Sentences with phrase «over charter schools»

The debate over charter schools continues as the state forces school districts to share more tax dollars in capital money.

But the considerations at issue are really the fundamental ones underlying fights over charter schools since their inception.

Local school committees have no authority over these charter schools and no recourse if a charter school's practices have a negative impact on students who attend the district's public schools.

41 % disagree with their union over charter schools.

But the bill also gives the school board far more powers over the charter schools than boards in other cities have.

The host district has no say over the charter schools located within its borders.

The political debate over charter schools often turns on their impact on students in traditional district schools.

The debate among minorities over charter schools dates to their inception in the 1990s.

Local taxpayers have no say over charter school costs, which are deducted from a public school district's Chapter 70 state education aid, based on the number of students attending charter schools.

The race has drawn interest from outside the state, because of a national debate over charter schools and school choice.

Last March and April, during the height of a battle over charter school space between charter advocates and the de Blasio administration, F.E.S. spent $ 3.5 million, the filings show.

She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.

Rochester family part of statewide fight over charter school funding Allison Norlian, News 8 - May 13, 2014

The bill would also consolidate the control over charter school development in the hands of the New York State Board of Regents, who currently share that role with the State University of New York.

The race for the 30th SD (the Harlem district once represented by Gov. David Paterson) has become a proxy war over charter schools, with Perkins enjoying support from the teachers union.

But when the school district and teachers union got wind of the Broad Foundation's plan to help launch schools to serve those students, simmering tensions over charter school expansion exploded.

◦ be governed by a body that exercises continuing oversight over charter school operations and reports its progress annually to the school's sponsor

The Los Angeles school board last week approved the settlement of a lawsuit over charter school facilities that is expected to smooth the way for the schools to find space in the district.

The bill, once it passed, got high praise from Mayor Bloomberg, among others, who even singled out State Sen. Bill Perkins - who he's been at odds with over charter schools - for praise for pushing the measure.

A worthwhile conversation about charter schools Time to start the conversation over charter schools in Washington state.

A critical deadline passed on Monday in a dispute between Success Academy charter schools and the de Blasio administration over the charter school network's prekindergarten program, leaving its fate in doubt.

A critical deadline passed yesterday in a dispute between Success Academy charter schools and the de Blasio administration over the charter school network's prekindergarten program, leaving its fate in doubt.

USA Today — New York disagreement over charter schools spotlights Democrat vs. Democrat battle.

In an article in the Fall 2016 issue of Education Next, Richard Whitmire wrote about tensions over charter schools in L.A.

Los Altos School District Superintendent Jeff Baier and Bullis Superintendent Wanny Hersey both welcomed the possibility of an end to the yearly battle over charter school facilities.

In an article by Kate Zernike, the NYT explores the divide over charter schools through conversations on race, wealth and access to options with representatives from DFER, NAACP, Movement for Black Lives and Education Post's very own Chris Stewart who comments on his personal mission to find a quality school for his son.

Just 1 in 5 parents with children under 18 said they would choose to send their children to Boston Public Schools over a charter school.

Politicians, ideologues, so - called libertarians, and crooks attracted by profit motives, took over the charter school experiment.

The controversy over backfill is a variation on the controversy over charter schools in general.

A lengthy budget discussion turned into a shouting match over charter schools at Wednesday's Buffalo School Board meeting.

The political battle over charter schools heats up in Albany today with the state Senate considering legislation that would more than double the number of charters and require more accountability and oversight.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The debate over charter schools continues as the state forces school districts to share more tax dollars in capital money.

And then there were eleventh hour skirmishes over charter school funding and schools in receivership.

He used de Blasio as a foil during a dust - up over charter schools earlier this year that resulted in extraordinary giveaways to charters in the state budget.

The battle in Albany over charter schools, which receive public money but operate independently and often are not unionized, has been going on for more than a decade.

The last pay raise in 1999 was the product of a trade between lawmakers and Gov. George Pataki over charter school expansion.

The governor handed de Blasio a defeat over charter school expansion last year and, more recently, Cuomo was said to be considering stepping into the increasingly nasty feud between the mayor and the police unions.

The mayor has rolled out a policy for changing school progress reports (and as a public school parent, has sought to make them more user - friendly), a plan for struggling schools, and has had his share of battles with the likes of Eva Moskowitz over charter schools.

In this forum, Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for policy and research at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, argues that ESAs offer a grand advance over charter schooling and deserve the support of reformers.

Ms. Booth and other organizers have locked horns with district officials for more than a year over the charter school's application.

The fiercest battle yet in America's struggle over charter schools erupted last fall in Massachusetts.

They sneer at «gifted and talented» programs, which they view as inherently elitist and inequitable; they deplore «selective admissions» schools like Stuyvesant; and they pore over charter school data for any signs of «skimming» the best and brightest.

The Winter 2014 issue of Education Next included a long look at the battle over the charter school cap in Massachusetts by Jim Peyser.