Sentences with phrase «quality charter schools help»

«High quality charter schools help close the achievement gap and they are definitely part of the solution.»

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The Governor is helping to create the conditions for further growth of high quality charter schools and is giving hope to thousands more children.

Factors other than school quality could help to explain high levels of achievement of charter school students in these states — including the ability of parents to close underperforming schools.

I suspect that online learning will continue to expand mainly via course providers like K12, but savvy customers like CMOs and high - performing stand - alone charter schools will help increase the quality of high - tech platforms.

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.

The National Alliance developed a model state law to help states create laws that support the growth of high - quality charter schools and each year we rank states based on how well their charter school laws align to this model.

[Other school reformers offer other approaches, including the expansion of high - quality charter schools serving Black children, which could also help.]

The School Board should help encourage new, high quality charter operators to come into New Orleans to open new schools or take over charters that are foundering.

He went on to serve in the New York City Department of Education, where he helped open new, high - quality district and charter schools, support the turnaround of struggling schools, and advocate for admission and enrollment changes that led to thousands more New York City students being better prepared for college and careers.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.

The state of Texas has been making a concerted effort to raise the quality of its public charter schools through sound policy reform, effective implementation, and resources to help practitioners zero in on improvement.

A new review of 25 school quality rating systems by Public Impact's Lyria Boast and Tim Field for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools revealed clear trends that may help rating system designers and users move toward optimal system designs.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confiSchools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools confidently.

The Texas Charter Schools Association, a non-governmental entity that provides support to the state's charter schools, has spent a lot of time helping schools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attCharter Schools Association, a non-governmental entity that provides support to the state's charter schools, has spent a lot of time helping schools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attSchools Association, a non-governmental entity that provides support to the state's charter schools, has spent a lot of time helping schools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attcharter schools, has spent a lot of time helping schools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attschools, has spent a lot of time helping schools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attschools identify their quality gaps so they can focus on areas that require the most urgent attention.

The Texas blend — legislative commitment to higher quality, better oversight, and supportive partners that help charter schools diagnose and solve problems — is a promising one for states that want to see more of their students succeed in K - 12 classrooms and beyond.

Charter public schools can help add new high - quality seats for the state's growing number of new students.

Over the last three years, we have worked closely with the Albertson Foundation and partners like Building Hope, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping charter schools develop high - quality facilities, to support the expansion of some of the best charter public schools in the state.

[The politics of rationing education is a reason why districts and other traditionalists also oppose the expansion of public charter schools and other forms of school choice that are helping Black and Latino children attain high quality education; charters fall outside of the control of districts and therefore, open the doors of opportunity for those historically denied great teachers and college - preparatory curricula.]

I believe that the momentum and synergy that is being created will help to put South Carolina charters on the map to compete nationally with other high - quality schools.

Charter schools are here to stay, to be against them in a blanket way misses opportunities to help students, provide quality school choices, and to assure that those existing schools are delivering quality and increasing equity.

This document, in English and Spanish, is a guide to help parents select a quality public school - district or charter.

We work with all kinds of public schools — from district - based schools to charter public schools — to help them establish high - quality learning environments that meet the needs of the students in their communities.

Like HB 1044, this will help encourage the creation of new high quality charter schools in the communities that need it the most.

The Quality Schools Program helps charter schools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic perfoSchools Program helps charter schools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic perfoschools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic performance.

CSDC helps high impact, high quality charter schools acquire and finance facilities at the lowest possible cost.

In that role, he helped build the nation's first mayor - run office to authorize public charter schools, creating a high bar for charter school quality and a rigorous accountability system.

Share this page with your family and friends, and help us achieve our vision of every public school student in DC attending a quality public traditional or charter school.

This «third way» governance strategy can break through contentious district - charter divides and could help improve struggling schools or increase the number of high - quality neighborhood options.

The purpose of this study is to help assess to what extent charter schools have the potential to provide a higher quality, more cost - effective educational solution for California K - 12 students over traditional schools, particularly those in low income communities.

TCSA supported this legislation and continues to work with charters on increasing performance through training, technical assistance, and the Quality Framework, a research - based continuous improvement tool and process designed to help public charter schools assess quality and improve academic perfoQuality Framework, a research - based continuous improvement tool and process designed to help public charter schools assess quality and improve academic perfoquality and improve academic performance.

The city would team up with The Mind Trust... to incubate quality charters, using up to $ 2 million from his RebuildIndy program as startup funds to help attract five high - quality charter school organizations to open schools.

We believe the new Arizona Charter Career Center will make that connection and help our schools find the quality teachers that students deserve.

TCSA's Solution Provider program is designed to help facilitate public charter school leaders and educators with quality products and efficient services to meet their needs.

«If Congress passes legislation to help states and local communities improve the quality of their public schools absent federal intrusion, we applaud it, but this should apply to all students equally, not just those enrolled in charter schools.

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«We support great neighborhood public schools and high - quality public charter schools, and we will help them disseminate best practices to other school leaders and educators.»

Peterson and Harris worked to grow the number of high - quality charter schools in Indianapolis as a way to help address the city's critical education needs.

Funded by a grant partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, the High Quality Charter Grant Program provides start - up grants to help establish charter schools serving significant low - income student populCharter Grant Program provides start - up grants to help establish charter schools serving significant low - income student populcharter schools serving significant low - income student populations.

As a result of her efforts, Espinoza helped open what will be 1,620 new high - quality charter school seats in Richmond.

We at the California Charter Schools Association will continue to work with our members to help educate parents and the public about how best to navigate the transition from a command and control system of education to one where parents make well - informed choices between an abundance of quality options.

Organizations like Families Empowered in Houston help families on charter - school waitlists learn about and access other high - quality school options, including Catholic schools.

Well, for example, when Catalyst asked how Chicago Public Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.schools, but expand the number of choices.»

LaFonda Willis, former administrator for D.C. Public Schools and education chair for the NAACP D.C. chapter, agreed that the conversation shouldn't have been centered around traditional versus charter but rather how can district and charter schools collaborate «to ensure Black children have access to high - quality education and that we're helping them to achieve achieve self - sufficiency and reach their full potential.Schools and education chair for the NAACP D.C. chapter, agreed that the conversation shouldn't have been centered around traditional versus charter but rather how can district and charter schools collaborate «to ensure Black children have access to high - quality education and that we're helping them to achieve achieve self - sufficiency and reach their full potential.schools collaborate «to ensure Black children have access to high - quality education and that we're helping them to achieve achieve self - sufficiency and reach their full potential.»

Passage of the Quality Charter School Act, a bill being introduced this week at the Legislature, would help a lot.

«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.»

It provides a wide array of services and support to help all types of Florida charter schools, large and small, provide a high quality education for Florida students.

The program will help ease the transition for schools between application approval and the start - up phase; help ready schools for their first renewal process; help ease the anxiety some new charter school employees experience, even at established charter schools; as well as provide support for charter school authorizers and help them identify various high - quality authorizing best practices.

Sheth Family Foundation Gift Helps Expand High Quality Charter School Options Atlanta, GA — An unanticipated gift to the Georgia Charter Schools...

«By adopting this compact, the SCS school board and local educators have taken a huge step forward to help ensure all students have access to the high quality education they deserve, and to underscore the important role that public charter schools play in our community.»