Sentences with phrase «policies supporting charter»

The findings are likely to bolster critics of policies supporting charter schools and vouchers as the solution for failing public schools.

The WEA calls policy supporting charter schools «bad legislation» because it would divert money from an already taxed system.

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Another group, Catholics For Independent Action, transferred $ 250,000 on April 6 to New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, the political action committee arm of StudentsFirstNY, a grassroots organization that has pushed for education reform policies and charter school support.

Liberal advocates remain restless over Cuomo's support for tax policies they believe leans too heavily toward the wealthy and corporate interests and are taken aback by his vocal support for charter schools.

The activist wing of the WFP had raised concerns over Cuomo's fiscal policies, including his support for tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners, as well as his embrace of charter schools.

Then on Sunday, he pledged not to grant a long - term extension of mayoral control «without first ensuring that all students have opportunities,» the punctuating sentence of a statement in support of charter schools and against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's charter policies.

Cuomo, too, has been at odds with the New York State United Teachers over education policy efforts as well his support for charter schools.

Signaling a growing divide between the de Blasio and Cuomo administrations on education policy, Lt. Governor Robert Duffy told New York City's charter contingent on Tuesday that their movement has the support of the governor's administration.

Not long ago, many prominent Democrats — including President Barack Obama — supported charter schools and other centrist education policies, such as linking teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Cuomo's take - no - prisoners speech yesterday and policy positions like a freeze on public employee salaries, a property tax cap and support for lifting the charter school cap have made certain segments of the labor community wary of him.

For liberals, Cuomo's work with Republicans has led to economic policies they oppose, including tax and spending cuts and support for charter schools.

As governor, several policy pushes have dovetailed well with an ability to attract donations, including the 2011 push for same - sex marriage and his ongoing support for charters.

He said the UFT supported equity legislation to require taxpayer - funded charters to change their enrollment policies.

Having said that, there are examples of excellent provision in some universities, and policy frameworks and awards such as the European Charter for Researchers and the HR Excellence Award set out guidelines for institutions, including career support for postdoctoral research staff.

We can not say for sure with our data, but it may be that parents are more likely to support charter schools in heavily unionized states, perhaps in a desire for more local control and less bureaucracy, or a desire for curricular and personnel policies that are less influenced by the union.

State - level differences included the strength of charter laws, statewide demographics, existing school choice policies, number of school districts, and the presence of charter support or opposition groups that operate throughout the state.

National Survey shows increased support for vouchers, but public's views on merit pay, charters, and other policies have not changed, though teacher opposition to reforms intensifies

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.

Indeed, it seems that many of the major foundations involved in education are backing charter schools in one way or another, either by supporting individual sites or by financing research or advocacy designed to promote policies friendly to charters.

As part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy policy goals.

Full - time staff members travel the state to support charters and rural districts, all the while advocating for policies that benefit both.

The real culprit of the school systems» troubles, Weingarten says, has been state governments» support for expanding charter schools, voucher plans and other school choice policies, which she argues has eaten into the budget for traditional public schools.

To satisfy the administration's requirements, states will have to change policies affecting teachers, intervene in failing schools, support charters, and more.

We need to support laws and policies that allow proven education models, in both charters and traditional schools, to flourish in our education landscape.

He spent more than seven years as Executive Director of Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, where he helped to launch the Massachusetts Charter School Resource Center, which supported the development of the state's first charter sCharter School Resource Center, which supported the development of the state's first charter scharter schools.

But Morty Ballen, the charter school's founder, claimed that a lawyer for the diocese told him that it was not the church's policy to support charter schools.

By using the bully pulpit to promote the idea of choice rather than to promote policies that support high - quality choices, and by making chartering an NCLB punishment rather than promoting it as an opportunity for partnership, the Administration's support for charters became a liability.

My point is not that other policies are therefore unimportant, but rather that the policies mentioned here have broad support, have moderate to strong research evidence of positive effects (except for the case of nonurban charters, which have strong evidence of neutral to negative effects), and could therefore be a prime target for ongoing bipartisan policy efforts.

While the charter movement has historically received proud bipartisan backing in Washington — Presidents Clinton and Obama both strongly supported charter schools, as have Presidents Bush II and Trump — charters are almost entirely a GOP accomplishment at the state level, where charter policy is made.

National Survey also reveals increased support for virtual schooling, support for charter schools rises sharply in minority communities CAMBRIDGE, MA - The fourth annual survey conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) and Education Next on a wide range of education issues released today reveals that the broader public and teachers are markedly divided in their support for merit pay, teacher tenure, and Race to the Top (RttT).

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Based on the approaches and practices presented, the paper identifies program, support, resource and policy issues for charter school leaders, developers, and policymakers to consider when planning strategies to enhance EL family engagement.

Alumni from the NACSA Leaders Program are equipped with the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage the challenges authorizers face in aligning their agency's policies and practices with NACSA's Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing and advocate for policy that supports quality authorizing.

Rather, it is to make sure that all students have equitable access to all public schools in a city, and to create funding policies and support structures that make it possible for charter schools to serve all students effectively.

Parental school choice fit perfectly within John's intellectual framework for effective service delivery, and he championed all forms of it — vouchers, charters, tax credits, magnet schools, and open enrollment — throughout his academic and policymaking career, knowing full well that his outspoken support for this policy would limit his ability to rise through the ranks of his party.

Charter school expansion is supported by some policy makers and bureaucrats...

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

A poll released last week from Sacred Heart University's Institute of Public Policy proves what we've been saying about our state's public charter schools all along: locally, Connecticut's charter schools stand out for being community - centric and community - focused, resulting in strong local support for them.

(Calif.) Members of an important legislative policy committee gave conditional support to bills that would temporarily reduce teacher training requirements and provide charter schools better access to surplus property, but they rejected a measure that would have repealed district funding reserve caps.

Charter school expansion is supported by some policy makers and bureaucrats at the federal and state levels, as well as by some corporate leaders.

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A poll released Thursday by the Washington Policy Center, a business group that supports charters, and conducted by Moore Information, a conservative pollster, found that 60 percent of state residents support changing the law to allow for charter schools.

It matters because if we are to debate charter school policy or support or criticism of charter schools, we need to be clear what and whom we are talking about.

She also conducted research and wrote policy briefs and funding guides to support charter schools and youth development programs, and worked in government relations for a national youth development organization.

The charter movement struggles in Albany to engage greater numbers of law and policy makers and cultivate support.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing envirocharter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviroCharter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing envirocharter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing envirocharter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing envirocharter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

Prior to BVP, Ms. Anderson was part of the Office of Transformation and Charter Schools at the Rhode Island Department of Education, where her work included policy development on school accountability and college readiness, as well as direct support to district leadership teams on school reform.

According to news reports, Knopf, in her official capacity, visited with school boards and school administrators across Vermont and reported back that there was little support for some of the Race to the Top policies including the effort to add more and more charter schools.

In Washington, the Obama administration's Race to the Top program rewarded states for making significant policy changes such as supporting charter schools.

The objective of the Facilities Initiative Survey is to gather concise data about charter school facilities to foster a policy environment that improves support for the diverse facilities needs of charter schools across the state.