Sentences with phrase «profit charter school operation»

When you refer to the McKinley Elementary School petition in Compton, Calif., as «parent - powered, child - focused,» you ignore the fact that the petition was circulated not by parents in the school but by paid organizers pushing a for - profit charter school operation.

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Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.

c. Should states allow for - profit companies to manage the operation of charter schools?

Two strategies are particularly attractive: reopening these schools as charter schools, or contracting with a for - profit or nonprofit manager to run their day - to - day operations.

In spite of a wealth of information that points to K12, Inc. running a business operation that has poor returns by failing to adequately educate students, yet continues to profit mightily from state taxpayers, some are still enthusiastic about the prospect of the virtual charter school coming to North Carolina, including Rep. Larry Pittman, a supporter of virtual charters.

And relentless questions have dogged the eastern North Carolina charter operator Baker Mitchell, who runs four charter schools and has reportedly profited in the tens of millions in taxpayer dollars through his for - profit companies that lease the land to the schools and run their operations.

While the bill, SB 793, or Charter School Modifications, clarifies that the salaries of charter school teachers and non-profit boards of directors are subject to public disclosure, employees of for - profit companies that are contracted to manage the operations of charter schools would not be subject to thoseCharter School Modifications, clarifies that the salaries of charter school teachers and non-profit boards of directors are subject to public disclosure, employees of for - profit companies that are contracted to manage the operations of charter schools would not be subject to those School Modifications, clarifies that the salaries of charter school teachers and non-profit boards of directors are subject to public disclosure, employees of for - profit companies that are contracted to manage the operations of charter schools would not be subject to thosecharter school teachers and non-profit boards of directors are subject to public disclosure, employees of for - profit companies that are contracted to manage the operations of charter schools would not be subject to those school teachers and non-profit boards of directors are subject to public disclosure, employees of for - profit companies that are contracted to manage the operations of charter schools would not be subject to thosecharter schools would not be subject to those rules.

Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»

In my own report about charter operations in North Carolina, I find these schools regularly mask how their charitable dollars are spent and how much they profit from related real estate deals and education management firms.

In short, because facilities and finance are often a source of significant profit, it is one of the main aspects of charter school operations that is more vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse — or more in need of better accountability.

And questions continue to dog Eastern North Carolina charter operator Baker Mitchell, Jr., who runs four charter schools and has received millions in taxpayer money through his for - profit companies, which lease the land to the schools and run their operations.

In a passage starting on p. 160, Ravitch presents the involvement of New York hedge - fund managers in charter schools at the beginning of a messy discussion of colocation of charter schools in New York City, the ties between charter schools and tax credits, similar ties with investment - based visas, real - estate operations with charter - school education as a loss leader, and the ideology of profit - motivated charter - school model laws pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

After all, the federal, state, and local governments already works with faith - based operations to provide healthcare and other services — including $ 3 billion in federal dollars into Catholic Charities alone — while Centrist Democrat and progressive school reformers are more than happy to back charters, which are operated by nonprofit and even for - profit organizations, and support federal and state student aid (which flows into private and parochial universities).

Members of the county's Board of Commissioners and Board of Education unanimously approved a joint resolution Monday night opposing Southside - Ashpole's selection for the state's Innovative School District (ISD), which could allow charter or education management organizations — including, possibly, for - profit groups — to seize control of operations and staffing in hopes of turning around lagging test scores.

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