Sentences with phrase «run public schools in the city»

The mayor also predicted dire consequences if he loses his showdown with state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who wants to lift the cap on the number of privately run public schools in the city, now set at 23 new charters.

Not exact matches

Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters at City Hall in Manhattan after Miami - Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho announced abruptly that he will not accept the job of running the New York City school system on Thursday, March 1, 2018.

Sal Albanese, 68 Party: Reform Party (previously ran as a Democrat in the primary election) Current role: Former city councilman and public school teacher Brief bio: Albanese was born in Calabria, Italy, on Aug. 29, 1949, and immigrated to Brooklyn when he was 8 years old.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

City charter schools in public school buildings are far more overcrowded than their district - run counterparts, a new analysis of NYC Education Department data shows.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.

Carranza, a former superintendent in Houston and San Francisco whose salary is $ 345,000, is easing into his gig running the city's 1.1 - million - student public - school system by starting during a vacation week.

Hawkins» running mate is Jones, 41, who has been a New York City public elementary school teacher for nine years and is currently pursuing a doctorate in urban education.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

My Lt. Governor running mate, Brian Jones, taught in the New York City public schools for nine years.

Charter schools, which receive public financing but are run by nonprofit groups, flourished under Mr. Bloomberg, and there are currently 183 in New York City, serving about 70,000 children, or 6 percent of students citywide.

For the third year in a row, Albany agreed to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority to run the city public - school system for just one year.

In Baltimore, the program runs in 45 schools (36 of them Baltimore City public schools), reaching more than 4,000 students a yeaIn Baltimore, the program runs in 45 schools (36 of them Baltimore City public schools), reaching more than 4,000 students a yeain 45 schools (36 of them Baltimore City public schools), reaching more than 4,000 students a year.

K - 8 Science Supervisor for Jersey City Public Schools, the district opted to run a contest to underwrite the focus on equity and the current interest in the formation and support of school Maker Spaces.

Melissa Zaikos began experimenting with online learning in the Chicago Public Schools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thSchools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thschools on the southwest side of the city.

In Massachusetts, to be able to run a public school that is open on a lottery basis to any child wherever that child may live — rich suburb or poor city — finally gives an honest definition to the word «public.»

He ran his idea by Richard Kahan of the Urban Assembly, a nonprofit organization committed to creating small public schools in under - served areas of New York City.

As a young girl from Queens, Natasha Daniella Rivera participation in programs run by Prep for Prep — a leadership development organization for gifted students of color in New York City public schools — opened doors to many opportunities including a scholarship to an elite private school and paid internships.

Concerned Women for America held a conference outside Kansas City, Mo., this weekend that opened with denunciations of Common Core and built to an address by state Sen. Ed Emery, a voucher proponent who has compared the current public education system with slavery because it traps students in government - run schools.

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.

As a young girl from Queens, Natasha Rivera participation in programs run by Prep for Prep — a leadership development organization for gifted students of color in New York City public schools — opened doors to many opportunities including a scholarship to an elite private school and paid internships.

A research - practice partnership between MDRC and New Visions for Public Schools (a nonprofit organization supporting district - run high schools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school gradSchools (a nonprofit organization supporting district - run high schools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school gradschools in New York City) operated in 2015 and 2016 to tackle challenges related to high school graduation.

Add in the growing number of cities pursuing school portfolio management (which focuses on both charters and traditional district - run schools), and the urgent need to train administrators with the skills to thoughtfully manage what Edfuel calls «the autonomous and accountable public schools sector» is even more apparent.

While the city's charter schools ran independently of Rhee's efforts to reform the public school system, the slow improvement in the schools overall paralleled the city's growth — as the city's population grew over the last decade, more parents chose to enroll their children in the city's school system, creating pressure for better schools and more schools.

As a model for the Memphis efforts, district, charter, and state leaders are looking down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where the state - run Recovery School District has converted most of the public schools in the city to charter status.

From our 30 years working in the New York City public schools, Morningside Center knows that running a school or teaching a group of children is a challenging and complicated endeavor.

Test scores for students in Louisiana's state - run Recovery School District, a network of low - performing schools in New Orleans and several other cities in Louisiana, have grown faster than any other public school district in the School District, a network of low - performing schools in New Orleans and several other cities in Louisiana, have grown faster than any other public school district in the school district in the state.

The After - School Corporation (TASC) provides a description and lessons learned from one of the nation's largest, longest - running efforts to offer teens high quality, structured after - school programs, filling more than 40,000 seats over nine years in New York City public high school after - school proSchool Corporation (TASC) provides a description and lessons learned from one of the nation's largest, longest - running efforts to offer teens high quality, structured after - school programs, filling more than 40,000 seats over nine years in New York City public high school after - school proschool programs, filling more than 40,000 seats over nine years in New York City public high school after - school proschool after - school proschool programs.

Using consistent methodology, we run regressions of all strongly or moderately correlated neighborhood characteristics on public charter school participation, or the percent of students living within a school boundary who attend public charter schools anywhere in the city (see Table 2).

The 30 - second television advertisement entitled «Better,» features three New York City public school teachers and is running in heavy rotation on broadcast and cable television in the City for at least the next week.

Achievement First schools accept students through a lottery open to all public school students in the city or district they are in (AF runs schools in New York City and in Connecticut so the charters are different in Ncity or district they are in (AF runs schools in New York City and in Connecticut so the charters are different in NCity and in Connecticut so the charters are different in NYC).

A business in which she collects a significantly larger salary to run a «school system» that manages 11,000 hand - selected students than the amount that is paid to the Chancellor of New York City's Public Schools.

Ramon Cortines, a former schools chief in New York City, frequently threatened to quit before he finally resigned in 1995, leaving us with his oft - quoted observation that even Jesus Christ couldn't run the city's public - school sysCity, frequently threatened to quit before he finally resigned in 1995, leaving us with his oft - quoted observation that even Jesus Christ couldn't run the city's public - school syscity's public - school system.

New Orleans could have become the first city in the U.S. where the elected school board doesn't directly run any public schools.

According to the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), a charter advocacy group, just under 13 percent of charters are run by for - profit companies, though in cities like Detroit, more than 80 percent of charter schools are run by for - pSchools (NAPCS), a charter advocacy group, just under 13 percent of charters are run by for - profit companies, though in cities like Detroit, more than 80 percent of charter schools are run by for - pschools are run by for - profits.

The best examples of charter schools that make the development of character and self - discipline an important part of students» education are systems such as the Knowledge Is Power Program (or KIPP), a national network of 99 schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, an organization that runs 19 inner - city high schools in Los Angeles and Neschools that make the development of character and self - discipline an important part of students» education are systems such as the Knowledge Is Power Program (or KIPP), a national network of 99 schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, an organization that runs 19 inner - city high schools in Los Angeles and Neschools, and Green Dot Public Schools, an organization that runs 19 inner - city high schools in Los Angeles and NeSchools, an organization that runs 19 inner - city high schools in Los Angeles and Neschools in Los Angeles and New York.

Like those working in the city's public schools, advocates of a state - run school district that consists primarily of charter schools undoubtedly believe this will improve schools and help kids.

A Year of Change: Leadership in the Principal's Office — In this groundbreaking documentary series, NEW YORK VOICES goes behind - the - scenes to follow three aspiring principals enrolled in the New York City Leadership Academy as they find out if they have what it takes to run a New York City public schoin the Principal's Office — In this groundbreaking documentary series, NEW YORK VOICES goes behind - the - scenes to follow three aspiring principals enrolled in the New York City Leadership Academy as they find out if they have what it takes to run a New York City public schoIn this groundbreaking documentary series, NEW YORK VOICES goes behind - the - scenes to follow three aspiring principals enrolled in the New York City Leadership Academy as they find out if they have what it takes to run a New York City public schoin the New York City Leadership Academy as they find out if they have what it takes to run a New York City public school

The report provides the first citywide assessment of the changing and complex public school landscape in the U.S., enabling city leaders to assess the overall health of all of their cities» schools, regardless of whether they are district - or charter - run, and to benchmark them against schools in other cities.

The movie features five children and their parents — including a middle - class family from Redwood City — who have applied to independently run public charter schools in search of an education they don't think their neighborhood school will afford them.

Wealthy philanthropists invested millions of dollars into their own playbook for reforms that spread to Newark and other cities, including Chicago: Close failing schools with low enrollment and test scores; create «charter schools» that get public money but are run by private groups; and move to a business model that makes fundamental changes in hiring, firing and evaluating teachers.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, almost all of the 80 - plus public schools in the city are independently run charters.

It ran into some resistance from public schools in those cities.

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These «mature collaborations», as we call them, signed Compacts in environments where districts had supported charter schools for many years and believed that the district's job is not to run all schools directly but to instead manage a portfolio of public schools for the city's students.

Public opposition to another privately run, publicly funded charter school in New Haven has led to the City's pro-charter superintendent of schools withdrawing his plan to turn over even more scarce public funds to Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school management company with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode IPublic opposition to another privately run, publicly funded charter school in New Haven has led to the City's pro-charter superintendent of schools withdrawing his plan to turn over even more scarce public funds to Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school management company with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Ipublic funds to Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school management company with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Although it's been two years since Ms. Moskowitz, as chair of the Council's education committee, ran a series of high - profile hearings about work - rule abuses in the city's public - school system, the United Federation of Teachers still hasn't forgotten.

The charter school chain Ms. Moskowitz runs — which receives city tax dollars and often shares space with district public schools but is privately managed and does not employ unionized teachers — greatly outpaces regular district schools in terms of standardized tests.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan challenged each of the city's universities Thursday to run a Chicago public school, following a passionate defense of the new Renaissance 2010 plan to create 100 new schools in the next six Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan challenged each of the city's universities Thursday to run a Chicago public school, following a passionate defense of the new Renaissance 2010 plan to create 100 new schools in the next sixSchools CEO Arne Duncan challenged each of the city's universities Thursday to run a Chicago public school, following a passionate defense of the new Renaissance 2010 plan to create 100 new schools in the next six public school, following a passionate defense of the new Renaissance 2010 plan to create 100 new schools in the next sixschools in the next six years.

The advocacy and lobbying group is also behind the multi-million dollar advertising campaign to undermine New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to make New York City's public schools a high priority compared to the Bloomberg administration's approach that diverted tens of millions in public resources away from the public schools and to the city's privately run charter schoCity's public schools a high priority compared to the Bloomberg administration's approach that diverted tens of millions in public resources away from the public schools and to the city's privately run charter schocity's privately run charter schools.