«Hopefully it's just a down payment on what we will hear from these parents and many
other charter school parents.»
Not exact matches
While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private
school, and
charter school options are celebrating a
school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts
school, Calvin College, at that),
other conservative Christian public
school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public
schools (she has mentored in public
schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public
schools).
Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic
school and governing body of a
charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes»
parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or
other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.
At 9 a.m., hundreds of
charter school parents from Brooklyn join state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. and
other Brooklyn community leaders at a rally to celebrate the impact of
charter schools on Brooklyn's communities, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.
The U.F.T. held three «emergency» meetings with its members and
parents on Thursday, ran a full - page anti-Cuomo advertisement in the Daily News, and released an extensive report claiming, among
other things, that
charter schools don't enroll enough high - needs students compared to their district
school counterparts.
A day after getting slapped with a federal lawsuit from
charter school parents for canceling classroom space for their kids, Mayor Bill de Blasio got hit from the
other side...
Her record at Success would likely to stake her the early backing of the city's tabloids, along with the families in her
charter school network who are typically Moskowitz supporters, as well as
other parents of children in
charters across the city.
In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump announced the
School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their c
School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among
other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give
parents the right to send their child to the public, private,
charter, magnet, religious or home
school of their c
school of their choice.
Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle
school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism
other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle
school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a
parent whose child planned on attending one of the
charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise
parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.
At rallies and protests,
parents and teachers argued that Moskowitz's
charter schools have a poor track record of sharing space with
other public
schools.
City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt
parents of students at
charter schools and
other private
schools to clamor for equal treatment.
Still, Danni's mother and some
other St. Louis
parents say they feel their children have gained more than they've lost with their transfers from Catholic
schools to the St. Louis
Charter School — one of the five independent...
These
parents knocked on the doors of
other parents living in the Compton
school district, inviting them to sign a petition to convert McKinley Elementary School to a charter s
school district, inviting them to sign a petition to convert McKinley Elementary
School to a charter s
School to a
charter schoolschool.
Factors
other than
school quality could help to explain high levels of achievement of
charter school students in these states — including the ability of
parents to close underperforming
schools.
In order to maximize the number of responses to questions concerning
charter and private
schools, respondents were classified as
charter -
school parents if they currently had a child in a
charter school, even if they had
other children who attended
other school types; as private -
school parents if they currently had a child in a private
school but not in a
charter school; or as district -
school parents if they had a child in a district
school but not in either the
charter or private sector.
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.
The
charter school provision of the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 gave these
parents, the two of us, and several
other colleagues our opportunity.
Charter parents report more extensive communications with their children's
schools than
parents in the
other two sectors, but they also express greater concern about a paucity of extracurricular activities.
Parents have exercised choice in selecting a
charter or private - sector
school rather than a district
school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the
school are caused by actual
school characteristics in each sector or some
other factor.
The significance of the coefficients on the private - and district -
school indicators allows us to test whether there is a statistically significant difference between
charter -
school parents and
parents from either of the
other sectors, after adjusting for differences in the observable background characteristics of the
parents they serve.
It's emotionally wringing, as a few of these needy - earnest - capable kids with anxious, hopeful
parents make it through the lottery into high - performance
charter schools while
others — far too many
others — do not.
Parents are far more effective advocates for their children — and for
other children in their community — than
charter school leaders or policy experts or professional advocates.
This way,
parents who want democratic agency can enroll their children in democratically run
charters, while
other parents can choose
schools that have different missions, and in no case will outside special interests be able to seize control.
And while there are a variety of reasons this gap may exist,
parents and
others we interviewed told us that the proportion of IEP - eligible students in DPS is growing rapidly in large part because a number of Detroit
charter schools simply don't offer many special - education supports.
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.
It was, according to the paper's summary, an «article on
school - choice movement; competition from
charter schools, publicly - financed free schools, is forcing other public schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.
schools, publicly - financed free
schools, is forcing other public schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.
schools, is forcing
other public
schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.
schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing
parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public
schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.
schools and new
charter school planned by for - profit Advantage
Schools Inc described.
Schools Inc described.»
• As many as twenty states are considering «
parent trigger» legislation, which closes failing
schools upon a majority vote of
parents and replaces the staff,
charters the
school for private management, or allows the students to attend private or
other public
schools.
In my research I have identified 34 different examples of
charter school innovation, including small size; untenured teachers; contracts with
parents; real
parent and teacher involvement in
school governance; outcome -(rather than input --RRB- based accreditation; service learning fully integrated into the curricula; unusual grade configurations; split sessions and extended
school days and years to accommodate working students; and computer - assisted instruction for at - risk and
other frequently absent students.
Finally,
charters and
other public
school choice policies — strengthened in 35 states — continue to empower
parents to seek out the best educational opportunities for their children.
Drawn from case studies of 17 such
schools in 10 California districts, the 64 - page report from the University of California, Los Angeles, also is based on hundreds of interviews with educators,
charter school founders, and
parents, among
others.
Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban
parents, progressive educators, and
school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse
charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pa
charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade:
others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont
Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pa
Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five -
school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
school Denver
School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect
Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pa
Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).
Compared to
other sectors,
charter -
school parents report much lower family incomes and private -
school parents report much higher incomes.
In
other words, the
charter advantage, from the perspective of
parents, is at least as great at the high -
school level as at the elementary level.
Despite the greater exclusivity and resource advantages enjoyed by magnet
schools, parental satisfaction with magnet
schools and the
other district
schools of choice is no greater — and may be less — than the level of satisfaction of
parents with a child at a
charter school.
But
other parents have no way to know that; application forms at that
school - and scores of
other charter schools around the country - still indicate that a Social Security number is required.
The sad fact is that, fast as New York
charter schools have been growing, adding to the choices for the city's
parents, the closing of Catholic
schools has been eliminating
other good choices.
The Secretary specifically invites advice and recommendations from State and local education administrators,
parents, teachers and teacher organizations, principals,
other school leaders (including
charter school leaders), paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and
other organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and
other organizations involved with the implementation and operation of title I programs.
On the 74, Richard Whitmire wonders why
parents and teachers in wealthy communities like Newton, Massachusetts, are so actively fighting a ballot initiative that would allow more
charter schools to open in
other areas in the state.
Although Al was never able — on this issue as on many
other reforms that he knew were needed — to get the AFT's state and local affiliates to embrace his visionary thinking, his restlessness with the status quo, his boundless creativity, and his statesman - stature in the education field cause him legitimately to be viewed today as one of the
parents of
charter schooling in the U.S.
California's new «
parent trigger» law allows
parents at a failing
school to vote to turn the
school into a
charter, to replace the staff, or to force
other changes.
While some are creating separate
school districts for the lowest - achieving
schools,
others are using
charter management organizations and providing
parents with greater choice, and still
others are appointing state receivers to take over struggling districts.
Join
other parents and community members for an evening of learning how education leaders created excellent public
charter schools in Los Angeles and how more can be done to bring more hope through public education.
She and
other Olympic View
parents began exploring the idea of starting a
charter school when they learned the district was considering and would later shut the
school down.
Others members who support
parent choice and equity include Gloria Bonilla - Santiago, LEAP Academy; Nicole Cole, NJ
Charter Schools Association; Janellen Duffy, JerseyCAN; Shavar Jeffries, Former Assistant Attorney General and current Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform; and Tia Morris, Teach for America.
One can imagine the
parents of kids attending P.S. 45 would send their kids to
other traditional,
charter, or even private
schools if choice was available.
Ryan Grant, a fifth grade teacher at Michael Anderson Elementary on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, said he has been attracted to the idea of
charter schools thanks to teaching kids who have been in
charter schools in
other states plus the experience of
parenting a 6 - year - old who is deaf and getting the help she needs at a special
school.
This campaign gives
parents, leaders, and
others the chance to share why more than 700,000 Black families have chosen
charter schools across the country.
This campaign gives
parents, leaders, and
others the chance to share the story of why more than 700,000 Black families have chosen
charter schools across the country.
«Rather, public
school leaders should look to their successful programs —
charters, magnet, and neighborhood
schools alike — and apply the lessons learned to
other schools so that the choices
parents and students have will all be good ones.»
Public
charter schools, which have greater independence from the rules that govern
other public
schools, give
parents additional options for their children without having to pay private
school tuition.