Sentences with phrase «opponents of charter 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

OPPONENTS OF charter schools are going to have to come up with a new excuse: They can't claim any longer that these non-traditional public schools don't succeed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

«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.

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

Charters Care is spending their money on «literature and T - shirts promoting Stallworth over Pereira, an outspoken opponent of charter schools, and Rep. Terry Adams of Bridgeport over Dan Dauplaise.»

Not exact matches

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

Now that AG Andrew Cuomo is dipping his toe into the roiling waters (via Fred Dicker) on select issues such as the still - late state budget, the Ravitch plan and lifting the charter school cap, his opponents are taking the opportunity to call on the yet - unannounced gubernatorial hopeful to make clear his positions on a host of other topics as well.

After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.

Advocates for charter schools, who rank high on de Blasio's list of political opponents, are already gearing up for the fight to have the cap extended or, ideally for them, eliminated.

Charter - school supporters slammed Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins yesterday for canceling a promised follow - up hearing — after they had been shut out of an initial session packed with charter opponents lastCharter - school supporters slammed Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins yesterday for canceling a promised follow - up hearing — after they had been shut out of an initial session packed with charter opponents lastcharter opponents last month.

Opponents of the plan say the charter schools could siphon hundreds of seats away from the other schools in the building.

Opponents of Harlem Success Academy's plan to move into P.S. 145 on West 105th Street and Amsterdam Avenue say District 3 schools are already too crowded and can't handle the new students the charter school would attract.

The law was passed after Mr. de Blasio, an outspoken opponent of charters in the past, tried to charge the well - heeled schools rent.

De Blasio has been criticized by both charter supporters and opponents in recent weeks, after he allowed more than a dozen co-locations approved under Michael Bloomberg to proceed, but blocked co-locations for three of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy schools.

Opponents of the new school said the co-location would drain resources and space from public school students and that charter schools don't pay their fair share for using public school space.

Mr. Cuomo is a fierce supporter of charter schools and an opponent of teachers unions, who resent the governor's efforts to back educational ventures that don't require stringent labor protections.

A few reports of obstructionist behavior by districts stand out and have been chronicled in these pages by Joe Williams («Games Charter Opponents Play,» features, Winter 2007) and Nelson Smith («Whose School Buildings Are They, Anyway?»

As Robin Lake recently wrote: «Given the largely successful push by teachers unions and other opponents of public school choice to brand charter schools as a conservative, partisan issue, the last thing public charter schools need is to have the next president feed the «end of public education» narrative.»

Those supporting the creation of charter schools still outnumber opponents by a 39 % -36 % margin, but the gap has narrowed dramatically.

Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parentOf course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parentof opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parentof school choice already available to parents.

The heated debate over the growth of charter schools in Massachusetts continues to escalate, as advocates and opponents wrangle in legal suits and wage aggressive public relation campaigns to sway parents» opinions.

In the absence of full - time virtual schools, teachers unions and other opponents use their resources to attack blended - learning charters, even though the latter do not differ in legal structure, brick - and - mortar presence, or enrollment practices from other charter schools.

Opponents often accuse charter schools of serving a less - needy student population.

Middle - class liberals have turned negative as opponents have successfully branded charter schools as part of a broader privatization agenda.

To do that, supporters of charter schools also have to refrain from citing weaker evidence, which only serves to legitimize the use of inferior studies by charter opponents.

Parents have mobilized on behalf of charter schools when political opponents threatened their existence.

The 5 - 4 vote in New York state's second - largest school district was a victory for charter opponents, particularly the local affiliate of the National Education Association.

But this support doesn't always translate into collective action to support the growth of charter schools or to fight against the criticisms that opponents perpetuate.

The 2010 Education Next poll reported that charter school supporters outnumber opponents by a 44 - to - 19 margin, but the vast majority of respondents don't really know what charter schools are.

Some of the tactics used by charter opponents amount to bluffing but reveal how far they are willing to go to stop a charter school from opening.

Given the largely successful push by teachers unions and other opponents of public school choice to brand charter schools as a conservative, partisan issue, the last thing public charter schools need is to have the next president feed the «end of public education» narrative.

Charter opponents understand that zoning commissions and boards of appeal have the power to halt new charter schools in their Charter opponents understand that zoning commissions and boards of appeal have the power to halt new charter schools in their charter schools in their tracks.

At the first of the new Askwith Debates, supporters and opponents will debate the merits of the upcoming Massachusetts ballot proposal on lifting the charter school cap.

For someone who spent so much time excoriating her opponents for giving short shrift to the complexities of the arguments that she was making for charter schools, I was quite surprised to see such a glib denunciation of vouchers.

Many charter opponents believe that if they can sufficiently complicate this nascent stage of a charter school's life, they will have dealt a major blow to its future success.