Sentences with phrase «other backers of charter schools»

Finn and other backers of charter schools contended, however, that the findings should be considered as «baseline data,» and could reflect the predominance of children in these schools who turned to charters after having had severe problems at their neighborhood schools.

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He called the results a turning point that demonstrated the political power of charter school backers as well as others who are seeking more high - quality learning opportunities for local students.

The people who were the financial backers of Achievement First then created ConnCAN and ConnAD, the two lobbying and advocacy groups designed to support the effort to shift more state funds to Achievement First and Connecticut's other charter schools.

Shanker believed having separate schools by race and class was inherently undemocratic, and he and some other early charter school backers saw charters as a way of breaking down segregation.