Sentences with phrase «rein in charter»

In a year - end wrap - up in Salon, Jeff Bryant pulls together a list of the year's charter scandals that, if evidence mattered to self - proclaimed education reformers, would change the minds of those who continue to fight every effort to rein in charter expansion and to provide even a small measure of oversight.

When he ran for City Hall, de Blasio vowed to rein in charter schools, whose expansions flourished under his predecessor, Mike Bloomberg.

Silver and the Democratic - run Assembly now have to decide between low - income, mostly minority parents demanding charter schools as an option for their kids, and the teachers unions, their longtime allies, which are trying to rein in charters.

Not exact matches

Sherman Oaks Community Charter School in San Jose, California, is what a school looks like when a passionate, creative principal is given free rein by her superintendent to «go forth and be different.»

Will the party show commitment to rein in the «Wild West» of charter schools, as new platform language suggests?

With SB24 in place, corporate - style education reformer Vallas standing astride Bridgeport, and charter school administrator Stefan Pryor holding the reins, it's surprising that Rhee's rating isn't higher.

Reining in overpayments could help resolve state budget impasse State Rep. James Roebuck, D - Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that spotlights what he called the «Wild West» spending or borrowing practices of some, as well as a...

The Illinois Senate Education Committee voted to send several bills to the full Senate that will rein charters in and hold them accountable for their discipline policies, spending, and other problems.

Former principal promoted to lead principal, veteran educator takes the reins JACKSONVILLE, Fla (June 6, 2016)-- Duval Charter Scholars Academy will have a new leader in the fall.

Several schools identified last fall for possible takeover by the state pushed back against the idea, pointing out both the model's poor outcomes in states like Tennessee as well as concerns over the loss of local control when a school hands the reins over to a charter school operator that could fail to appreciate local needs and relationships.

The increasing number of state legislators, auditors, comptrollers, parents, students and academic institutions that are calling for more accountability in the charter sector are right: If we are committed to a public education system that strives to serve all children, with the understanding and the expectation that each and every one matters, has potential and deserves the resources and opportunity to succeed, then we must rein in the current growth model of charter expansion, and insist instead on a well - regulated and equitably resourced system of public schools that works for all children.