Sentences with phrase «other charter opponents»

By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding (see Figure 1), financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an «air war» against charters.

Not exact matches

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.

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

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

The U.S. government - backed loans that help Boeing and other U.S. manufacturers sell abroad has opponents of renewing the Export - Import Bank's charter accusing it of crony capitalism.

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.»

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 parents.

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.

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 13 - page report is based on interviews with parents, charter school supporters and opponents, policymakers, and others, as well as site visits to 12 charter schools in five states.

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.

Opponents to Question 2 have tended to focus on descriptions of private charter networks that dominate the sector in other states.This is not the case in Massachusetts, as for profit networks are not allowed to operate here.

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.

Other issues will be trickier to solve; and I am certain that charter opponents will eagerly oversimplify this issue.

In the past, a majority of voters have sided with charter opponents, who have argued charters haven't proved to be better than other public schools, would drain money from them and leave them with the harder - to - educate kids.

That more than 80 percent of those closures are for reasons other than academic performance raises concerns — among charter advocates and opponents alike — that authorizers are not holding poorly performing charters accountable for student learning; however, Consoletti argues that financial and operational problems often appear before academic data can be gathered.

«Stand for Children Washington, a political group that supports charter schools and other educational issues, has so far spent $ 116,000 supporting Madsen's opponent, Greg Zempel.

On the flip side, opponents of charters and other taxpayer - supported forms of school choice are predicting the destruction of traditional public schools under DeVos» leadership.

Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79 On the other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.

Although the Washington Legislature passed a charter school law in March 2004, labor unions and other charter school opponents persuaded a majority of voters to overturn the law in a referendum that was decided in the November 2004 election.

CMD has subsequently released a series of reports attacking charter schools, which are a frequent political and policy opponent of the AFT and other teachers unions.