter schools over the next three years.
Moving from the idea of opening a charter school to the reality of operating one is a lengthy and rigorous process.
Anyone who has been involved in opening a charter school knows that it is an extremely challenging process.
Nine operators had originally expressed interest in opening a charter school earlier in the spring.
While they didn't get any of their top choices, there was a spot at a recently opened charter school that they were interested in.
To promote accountability and success, a rigorous process was instituted for opening charter schools in Mississippi.
She spent nine years teaching before becoming an instructional coach and helped open a charter school on Long Island and one in the Bronx.
As Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press observed, thanks to the DeVos» efforts to block any regulation, anyone can open a charter school there without regard to quality or qualifications.
During her time in the state legislature Ms. Morgan was a co-sponsor of the 2012 Constitutional Amendment, which allowed for an alternate state authorizer to open charter schools denied by local school districts.
In February 2010, five out of the 13 charter applicants were selected in the first round, opening charter school opportunities to an estimated 2,500 students.
Diddy, who just opened a charter school in Harlem, apparently isn't buying Clinton's wide lead among African - Americans over GOP opponent Donald Trump.
«Charter schools are the result of communities coming together to create new opportunities for their children from the leaders who open charter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance.
Lighthouse Academies, which opened a charter school in the city in 2005, has selected it as the next place to expand its operations.
Shea said there already was a process in place for anyone interested in opening a charter school through the Charter School Commission, Washington State.
By approving Flores Aguilar's resolution, the school board has a chance to do even more than provide innovative new choices for students; L.A. Unified could become the national model for a fairer, more open charter school system.
Schuerman was first inspired to open a charter school while he was a principal at another charter in the Phoenix area.
All he has ever done is open a charter school company, and all he wants to do as CT's Commissioner of education (ha!
The AFT simply lumped in other states that just started opening charter schools within the last couple of years.
She wanted to bring a Montessori education to more students, so five years later, JoDene opened a charter school that now serves 300 K - 8 students in Scottsdale.
Seventy - three percent of parents who live in a neighborhood with no charter schools would favor opening a charter school in their community.
It's easy - use The Tests to label schools as failures... Close the failing schools... Fire the administrators and teachers... Hire TFA monkeys and call them teachers... And open charter schools funded by tax dollars.
«There's no proof that merely opening a charter school in a given area is going to address multigenerational poverty.
While the initial issue is why officials are allowing Perry to break the law and steal materials and concepts that belong to the people of Hartford (it is called plagiarism), the second key question relates to how Perry's ploy to open his charter school management chain would impact his role as head of Capital Prep Magnet School.
Earlier this month, MFT became the first teachers union in the country to open a charter school authorizer.
Principled charter defenders have always understood that quality can vary and that a wide - open charter school policy is not necessarily a good one.
Legislation is passed that approves opening charter schools in Chicago.
During Bush's eight years as governor, the population exponentially grew and developers began opening charter schools «less as a means to innovate than as a -LSB-...] Read More»
During a morning assembly at the recently - opened charter school Valor Collegiate Academy, a triangle of fifth - grade girls — one Asian, one Hispanic and one white — discussed how they could help improve their learning community.
When GEO opens a charter school, it also can apply for a $ 200,000 federal grant that can be used to support school operations for a couple of years.
In Frederick County, Tom Neumark and a group of families fought for five years to open a charter school focused on providing an education steeped in the classics.
To the cheers and tears of joy from parents and children, Alpha Middle School organizers have won permission to open the charter school next August in the Alum Rock Union School District.
Arizona State University officials opened the charter school in the temporary location a year ago, while plans were in the works for a permanent location on the ASU polytechnic campus.
Deion «Prime Time» Sanders: The pro football Hall of Famer and former Atlanta Falcons star opened a charter school in Texas that closed in 2015 due to financial trouble, according to news reports.
Under that measure, groups that could petition the state Board of Education to open a charter school include universities, government entities and nonprofit organizations that are secular in nature.
* Stefan Pryor and Dacia Toll led the effort to create the Amistad Academy and then created Achievement First as a vehicle for opening charter schools in Connecticut and New York.
But critics note that TFA teachers can go to newly opened charter schools in districts where public school teachers are being laid off.
Additional non-profit groups have been approved to open charter schools with OPSB for the 2017 - 2018 school year: Elan Academy and Rooted School.
RSVP by Jan. 31 for a special event featuring a panel of experts who will discuss the step - by - step process of opening a charter school.
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