Sentences with phrase «run schools the flexibility»

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Banks and other private lenders aren't usually known for their flexibility, but some do offer helpful repayment options if you go back to school or run into financial hardship.

ESSA's flexibility coupled with the fact that some cities now have fewer than half their schools within the traditional district can enable state leaders to apply charter - style accountability to district - run schools.

Just five of the teacher contracts in the nation's largest school districts grant school leaders the kind of flexibility they need to run schools well, but two - thirds of the rest do not obviously hamstring administrators with rules applying to teachers, according to a report released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgSchools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

As new state - created entities charged with running and turning around the state's worst schools, these districts are awarded certain authority and flexibility — such as the ability to turn schools into charters and to bypass collective bargaining agreements — that allow them to cut the red tape that has made so many schools dysfunctional in the first place.

Charter schools are unique public schools granted some flexibility by the state to be responsive to students» needs and innovative in education, while meeting stricter accountability than traditional ISDs, because charter schools can be closed if there are academic and financial problems for three years running.

Charters are publicly - funded schools run by non-elected governing boards and given broad flexibility over curriculum.

He says his experience running schools that were staffed with unionized teachers but given flexibility in terms of recruiting, setting curriculum and measuring results persuaded him that state government stifles innovation in education more than promotes it.

Structure authority to maintain flexibility and maximize effectiveness — so EADs can take over both individual schools and entire districts, running schools directly and / or issuing charters to outside operators.

The new draft of the bill released Wednesday includes a handful of additions to the proposal, including the use of «iZones,» a locally - run method of school turnaround involving new flexibility, funding and development that reported «significant» gains in school performance in Tennessee, according to Henry.

A charter school is an independently run public school granted greater flexibility in its operations, in return for greater accountability for performance.

The school timetable should provide enough long science lessons of at least 50 minutes to give teachers the flexibility they need to run experiments.

The data is key to deciphering whether charter schools — which are publicly funded but can be independently run — are holding up their end of the bargain of increased flexibility in exchange for increased accountability.

The same legislation permits each district with a school pulled into the ASD to run a small group of schools with charter - like flexibility in an «Innovation Zone.»

Charters are self - governing public schools, sometimes run by private companies, which operate outside the authority of local school boards, and have greater flexibility than traditional public schools in areas of policy, hiring and teaching techniques.

Charter schools are public schools run with tax money, but they're allowed more flexibility in their programs than traditional district schools.

What would it mean if high schools were run in such a way that they provided to all their students the enrichments, differentiated teaching strategies, and flexibility common to high - quality gifted programs?

The percentage of students with special needs served by a charter school however, largely depends on whether or not a charter school has the flexibility and access to the special education funding necessary to run its own special education programs.