Sentences with phrase «opponent of charter schools»

Still, the episode has provided ammunition to his critics on the left, including opponents of charter schools and big money in politics.

The proposal had been criticized by opponents of charter schools, including teachers» unions, and others.

Democratic Sen. Bill Perkins, a staunch opponent of charter schools, questioned de Blasio and Fariña about charters for about 30 minutes.

Opponents of charter schools say they have a mixed track record in other states and that there are no guarantees that the ones that open here would be successful.

Instead, he had proposed an ambitious plan for free higher education, unveiled alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the country's most outspoken opponents of charter schools.

Unexpectedly, we discovered that a leading opponent of the charter school movement, teachers unions, appears to contribute indirectly to the expansion of charter schools.

This is particularly upsetting to me because opponents of charter schools in general, and of Success Academy in particular, have sought to take advantage of this confusion to undermine our schools and the work we do for children.

RH: You referenced opponents of charter schooling.

Opponents of charter schools put Referendum 55 on the ballot in an effort to repeal a bill that Gov. Gary Locke signed into law last spring.

Opponents of charter schools argued that charter schools would take only the best and brightest students — and the funding that goes with them — leaving the public schools to educate at - risk and troublesome students.

The loudest, most vociferous opponents of charter schools I see are middle class, White, college educated, liberal - progressives entrenched within the educational establishment.

Opponents of charter schools like to spin the yarn that charter schools can afford to be picky while public schools have to take all comers.

Opponents of charter school expansion may figure out a way to kill the bill in Massachusetts» lower house.

«I think [the charter - dumping accusation] is really a red herring that opponents of charter schools throw up a lot.

Zimmer has emerged as a fierce opponent of charter schools and teacher evaluations to root out LAUSD's 1,000, impossible - to - fire, lemon teachers.

Many of the supply - limiting elements are rooted in state laws; others have been devised by opponents of charter schools, particularly teachers unions and school boards, which have worked hard to thwart charter schools at every turn.

«I am not a staunch opponent of charter schools,» Moffit said after the vote Monday, noting she supported a renewal of the district's Badger Rock Charter School, as well as the IMA proposal on a conditional basis in January.

Opponents of charter schools say that they drain money from conventional schools, but the tax dollars that go to charter schools accompany the students who enroll in them.

Opponents of charter schools have no equally rigorous evidence on their side.

When Lyndhurst, New Jersey mayor, James Guida, an opponent of charter schools, proposed zoning changes in 2001 that would require school lots to be a minimum of 1.5 acres in size, it stymied at least one charter school plan.

The answer to this question matters greatly, both to supporters and opponents of charter schools.

Citing the research, the Washington Post editorial board concluded, «Opponents of charter schools are going to have to come up with a new excuse.

Opponents of charter schools, led by the state teachers» union, say the schools will lack accountability and will take too much money out of the already under - funded education system.

Newsom has not been an opponent of charter schools, although he is calling for more oversight and accountability in expenditure of state funds.

Voters shouldn't be misled by opponents of charter schools, who would use R - 55 to repeal the modest charter school bill approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Locke last spring.

«I'm not an opponent of charter schools,» he tells me, having «bought into the bipartisan support» for the schools.

Opponents of charter schools, which include many school districts, say they worry that an increasing number of such schools will drain vital dollars away from traditional public schools and create a divided system in which select students attend charter schools and students with special needs fill the traditional schools.