Sentences with phrase «over traditional district schools»

For real gains to be made, charter schools need the advantages in flexibility and competition they have over traditional district schools — advantages opposed by teachers unions.

In particular, it's not clear what the problem is that this approach is trying solve or why this approach wouldn't lead to the same problems that political control over traditional district schools has caused.

For many of these families, this starts with taking over the traditional district school within their own neighborhoods — and that means being able to utilize Parent Trigger laws that allow them to do so.

Not exact matches

District officials were concerned that students couldn't easily transfer from a school with this sort of interdisciplinary structure and projects that spanned over years to a more traditional school.

Over the past 15 years, many school districts have implemented whole - day or extended - day kindergarten programs that replace or run parallel to traditional half - day programs.

The researchers developed a hands - on curriculum and professional development lessons teaching basic physics using the popular toys, then conducted a randomized controlled trial in about 60 fourth - grade classrooms in a California school district comparing student learning under the project - based and traditional textbook based instruction over three weeks.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groOver the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groover 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math and reading scores at traditional public and public charter schools have increased quickly over the past decade.»

Traditional district schools receive just over $ 19,076 in public funds for each student.

New Orleans essentially erased its traditional school district and started over.

Because, in his mind, it could fuel too much «chaos» and «disruption» when a majority of families manage to take over a school, displeasing those families in the minority who would prefer to keep the school in traditional district hands.

Green Dot is best known for taking over Locke High School, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School Disschool in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool District.

While most of the charters that have opened over the past two decades still serve students today, some schools have closed or transitioned to traditional district or magnet schools.

Joining Hilltop in choosing traditional districts over charters is BOK Financial Securities, a major player in school finance.

The battle between traditional schools and charters has been particularly sharp in the Houston ISD, the state's largest district, which is threatened with a state takeover unless it turns over 10 underperforming schools to a charter operator.

Currently, Schools That Can Milwaukee impacts more than 16,500 students through our support of over than 200 leaders at 43 schools — traditional district, independent charter, and private Schools That Can Milwaukee impacts more than 16,500 students through our support of over than 200 leaders at 43 schools — traditional district, independent charter, and private schools — traditional district, independent charter, and private Choice.

Over the years, Tanaisia has attended both public charter and traditional district schools, which has allowed me to fully see the differences in opportunities that are presented at each type of school.

Built around the use of an embedded set of connected, web - based data tools, the OIP is being used by well over half of the 612 traditional public school districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strschool districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strSchool Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strategy.

This past cycle of Newark Enrolls, the collaborative enrollment system that lets parents prioritize their choices among traditional district schools and public charters, over 50 percent of parents of incoming kindergarteners chose charters as their first choice.

(The district reports having «over 900» traditional public schools as well as 187 charters.)

The Los Angeles - based nonprofit operates 10 local charters as well as Locke High, the district's first traditional high school to be taken over by a private operator.

But questions remain over whether such classes effectively mirror the difficulty and quality of traditional courses in all school districts.

You don't really care about treatises on whether families are best being customers of schools, or ideological debates over the value of Common Core, or pablum from school choice activists with jobs to protect about why state tests shouldn't be used to hold accountable private schools taking vouchers for serving kids, or if an Obama Administration plan to address suspensions is somehow a punishment to traditional district schools that have been failing kids for decade after decade.

Heather Mund taught at a traditional district school for four years before switching over to teaching at Equitas Academy, a charter school in Los Angeles.

McDonogh 35 \'s principal is one of five starting a new charter network that wants to take over the district \'s five remaining traditional schools.

In a report on school safety released last October, Eden reached the conclusion that New York City's charter schools were «safer» than traditional district counterparts not by comparing raw data from the Big Apple's school climate survey or even using more - objective data such as incident reports over a period of several years.

Prior to joining Transcend, Stacey Wang served as the Advisor of the Superintendent and Director of Personalized Learning for Oakland Unified School District where she collaborated with system leaders, school leaders, teachers, parents, students, and the broader community to transform schools from traditional models to personalized learning schools impacting over 7,000 stuSchool District where she collaborated with system leaders, school leaders, teachers, parents, students, and the broader community to transform schools from traditional models to personalized learning schools impacting over 7,000 stuschool leaders, teachers, parents, students, and the broader community to transform schools from traditional models to personalized learning schools impacting over 7,000 students.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

The Educators 4 Excellence group was formed by Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, who were frustrated by a lack of control over district policy decisions while teaching in a traditional public school in New York City.

John Luczak of Education First — a consulting firm that provides support to districts in implementing school improvement programs — told the EWA audience that for all of the concern over where teachers are prepared, be it longstanding traditional universities or online certification programs, he has found many districts have no idea where their candidates were trained.

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would dole out $ 100 million to traditional school districts and charter schools to build and maintain facilities over the next two years.

In Ohio for example, where the charter sector has been struggling with poor student achievement results for over a decade, charter schools in Cleveland are producing positive learning gains for their students in both reading and math, compared to students attending traditional district schools in the city.22 In Ohio in particular, the Cleveland School District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality rschools in Cleveland are producing positive learning gains for their students in both reading and math, compared to students attending traditional district schools in the city.22 In Ohio in particular, the Cleveland School District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality district schools in the city.22 In Ohio in particular, the Cleveland School District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality rschools in the city.22 In Ohio in particular, the Cleveland School District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality reSchool District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality rSchools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality rschools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality reschool facilities, necessary to produce high - quality results.

If they did, they would know that Alexander's plan would all but solidify the Obama Administration's move over the past few years to eviscerate No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provisions, which have exposed the failure of traditional districts to provide high - quality teaching, curricula, and school cultures to poor and minority children (as well as those condemned to the nation's special ed ghettos).

Affiliated charters are district schools that operate with most of the same rules as regulations that govern traditional schools but with greater autonomy over spending decisions.

«That's scary to me,» said Charlotte parent LauraLee McIntosh when she learned of Ridnouer's involvement in the state's Innovative School District, a controversial program that would allow outside groups — including private nonprofits like AAC and, possibly, for - profit companies — to take over struggling traditional public schools.

Despite the high interest in urban education and educational equality among Yale students, most «Yalies» (i.e. Yale students) who enter the classroom end up doing so through alternative teaching programs, favoring these programs over employment options in district schools with traditional recruitment tactics and teacher preparation programs.

Conspiracy theorists might note that many urban districts sued the state over last year's education bill that required traditional public schools to share construction and maintenance money with charter schools.