Sentences with phrase «profit charter takeovers»

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After hours of anticipation yesterday as a bill lingered on a House Rules committee agenda that could allow for - profit charter school operators to takeover some of North Carolina's worst performing schools, Rep. Rob Bryan (R - Mecklenburg) told the Charlotte Observer Thursday night that his proposal won't be taken up by fellow lawmakers this year.

Leaders talked lawsuits, school closures and even outright defiance of the takeover plan, which could allow for - profit charter management companies to seize control of several low - performing, public schools in the coming years.

The recent wave of state takeovers are not about educational improvement; they are aimed at paving the way for more unregulated charter schools, and new profits for textbook, testing and IT companies.

We also report on a victory against for - profit charter expansion in Florida, and efforts to stop a district takeover in Mississippi.

But under the charter takeover, schools may be run by private, for - profit charter boards that do not answer to local voters.