Sentences with phrase «quality charter»
The California Charter Schools Association's vision is to increase student learning by growing the number of families choosing high quality charter public schools so that no child is denied the right to a great public education.
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Kline indicated that areas of agreement in the bills had indeed been forged with committee Democrats on parental engagement, support for high - quality charter schools, and the use of disaggregated data to help disadvantaged student subgroups.
My answer was straightforward: quality charter authorizing; autonomy in exchange for accountability; strong school teachers and leaders; and a nimble, adaptable policy framework that allowed for innovations like our common enrollment system.
Gates's foundation will also support designing «curricula and professional development aligned to state standards,» and «the development of high - quality charter schools.»
WestEd Policy Forum on Increasing Equity Through High - Quality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segregation.
«While we congratulate Uncommon Schools for their progress in raising student achievement and their steadfast commitment to ensuring that every child — regardless of family income or background — deserves a world - class education, the real winners are the students who are served by these and other high - quality charter management organizations,» said Rebecca Wolf DiBiase, managing director of programs for The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.
Across the country and in New Jersey, high - quality charter schools are making a difference.
In a letter to committee lawmakers this weekend, Matt Ellinwood, director of the Education and Law Project at the N.C. Justice Center, a progressive Raleigh nonprofit, told legislators the bill may only lessen North Carolina's ability to ensure quality charter openings.
«These are quality charter schools,» county Fifth District Trustee Linda Lindholm told us.
This governance structure is at the heart of developing and sustaining high quality charter schools that serve families from diverse communities across California.
GEO incubates quality charter schools and then supports their growth.
It is a well - designed study and a sobering reminder that some localities have done far better than others in recruiting, funding, and monitoring high - quality charter operators.
The awards recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the Association's mission to increase student achievement by supporting and expanding California's high - quality charter public school movement.
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) serves as a national center to provide on - demand resources, information, and technical assistance to support successful planning, authorizing, implementation, and sustainability of high - quality charter schools; to share evaluations on the effects of charter schools; and to disseminate information about successful practices in charter schools.
According to its website and news reports, EducationPost will focus on three areas: K - 12 academic standards, high - quality charter schools, and how best to hold teachers and schools accountable for educating students.
About INCS The Illinois Network of Charter Schools (INCS) is dedicated to the improvement of education by establishing high - quality charter public schools that transform lives and communities.
While the Alliance for School Choice focuses on those three reforms in particular, advocates also believe that states should eliminate barriers preventing the growth of high - quality charter schools, virtual schools, online learning options, and home schooling.
During the webinar Ableidinger reviewed the highlights of the white paper that he recently authored for the National Charter School Resource Center, Incubating High - Quality Charter Schools: Innovations in City - Based Organizations.
Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP): We applaud your aim within the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act to enable successful charter schools to replicate, expand, and serve more students.
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act brings to House consideration a significant reauthorization proposal that has the support of the charter school movement.
There's a federal program for the «Replication and Expansion of High - Quality Charter Schools.»
Sheth Family Foundation Gift Helps Expand High Quality Charter School Options Atlanta, GA — An unanticipated gift to the Georgia Charter Schools...
«In my new role, I'll have an opportunity to help develop high quality charter schools that are committed to academic excellence for the students that need it most.»
This bill is called the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools bill, but we believe that it only serves to empower charter school operators and not parents or students.
EdTec was founded as a social venture in 2001 to develop, support, and advance quality charter schools by delivering high - value support services and expertise.
Gray described the initiative he is leading, CEE - Trust, a network of 18 city - based organizations that support education innovation and reform, and discussed the efforts of a CEE - Trust working group that is exploring innovative ways to rapidly expand the supply of high - quality charter schools in seven CEE - Trust cities.
«As the primary authorizer for public schools in Orleans Parish, OPSB needs to ensure that it continues to be focused on high quality charter schools that meet the needs of all students, and restructure itself accordingly so that it serves as a thought and support partner for its schools.»
Passage of the Quality Charter School Act, a bill being introduced this week at the Legislature, would help a lot.
This Op Ed by Cameron Smith, which appeared on AL.com, serves to remind us of the gains Georgia has already made to secure a state level charter school authorizer, and of the hard work still to be done to expand high quality charter options.
Charter School Lenders» Coalition: Thank you for your leadership in promoting educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities through the replication of high - performing public charter schools... H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act, would provide essential tools and resources to address the dire need for quality education for low - income students.
House Begins Consideration of First Education Reform Bill H.R. 2218 Will Expand Access to High - Quality Charter Schools
The U.S. Department of Education announced charter school grants totaling $ 25 million to replicate and expand high - quality charter schools that have demonstrated success.
The Tennessee High Quality Charter Schools Act is considered moderately strong legislation in the charter world, but in this instance, the law aggressively protects charter schools from anti-charter school boards and school leaders.
I'm committed to the mission of the Association to grow and develop quality charter school programs for the benefit of students.
The mission of the SCSC is to improve public education by authorizing high quality charter schools that provide students with better educational opportunities than they would otherwise receive in traditional district schools.
Reporter Cerball visited the school and spoke with College Prep's Chris Callaway on the impact of a new high - quality charter school in the area.
Learn the skills required to start, lead and replicate high - quality charter schools.
Over the summer, the committee approved the first three bills in this series: the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218), and the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445).
Fordham leadership and board recognize that the organization can have a positive and significant impact via the authorizing work, and they have supported that growth, due mainly to the replication and expansion of existing, high - quality charter school models.
The rally is co-sponsored by CCSA Families, a part of the California Charter Schools Association, which supports the growth of high quality charter schools.
An increasing number of local education agencies are tying to curtail their availability, even though at least 50,000 children remain on waiting lists to get into a quality charter school.
«It's a very good mix of high - quality charter management groups coming into the state as well as home - grown proposals.»
Our mission is to advocate for, foster and support autonomous, high - quality charter public schools and networks throughout Georgia.
Four California Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and two California non-profit agencies / state agencies were awarded grants on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education through the «Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program (Charter Schools Program or CSP).»
If enacted, SB 1362 (Beall) would have severely restricted the growth of charter public schools in California and potentially forced quality charter schools to close or never allow them to open.
It is one of five case studies at the heart of NACSA's groundbreaking Quality Practice Project, which explores the authorizer practices associated with high - quality charter school portfolios.
Decisions Reflect Rigor and Attention to Underserved Communities Atlanta, GA August 30, 2014 — High quality charter school options will...
High - quality charter schools offer opportunities to many students, particularly those straightjacketed by their zip codes.
National Association of Charter School Authorizers: As a strong proponent of quality charter schools, [we] support H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act, which will improve the quality of charter school authorizing... By strengthening charter school authorizing, H.R. 2218 will support the growth in both the number and quality of charter schools while also ensuring that charter schools are open to and serve all students.
«This bill is a good first step toward amending the current charter school law to support the expansion of high - quality charter schools,» said Donna Siminski, the association's director of policy and advocacy.