Sentences with phrase «public school closures in»

Ewing, who is currently completing her dissertation «Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago's South Side» — a look at the 2013 public school closures in Chicago, and the relationship between such closures and the structural history of race and racism in Chicago's Bronzeville community — is a sociologist focused on issues of racism, social...

Ewing, who is currently completing her dissertation «Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago's South Side» — a look at the 2013 public school closures in Chicago, and the relationship between such closures and the structural history of race and racism in Chicago's Bronzeville community — is a sociologist focused on issues of racism, social inequality, and urban policy.

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• increase public funding for after - school programs • serve suppers instead of (or in addition to) snacks • recruit more school districts to provide after - school suppers and snacks • support and expand year - round participation by integrating the Afterschool Supper Program with the Summer Food Service Program • streamline and simplify the Afterschool Supper Program • serve meals during weekends, holidays and unanticipated school closures; and • improve meal quality

City Comptroller John Liu vowed to put a moratorium on school closures and also promised to end the policy of co-locating charter and traditional public schools in the same buildings, which he said has been disruptive at many schools.

Following the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, and months without sufficient electricity, water and supplies, the public school system on the island now faces potential manmade devastation: closures of almost 350 public schools.

There are more than a dozen Syracuse public schools that are staring down major changes or closure in the near future, much like what three city schools are going through this year.

«I grew up in the projects, attended public schools that were under threat of closure.

At a subsequent panel on education, Liu slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record on school closures and called for an end to the practice of allowing charter schools to take over space in traditional public schools.

Fifteen D.C. public schools were marked for closure in January 2013 as a result of underenrollment or underutilization of facilities, yet Henderson did not plan on making these facilities available to charter schools.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuSchool Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool continues to serve the same students.

In Philadelphia, working with the community to reclaim our public schools, we stopped school closures and kept public schools in public handIn Philadelphia, working with the community to reclaim our public schools, we stopped school closures and kept public schools in public handin public hands.

«Choosing a public school means that my daughter would have to take two buses to a school that's not in her neighborhood,» says Newark parent Sharon Smith, whose parent engagement group PULSENJ recently joined a federal civil rights complaint over school closures.

Cost - saving actions in public education, such as layoffs, school closures, salary freezes, benefit reductions, and decreasing school days, are possible but unusual.

As noted, school closures have been a popular policy approach both for charter schools and for traditional public schools, particularly in large urban areas.

When charters don't perform, they face closure — making them the most accountable public schools in the state.

NEWARK In a victory for grassroots organizers in Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of coloIn a victory for grassroots organizers in Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of coloin Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of school closures on students of color.

While many in the community appear to support teachers and their plans to go to Raleigh to advocate for public education, one political action committee questioned the closure of schools, which would force students to miss instructional time.

The Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools responds to the closure of Excellence Academy in Monroe.

While the upcoming round of closures has provoked the usual complaints, the reality is that many students already opt for something other than their neighborhood public school — and charter enrollment is highest in some of the city's neediest neighborhoods.

Nor would the charter - managed schools be subject to the same level of oversight as traditional public schools — an accountability model that has proven highly problematic in North Carolina in recent years with the closure of several schools thanks to financial fraud and governance problems.

«We believe in publicly funded public education and we believe that we can have a system in Chicago that is equal to or exceeds school districts in Finland or Japan,» she says of the colleagues with whom she has reshaped the Chicago Teachers Union into a leading force in the fight against school privatization, closures, cuts and the gimmickry that too often passes for education policy.

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If school closures will be necessary the following day, leaders say they will announce the closure to the public no later than 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, in much the same way they do on snow days.

But there is no closure, much less moral triumph in this episode — certainly not for the many independent charter schools in NYC that go to great lengths to work with and keep all their students in school and who are continually associated in the public eye with the practices of no - excuses charter schools.

«We believe that closure of persistently underperforming schools is a natural part of a healthy charter school movement, and will allow us to continue reinventing public education in California.»

If passed, SB 1362 would have severely limitied future high - quality charter public school options in California and potentially precipitated the closure of existing high - quality charter public schools.

The announcement of closures came two weeks after Gov. Ricardo Rossello signed a bill that initiates a charter schools pilot program in 10 percent of public schools and offers private school vouchers to 3 percent of students starting in 2019 - 20.

The schools — 16 in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and eight from the Education Achievement Authority, a soon - to - be-dissolved state - run recovery district for struggling schools — had been identified for closure earlier this year by the Michigan School Reform Office because they've ranked in the bottom 5 percent academically for three straightschools — 16 in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and eight from the Education Achievement Authority, a soon - to - be-dissolved state - run recovery district for struggling schools — had been identified for closure earlier this year by the Michigan School Reform Office because they've ranked in the bottom 5 percent academically for three straightSchools Community District and eight from the Education Achievement Authority, a soon - to - be-dissolved state - run recovery district for struggling schools — had been identified for closure earlier this year by the Michigan School Reform Office because they've ranked in the bottom 5 percent academically for three straightschools — had been identified for closure earlier this year by the Michigan School Reform Office because they've ranked in the bottom 5 percent academically for three straight years.

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.

In this report, prepared for the Center on Reinventing Public Education's National Charter School Research Project, Julie Kowal and Bryan Hassel draw upon interviews with high - quality charter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school cloSchool Research Project, Julie Kowal and Bryan Hassel draw upon interviews with high - quality charter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool closures.

Three years after closures, the public - school students had gained, on average, what equates to 49 extra days of learning in reading — gaining more than a year of achievement growth, as measured by state reading exams.

Through the identification of low performance defined by a single «F» or «D» and the acceleration of the process to demonstrate improvement or closure - like options, Florida will witness a proliferation of failing schools whose children will need to be served in other educational settings outside of traditional public education.

The report is chilling in its description of how school closures and privatization are destroying America's big cities and turning urban public school systems into institutions of last resort.

Now RYH is sponsoring a petition against the Chicago Public Schools space utilization formula used to declare dozens of schools «underutilized» and therefore in danger of closure thiSchools space utilization formula used to declare dozens of schools «underutilized» and therefore in danger of closure thischools «underutilized» and therefore in danger of closure this year.

«We believe that closure of persistently low - performing schools is a natural part of a healthy charter school movement, and will allow us to continue reinventing public education in California.»

As a result of school closures, the Hartford Public Schools may be going in the exact opposite direction by closing schools with high proportions of Black and Latino teSchools may be going in the exact opposite direction by closing schools with high proportions of Black and Latino teschools with high proportions of Black and Latino teachers.

As I wrote a few years ago, the Hartford Public Schools» decade - long decline in teachers of color could be the result of factors such as NCLB certification requirements, school closures and reconstitution, expansion of choice programs, and teacher temp programs like Teach for America.

In contrast, suburban West Hartford Public Schools does not appear to have a policy on school closure in their policy collectioIn contrast, suburban West Hartford Public Schools does not appear to have a policy on school closure in their policy collectioin their policy collection.

To summarize, the written regulations (R - 3600 (c)-RRB- require the Board to notify parents of a potential school closure, prepare a closing study using multiple criteria that is conducted by a committee (the selection process and requirement for a committee are vague), allow people close to the decisions (e.g. parents at the school) to have input in deliberations about closing a school before the final decision is made, and arrange public hearings on the topic.

The announcement of closures came two weeks after Gov. Ricardo Rossello signed a bill for implementing a charter schools pilot program in 10 percent of public schools and offering private school vouchers to 3 percent of students starting in 2019 - 2020 as part of an education overhaul.

In the event of severe weather, such as hurricanes, MYcroSchool Jacksonville follows the Duval County Public Schools» policies on school closures.

The real reason for closure is to obtain real estate to insert charter & mini schools in these buildings, with the ulitmate aim of breaking teachers» unions & privitization of public education.

«The schools» failure to receive the January payment may ultimately result in the schools» bankruptcy and closure and the relocation of over 16,000 students in the middle of the school year,» according to the document filed by attorneys for BESE, the state Department of Education, the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and several individual charter sschools» failure to receive the January payment may ultimately result in the schools» bankruptcy and closure and the relocation of over 16,000 students in the middle of the school year,» according to the document filed by attorneys for BESE, the state Department of Education, the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and several individual charter sschools» bankruptcy and closure and the relocation of over 16,000 students in the middle of the school year,» according to the document filed by attorneys for BESE, the state Department of Education, the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and several individual charter sSchools and several individual charter schoolsschools.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

Recommendations include the need to: 1) consider school closure in the context of a larger reform effort; 2) develop a supply of higher - performing school options; 3) clearly explain to the public how current students will benefit; 4) provide support to families and students during the transition; and 5) provide staff members with clear information about next steps.

Factors with the highest weight included the share of public schools that are charter schools, the share of public - school students in charter schools, the growth rate of charters, the closure rate of charters (small and consistent was considered the best) and academic quality in both reading and math as measured in the equivalent of «additional days of learning» when compared with traditional public schools.

The United Federation of Teachers, joined by the NAACP and several public officials, filed suit against the New York City Department of Education on Wednesday in attempt to halt the city's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schools.

dogmatic effort to... short - circuit community participation in school governance, (ii) evade its responsibility to assist struggling schools before summarily seeking their closure often to improperly make way for charter schools, and (iii) co-locate other favored programs without regard to squeezing out the students in «traditional» public schools from any fair allocation of school resources.