Sentences with phrase «parents against charter schools»

The group, Millburn Parents Against Charter Schools, argues that the schools would siphon money from its children's education for unnecessarily specialized programs.

You make a provocative argument that what could ultimately cause the charter bubble to burst in these communities is lawsuits, including those filed by parents against charter schools on civil rights grounds.

Childress, G. «Durham superintendent warns parents against charter schools, resegregation.»

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Also a parent group announced a lawsuit Sunday against the city for its plan to put a charter school in the Brandeis Educational Complex on the Upper West Side.

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City Councilwoman Gale Brewer said at Tuesday's rally against Harlem Success Academy that she would «strangle» any parents that pull their children out of P.S. 75 and move them into a charter school, the New York Post reported.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, parents and elected officials rallied against a charter school expansion.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

A small group of parents and supporters turned out last night, trying to mobilize against the school board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter Sschool board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter SSchool 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter SchoolSchool.

A group of parents filed the challenge, claiming the formulas discriminate against charters in favor of traditional public schools.

Although the group had signatures from 275 of 442 parents, 62 percent of those with children in the school, the Compton school board voted 5 — 1 against the McKinley charter proposal, citing a variety of technicalities.

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The technocratic reformers want to use these scores to set a minimum standard, meaning «underperforming» schools would be excluded from receiving voucher funds — or, in the case of charter schools, be shut down entirely — even against the will of parents who still want to enroll their children there.

And just this month Nashville Rise parents made another splash onto the scene by using their most powerful weapon in support of quality choices by speaking against the school board's proposed resolution to stop charter growth.

Cherryl Kostman, a Marysville parent who runs a day care business, said she will vote against charter schools after studying literature from both sides.

My activism in the fight for equity and against harmful charter schools myths has lead to a role at C3S engaging parents from schools across the city.

If the vote is against reform, allowing parents to have the choice of charter schools will become even more essential.

The at - time unctuous, election - year parent trigger debate is pitting teachers» unions and parent groups against charter schools and for - profit management companies throughout the nation.

«Low Enrollment of Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools Main Retaliation Against Parents for Advocating: An Emerging Trend»

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Read this great letter from a charter school parent recently published in the New Orleans Advocate regarding the lawsuit currently underway in Louisiana against charter...

«It seemed like the reporting was all about charter schools versus traditional schools,» agrees Allison Holdorff, a Westside parent and advocate who ran against Melvoin in the primary and now works for him as a senior staffer.

Unions have challenged parent choice in the courts, including a lawsuit against vouchers in Florida, a successful action against charter schools in Washington, and a new civil rights lawsuit against charter schools.

The teacher unions are running Tustin Councilmember Rebecca Gomez and Irvine School Board member Michael Parham against Hammond and Williams to replace the current majority with a board majority that will bring the OC Board back to the days when charter school application appeals are routinely denied no matter the quality and demand by parents for a viable alternative to sometimes failing public schools their children are enrollSchool Board member Michael Parham against Hammond and Williams to replace the current majority with a board majority that will bring the OC Board back to the days when charter school application appeals are routinely denied no matter the quality and demand by parents for a viable alternative to sometimes failing public schools their children are enrollschool application appeals are routinely denied no matter the quality and demand by parents for a viable alternative to sometimes failing public schools their children are enrolled in.

The California Charter School Association joined the protest against the protest with a press release yesterday, calling for Caputo - Pearl to «stop disrespecting parents who want to choose the best school for their children.&School Association joined the protest against the protest with a press release yesterday, calling for Caputo - Pearl to «stop disrespecting parents who want to choose the best school for their children.&school for their children.»

On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers, convert public schools into privatized charters, and cut public sector pensions.

Read this great letter from a charter school parent recently published in the New Orleans Advocate regarding the lawsuit currently underway in Louisiana against charter school students.

When Board member Robert Cotto spoke, there were audience members dismissing him for not being a parent; no such criticism was levied against other Board members — most of whom do not have children currently attending Hartford Public Schools — who happened to be in favor of approving plans for a new charter school.

Our goals for this week were to galvanize charter school educators and administrators against teachers» union pressures for strikes and walkouts, dispel false claims to set the record straight in the media, reenergize parents and students, and bring urgency to legislators to pass strong charter laws and fund the ones already passed.

On October 18th, hundreds of parents from the Huntington Park charter public school community rallied together against a...

Imagine the national perception that would have been created if Georgia became the first state to vote against a constitutional amendment that sought to expand public charter school options for parents.

It can also be found at Clark and SAND School Parents Push Back Against the Charter School Hustle.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

For the full commentary piece including some valuable resources go to: Clark and SAND School Parents Push Back Against the Charter School Hustle.

Join these parents and ask @NAACP to vote against charter school moratorium #ChartersWork www.charterswork.com

Two years ago, Parents United for Responsible Education, which is against charters, released a report that showed that one of the district's largest charter networks, the Noble Network of Charter Schools, had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from disciplinarcharter networks, the Noble Network of Charter Schools, had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from disciplinarCharter Schools, had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from disciplinary fees.

The NAACP's stance against charter schools and the right to school choice for millions of poor black parents starkly symbolizes how black political influence is too often black political cowardice and hypocrisy.

Our Philadelphia founding member, Helen Gym, shared news reports that her group, Parents United for Public Education, and others have filed an ethics complaint against the William Penn Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group, alleging that BCG was acting as a lobbyist when it developed a plan for the School District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundSchool District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundschool closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundation.

Tell them they can't discriminate against public charter school parents and students.

«It's astonishing that... big charter corporations are still coming into our communities trying to expand their private schools against the will of the people,» Kelly LaPierre, a teacher and parent in Lynn, said in a statement.

Anyone who is against a charter school is indirectly suggesting that they are against offering parents an alternative education system for their students when the current one, during the current school year, for their student at his or her current grade level, is broken.

Gardner joined other parents and a vocal group of educators before the Wisconsin Assembly Education Committee in January to speak out against AB1, a bill proposed by state lawmakers that would give significantly more funding to charter schools and green light voucher expansion.

Staff at some charter schools may «counsel» parents of students with disabilities against enrolling in the charter school.