Sentences with phrase «questions about charter schools»

NAACP members revealed themselves in both cities to be woefully uninformed, consistently asking questions about charter schools that they should have known the answers to long before their organization voted to put a moratorium in place.

Many of the agenda items that draw the most speakers involve charter renewals or questions about charter schools that the school board oversees.

The analysis seeks to test a number of the most pressing questions about charter schools.

We address two main questions about charter schools in the city.

Bronx Assemblyman Victor Pichardo (foreground, right) addresses District 10 members» questions about charter school accountability.

The debate has raised uncomfortable questions about charter school discipline of black children.

It happens just once a year... Got questions about charter school governance?

For questions about charter school plans, please contact the charter school.

District administrators peppered Lubben and other academy organizers with questions about the charter school's proposed budget and how it would handle English - language learners and special education students.

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Spitzer twice referred to Cuomo as «presumably» the next governor, but said he won't endorse the AG until after he answers questions about issues like health care and charter schools and» shows the fortitude to answer them the right way.»

Chapter Leader Tracey Miller of IS 125 in Queens asks a question about the original mission of charter schools, as envisioned by former UFT President Albert Shanker.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

After a Saturday morning meeting between charter officials and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, the head of the New York Charter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's apcharter officials and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, the head of the New York Charter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's apCharter School Center, James Merriman, posed the only question that should matter about the mayor's approach:

Students at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsSchool are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsschool gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsschool, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsSchool Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schools safe.

However, questions have been raised about the effectiveness of learning outcomes in online charter schools, as well as how they compete for limited educational resources.

These experiences raise questions about the political viability of a charter school movement that becomes largely composed of schools run by for - profit EMOs.

One intriguing question is whether stories that mention race tend to be more or less positive about charter schools than stories that do not.

Note what isn't even mentioned here: the basic question about whether charter schools «work.»

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

Responses to the charter school question create the illusion that PDK and EdNext obtain conflicting results, even though both surveys asked about charter schools in roughly the same way.

Interpretation: In the case of charter schools, both EdNext and PDK provide an objective description of charter schools before posing questions about charters.

A major, unresolved question remains, however: What about opening and funding religious charter schools?

«In some ways, we're moving away from the black - box questions to questions about what kind of instruction goes on in charter schools,» said Paul T. Hill,...

Raising the Cap on Charter Schools (Fox 25 WXYT, 11/2/16) Harvard Professor of Education Heather Hill, has closely studied ballot question two and is concerned about raising the cap.

The rarity of charter schools in the most - rural states raises the broader question about the viability of school choice in rural America.

A report from Education Sector raises questions about the ability of charter schools and charter - management organizations to scale up as dramatically as their supporters might hope.

As the head of the regulatory agency for traditional public, charter public, and non-public schools in Louisiana, I think it's important to discuss the facts behind the study, as they raise questions about the conclusions reached by both the researchers and Mr. Bedrick.

For questions about the report or to speak to a charter school expert, contact Katherine Bathgate at [email protected] or [phone].

They did not respond to questions about whether transfers to Sunshine and other alternative charters have inflated the graduation rates of traditional schools like Olympia.

This fall, the charter school board in Washington, D.C., moved to shut down Imagine Southeast Charter School for various failings, including inappropriate questions about race and nationality on the applicatiocharter school board in Washington, D.C., moved to shut down Imagine Southeast Charter School for various failings, including inappropriate questions about race and nationality on the applicationschool board in Washington, D.C., moved to shut down Imagine Southeast Charter School for various failings, including inappropriate questions about race and nationality on the applicatioCharter School for various failings, including inappropriate questions about race and nationality on the applicationSchool for various failings, including inappropriate questions about race and nationality on the application form.

Question 2 is about urban charter schools.

While the number of charter schools is growing rapidly, questions have been raised about whether charter schools are appropriately serving students with disabilities.

Questions about the legal status of charter schools — which receive taxpayer money but are privately run, usually by nonprofit corporations — are broad, existential ones in Texas, where disputes over school funding are among the Legislature's most contentious.

But questions remain about whether even those financial incentives can convince states already grappling with a deep recession to overhaul troubled charter authorizing systems, push aside political opposition and shift funds away from traditional public schools.

Collapses and alleged improprieties by charter - school operators continue to raise questions about oversight.

Equitas Academy Charter Schools is committed to existing laws that protect families» and students» records from questions about immigration status.

The Association also created an enrollment and admissions fact sheet to address questions and misconceptions about charter school enrollment policies.

Yet even after more than a decade of experience with charter schools, questions and misunderstandings about them persist.

Charter schools had become a bone of contention among lawmakers as some questioned the accountability of charters after high - profile problems with the Hartford - based Jumoke Academy that included financial miscues, nepotism and concern about a former chief executive officer who had lied about having a doctorate degree before admitting that he did not.

Sekou Biddle, vice president of advocacy at the UNCF, isn't ready to question the legitimacy of the NAACP's claims, but does think making a sweeping statement about the value of charter schools ignores local issues.

A + Updates An Innovation Evening Over 100 people joined our conversation about the future of charters and innovative school designs in Colorado, where we explored questions about the future of charter authorizing, expansion, and new models in Colorado and their impact on student achievement.

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Do you have questions about Community Magnet Charter School?

This article does raise the question about whether charter schools are performing better than public schools.

It is not being driven by public charter schools — both public charters and district - run schools still have outstanding questions about how the new process will work.

Students at PUC Milagro Charter School are encouraged to question, reflect, and draw conclusions about instructional content in order to make personal and world connections.

It challenged Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to answer questions about whether to lift the cap on charter schools, how to make it easier to remove ineffective teachers and how to make teacher evaluations more stringent, among other issues.

To learn more about how the TCEP grant may help your school achieve its facilities goals, please join us for a webinar on Monday, December 5th at 1 p.m. John Hernandez, the Deputy Director of the Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA) and Robert Jocius, Senior Program Manager at TPFA will talk in depth about the TCEP program and answer questions about charter eligibility and the new 2016 application.

Lenders should know how state laws and authorizer practices hold charter schools accountable; look at every pertinent public record including intervention and probation notices; and ask their own tough questions about trends in academic performance and evidence of fiscal stewardship.

There are many other and better ways of analyzing this question about charter and public schools.