Sentences with phrase «public charter school expansion»

On Saturday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ratified a proposal calling for a moratorium on public charter school expansion.

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Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

«Holding the public - school system hostage for charter - school expansion isn't right,» said Kallos, who represents the Upper East Side.

Though he has since tempered his rhetoric, Mr. de Blasio was often hostile toward charter school expansion and Ms. Moskowitz when he served as public advocate and ran for mayor.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

The Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School in Adams, Massachusetts held a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday for a $ 3.9 million renovation and expansion.

New York City's new public schools chief wants to shift $ 210 million away from charter schools to pay for Mayor Bill de Blasio's planned expansion of prekindergarten programs.

A member of the Teamsters and a long - time fighter for workers» rights, expanded public services, and environmental action, Hawkins puts the $ 15 minimum at the center of his platform, as well as a massive public works program and an end to hydro - fracking and charter - school expansion.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

The Assembly passed the extender, but not so the State Senate, reportedly willing to trade for charter - school expansion and perhaps continuation of mayoral control over New York City public schools.

The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.

The NAACP, for example, has called for a moratorium on charter school expansion until, among other things, charters «are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools.»

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

Superintendent Michael Bennet (2005 - 2008) spearheaded Denver Public Schools» improvement by embracing charter school expansion, giving principals more decision - making power, and using student - based funding, in which dollars followed children to their schools of choice, to spur compeSchools» improvement by embracing charter school expansion, giving principals more decision - making power, and using student - based funding, in which dollars followed children to their schools of choice, to spur compeschools of choice, to spur competition.

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.

We measured expansion of charters across districts: first, by whether the district had at least one operating charter school in the 2003 — 04 school year and, second, by the fraction of public school students enrolled in charter schools during the 2003 — 04 school year.

L.A. Unified has been losing students at a rapid clip since 2008, when five charter - management organizations — Green Dot, Aspire, Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC), Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, and Inner City Education Foundation Public Schools (ICEF)-- announced major expansion plans.

In this view, public schools will struggle to meet the higher standards — and not receive the resources with which to do so — and this will open the door to the expansion of charter schools, private - school voucher programs, and online virtual learning.

Unified open - enrollment systems that encompass as many choices as possible from the regular public, charter, private, and virtual school universes are essential to the expansion of choice and competition in K — 12 education.

Although a few members have been prominent supporters of charter school expansion, the group has tended to support traditional public - school interests like greater funding for struggling schools and pay raises for teachers rather than choice proposals.

While the Administration appreciates that H.R. 471 would provide Federal support for improving public schools in the District of Columbia (D.C.), including expanding and improving high - quality D.C. public charter schools, the Administration opposes the creation or expansion of private school voucher programs that are authorized by this bill.

PAA opposes efforts to privatize public education through the expansion of charters, vouchers or other privately - run programs at the expense of regular public schools.

By rejecting the second prong used to great effect by Mike Bloomberg and Joel Klein — improvement from outside the system through the expansion of public charter schools — you cripple yourself.

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools...

Over the last three years, we have worked closely with the Albertson Foundation and partners like Building Hope, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping charter schools develop high - quality facilities, to support the expansion of some of the best charter public schools in the state.

[The politics of rationing education is a reason why districts and other traditionalists also oppose the expansion of public charter schools and other forms of school choice that are helping Black and Latino children attain high quality education; charters fall outside of the control of districts and therefore, open the doors of opportunity for those historically denied great teachers and college - preparatory curricula.]

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Researchers examined the decade between 2002 and 2012 because it was a period of rapid expansion of public charter schools and closures of traditional district schools.

Parents and general public should be aware that public school closings in many cities are accompanied by the simultaneous expansion of charter schools and non-public options — schools which have become the darlings of corporate reform, but whose track records are often worse that those of comparable public schools.

And yet he has said that he supports a moratorium — a repeal, if you will — on the approval and expansion of public charter schools, a sector that affords families zoned for long - struggling traditional schools the opportunity to have access to high - quality public education.

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These best practices and findings are detailed in a new report that's just been released entitled, Over-Age, Under - Credited Students and Public Charter Schools: An Exploration of Successes, Strategies, and Opportunities for Expansion.

Building Hope supports the expansion of successful charter school organizations with the capacity to grow their enrollments in order to catalyze change across the public education system.

SDUSD had their first charter board meeting of this school year with three charter issues; a Special Education MOU, a material revision for a grade expansion for O'Farrell Community School and a public hearing for San Diego Global Visions (SDGVA) to add a middle sschool year with three charter issues; a Special Education MOU, a material revision for a grade expansion for O'Farrell Community School and a public hearing for San Diego Global Visions (SDGVA) to add a middle sSchool and a public hearing for San Diego Global Visions (SDGVA) to add a middle schoolschool.

The plan for rapid expansion in LA Unified is now in the hands of a Broad offshoot, Great Public Schools Now, which intends to raise $ 400 million to invest in new charters and high - performing public schools that serve low - income stuPublic Schools Now, which intends to raise $ 400 million to invest in new charters and high - performing public schools that serve low - income stSchools Now, which intends to raise $ 400 million to invest in new charters and high - performing public schools that serve low - income stupublic schools that serve low - income stschools that serve low - income students.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

More than 20,000 parents, students and teachers in LA Unified are expected to stage a «Walk - In» before school on Wednesday orchestrated by the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools to protest charter expansion and call for greater investment in public education.

These include many reforms familiar to public education advocates such as Teacher Merit Pay, Parent Trigger, Education Savings Accounts, Charter expansion, Central Charter School Authorizer, Corporate Tax Scholarships, Universal Vouchers, Collective Bargaining, Innovation Schools / Districts, Virtual Charters, Data Mining, District Report Cards / School Grades, Personalized Learning, Open Enrollment, and the conveniently bundled «Indiana Education Reform Package.»

Once again, Mayor de Blasio needs to acknowledge that charter schools are public schools and support lifting the cap for charter schools as well as continued expansion of progressive models such as the PROSE program for traditional public schools that are both high and low performing.

This is less about the Minneapolis Public Schools than it is about fueling the expansion of charter schools in the Twin Schools than it is about fueling the expansion of charter schools in the Twin schools in the Twin Cities.

The United Federation of Teachers yesterday proposed state legislation that will require charter schools to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools or risk reductions in state funding, state renewals, expansions or new schools and — for repeated offenses — forfeiting their charters.

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These schemes also include tax breaks for private school participants, a statewide voucher system, special education vouchers, takeover policies that allow unelected czars to control public schools, and an expansion of private charters.

In Newark, N.J., support for public charter schools is overwhelming, with 71 percent of respondents supporting expansion of the sector.

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Herr co-founded the Capital City Public Charter School in 2000 and served as its Executive Director from 2004 - 2009, providing leadership during its expansion from a successful PreK - 8th grade school to incorporate a high sSchool in 2000 and served as its Executive Director from 2004 - 2009, providing leadership during its expansion from a successful PreK - 8th grade school to incorporate a high sschool to incorporate a high schoolschool.

During debate on the charter school expansion, Democrats said they were troubled by the push to increase charter schools rather than help failing public schools.

The proposed expansion of school choice in Wisconsin comes at a time when President Barack Obama and Republicans are promoting charter schools and teacher accountability, while skeptics question whether choice programs have proven to be any more effective than traditional public schools.

Representatives from the Princeton Charter School and the Princeton Public Schools met three times to try to negotiate a settlement regarding the expansion but could not come to an agreement.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today new grants totaling more than $ 157 million through its Charter Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the Charter Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the charter schools across the schools across the nation.