Sentences with phrase «quality of charter schools»

By deciding which proposals are good enough to be approved and which schools are good enough to stay open, authorizers have tremendous powers that determine the overall quality of charter schools in every city and state.

The National Education Association website is full of stories about the alleged inferior quality of charter schools and their lack of oversight and wants no part of them.

The fact that Rhode Island charter schools go through such a rigorous accountability review and have never had a charter revoked speaks to the high quality of our charter schools and how well they serve students and families.

During that time, it has become clear that the authorizers — the agencies that approve, monitor, renew and, if necessary, close charter schools — have a tremendous impact on both the number and quality of charter schools in existence.

What would you do to strengthen the quality of the charter school sector?

Through the Fellowship Program, graduate students who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students have the opportunity to directly impact the quality of the charter school sector.

These analyses examine how the sizes of the overall effects reported above vary based on the density of nearby charter schools, the quality of the charter school (based on test - score performance and charter operator), and a range of student characteristics.

And that's where the study has good news, pointing the way to improving the quality of charter schools overall.

The PAA position paper, released on July 5, said: «We are concerned that the overall effect of the bill will be to rapidly increase the quantity and not the quality of charter schools, without the necessary safeguards, and to weaken the public school system, which we believe is the very backbone of democracy.»

Provides high caliber teachers specifically trained to staff urban charters schools and turnaround schools, augmenting the quality of charter school growth and contributing to the success of the critical turnaround efforts taking place within the persistently lowest performing schools, particularly in Greater Boston;

«Our still young profession has the humbling and exciting responsibility of determining the quality of charter schools in every city and state...»

The consequences of approving charter school applicants that vary dramatically in quality are real, as evidenced by the varying quality of the charter schools that already operate across the state.

Unfortunately, Orange County has significantly lagged California in the growth of charter schools and we want to be a catalyst towards increasing the number and quality of charter schools,» said Andrew Horowitz, a member of IOC.

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.

There's no way to account for the quality of charter schools opening or closing in the report.

The quality of charter school authorizing ranges widely throughout the United States.

We need to carefully weigh the quality of each Charter School against the resources available within the district, recognizing that some students will do better in a smaller setting.

In earlier testimony to the Education Committee, Dr. Bill Jones, Principal of Manatee School for the Arts in Bradenton, Fla., said, «The main reason why we're asking for alternative and additional authorizers really goes to the question of quality of education, both for the students and the quality of the charter school system, itself.

At the Tennessee Charter School Center, we provide programs, services, and resources that support the cultivation, growth, and quality of charter schools in Tennessee.

TCSC develops training, workshops, and technical assistance to promote and sustain the quality of charter schools.

«Allowing schools that are low - performing and / or financially mismanaged to grow this quickly would dilute the quality of charter schools and increase the number of students being served by low - performing schools and schools that are at increased risk of closure due to financial problems,» Ellinwood wrote.

My comments are not intended to be an attack on the quality of charter schools or the people who utilize them.

Across the country, there is wide variation in the quality of charter schools.

However, we are concerned that the overall effect of the bill will be to rapidly increase the quantity and not the quality of charter schools, without the necessary safeguards, and to weaken the public school system, which we believe is the very backbone of our democracy.

In those moments Quigley also articulated what he sees as an evolving divide on this board — a rift between those who want to uphold a high bar when it comes to the quality of a charter school applicant's pitch versus those who are more willing to take a gamble in the hope that things will simply «work out.»

«It's (incubator) going to significantly help with the quality of our charter schools, which is good for kids,» said Lou Erste, associate superintendent for policy and charter schools at the Georgia Department of Education.

The infusion will allow the state to double the number of these alternative schools serving primarily urban students and improve the quality of all charter schools, priorities of Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist.

Finn, a former assistant secretary of education in the Reagan administration, said the quality of charter schools across the country varies widely, and he predicted that the results would make those overseeing charters demand more in the way of performance.

States that fail to increase the number and quality of charter schools would be at a competitive disadvantage in seeking stimulus grants, under guidelines Duncan and Obama proposed last month.

CCSA has examined current and longitudinal trends, as of fall 2009, in the growth and quality of charter schools in California as a whole and within several of the state's school districts.

How does state regulation impact the quality of charter schools?

Diane, as a historian, knows better than anyone why this is so (it has a lot to do with who is in charge of authorizing and ensuring the quality of charter schools, which is too often — thanks to teachers» unions and others who didn't want charter schools in the first place, Al Shanker notwithstanding — the very people who were in charge of the failing schools charters were meant to replace!).