Sentences with phrase «reports from the charter school»

Required reports from the charter school, along with the annual audit, often serve as evidence that this is the case.

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The Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools 2018 ranks 819 public, separate, francophone, independent and charter schools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test rSchools 2018 ranks 819 public, separate, francophone, independent and charter schools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test rschools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test results.

Editor Chip Romer will report FROM THE FIELD on a roundtable discussion with five school leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in Sonomschool leaders about their multi-year process of welcoming Hispanic students into Woodland Star Charter School in SonomSchool in Sonoma, CA.

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

Her schools have endured scathing reports on disciplinary procedures and attacks from teachers» unions and rival charters, noting that Success Academies rarely refill the seats of students who drop out or are expelled, leading to far smaller class sizes.

In a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dated June 20, and not previously reported, the Senate majority leader, John J. Flanagan, wrote that the intent of the provision «was to provide SUNY with statutory authority to exempt charter schools from rules and regulations that were hampering innovative teaching and learning.»

Rather than needle the mayor by demanding reports or his attendance at hearings, as Republicans did in previous years, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, attached a different condition to mayoral control: actions favoring charter schools.

Building on a New York Post report from August, the coalition noted 45 applications for new charter school co-locations were rejected by the city.

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

He was also helped by StudentsFirstNY, a charter school supporter who invested heavily in Senate Republicans in 2014 and has reported spending $ 1.49 million on the race in the past two weeks, $ 250,000 of which came from a group backing education tax credits.

But the victor prove to be Nelson, who the Daily News reported recently, had support from former Mayor David Dinkins and some charter school supporters.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

Parent demand for charter schools has grown, but the schools continue to face such obstacles as a lack of start - up funds and inadequate facilities, a report from the U.S. Department of Education says.

For one, the schools need the money; a report last year from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute showed that the average charter school receives 80 cents on the dollar compared to traditional public schools.

The study reported here thus differs from virtually all other published research on charter schools in its reliance on experimental methods to determine the schools» effectiveness.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

Charter schools in Michigan are failing to use their freedom from state and local regulations to forge new directions in public education, according to a report released last week by Michigan State University.

The findings reported here indicate that it is unlikely that charter schools — a prominent effort to increase school choice, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds — are making the problem worse.

A couple of weeks after the report was released, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who has resisted expanding charter schools in favor of proposed «readiness schools,» reversed course and proposed raising the cap on how much a school district could spend on charter schools, from 9 to 12 percent.

Demand for charters has remained strong, based on data from schools» self - reported waiting lists.

Chicago has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the nation's most thoughtful charter school authorizers, but Mayor Richard M. Daley's high - profile push to expand on that foundation is fraught with challenges, a report from the Washington - based Progressive Policy Institute contends.

According to an interim report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, BPS and the city's charter schools are still «getting to know each other.»

A report from the Southern Regional Education Board recommends steps for policymakers to take in the interest of ensuring that charter schools in their states are being held accountable for improving student achievement.

In fact, one recent piece of research — a 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University — suggests that students in online charter schools aren't doing as well as their peers.

This article is adapted from research reported in Charter Schools in Eight States (RAND Corporation, 2009).

A 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that students enrolled in online charter schools aren't performing as well as their peers, and many observers have argued that online - only charters should be put out of business.

Alex Hernandez of the Charter School Growth Fund celebrated: «[CREDO] reports that the 107,000 students whose schools receive support from the Charter School Growth Fund gain, on average, the equivalent of four additional months of learning in math and three additional months of learning in reading each year when compared to peers in other public schools.»

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

The findings from the Education Next — PEPG survey reported in this essay are based on a nationally representative stratified sample of approximately 550 adults (age 18 years and older) and representative oversamples of roughly 350 members of the following subgroups: the affluent (as defined below), public school teachers, parents of school - aged children, residents of zip codes in which a charter school was located during the 2009 — 10 school year, African Americans, and Hispanics.

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.

The main findings from the Education Next — PEPG survey reported in this essay are based on a nationally representative stratified sample of 1,184 adults (age 18 years and older) and oversamples of 684 public school teachers and 908 residents of zip codes in which a charter school was located during the 2009 — 10 school year.

As this report shows, we have much to learn from the private - school, charter, and corporate sectors in recruiting talent.

Meanwhile, charter schools are not subject to quality review at all, which will render the Snapshots virtually meaningless (many growth - focused charters, it should be noted, benefitted mightily from the single - letter - grade report cards).

The AFT's strategy of selective reporting also colors its approach to the question of whether competition from charter schools has forced changes in district schools.

I find more credible the statistics from the U.S. Department of Education - sponsored report The State of Charter Schools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sCharter Schools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sSchools 2000 showing that charter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district scharter schools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district sschools have a median student - teacher ratio of 16 to 1, 7 percent lower than that of district schoolsschools.

Like other skeptics, Carter seized on a 2010 report from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes that portrayed many charter schools as doing no better, and indeed sometimes worse, than traditional schools nationwide.

Similarly, in Revolution at the Margins, Frederick Hess reports that limited competition had little impact, but the threat of serious competition from charter schools and vouchers in 1995 - ’96 led Milwaukee Public Schools to reform with Montessori options, decentralization, tougher graduation requirements, more transparent school report cards, advertising, and empowerment of their more innovative principals, who had previously been treated with coschools and vouchers in 1995 - ’96 led Milwaukee Public Schools to reform with Montessori options, decentralization, tougher graduation requirements, more transparent school report cards, advertising, and empowerment of their more innovative principals, who had previously been treated with coSchools to reform with Montessori options, decentralization, tougher graduation requirements, more transparent school report cards, advertising, and empowerment of their more innovative principals, who had previously been treated with contempt.

Meanwhile a new report from the Manhattan Institute's Max Eden indicates that school climate, order, and student discipline has «deteriorated substantially» during de Blasio's term, almost certainly a result of shifting philosophies about school discipline, and a reluctance to suspend students — itself a response to the «no excuses» brand of schooling closely associated with high - performing charter schools.

Charter schools now enroll 2.9 million students, up 9 % from last year, according to a new report from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools described in the Washingtoschools now enroll 2.9 million students, up 9 % from last year, according to a new report from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools described in the WashingtoSchools described in the Washington Post.

As Fordham's 2008 report on Catholic schools showed, the nation's largest religious denomination was taking steps to slow the decline; borrowing many of the tricks of the trade from charters, religious orders were forming the equivalent of CMOs, operating networks of schools, and doing sophisticated fundraising.

We read with great interest the article by Caroline Hoxby and Sonali Murarka, which reports promising results from their randomized - control study of New York City charter school students («New York City Charter Schools,» research, Summercharter school students («New York City Charter Schools,» research, SummerCharter Schools,» research, Summer 2008).

Drawn from case studies of 17 such schools in 10 California districts, the 64 - page report from the University of California, Los Angeles, also is based on hundreds of interviews with educators, charter school founders, and parents, among others.

The full text of A Study of Charter Schools: First - Year Report is available online from the DOE.

As the Fordham report points out, an April 2007 exposé from the Rocky Mountain News revealed, «one - quarter of DPS students were attending non-DPS schools, including private schools and charter schools in surrounding districts.

This summary provides highlights from the first - year report of the National Study of Charter Schools, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education as authorized by the 1994 Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Results from the 2016 Education Next survey, reported in this issue, show that support for the creation of charter schools has remained steady, with 58 percent of respondents in favor and only 28 percent opposed.

State budget protects districts from low - performing virtual schools Journal Sentinel: The budget signed by Gov. Scott Walker would keep low - performing virtual charter schools from hurting the report cards of hosting districts.

Lessons Learned from the NGSS Early Implementer Districts: Professional Learning is a new 18 - page report that shares insights from eight traditional school districts and two charter management organizations in California that took part in a project intended to build school system capacity for implementing NGSS.