Sentences with phrase «profit emo»

A report by the Florida League of Women Voters found that the for - profit EMO diverts money for education to private pockets through shady dealings that result in high real estate leasing fees — paid for by the public.

Hawkes, a founder of two Guilford County charter schools that are managed by the for - profit EMO National Heritage Academies, is known for having chastised his colleagues in past email correspondence for their recommendation of just 11 charter schools out of 71 that applied to open in 2014.

Still, according to Stephen Tracy, Ed.D.» 84, Edison's chief architect behind the deal, Edison's potential success in Philadelphia could give the for - profit EMO movement its biggest opportunity to date to prove its worth and open up a new channel for urban school reform.

These experiences raise questions about the political viability of a charter school movement that becomes largely composed of schools run by for - profit EMOs.

Since the state seized control of the city's troubled schools last December, Pennsylvania's plan to yield a number of them to for - profit EMOs has made front - page news and has drawn intense scrutiny from students, parent groups, and teacher unions.

, following 2014 legislation that some interpreted as a way for for - profit EMOs to shield the salaries of their administrators.

These start - ups «lack connections to the money and power» that often comes from partnering with private organizations like for - profit EMOs, the analysis says.

Of the 11 charters approved for 2016, six are operated by for - profit EMOs originating outside the state, including CSUSA, Accelerated Learning Solutions (another Florida - based company), and two new charters operated by National Heritage Academies, a Michigan - based for - profit EMO that already operates 11 charters in the state.

Not exact matches

Only one of the EMOs — Edison Schools Inc., a New York City - based for - profit company — could produce enough high - quality...

Three types of organizations operate charter schools in New York City: nonprofit community - grown organizations (CGOs), nonprofit charter management organizations (CMOs), and for - profit education management organizations (EMOs).

The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).

The fact that many virtual schools are operated by for - profit education management organizations (EMOs) has surely contributed to the degree of scrutiny, prompting such publications as a recent report by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) on the largest operator of these schools, K12 Inc..

Most EMOs today are for - profit companies, such as Edison Schools and Nobel Learning Communities, but not all.

One of the major national EMOs, National Heritage Academies, recently reported an annual profit.

Unlike EMOs (education management organizations), their somewhat older cousins, CMOs are not - for - profit.

Wilson remains a long - term optimist about the potential of EMOs to be an agent for reform in American education; he even believes they can turn a profit.

The school is operated by Edison Schools, Inc., the single largest for - profit educational management organization — or EMO — in the United States.

The profit margin for EMOs hovers at around 7 percent.

Some for - profits, like Edison Schools, the largest EMO, emphasize strong professional development by providing as much as three weeks of training a year for teaching staff.

Defenders of the status quo in education routinely label certain proposed reforms — including tax credits, voucher programs, for - profit education management organizations (or EMOs), and charter schooling — as «anti-public education,» often to great effect.

Given that the growth in for - profit schools has been mainly in contracting with public schools or charter schools to operate individual public schools as EMOs, how much they diverge often depends on state laws and school district contracts.

Chris Whittle's projection for 2030 is an elaborated echo of the 1990s, when for - profit education - management organizations (EMOs) proposed a mission and rationale for transforming American education.

EN: How do CMOs compare to for - profit education management organizations (EMOs)?

Bryan C. Hassel («Friendly Competition,» Forum, Winter 2003) is one of the finest scholars on charter schools, but he may overstate the organizational advantages of for - profit education management organizations (EMOs).

Beginning in the late 1990s, for - profit education management organizations (EMOs) like New York City - based Edison Schools began expanding at what Steven F. Wilson, author of Learning on the Job, called a «dizzying pace.»

Profit - seeking education management organizations (EMOs), like Edison and National Heritage Academies, look to create new schools and operate them as charters or under contract with school systems.

What is the future role of single - site schools in that growth, given that charter management organizations (CMOs) and for - profit education management organizations (EMOs) are increasingly crowding the field?

Critics have taken EMOs to task for introducing a broad range of for - profit activities in an educational environment.

The board, Madati explained, oversaw hiring and set the school's vision, while the EMO, a for - profit company, implemented it.

Rep. Rick Glazier (D - Cumberland) sees the provision in the technical corrections bill, along with allowing for - profits to shield salary information as laid out in SB 793, as part of a larger plan designed to protect private, for - profit charter school operators (sometimes referred to as education management operators, or EMOs).

And notably, the majority of the approved applications this year are backed by national for - profit education management organizations (EMOs), rather than being run only by small, independent and locally - based nonprofit boards.

Just take a look at the track records of some of the virtual charter school operators who are invading our state, or at some of the for - profit «Education Management Organizations» (EMOs) that wish to operate many of our state's charter schools.

The change comes at a time when one prominent Wilmington - based charter school operator, Baker A. Mitchell Jr., has been fighting media requests for months that have asked him to fully disclose the salaries of all employees associated with his charter schools — teachers as well as those who work for his for - profit education management organization (EMO), Roger Bacon Academy.

These providers can either be nonprofit organizations (often referred to as charter management organizations [CMOs]-RRB- or for - profit companies (known as educational management organizations [EMOs]-RRB-.

But the schools can hire an educational management company or EMO to run the school and the EMO can try to make a profit.

The charter school that wants its money also happens to be part of a chain of charters operated by Charter Schools USA, a Florida - based for - profit education management organization (EMO).

Regardless of which model is closest to the original vision of charter schools — either community - based, independent charters like Pine Lake Preparatory or the for - profit schools operated by NHA, CSUSA, and other EMOs — the reality is that under current financial constraints like what exist in states such as North Carolina, neither model can be funded without drawing from significant money from non-traditional sources.

In the case of the for - profit charters, the money comes from the ability of EMOs to reallocate costs for teaching and learning to other cost centers that can be spun into private income from real estate, finance, and contracting.

For - profit networks (called education management organizations, or EMOs) make up the rest, and include networks such as K12 Inc. and Academica.

However, this report shows that replicating successful charter schools has been tougher and more costly than expected for both for - profit and nonprofit charter management organizations (EMOs and CMOs).

Nonprofit school management organizations are called charter management organizations (CMOs), and for - profit school management organizations are called education management organizations (EMOs).

Opponents argue that the for - profit structure diverts public resources to private businesses and that the profit - seeking nature of these organizations creates incentives that jeopardizes the education they provide to children.67 On the other hand, supporters argue that the desire for profits incentivizes EMO staff members to attract and retain «customers» by providing high - quality services.

Michigan's charter school sector is also unique in that 71 percent of its charters are run by an Education Management Organization (EMO), which is a for - profit operator of public schools.

While an organization that manages charter schools is typically called a charter management organization (CMO), NHA is classified as an EMO because it is a for - profit entity, and CMOs are non-profit entities.