Sentences with phrase «powers over the charter schools»

He rebutted the idea that the plan can not work because the state law does not give the Board any power over charter schools.

But the bill also gives the school board far more powers over the charter schools than boards in other cities have.

Not exact matches

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Charter school advocates may gain power if a law giving the mayor control over the schools expires and the old Board of Education structure returns.

De Blasio's power over city schools has already been somewhat diminished by the new pro-charter state law dictating how the city must accommodate charters in both public and private space.

Charter school interests that was to see de Blasio's power over the school system weakened and real estate interests that want to see the status quo maintained in the rent laws spent big money to help the Senate Republicans and Cuomo in this election cycle.

With the frequent reports of school districts doing a poor job of fulfilling their authorizing duties and school districts» authorizing over half of the nation's charter schools, it is easy to see how the real power of the chartering strategy is being negated.

Amid continuing legal and political battles over the eight charter schools without walls now operating in the Keystone State, the legislature shifted the power to grant charters for such Internet - based schools from local school districts to the education department.

The L.A. school board's decision to hand off potentially hundreds of schools had been powered largely by charter school advocates who had won over Flores and Villaraigosa.

Unlike the Charter Schools Act upheld in Booth, which provided for a mix of state and local powers, the voucher program gave the local school board, in the court's words, «no substantial discretion over the educational program embodied in the voucher program,» thus violating the state constitution.

In the 1999 Booth decision, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the Denver board's position, finding that the constitution's grant of «general supervision» over public education to the state board was broad enough to encompass the power to approve local charter schools.

Another example of the mayor's office and the local establishment making nice over charter schools can be seen in KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Indianapolis.

As an authorizer, the district would have power of approval and input over a charter school application and could determine how it would fit into the district's education goals.

Their discussion with Ashley Carter largely centered on the separate powers of the organizations which preside over DC public and charter schools.

This year's conference promises to be a particularly engaging event with over 160 breakout sessions, a programming strand focused on Building Political Power, more than 200 exhibitors, many networking events, and keynote speakers Reed Hastings, founder and CEO, Netflix and Viola Davis, award - winning actress and charter school supporter.

Pennsylvania can easily start by embracing the approach taken by Louisiana and its so - far successful reform effort in New Orleans, handing over control of traditional schools to an array of Parent Power groups, community organizations, and charter school operators.

Meanwhile, a charter school usually has more power over the hiring and firing process.

But «nobody outside the charter school sector should have a veto power over where our schools locate,» Edelin said.

Under the proposed legislation, the State Board of Education would have veto power over the actions of the new charter school board with a 3/4 majority vote.

Dorsey will collaborate with charter schools, parochial schools, private schools, and Boston's colleges and universities — although he will not have direct power over those institutions.

The bill allows charter schools to open in low - performing districts, and gives school boards in high performing districts veto power over the schools.

The CTA's fight over Race to the Top brings out traditional political tensions between unions and charter schools — but also introduces philanthropists as a new force of power in the politics of education, said University of California, Berkeley, education professor Bruce Fuller.

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post the link separately since posting a link delays the post

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post... Read More