Sentences with phrase «people around the charter school»

As I'm sure you are aware, some of the people around the charter school movement are decidedly unsavory.

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A campaign would be focused around restoring trust between City Hall and the police, more support for charter schools, and leveraging Massey's connections in the real - estate world and experience with development to spur the creation of more affordable housing, said one person who has spoken with Massey about plotting a possible bid.

While charter schools were taking root in D.C. and around the country, it seemed few people were starting charters that would recruit the kids we wanted to serve: kids who were behind in school, who had been suspended or expelled, who had been locked up.

The charter school in downtown Ogden is connected to as many as 50 families who come from situations where around 18 to 20 people live in a house built for one family.

At its height, according to its superintendent, Patrick Dobard, Louisiana's RSD central office employed around 500 people, but has slimmed down to less than a 100 since converting the remainder of its schools to charters in 2014.

Middle and high school students gathered in front of the charter school around 10 a.m. as part of National Walk Out Day, a nationally - organized protest stemming from the deaths of 17 people — mostly students — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Flschool students gathered in front of the charter school around 10 a.m. as part of National Walk Out Day, a nationally - organized protest stemming from the deaths of 17 people — mostly students — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Flschool around 10 a.m. as part of National Walk Out Day, a nationally - organized protest stemming from the deaths of 17 people — mostly students — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FlSchool in Parkland, Florida.

«We think that if they have to worry about us taking it to the press, sharing it around with people, using it in ways that they wouldn't feel comfortable with, it may have a chilling effect on the amount they would be willing to share,» said Gary Borden, executive director of the political advocacy arm of the California Charter Schools Association.

It's worth noting that the first person to come up with the idea of a charter school was AFT president Albert Shanker; but his charter schools, if implemented would look nothing like the ones around today.

Yglesias» post argues that people who claim charter schools increase school choice exaggerate their value because people with the interest and means already exercise choice by moving around and out - compete low income and low interest parents for slots in those schools by increasing land values in districts that have them and by disproportionately applying for slots in promising charter schools.