Sentences with phrase «running charter change»

The close count was challenged in court by supporters of the long - running charter change effort.

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The seven - member slate is running in the first election since the change in the city charter in 2016 that reduced the current nine - member council by eliminating two at - large posts.

StudentsFirstNY, a group that promotes charter schools, stricter teacher evaluations and changes to teacher tenure, has spent more than $ 500,000 to run its own advertisements in New York City and Albany supporting Mr. Cuomo's plans.

The mayor also had to accept two unpalatable concessions just to get the bare minimum: agreeing to publish information about the city's schools budgeting and changing the way many of the city's charter schools are run.

has aimed to train individuals who would not only run schools and school systems, but lead transformative change through a variety of roles and organizations, from charter networks to education nonprofits to state agencies.

Marshall Tuck, a former Los Angeles charter schools executive who ran unsuccessfully for state superintendent in 2014, credited Vergara and its nine student plaintiffs for the change he's seen in the halls of the capitol.

«I think there are a lot of district - run schools out there that run perfectly well, but with just minor changes in the relationship between the school and the district, they (affiliated charters) can do things better.»

I actually deprecated that approach to philanthropy in favor of much more ambitious end - runs of the entrenched K - 12 system: all sorts of great charter schools, policy changes (e.g. for special ed), unconventional human - capital development programs, better information for kids regarding their progress (or lack thereof) in school, personalized learning via sophisticated technology, and much more.

The petition threatens to force the school into the control of a charter operator unless parents can negotiate major changes in the way the school is run under the...

The Governance Committee of the Metro Nashville School Board met on Saturday and made recommendations for policy changes that will result in more financial transparency for all schools, including publicly - funded, privately run charter schools.

Push - back, skeptics and accusations of she and her running mate being two - party «spoilers» notwithstanding, Ebony Murphy, who's running under the Democracy Party, seems up to the task of helping enact change in Connecticut and is part of a growing number of educators who refuse to remain silent about the achievement gap, corporate entities» disdain for teachers and the charter school problem.

The governor provides for fully funding of expected changes in privately run charter schools, vouchers, and for special needs vouchers.

Charter schools will siphon students and funding out of public neighborhood schools across the district without changing the fixed costs of running those schools, or necessarily reducing the need for staffing and services in those schools.

The petition threatens to force the school into the control of a charter operator unless parents can negotiate major changes in the way the school is run under the district.

Coming up in the Legislature The Senate Education Committee will hold public hearings Thursday on bills relating to professional development in character education (SB 329), tuberculosis screening for school employees (SB 382) and changing the payment schedules for public, voucher and independently run charter schools (SB 383).

Hall County has been quietly transforming its schools into district - run charters, but not in the headline - catching fashion of places like New Orleans, where charters often grew atop failing public schools and came with wholesale staffing changes.

StudentsFirstNY, a group that promotes charter schools, stricter teacher evaluations and changes to teacher tenure, has spent more than $ 500,000 to run its own advertisements in New York City and Albany supporting Mr. Cuomo's plans.

In a news release Friday, Curry said his office made its decision after reviewing investigatory records that had alleged Bennett, the former superintendent of public instruction, had improperly used state resources, violated the state's «ghost employment» statute and changed the state's A-F grading system to benefit a charter school run by a prominent Republican donor.

Innovation is difficult to define and quantify, especially with regard to differences between charter and district - run schools, but it ultimately implies a change in the established way of doing things.

In pitching the charter effort in general and ExCEED in particular — the distinction wasn't always clear, in part because that's also the name of the OPSB office that runs the schools — Lewis and principals told parents that nothing would change if the schools chartered.

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 charters and the people who run them are corrupt and this «reform» movement needs to change.

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.

The budget provides for fully funding changes in privately run charter schools, vouchers, and for special needs vouchers.

«I think it's interesting... that the people on the board who have run [charter] schools successfully, that changed the trajectory of kids» lives in low - income communities --[they] are saying this [charter application] is not at the level that our kids deserve,» said Quigley, who identifies as one of the people he describes.

«There's opposition because the charter school movement changes the fundamental power structure of public education, saying that entities other than school districts can successfully run public schools.»

They had parents sign two petitions, one calling for parents to jointly run the school with the district and listing changes they wanted, and a backup petition demanding conversion to a charter school.

In the run - up to the competition, 13 states changed their laws to create or allow more charter schools in their states, and at least 41 states have agreed to enact common academic standards in English and math.

Verney, a 2004 graduate of the Parkland high school, said his commission will discuss changes to the county charter that could run afoul of the state law.