Sentences with phrase «opening more charter»

Their Race to the Top program was, in essence, No Child Left Behind II: It invited states to compete for $ 5 billion in funds by holding teachers accountable for test scores, adopting national standards, opening more charter schools, and closing low - scoring public schools.

He added that Connecticut's present school funding system serves as a «barrier» to opening more charter schools and that he is promising to change that.

Teachers are particularly unhappy with «Race to the Top,» the presidential initiative that awards grants to states that embrace education overhauls such as linking teacher evaluations to student test scores and opening more charter schools.

Twenty - nine percent supported opening more charter schools instead of spending additional funds on public schools.

We could increase charter school test scores by opening more charter schools that targeted suburban white students instead of at - risk urban youth, but that's not the point of having charter schools.

Rather than exacerbate the financial strain on the district by opening more charter schools, the city should invest in its public schools so they can provide vital wraparound academic, health and social supports for students and their families.

During his four - plus years as mayor, Emanuel has made a number of controversial decisions on education, from opening more charter schools and closing about 50 neighborhood schools to his standoff with teachers that led to the strike.

MISTER «ED»: Bill Clinton, surrounded by charter kids in Harlem yesterday, says opening more charter schools is «the right thing to do.»

Recently President Barack Obama discussed plans to expand funding available to charter schools, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has voiced his support and encouraged states to open more charter schools.

Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino — both Democrats with histories of strong labor support — are proposing new state laws that would give them broader power to overhaul troubled schools, open more charter schools and revamp collective - bargaining agreements.

He stood with us as we advocated to open more charter schools.

what an offense to true educators) is open more charter schools.

In what would appear to be a strategic shift, the organization leading an effort to open more charter schools in LA Unified now intends to expand its mission to support traditional public schools that serve low - income children.

The state is on a tight timeline to implement data - driven teacher evaluations, create computer systems to track student progress, toughen curricular standards and open more charter schools.

Both the increase in applicants for more than one charter and an increased number of total applicants show that the headline - grabbing ballot initiative to open more charters managed to raise interest in them, even though it failed to raise their legislated limit.

As charter schools and their advocates push even harder for more taxpayer funds so they can open more charter schools, State Education Commissioner Pryor will play a vital role as the State Department of Education acts on seven new charter school applications that would create spaces for another 1,600 students.

But public opinion shifted dramatically as teachers unions and parents of students in traditional schools pounded the theme of potentially dire financial consequences of opening more charters, which they said would cause massive budget cuts.

Yet even after this groundswell, Gov. Chris Christie vowed to «run over» Mayor Baraka to open more charters in the city.

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Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

Mayor de Blasio has agreed to do more to help charter schools open or expand as part of the Albany deal that extended his authority over city schools, sources said Thursday.

* Capping the number of charters that can open in a specific district — thus preventing them from becoming a serious option for more than a lucky few.

I am voting Green because Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones will fully fund our public schools, will stop the over-testing of our students, and will not open more privately managed charter schools.

«Under their leadership, rental assistance for new and expanding New York City charter schools will increase, translating into more high - quality schools being opened.»

Mulgrew urged state lawmakers to reject Gov. Cuomo's proposals to increase charter funding, permit more charters to open in New York City and increase rent subsidies for charters.

A full - scale transition from a government - run monopoly to a competitive marketplace won't happen quickly, but that's no reason not to begin introducing more competition... We pursued that goal in New York City by opening more than 100 charter schools in high - poverty communities.

The city closed dozens of schools, and more than 70 new schools — many of them charter schools — opened.

According to the Center for Education Reform, as of January 2003 there were nearly 2,700 charter schools serving more than 684,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia, just a decade after the first charter opened its doors.

He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...» Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant nearby, Engler reasoned that charter school authorizers should be outside the control of the traditional K — 12 system.

This issue is causing significant pain in places like San Jose and Oakland, which might otherwise be open to more charter schools.

It means that traditional public schools are really capable of making significant progress if only they become more open to learning from successful charter schools.

Allowing charter schools to access the zoning exemptions that districts use to turn commercial facilities into schools would also open up more options.

Meanwhile, we have already added 14 new charter schools during this period (with four more scheduled to open next fall), 25 new charters (including 5 Horace Mann charters) have been awarded (17 of these have involved «proven provider» status).

If passed, this would lift arbitrary caps on funding and allow more charter schools to open, but it has strong opposition funded by state and national teachers unions.

Charter schools are gaining in popularity, with approximately 4,000 now open, enrolling some 1.1 million U.S. children with more participating every year.

During the negotiations, the DPS interim emergency manager said, «It will be more challenging for DPS to succeed without some kind of control over the opening of new charter schools or other kinds of educational opportunities.»

Since 2005 it has closed or replaced 48 schools and opened more than 70, the majority of them charters.

Given the need for more high - quality schools, we should be open to finding ways for any high - quality public - school operator to be successful, whether they are stand - alone charter schools, EMOs, franchises, networks, or CMOs.

Limiting the sample to charter schools open five years or more, NewSchools charters outperform district schools by an average of 14 percentage points.

By 2010, NSNO had incubated 10 citywide, open - admission charter schools, the basic integer of local reform, and provided key personnel and services for dozens more.

Instead of arguing whether charter schools should be included in No Child Left Behind, a more fruitful question is how to ensure that state accountability schemes allow enough flexibility for boutique programs within the public system while not opening up loopholes that low - quality schools can slip through.

APPROACH B) We should open more public charter schools and provide more vouchers that allow parents to send their children to private schools at public expense.

New Haven — based Achievement First, with 12 charter academies in central Brooklyn and the state of Connecticut, and 3 more opening this year, can be characterized as providing «central support,» says CEO Doug McCurry.

More than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhMore than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhmore than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.

Nearly 80 percent of parents of school - aged children support allowing parents to choose which public schools their child should attend and more than 70 percent of parents surveyed favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.

Ironically, the charter school law operates as a de facto universal choice (open to all students in the District regardless of income) and reliably delivers funding of more than $ 14,000 per student.

«We can not create more good schools for our children by accepting more failing schools,» Mary Bradley, CPS top officer responsible for charter schools, told the commission before it decided to keep the South Side charters open.

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Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.