Sentences with phrase «ranging from charter school»

We provide our scholars with opportunities each year to travel to their local city halls, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to lobby our elected officials on issues ranging from charter school funding to the DREAM Act.

Cuomo's ongoing feud with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been well publicized, on topics ranging from charter schools to homeless policy.

In response, a spokesman for Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat like Klein, blasted Cuomo for his ongoing feud with de Blasio, saying it had hurt the city on a number of issues ranging from charter schools to mayoral control.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.

In the wilderness of educational practices, programs, and interventions, ranging from charter schools, to phonics instruction, to peer instruction, one practice has been shown, time and time again, to greatly improve student learning: feedback.

In the wilderness of educational practices, programs, and interventions, ranging from charter schools, to phonics instruction, to peer instruction, one practice has been shown, time and time again, to greatly improve student learning:

Not exact matches

California charter schools each have their own cap, which can range from 0 to over 15 % of their budget.

But the entity was just one of several education - oriented groups that spent heavily on trying to influence legislation as issues ranging from teacher evaluations to charter school expansion stoked debate at the Capitol.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

Independent expenditure committees have grown in influence in recent years in New York, especially in battleground state Senate races, where interest groups ranging from the teachers unions, charter school advocates and real - estate entities have sought to flex political muscle.

The eight schools are all college preparatory schools of choice — public and public charters — with student populations ranging from 300 to 600.

In 2003, dozens of home - school leaders from a wide range of ideological positions signed a resolution condemning virtual charter schools called «We Stand for Homeschooling.»

One solution being tried by a range of institutions from the federal government to local community development organizations is to make charter schools look more attractive to lenders by promising to repay the loan should the school default.

Successful outcomes may range from negotiated improvements to ensure safer school conditions or improved special - education policies, to charter conversion or school leadership changes.

They range from small independent schools, often emanating from visionary teachers and parents, to franchise schools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison Sschools, often emanating from visionary teachers and parents, to franchise schools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison Sschools run by major education management firms, such as Charter Schools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison SSchools USA, Nobel Learning, and Edison SchoolsSchools.

We studied 16 charter elementary and secondary schools with a wide range of personalized learning models from across the country (we hoped to include district schools, but the data were not available).

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

The 161 charter schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP).

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Interest groups ranging from the National School Boards Association to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, from the National Governors Association to the major civil rights groups, all issued statements of approval.

Charters ranging from the Denver School of Science and Technology network to the E. L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., intentionally draw a mix of families, by race and income.

Now more than ever, charter public schools are integrating support services to address issues ranging from health to poverty.

The scholars» laboratory was the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), a 97 - block area where students from both inside and outside the zone attend what are often called «No Excuses» charter schools (with strict behavioral and academic expectations combined with longer school days and frequent assessments), and residents receive a range of community services.

The day after Election Day, students at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., ran «equity day,» based around themes ranging from identity to living with a single parent.

Since every charter school offers a unique program, the PMF takes schools ranging from a boarding program to Chinese language immersion to Montessori, and others, measures them on common metrics and gives the school an overall score.

Charter schools have elicited a range of strategic responses from organizations within the education system.

Charter schools in Texas range from campuses at dropout recovery centers and residential treatment centers to college preparatory schools with a STEM focus.

Two were shut down in midstream — one for health and safety concerns, another for financial shortcomings — while four were denied renewal of their charters, for reasons ranging from failure to meet the 25 - student enrollment threshold to financial weakness to an inability to satisfy the local school board that the school could meet its educational goals.

The Equity Coalition includes representatives from a diverse range of organizations with an interest in students with diverse learning needs, special education programs, charter schools and education reform.

The schools range from back - to - basics elementary schools where students wear uniforms and drill on math and reading to «hippie» - style schools using open - ended, project - based approaches, says Kaaren Heikes, executive director of the Northwest Center for Educational Options, an Oregon nonprofit center that supports charter schools.

Although parents who use them and those who run charter schools are bipartisan and range from the most liberal to extremely conservative, it's easy to see how the movement has become a political one.

Charter schools that have reported negative net assets to the ASBCS range from those with questionable academic outcomes to those whose graduates are among the top in the nation.

Many of our charter schools were featured prominently in the stories, which covered topics ranging from the state's rich history of school choice to how families can pick the right school for their students, whether it's an arts, academics, online or STEM school.

Ranging from competitive to cool, to collaborative, the relationship between school districts and charters is of growing importance now that more than 25 cities have more than 20 % charter enrollment.

One such RTC is Trinity Charter School's Pegasus campus in Lockhart, home to approximately 175 boys ranging in age from 10 to 17 years old.

According to a 2013 survey of charter facilities in 12 states conducted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, few schools met facility standards for classroom size — ranging from a high of 34 percent in Georgia to 10 percent incharter facilities in 12 states conducted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, few schools met facility standards for classroom size — ranging from a high of 34 percent in Georgia to 10 percent inCharter Schools, few schools met facility standards for classroom size — ranging from a high of 34 percent in Georgia to 10 percent inSchools, few schools met facility standards for classroom size — ranging from a high of 34 percent in Georgia to 10 percent inschools met facility standards for classroom size — ranging from a high of 34 percent in Georgia to 10 percent in Idaho.

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The reactions ranged from shocked (in the case of an advocate for English language learners) to constructive (AFT chief Randi Weingarten, who offered a takeaway for other states) to pleased (charter school operator Eva Moskowitz, whose schools posted high scores on the new exams).

The law, formally called the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010, enables a majority of parents at a low - performing school to force a major overhaul through a petition campaign, with reform options ranging from replacing the principal and half the staff to converting the traditional public school into a charter.

Summing up its stunning findings, Richard Whitmire writes, «Graduates from the top charter networks — those with enough high school alumni to measure college success accurately — earn four - year degrees at rates that range up to five times as high as their counterparts in traditional public schools.

These range from basic 101 courses about how to start a charter school to quarterly business manager updates to advanced trainings about Proposition 39 and charter renewal.

The district staff wrote: «In the past thirteen months alone, CWC submitted eight (8) material revision requests to the Charter Schools Division, ranging from instructional program changes to admissions preferences and changes in facilities.

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Known as the parent trigger law, the legislation allows a majority of parents at an underperforming school to force major changes ranging from replacing the principal and half the staff to ceding control to a charter operator.

Stories range from CCSA kicking - off the 20th anniversary of the charter schools movement, to back - to - school features, charters in new facilities, and more.

The inquiry comes as charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, increasingly face a backlash from teachers» unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third - party candidate for governor of Connecticut.

On the agenda are fifteen high - impact breakout and training sessions ranging from: What Autonomy Can Look Like at Your School, Finding the Right School Leader, Developing a Mission - Aligned Staff, to a CCRPI Primer for Charter Schools

The Texas Charter Schools Association offers a robust bilingual program to engage you, ranging from an advocacy toolkit for staff, training program materials for your school, online advocacy tools, and our Facebook page @TXCharterRevolution.

When the goal of making a profit competes with the goals of teaching and learning, there is a critical need for oversight of charter schools» finances and facilities.The problems range from related parties receiving excessive lease payments to «family affair» charter schools with several relatives on the payroll.

In all but three of the Comptroller audits, auditors exposed internal control deficiencies and various forms of mismanagement ranging in severity and form — from inappropriate trips to the Bahamas by charter school staff to undocumented spending of thousands of public dollars.