The debate
over charter schools continues as the state forces school districts to share more tax dollars in capital money.
The political
debate over charter schools often turns on their impact on students in traditional district schools.
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.
It would also put more value on some rights than others, giving treaty rights preference
over charter rights.
Third, I assess the effect of charter proximity on historically underperforming students at district schools, a population often referenced in debates
over charter expansion.
But the bill also gives the school board far more
powers over the charter schools than boards in other cities have.
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 organization has been subject to intense lobbying by charter supporters to either withdraw the resolution or defeat it, evidence of a split in the civil rights
community over charters.
The first two would restore local control
over charter decisions, and the third would assure that all public schools be fully - staffed with certified teachers.
Some charter - school regulators — recognizing their limited
authority over charter - management companies — are beginning to push back, requiring schools to get more information from management firms.
The race has drawn interest from outside the state, because of a national
debate over charter schools and school choice.
She has referred to the
battle over charter co-locations into district schools, which critics say siphon away needed resources from district students, as a «Middle East war.»
The Children First charter has been active since 2008 when Edkey, Inc.
took over the charter from the Thomas J. Pappas School for the Homeless, which was shut down due to financial difficulties.
Families for Excellent Schools fought with the de Blasio
administration over charter expansion and was a close ally of Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz.
The NYC - based teachers union is ratcheting up its
war over charters in the wake of the Senate's 45 - 15 passage yesterday of a bill that would increase the cap on the schools from 200 to 460.
Research alone is not going to quiet the
controversy over charter expansion in LA, but elected officials, educators, parents and other stakeholders don't have to look much beyond their own backyard if they want relevant data to inform that debate.
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.
The
tensions over charters grew increasingly more heated after January's unanimous vote by the board to oppose the charter expansion plan.
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.
An article by Jim Peyser in the Winter 2014 issue of Education Next looks at the political debates
over the charter cap in Boston.
She has referred to the battle
over charter co-locations into district schools, which critics say siphon away needed resources from district students, as a «Middle East war.»
Thus began a process of cultivating relationships with school leaders,
poring over charter documents, poking holes in governance plans, and investigating schools to determine if they did in fact have the «solid, concrete plan for raising student achievement» that charter schools should.
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Joining Hilltop in choosing traditional
districts over charters is BOK Financial Securities, a major player in school finance.
I remember that when I made my first attempt to go back to college four months after having my daughter Cereta in 1999, I read a book for one of my educational courses about the debate
over charter versus traditional schools.
If N.J. passed new legislation that
handed over charter school growth to the tyrant (current law names the Education Commissioner as sole authorizer) charter school growth would come to an abrupt halt.
The mayor's strong hand in the legislature was in danger of being weakened as the furor
over charters continued, with pro-charter TV ads beating up on de Blasio.
A lengthy budget discussion turned into a shouting
match over charter schools at Wednesday's Buffalo School Board meeting.
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.
Another D.O.E. veteran, Eric Nadelstern, who served as a deputy chancellor during the Bloomberg administration, said the new limits on the mayor's authority
over charters reveals a political loss for de Blasio more than it denigrates the system of mayoral control.
The last pay raise in 1999 was the product of a trade between lawmakers and Gov. George
Pataki over charter school expansion.