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National Visit a Public Charter School Day invites legislators, reporters, and community business leaders to tour high - quality public charter schools on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

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Attacking new teacher evaluation systems that are, for the first time, enabling district public schools to make decisions based on teacher quality, does violence to the cause of improving the quality of education for the overwhelming majority of students who don't attend charter schools.

The fact that traditional public schools experienced net gains in performance, despite a slight decrease in average student quality, suggests that our estimates of the effects of charter - school competition may understate the true effect of charters on traditional public schools.

Charter schools have the potential to have broader effects on student achievement if traditional public schools respond to the threat of losing students to charter schools by improving the quality of their own education prCharter schools have the potential to have broader effects on student achievement if traditional public schools respond to the threat of losing students to charter schools by improving the quality of their own education prcharter schools by improving the quality of their own education programs.

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.

There are talented people pushing hard on the quality - versus - quantity issue, including Nina Rees from the National Alliance for Public 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.

When it came to state data systems, charter school laws, and teacher policy, winning states like Ohio, Hawaii, Maryland, and New York finished well back in the pack on rankings compiled by the Data Quality Campaign, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the National Council on Teacher Qcharter school laws, and teacher policy, winning states like Ohio, Hawaii, Maryland, and New York finished well back in the pack on rankings compiled by the Data Quality Campaign, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the National Council on Teacher QCharter Schools, and the National Council on Teacher Quality.

[5] At the beginning of the study period in 2001, there was substantial variation in quality across charter schools and, on average, charter schools in Texas were less effective than traditional public schools.

She believes strongly in the power of quality public charter schools in this country and has witnessed firsthand the positive impact they can have on teachers, students, and communities.

Greg Richmond is the President and CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) and a leading voice in the nation's debates on public charter school quality, access, and accountaCharter School Authorizers (NACSA) and a leading voice in the nation's debates on public charter school quality, access, and accountabSchool Authorizers (NACSA) and a leading voice in the nation's debates on public charter school quality, access, and accountacharter school quality, access, and accountabschool quality, access, and accountability.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

The Idaho Charter School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitCharter School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school wait School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitcharter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school waitcharter school wait school wait lists.

Public Impact researchers working with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on a new study found that replacing low - performing charter schools while replicating high - performing ones could dramatically improve quality within just a few years.

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.

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.

Our results suggest that the charter sector was initially characterized by schools whose quality was highly variable and, on average, less effective than traditional public schools.

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.»

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.

And yet he has said that he supports a moratorium — a repeal, if you will — on the approval and expansion of public charter schools, a sector that affords families zoned for long - struggling traditional schools the opportunity to have access to high - quality public education.

«Too many of our school children still aren't getting the quality of education they deserve, which is why tens of thousands of students are currently on public charter school waiting lists.

The National Task Force for Quality Education, along with Florida State Conference of the NAACP, will host its latest in a series of national public hearings concerning public education quality and the impact of charter schools on underfunded school districts from 2 p.m. &mdaQuality Education, along with Florida State Conference of the NAACP, will host its latest in a series of national public hearings concerning public education quality and the impact of charter schools on underfunded school districts from 2 p.m. &mdaquality and the impact of charter schools on underfunded school districts from 2 p.m. — 7p.

Moreover, on behalf of Arizona's more than 500 public charter schools, we will remain a champion of policies that ensure parents have quality choices when it comes to the education of their children.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

UChicago Charter's 2015 - 16 results on Chicago Public Schools» five - tier evaluation scale, called the School Quality Rating Report or SQRP, show strong ratings across campuses.

Previously, he interned at Public Citizens for Children and Youth, where he focused on charter school oversight, high school quality, and a fair school funding formula for Pennsylvania.

LAMB has achieved Tier 1 status for a fifth year based on the DC Public Charter School Board 2016 School Quality Report.

The DC Public Charter School Board recognized Principal Burgy of Center City Petworth with a School Leadership Excellence Award at their School Quality Event on December 11th!

Despite this growth, there is still an overwhelming unmet parental demand for quality school options in California, with approximately 158,000 students on charter public school waiting lists.

Grier said Houston's application will build on a turnaround plan known as Apollo 20, which aims to apply the qualities of high - performing charter schools to underperforming public schools.

CCSA recognizes charter public school teachers across the state who provide a high - quality public education to students at their charter public schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12charter public school teachers across the state who provide a high - quality public education to students at their charter public schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12charter public schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12, 2018.

Ravitch analyzes the impact of choice on public schools, attempts to quantify quality teaching, and describes the data wars with advocates for charter and traditional public schools.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for stSchools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for stschools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for students.

The charter concept is based on deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts can serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students have access to exemplary public schools.

Choice is not an attack on public schools and has never been about privatizing education; it is about creating a vibrant marketplace of high quality education options — public, private and charter — and empowering parents to choose the best setting for their child.

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.

With an additional 141,000 students on a waiting list, there is much work ahead to ensure that public charter schools have the necessary resources to provide a quality public education to -LSB-...]

«As public schools serving public students, charter schools are focused on improving the number of quality seats for Arizona's students,» said Eileen Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association Preschools serving public students, charter schools are focused on improving the number of quality seats for Arizona's students,» said Eileen Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association Precharter schools are focused on improving the number of quality seats for Arizona's students,» said Eileen Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association Preschools are focused on improving the number of quality seats for Arizona's students,» said Eileen Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association PreCharter Schools Association PreSchools Association President.

At the request of the DC Public Charter School Board and with support from NewSchools Venture Fund, AppleTree creates its AppleTree @ model, where AppleTree collaborates with with a turnaround or high - performing new partner, to operate AppleTree preschool allowing the host school to focus on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool educSchool Board and with support from NewSchools Venture Fund, AppleTree creates its AppleTree @ model, where AppleTree collaborates with with a turnaround or high - performing new partner, to operate AppleTree preschool allowing the host school to focus on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool educschool to focus on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool education.

That means not only supporting the growth of high - performing schools, but also shining a light on those charter public schools that are not providing a high - quality education.

We are a group of 20 Oakland public district and charter school teachers serving on a Teacher Advisory Group brought together by Educate78, an Oakland nonprofit committed to attracting and retaining high - quality teachers in Oakland.

One group found on average charters have a slight edge over traditional public schools in reading and about the same in math but acknowledged charter quality is uneven across the states and across schools.

In this report, prepared for the Center on Reinventing Public Education's National Charter School Research Project, Julie Kowal and Bryan Hassel draw upon interviews with high - quality charter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school clCharter School Research Project, Julie Kowal and Bryan Hassel draw upon interviews with high - quality charter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school cloSchool Research Project, Julie Kowal and Bryan Hassel draw upon interviews with high - quality charter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school clcharter school authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for improving the process of school closchool closures.

St. HOPE (SHPS) Public Schools is a public charter school system that focuses on students from low - income and minority backgrounds, providing them with a high - quality, rigorous college preparatory educPublic Schools is a public charter school system that focuses on students from low - income and minority backgrounds, providing them with a high - quality, rigorous college preparatory educpublic charter school system that focuses on students from low - income and minority backgrounds, providing them with a high - quality, rigorous college preparatory education.

With recent state legislation focused on supporting the expansion of high - quality public charter schools, Clark County can overcome the problem it now faces with its charter schools: either they produce poor outcomes or they serve few high - needs students.

CCSA released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in their lives.

(Oakland, CA)- The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirCharter Schools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirSchools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirschools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theircharter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirschools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in their lives.

Atlanta — April 2, 2013 On the heels of the passage of Amendment 1, Macon and Middle Georgia are suddenly alive with proposals for high quality public charter schools.

«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.»

«And each year the California Charter Schools Association works harder to ensure that no barrier — at the state or local level — prevents us from making good on our promise to provide a high quality public charter school education to all students in California.Charter Schools Association works harder to ensure that no barrier — at the state or local level — prevents us from making good on our promise to provide a high quality public charter school education to all students in California.charter school education to all students in California.»