Sentences with phrase «public school districts operate»

The scale of the infrastructure needed for this mission is huge: K — 12 public school districts operate more than 7.5 billion gross square feet of building area and an estimated 2 million acres of land.

Not exact matches

The city park district operates its own radio show in conjunction with the Detroit public schools, and it has a 24 - hour telephone hot line about park activities.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

Long Island public school districts would gain an additional $ 75.3 million in combined operating assistance, or a hike of more than 2.8 percent, under the state aid proposal for the 2017 - 18 academic year released by Cuomo's office.

All public K - 12 institutions in San Luis Obispo are operated by San Luis Coastal Unified School District, which contains six elementary schools,.

At the Homeschool Resource Center operated by the Seattle Public School District, home - schooled children can choose from a rotating menu of classes or just stop by to use the computer center or library.

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 sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter 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.

The plaintiff districts claimed that the commission fatally violated a provision of the state constitution holding that the local «school board shall operate, control and supervise all free public schools within the school district.»

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.

And their revised strategy of operating public schools under contract with public school districts was flawed by an underestimation of the political resistance they would face and their inability to control costs or quality within the public system.

Kids are generally educated in public schools operated by these districts.

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.

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.

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

That democratically controlled authorizer would then have a performance contract with each of the city's public schools, including those operated by the district.

For eons, the plot was the same: the district owns and operates all public schools in a geographic area.

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).

«An Evaluation of Denver's SchoolChoice Process, 2012 - 2014» surveys a city still dominated by a traditional district; it operates or authorizes all of the city's public 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.

The schools operated by CMOs often receive less overall public funding on a per - pupil basis than comparable district - run public schools, with the deficit ranging from approximately 10 to 30 percent.

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.

In two separate lawsuits, opponents of educational choice alleged that Nevada's ESA violated the state constitution's mandate that the state provide a «uniform system of common schools» (Article 11, Section 2), its prohibition against using public funds for sectarian purposes (Article 11, Section 6), and a clause requiring the state to appropriate funds to operate the district schools before any other appropriation is enacted for the biennium (Article 11, Section 10).

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.

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.

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

they point out that in some states, authorizers operate virtually unchecked, with dire consequences for students, and that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools approves the quality controls of only two states (Hawaii and Louisiana) and the District of Columbia.

While these schools receive public funds, they operate unfettered by most state and local district regulations governing other public schools.

Edison spent a disastrous two years as a public company and now operates 31 charter schools and provides management services to 54 district schools.

Ericka was also President and Chief Operating Officer of the McKenzie Group (now part of American Institutes for Research), a comprehensive education consulting firm with a 20 - year history of providing evaluation and technical assistance services to school districts, institutions of higher education, federal agencies, foundations, and other public and private organizations.

A research - practice partnership between MDRC and New Visions for Public Schools (a nonprofit organization supporting district - run high schools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school gradSchools (a nonprofit organization supporting district - run high schools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school gradschools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school graduation.

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.

This funding gap, coupled with the fact that traditional districts often control access to public school buildings, means that many charter operators fall back on a «patchwork of solutions» to cover their operating costs, find adequate school facilities, and transport students.

Seattle School District No. 1 operates 10 regular public high schools.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operations.

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Public education was still defined by the traditional school district's «exclusive territory franchise» — its right to own and operate every single public school in itsPublic education was still defined by the traditional school district's «exclusive territory franchise» — its right to own and operate every single public school in itspublic school in its area.

Founded more than 25 years ago, they are operated independent of the traditional school district but in addition to the being heldto the same accountability standards as all public schools, charter schools have performance targets that they must meet in order to stay open.

1 Boston's charter schools are constituted by the state as individual school districts and therefore operate independently of the Boston Public Schoolsschools are constituted by the state as individual school districts and therefore operate independently of the Boston Public SchoolsSchools (BPS).

Public charter schools are able to operate with increased flexibility as a result of operating outside of district bureaucracies.

If one judged public opinion by conventional public discourse, one would soon conclude that parents in the United States are neatly divided between devotees of district - operated schools and choiceniks determined to avoid them.

Charters will face a second - straight year of flat per student funding, rising costs, and a glaring funding gap of nearly $ 4,000 compared to public operating funding for traditional district schools.

The measure would have allowed residents of districts to vote to make them «renewed school districts» in which «nonprofit organizations may operate publicly funded independent public schools with parental choice and revised state regulation.»

Also onboard is Marshall Tuck, former president and chief operating officer of Green Dot Public Schools, which has built a chain of charter schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor faSchools, which has built a chain of charter schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor faschools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor families.

Gwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Charter schools, which are public schools allowed to operate largely independent of many traditional school district rules, are a major focus of the Obama administration's education plans.

And school district administrators frequently oppose charter schools because the charter schools use public dollars but operate independently and out of the direct control of the local school board.