Sentences with phrase «quality charters»

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.

Its mission is to support and expand high quality charter schools in the region.

Serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

We need to appreciate his support for quality charter schools, rigorous teacher evaluations, and merit pay.

Most high quality charter operators are happy to see poorly performing charters challenged or even shut down.

A high - quality charter sector requires strong accountability, both in policy and in practice.

Those high - quality charter networks arguably have enough on their plates with longer school days, weeks and years, and they need to keep their miraculous scores up.

My children sat on charter school wait lists for more than three years to get into quality charter schools.

The links below are to high quality charter applications or sections of applications.

We do this by serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

This will encourage the creation of new high quality charter schools in the communities that need it the most.

Critics have also raised awareness about the importance of committed high - quality charter operators.

We work in partnership with charter schools and the community to support, promote, and advocate for high quality charter schools that provide educational choice to families statewide.

Two days later, Rangel voted for the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» in the House of Representatives to fund charter expansion.

Critical to Retain Accountability Structure and Emphasize Role of Quality Charter Authorizing.

In total, these strategies should lead to rapid, high - quality charter growth and the development of a public school marketplace marked by parental choice, the regular start - up of new schools, the improvement of middling schools, the replication of high - performing schools, and the shuttering of low - performing schools.

From the ridiculous denials of quality charter petitions happening at the local level to a slew of bad policy ideas being surfaced at the state level, a wide array of needless challenges continue to be thrown at our movement, and we will have to be as on top of our advocacy game as ever in order to keep our movement on stride.

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 populations.

I'm told that the creation of quality schools with quality seats from quality Charter Management Operators (CMOs) was the ultimate goal.

The FAQ on EAS says the system will include input from «top quality charter authorizers» in developing its «objective criteria for identifying high quality schools.»

I want quality charter seats.

Hostile local school leaders, and the teachers unions that help elect them, often seek to protect their turf — read: funding — by blocking competition from quality charter schools.

EdTec, a social venture that aims to develop, support and advance quality charter schools by delivering high - value support services and expertise, is inviting all Bay Area charter schools are invited to their 4th Annual Charter School Night with the Golden State Warriors!

GEO incubates quality charter schools and then supports their growth.

I'm committed to the mission of the Association to grow and develop quality charter school programs for the benefit of students.

The organization's president Joseph Bruno sits on the boards of both the Idaho Charter School Network and Bluum and has been an important partner in the efforts underway in Idaho to grow quality charter schools.

Despite this outlay, the message from voters was crystal clear: candidates can support quality charter public schools and win their elections.

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.

Get the details about Tennessee's experience and takeaways, plus profiles of several CMOs, in Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, by Public Impact's Juli Kim, Tim Field, and Elaine Hargrave.

«I want quality charter schools.

We are also in a state today, Florida, where quality charter authorizing policies and practices are improving, and where there are many strong charter schools.

What's more, by rescinding the moratorium and promoting quality charter schools, you will have willing partners, such as my organization, committed to learning more and collectively addressing the real challenges among some charter schools, which the moratorium sought to address.

The gubernatorial candidates» education platforms call for simplification of school funding formulas, an increased focus on science, math and technology education and easing rules to create more quality charter schools.

The Department of Contracted School Services» core function is to: Identify and recruit potential organizations that meet the district needs around contracted sites as outlined in its Theory of Action and demonstrate the capacity to run quality charter schools.

This year, for instance, several top quality charters will be reaching incredible milestones, starting with Palisades Charter High, which is commemorating their 50th year anniversary.

We believe quality charter schools can strengthen public education by piloting and sharing replicable practices that advance student learning.

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

The research indicates that, in spite of the controversy they generated in New York at the time, replacing large failing high schools, developing smaller schools in their place, and providing quality charter school options for families, have proved to be greatly beneficial strategies for hundreds of thousands of New York students, with implications for the nation.

The highest - quality charters exemplify progressive values and practices, most notably through their foundational principle of providing low - income students of color with equal educational opportunity and access they may not otherwise have.

«We need to help parents access quality charter schools.»

One unforeseen lesson for Duncan from L.A. is that high - quality charter firms can expand only so quickly.

Equalized, student - based funding, many say, would help to attract high - quality charter providers.

The Principles articulate a set of beliefs about quality charter school authorizing.

Following an extensive evaluation process conducted by an international board of education experts, Speexx has been awarded with the renowned Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC).

(2014) This study recommends that states should replicate AppleTree Institute's high - quality charter early ed program.

A recent article in Salon affirms what we've been saying about the destruction that the explosion of poor quality charter schools has wrought on our communities.

We're building together and amping up our local work now to stop the destructive expansion of low quality charter schools and demand community schools in their place!

Supporting Quality — Growing Clark County Charters Report and executive summary examine Clark County's educational landscape and how to support and grow high - quality charters there

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...