Sentences with phrase «promoted by charter»

• The «blended learning» model of education exemplified by the Rocketship chain of charter schools — often promoted by charter boosters — is predicated on paying minimal attention to anything but math and literacy, and even those subjects are taught by inexperienced teachers carrying out data - driven lesson plans relentlessly focused on test preparation.

Not exact matches

Despite the fact that its Charter starts off by directing it to promote full employment and stabilize prices, the Fed is anti-labor in practice.

Led by 80 - year - old United Arab Emirates sheik Abdallah Bin Bayyah, who leads the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, and sponsored by the government of Morocco, the summit looked to Muhammad's Charter of Medina when drafting the declaration.

(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)

4.31 The ACCC Chairman, Graeme Samuel, noted that the Charter will benefit consumers by promoting competition in the supermarket sector, particularly by helping to address concerns about creeping acquisitions.

Secretary of Education Duncan signaled his intention to promote the charter school «silver bullet» by hiring the CEO of the NewSchools Venture Fund as CEO of the Race to the Top.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.

Here, Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo has been a fierce advocate of what many call «corporate education reform»; the governor stoked statewide anger by starving public schools of funding while aggressively promoting charter schools.

Many education reform advocates have not fully embraced the phrase, which is often used by critics of charter schools that promote strict, zero - tolerance discipline codes.

The PDC has a long history of promoting Democratic candidates and ideals and is chartered by both the Santa Clara and San Mateo County Democratic Central Committees.

One Cuomo promise was «to break... the only remaining public monopoly,» referring to public schools and teachers unions, by promoting charter schools, private school tuition tax credits, and a new round of teacher evaluations based on Common Core - aligned high - stakes testing.

Two of them, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, whose district includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and the Bronx borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., spoke on Wednesday at a charter school rally in Prospect Park promoted by one of the mayor's foremost detractors, Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder of the Success Academy charter school network.

The yoga community at the UN recognizes that the principles of the United Nations, as presented particularly in the United Nations Charter and other major internationally adopted instruments, are intimately related to the basic values promoted by the yoga tradition.

Trump's conception, now reinforced by the DeVos appointment, promotes choice, broadly construed, to authorize charter schools, vouchers and opportunity scholarships including public, private, for profit, and maybe even religious schools.

The federal tax credit proposal is one of several ideas under review by the White House to fulfill Donald Trump's campaign promise to promote the expansion of charter schools and vouchers that would allow families of low income to use public money for private school tuition, sources tell POLITICO.

None more so than the Viva Project, which stands for Vision, Idea, Voice, Action, and was started by a Chicago - based community organizer and policy activist involved in promoting the spread of charter schools in the state.

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.

I am not suggesting that the Arnold Foundation (or the charter movement in general) abandon all quality control efforts, but I think quality is best promoted by relying heavily on parent judgement and otherwise relying on a decentralized system of authorizers with the most contextual information to make decisions about opening and closing schools if parents seem to have difficulty assessing quality on their own.

When Johnson left TFA and joined Larchmont as its executive director, however, the school was facing a challenge experienced by many diverse charter schools: the annual admissions lottery was being flooded by white, relatively well - off parents, creating the danger that the school would lose the socioeconomic and racial diversity it was created to promote.

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 liabilitBy 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 liabilitby making chartering an NCLB punishment rather than promoting it as an opportunity for partnership, the Administration's support for charters became a liability.

It is one thing to share the authors» concerns about equity and current threats to social cohesion (which I do) and quite another to think they have made the case either that charter schools are threats to those values or that schools controlled by elected school boards effectively promote them.

State charter - school laws, likewise, could set aside a certain proportion of charter - school funds — say, 25 percent — for schools that are diverse by design, using a weighted lottery to ensure that school choice promotes socioeconomic diversity.

Vouchers have been replaced by charters as the vehicle for promoting free - market reforms.

Center City Public Charter Schools empowers our students and families for lifelong success by building moral character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout Washington, D.C.

Dominated by hedge fund managers who control billions of dollars, DFER has contributed heavily to political candidates for local and state offices who pledge to promote charter schools.

The problem is that charters have been promoted by some as the former while functioning as the latter.

City and state leaders can accomplish this by ensuring that charter authorizers are paying attention to recruitment and admission practices, by ensuring that schools are getting their fair share of funding, by giving charter schools access to excellent special - education expertise and networks, and by promoting innovative new approaches through grants and charter — district partnerships.

CSDC is committed to promoting competition, choice and excellence in education by financing and building great public charter schools.

For instance, many advocates of charter schooling trumpet the freedom and innovation promoted by choice, but they remain hostile to the ideas of unbridled markets and for - profit operators.

(«The Clinton Administration is committed to increasing the number of charter schools from 400 to 3,000 by the year 2000 by expanding start - up funds; promoting excellence; and ensuring equity,» states the document.)

CSDC is committed to promoting innovation and excellence in education by financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

The Won't Back Down movie and the 8/17 Teacher Rocks concert are propaganda for the parent trigger law created by charter school operators and promoted by ALEC.

California's Parent Trigger law was promoted by the organization Parent Revolution, which was founded by charter school operators and backed financially by venture philanthropists.

Charter schools are typically non-unionized, publicly funded alternative schools that have been widely promoted by conservatives as a needed dose of competition in public education.

With 1.4 million students in 4,600 schools, charters are by far the most significant achievement of the «choice» movement that strives to promote educational gains through school competition.

Charter Schools Development Corporation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), promotes innovation and excellence in education by helping charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school models, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice within the American public education Charter Schools Development Corporation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), promotes innovation and excellence in education by helping charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school models, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice within the American public education charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school models, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice within the American public education system.

CSDC, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), is celebrating 20 years of promoting innovation and excellence in education by financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

In addition to federal policy, school districts and charter networks across the country are doing their part to promote racial and socioeconomic integration by considering socioeconomic factors in student assignment policies.

It is HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's intent to protect and promote students» health by permitting advertising and marketing for only those foods and beverages that are permitted to be sold on the school campus, consistent with this LWP.

Mr. Romney, who never went that far, also seems hemmed in politically by the fact that President Obama promotes many solutions that were once Republican talking points, including charter schools and teacher evaluations tied to test scores.

CSDC promotes innovation and excellence in education by financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

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PR (an apt acronym) is a California group funded by Gates, Walton and the usual gang to promote charter schools and the parent trigger.

The WBD movie promotes a parent trigger law created by charter school operators and promoted by ALEC, which wrote the Stand Your Ground law.

BART Charter Public School (BART) prepares students for college by promoting mastery of academic skills and content with a strong foundation in arts and technology.

This educational model separation borders on apartheid, and is promoted both by established, self - interested districts and by the mainstream charter movement that has lost interest in attracting cultural and socioeconomic diversity into its schools.

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The Department of Contracted School Services promotes innovative educational opportunities by recruiting and retaining high quality charter and partnership schools, while providing assistance and accountability which supports schools» ability to effectively meet students» needs.

John Tillman, chief executive officer of the Illinois Policy Institute, a think tank that says it promotes free markets, said the school system could increase the ranks of charter schools, which are largely staffed by non-union teachers.