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CCSA's vision is to increase student learning by growing the number of families choosing high quality charter schools so that no child is denied the right to a great public education.

Increasing student learning by growing the number of families choosing high quality charter schools so that no child is denied the right to a great public education.

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While there are many potential paths forward to reinvigorate the growth of quality charter schools in the Bay Area, doing so will require new ideas and new strategic investments.

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 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.

«Why would the NAACP agree to sue the very charter schools that were providing so many black kids with a high quality education?»

If so, what accounts for the quality differences between charter schools and traditional public schools?

The research conducted so far shows that stand - alone charter and brand - name schools, like their district counterparts, vary widely in quality.

Camino Nuevo, a charter school in Los Angeles, previously supplemented state funds with local dollars through the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) program, but LAUP recently stopped funding preschool slots — so this year Camino Nuevo will have to raise an additional $ 150,000 from private sources to maintain its current pre-k enrollment and quality.

So there you have it: the Wise Wonks» Hierarchy of Charter School Quality.

At the same time, there are some strong laws out there that, for whatever reason, are not generating high quality charter schools, so we should look for opportunities to weigh in accordingly.

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.

So it's important for us to have a strong offensive line when it comes to talking about charter schools and defining exactly what a high quality charter school looks like [and] what we want the sector to look like over the next twenty years.

They have targeted strategies to get strong teachers and leaders into high - poverty / high - minority schools and can swiftly remove ineffective teachers; they are closing low - performing schools and offering high - quality choices through both traditional and charter schools; and they have adopted demanding graduation standards and assessments so that students leave high school capable of attending college and ready for careers.

We look forward to strengthening our entire charter law, with an eye on flexibility and a better system for funding schools, so that more children in Connecticut can have access to quality choices, like public charters, in their communities.

Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so - called «Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.»

And its using these false measures of proficiency to «prove» how bad public schools are so they can be replaced by for - profit charters that will reduce the quality of kids» educations to generate profits.

LFC supports a wide range of educational choice initiatives, so that high quality public, charter and private schools flourish and parents will have the opportunity to select the quality school that works best for their children, and so that teachers will have the flexibility to select the school that best utilizes their strengths and interests.

In a report drawn from a convening of school district superintendents, charter leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality education.

Charter or public, the real challenge is to provide high - quality schools so that all children, regardless of their zip code, graduate prepared to succeed in college.

Last year a city task force opted against mandating that charter schools give neighborhood kids preference in the admissions process, saying that doing so could potentially limit access to high - quality schools.

This also means expanding opportunities for high - quality education — from greater access to Advanced Placement courses to the expansion of high - quality charter schools — so that children from poor and minority households, especially young black men and women who did the worst on NAEP this year (and have less access to college - preparatory courses in traditional districts) can succeed in school and in life.

To promote it, he is blitzing the country and filling the nation's newspapers with an argument that is familiar yet powerful: High quality charter schools are the best hope for urban education, so states and cities should do everything in their power to allow them to grow and prosper, and school districts should embrace them as well.

According to an editorial published in today's Daily News by the leaders of Achievement First, Uncommon Schools, KIPP, Public Prep, and Coney Island Prep, NYC students are best served by expanding access public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.Schools, KIPP, Public Prep, and Coney Island Prep, NYC students are best served by expanding access public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.»

The party is against for - profit charters: so far, so good, but how about saying that a Clinton administration will stop federal funding of for - profit schools and colleges, because they are low - quality and predatory, with profit as their top priority?

when she finally made recommendations on her blog it sure sounded a lot like what KIPP and other quality charter schools... so, which is it... can not have it both ways...

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In 2010, former charter - school leader David Hill was named director of academic operations for the so - called Jubilee Schools, and he instituted changes across the network — extending the school day, strengthening school culture, putting more emphasis on attracting and retaining high - quality teachers and principals.

«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.»

Charter schools also have more flexibility than traditional public schools, so they are uniquely situated to provide high - quality educational services to students with various learning needs.

Second, we simply can not tolerate anyone telling us these policies are for our own good... The communities they're changing so rapidly are our communities, and our experience with school closures and charter school expansion confirms what an abundance of research has made quite clear: these policies have not produced higher - quality educational opportunities for our children and youth, but they have been hugely destructive... Third, while the proponents of these policies may like to think they are implementing them for us or even with us, the reality is that they have been done to us.»

In a recent poll, 83 % of parents, agreed that in order to ensure DC remains an attractive place for families, that the city needed to both improve quality at DCPS schools and expand the top - performing public charter schools so more parents can choose the school that's best suited for their child.

The premise that students moving to charter schools will cause financial quakes in traditional school systems also suggests we should accept another premise that public school systems are so inflexible they can not adjust their fixed and variable costs and still produce quality learning.

Tuesday night's scene encapsulates so much about a fast - evolving relationship between the L.A. Unified staff, which reviews the quality of bids to open new charter schools; the district's school board, which has the final say; and a charter school sector with its sights set on a massive expansion.

Conference participants will spend the day: learning from experts about issues facing DC's public charter schools, sharing innovations and best practices that are driving student outcomes, inspiring each other to engage in advocacy that strengthens our movement, focusing on equity so together we can achieve the goal of quality public school choices for all DC families.

2) Encourage Choice and Charters: In a second term, we urge the President and his Administration to do whatever they can to encourage more education choices, so that children in failing schools have quality alternatives.

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They disagreed on language that would add standards to the bill in order to check new charter schools for quality — so they went their separate ways.

So instead of creating quality schools in every neighborhood, what CPS has done is created this two - tier system and actually is closing down, as you said, neighborhood schools under Renaissance 2010 and replacing them with charter schools and a privatized education system, firing or laying off, I should say, certified teachers, dismantling locally elected school councils, and creating a market of public education in Chicago, turning schools over to private turnaround operators.

As Connecticut seeks to overhaul its education system so that all children have access to a quality education it is important to determine whether charter schools are the primary reason students score higher or whether charter schools score higher because they are «creaming off the highest performing students» in urban school districts.

Its mission is to support and expand high - quality charter schools in the region so that all students can receive a great public education.

PAA looks forward to working with to improve H.R. 2218, in order to assure better charter school transparency, accountability and governance, so that they fulfill the role originally envisioned for these programs that of partners in improving the overall quality of our nation's public schools.

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The lack of quality control and oversight in Detroit is so bad that even national philanthropists eager to promote school choice and charters routinely pass over the Motor City.

«I think the State Charter School Board has done a really good job of raising the bar so that they aren't just granting charters, they are granting quality charters,» Frank said.

What made Matt Candler's approach at the New York Center for Charter School Quality so important and such a departure from the norm?

Also, very recently, some of our most successful charter schools announced they are expanding to other states, so that quality public education is available to families everywhere, and not confined to our own backyard.

Drivers ed with us is a high - quality course, and it's nationally accredited, so the credits we offer are recognized by public, private, and charter schools across the nation.