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May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

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«As parents, we are outraged that Success Academy charter schools can enter a New York City public school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality Eduschools can enter a New York City public school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality EduSchools and the Alliance for Quality Education.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

In the absence of race - based constraints, some reform efforts that aim to improve school quality, such as charter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summercharter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, SummerCharter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, SummerSchools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summer 2010).

But over time, what we thought of as quality authorizing has morphed into a sort of technocratic risk management for the sector — a process whose own bias, one could argue, accelerated not the growth of charter schools but the replication of one kind of charter school with one specific sort of leader.

Inter-district magnet schools in Connecticut provide a current example outside the scope of traditional school districts as to the way charters might draw students across district boundary lines to create high - quality, integrated schooling options.

In fact, many of the charter sector's quality headaches stem from school boards that abdicate their responsibilities as charter school authorizers, a role they probably never wanted to play in the first place.

Some organizations direct their activities only to district and / or charter school issues, such as improving teacher quality and effectiveness, developing new public charter schools, or closing and transforming failing district schools to create new high - quality schools of choice.

What they want to know is how to make their state's charter sector work as well as possible — how to write a law in such a way that many high - quality schools will result.

As the charter school sector expands, it is necessary but not sufficient to study political and policy conditions, or the growth in the number of high quality charter school seats.

Could «former President» Obama use his platform to effect the change so many of our minority students need by embracing educational opportunity, and access to quality public, private and charter schools, over the politics - as - usual of the education establishment?

The first decade of the 21st century has also had a dominant strategy: incentive - based reforms, such as increasing competition among charter and district schools, merit - pay plans to improve teacher quality, and school - level accountability based on testing.

The state department of education is seeking to establish teacher - preparation schools that are free from state regulations so long as they produce high - quality teachers — a variation on the concept that has led to the creation of more than 3,000 K - 12 charter schools in 41 states since 1992.

Research on teacher quality, charter schools, school leadership, class size, and other factors in school quality is likely to be as or more important than research on race - specific policies for reducing gaps in student achievement.

Charters are important for stimulating improvement in all public schools — and providing even more quality choices — as research has clearly shown that they do.

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

He called the results a turning point that demonstrated the political power of charter school backers as well as others who are seeking more high - quality learning opportunities for local students.

First, it should be conceded that Duncan has a great idea, rewarding states willing to undertake reforms such as launching high - quality charter schools (while closing bad ones) and using data to evaluate teacher effectiveness.

Second grade students at Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston created a professional quality children's book as part of their investigation of snakes.

The Broad plan, recast as Great Public Schools Now, «re-launched» in June with a changed emphasis on adding high - quality school seats wherever they are found, charter or district, a clear shift that resulted from the aggressive pushback against the original plan.

It's not clear that the CMO model, as a rule, produces more consistent quality than does effective authorizing and oversight of «one - off» charter schools.

It was thought early on that public charter schools would serve as «laboratories of education,» where independence, flexibility, and innovation would produce high - quality learning environments that could be replicated across the country.

Likewise, the 2015 CREDO report concluded that Detroit's charter sector was one of only four urban charter communities that «provide essential examples of school - level and system - level commitments to quality that can serve as models to other communities.»

Even worse, raising the barrier to entry for operating a charter school (without actually improving quality, as we already discussed) disproportionately excludes minority community leaders from operating charter schools.

Diverse investments in innovative approaches to scale, such as back office and data management services, leadership training, and technology platforms for promising stand - alone charter schools, might have vastly increased the quality and number of new schools throughout the country.

These charters are accountable to the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (PCSB) for the quality and results of their pre-K programs — just as they are for grades K — 12 — but they are not subject to the kind of extensive, input - based quality requirements found in other pre-K programs.

As the charter authorizer, our job is to keep our strong focus on quality — closing low - performing schools, helping promising schools improve, encouraging our best schools to expand, and applying rigorous oversight to approve only the most - promising new applicants.

As a final matter, Smarick notes that there is a glaring lack of collaboration among high - quality schools from the charter and private school sectors (though there are some exceptions, including initiatives undertaken by Schools That Can and the Philadelphia Schools Partneschools from the charter and private school sectors (though there are some exceptions, including initiatives undertaken by Schools That Can and the Philadelphia Schools PartneSchools That Can and the Philadelphia Schools PartneSchools Partnership).

Richmond is frequently cited in local and national press as an authority on quality charter school authorizing.

The cornerstone of these practices is NACSA's Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing, first published in 2004 and regularly updated as the field evolves.

Regardless, Democrats have grown less positive about the quality of education provided by charter schools than they were five years ago, even as Republicans continue to stand by the sector.

As students in DC continue to attend public charter schools — 44 % of all DC public school students in 2014 — judging the quality of the education programs becomes increasingly important.

It rightfully focuses on authorizers as the lynchpin of charter quality; they are, after all, the entities that screen and approve new charter schools and then hold them accountable for results (or — as is sometimes the case — do not).

And that brings us to those unanswered questions: Can the charter - school movement grow to sufficient scale for long - term political sustainability if we continue to use «quality» — as measured by such factors as test scores — as the sole indicator of a successful school?

If such quality - control measures can be adopted in other communities, charter schools should be supported as a means to increase the supply of good schools available to poor children.

The «R&D» quality of charters has eroded, along with Shanker's expectation that charters would emerge mostly as teacher - created, teacher - run schools.

Imagine Schools Mission Statement As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary chaSchools Mission Statement As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary chaSchools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary chaschools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

How can high - quality charter schools show they are as effective, or better, than traditional public schools if they don't have comparable data to prove it?

Based on these early results, other states should look to Texas's example as they seek to move the needle on quality in their own charter schools.

As an association, TCSA staff members are working diligently to provide you leadership and value in the areas of charter school advocacy and quality member services for our great charter schools across the state of Texas.

The Obama administration also championed high - quality charter schools with its Race to the Top initiative, emphasizing support for charter schools as a major factor in whether states would receive part of the $ 4.35 billion fund.

As Director, Megan is responsible for ensuring NYC charter schools have the resources and supports necessary to maintain high quality special education programs.

«Passage of House Bill 467 would be a credit negative for the PSF, as it could potentially weaken the overall credit quality of the program's participants as the PSF extends its guarantee to a growing number of charter schools over time,» Nichols said.

Quality authorizing can serve as a quality control check for the charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring exceQuality authorizing can serve as a quality control check for the charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring excequality control check for the charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring excellence.

Representatives at the NJCSA claim, as do other proponents of charter school expansion, that charters offer superior academic benefits to children: «Across the country and in New Jersey, high - quality charter schools are making a difference.

NCTR partners with school districts, charter management organizations, institutions of higher education, not - for - profits, and states to develop and support teacher residency programs as quality pipelines of effective and diverse new teachers.

DeVos and her husband, Dick, also founded a high - quality, innovative charter school in western Michigan, which ranks as one of the highest - performing charter schools in the state.

States» applications to secure one of the federal grants will be scored on the basis of more than 30 selection criteria, involving such education improvement priorities as school turnaround, teacher and principal effectiveness, and encouragement of high - quality charter schools.

This is due in large part to Association programs such as the High Quality Charter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout CaliCharter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout Calicharter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout California.