Sentences with phrase «public charter schools operate»

Public charter schools operate on government funding, just like traditional public schools.

While some of the city's public charter schools operate out of privately owned buildings, all Success Academy schools are co-located with district schools.

Presently, there are 210 public charter schools operating in New York City and the potential for 25 additional schools to be opened before hitting maximum capacity under the current cap.

An independent, tuition - free virtual public charter school operated by the School District of Waukesha, eAchieve Academy features a flexible, individualized approach to learning integrated in a rigorous, engaging online curriculum with extraordinary support from experienced, Wisconsin - certified teachers.

Non-profit charter management organizations eligible for the 2015 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools operated a minimum of five schools since the 2010 - 11 school year, serving at least 2,500 students and sizeable percentages of low - income students and students of color.

and there are approximately 6,400 public charter schools operating in 42 state and the District of Columbia with an estimated enrollment of over 2.5 million students.

Worth, and also helped establish in 2007 the Williams Preparatory School, a K - 12 free tuition public charter school operated by Uplift Education that educates over 1,500 primarily low - income children in northwest Dallas.

Not exact matches

«The state and city used Katrina to wipe away the dysfunction and corruption in the school system,» Medberry says, referring to the city's charter school initiative, which largely replaced public schools with privately operated institutions after 2005.

But charter schools get a cut of taxpayer dollars, which threatens the money needed to fund the public schools and keep the Syracuse Teachers Association operating.

Charter schools are publicly funded but privately operated, and many occupy space in public school buildings.

The state Senate did its duty by New York's public - school children yesterday, passing a bill that would more than double the number of charter schools allowed to operate statewide — without the usual poison pills meant to strangle the wildly successful charter movement by stealth.

In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter school law, these publicly funded but privately operated schools have become a highly sought - after alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban areas.

Klein, who oversaw more than 1,600 public schools with 136,000 employees and a $ 21 billion operating budget, also helped grow the number of charter schools in the city.

Charter schools are often a subject of considerable public debate, since they receive public funding but may be privately operated and staffed by nonunion teachers, in contrast to traditional public schools.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadCharter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadcharter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sCharter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district scharter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sschools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district schoolsschools.

He was also the cofounder and chief operating officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

While online learning is still new to the vast majority of K - 12 students and schools, Ohio has operated «e-schools,» public charter schools that operate entirely online and which students «attend» on a full - time basis, for a decade.

Importantly, the schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public schools operated by the local school district and five over-subscribed charter schools that have been shown to have large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math and English language arts tests.

Well over half of the city's 88 public schools are now charter schools that are independently operated but publicly authorized, funded, and evaluated.

Charter Schools: publicly funded, privately managed schools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaSchools: publicly funded, privately managed schools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaschools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaschools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operations).

In 2013, more than 80 percent of New Orleans public school students attend charter schools, including 12 charters that are authorized by the Orleans Parish School Board, which still operates six of its own schools asschool students attend charter schools, including 12 charters that are authorized by the Orleans Parish School Board, which still operates six of its own schools asSchool Board, which still operates six of its own schools as well.

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.

Marco Petruzzi has been named the president and chief operating officer of Green Dot Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates charter schools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles school diSchools, a nonprofit organization that operates charter schools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles school dischools for the 708,500 - student Los Angeles school district.

PDK: «As you may know, charter schools operate under a charter or contract that frees them from many of the state regulations imposed on public schools and permits them to operate independently.»

Sara Mead, a member of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board and a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, adds that charters find it easier to fend off critics by operating in the inner cities rather than in the suburbs.

The first teachers» union contract approved for one of Massachusetts» 57 charter schools that operate outside a local public school district will allow performance - based teacher pay and a longer school day.

With a few exceptions, the vast majority of charter schools operated by NewSchools CMOs are self - sufficient on public revenues (excluding major capital costs).

Chartering showed that the district does not need to own and operate all public schools in a geographic area.

Maybe DC is a harbinger: Just this week, Kaya Henderson announced that Malcolm X Elementary, a long - troubled public school in Anacostia, will be operated by Achievement Prep, a DC charter — but will remain within DCPS as a neighborhood school.

The 161 charter schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP).

In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter schools, the Buffalo, N.Y., school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated public schools.

Last week, the Clayton Christensen Institute published a case study that describes how Leadership Public Schools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cSchools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cschools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention courses.

The school is operated by the Leona Group, a public charter school company.

Until recently, he served as chief operating officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

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.

Others seem to want the charter sector to permanently operate in parallel to a district sector, giving interested low - income families public alternatives to assigned government - run schools.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools allowed to operate autonomously and free from many of the regulations that apply to other public schools.

In this case, the comparison between public and private schools was blurred by the fact that half the public schools in the authors» sample were either charter schools or recently reconstituted schools operating under special rules.

Initiated in 1991 by a Minnesota law allowing private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate schools if authorized by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter schools.

Gove's earnestly pursued and widely touted «academies» scheme, which allows district - operated public schools to convert to charter - like status and be managed by outside groups, has led to a major scandal in Birmingham, where a handful of such schools were taken over by fundamentalist Muslims.

Choice programs come in several flavors, including charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated; private school vouchers, which cover all or part of private school tuition; and open enrollment plans (sometimes called public school vouchers) that allow parents to send their child to any public school in the district.

Success Academy operates under perhaps the toughest set of norms and expectations for all participants — pupils, parents, teachers, and principals — of any New York City public schools, whether district - operated or charter.

Since 1995, the board has approved plans for 159 charter schools, which are independently run public schools that operate free of most state regulations.

For reformers, the idea is that school districts or chartering agencies should be able to contract with private firms to operate public schools - especially failing ones - in order to take advantage of the greater flexibility, expertise, efficiency, and innovation that the marketplace might offer.

Charter schools are run by private operators who are less accountable to the public and who sometimes operate schools for profit.

Mayor Muriel Bowser presides over this dual system, where the traditional D.C. Public Schools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter SchoolSchools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter Schoolcharter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter Schoolschools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter SchoolCharter School Board.

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

And we're going through another round today, with initiatives such as «Reimagining Learning,» led by Stacey Childress and her team at the NewSchools Venture Fund; the Emerson Collective's XQ SuperSchool project; Marc Zuckerberg's efforts to «personalize learning»; and any number of technology - centric undertakings like Summit Public Schools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sSchools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sschools, and K12 - operated virtual schoolsschools.

Whether district - run, state - run, or charters, all of these schools operate under a system of public choice without attendance zones.