Sentences with phrase «reason charters work»

Mulgrew added that though he may have appeared to be negotiating with then - Mayor Mike Bloomberg in good faith about teachers evaluations (one reason charters work is because they sack bad teachers), his real aim was to «gum up the works.»

Not exact matches

«I actually don't think the reasons schools work have anything to do with whether they're a charter public, a district public, a private, or a parochial school,» he says.

Where I work in Florida, where essentially charter schools don't have the option of becoming their own LEAs (as is also the case in places like Virginia, Maryland and Kansas, and in New York for special education purposes), these special education disputes are problematic for many reasons.

There's little reason to think that chartering these schools works, and charter operators aren't all that eager to take them on.

In the book, we note that charter school teachers report working longer hours, receiving fewer benefits, and are more likely to cite frustration as a reason for leaving.

One explanation is that the debate about whether charter schools «work,» with its focus on testing and college placement, loses sight of the many reasons why people choose a school and what they value in an education.

«We're extremely proud of the work charters are doing to serve families who for one reason or another do not want their children to attend district schools.

The reasons for this are many: more right - to - work states, a population shift to right - to - work states, an increase in mostly non-unionized charter schools and an uptick in the number of families availing themselves of school choice opportunities and sending their kids to private schools.

In fact, the main reason teachers go to work in charter schools is that they like the freedom that these schools offer... including freedom from top - down restrictive union contracts that dictate a teacher's every move.

The same expectations that originally drew me to charter schools is also often the reason that working in a charter school can feel so exhausting.

It is doubtful that the 3 % number will grow appreciably since the reason that many teachers decide to work in a charter is to escape the unions» odious rules that poison the educational well.

However, a charter school may be able to dump a load of cash on Justin Beiber to teach voice classes for year or fire a teacher for no reason than it's just not working out.

«We think we need to help work with the schools the reason those schools are performing at the level we would prefer, rather than say, «Oh, well all public schools are failing, let's throw the baby away with the bathwater and create unlimited charter schools,»» Schnellenberger says.

Alexander and Demetrius — a pair of seniors at Milwaukee Collegiate Academy, a charter school on the city's north side — claim the chance to work with technology is a driving reason that gets them pumped for school every day.

Ratliff added, «I think that what we're going to have to do as a district is figure out is how are we going to deal with the proliferation of charter schools because there's no rhyme or reason in terms of locations... In the long run we should be working with our charter schools to try to figure out ways that would make sense for further development.»

When working as an appraiser, the lenders, especially the chartered banks, would never have allowed me to use a recently «sold» comparable with a seven month hence closing date within «any» appraisal report, for the above stated onvious reason.