Sentences with phrase «school authorizer looks»

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So if the charter board, local authorizer, and parents think a school is doing a good job even if test scores look «bad,» we should defer to them.

This is the genius of effective charter school authorizers that look at a school's big picture as well as its scores.

Mike claims that he, as a charter school authorizer, looks for multiple signs of poor performance before ordering a school of choice to be closed.

In the Summer 2013 issue of Education Next, Joey Gustafson took a close look at the work of charter school authorizers and at efforts to improve their effectiveness.

NR: We currently don't have a formal relationship, and part of what I'm going to do over the next ninety days is to see if we can come up with informal ways of working more closely with groups like NACSA, especially since the discussion around quality is so focused on what authorizers are doing and how quickly they're shutting down poorly performing schools... Of course, it's very difficult to shut down a school that has a following, but I don't think our sector has done a very good job of explaining to families what a good, high quality school looks like and why it's so important to not tolerate poor performance.

Authorizers should differentiate between schools doing a really poor job with special education and those looking to do things differently.

Lenders should know how state laws and authorizer practices hold charter schools accountable; look at every pertinent public record including intervention and probation notices; and ask their own tough questions about trends in academic performance and evidence of fiscal stewardship.

And starting next year, university authorizers expect nationally recognized charter school companies like KIPP and Rocketship Education to take a more active look at opening schools in Michigan.

«Authorizer Spotlight: How Philadelphia Put Annual Reports into Practice» provides an in - depth look at the process the Charter School Office of the School District of Philadelphia went through to implement annual reporting...

I also took a look at my own work as an authorizer and as a charter - school founder.

«Orphaned» schools must seek new sponsors About to be orphaned, dozens of schools are looking for a new authorizer.

DeArmond, Jochim, and Lake (2014) looked at how the issue of governance affects both charters and traditional public schools in high - choice cities and found nearly eight agencies — including school districts, charter authorizers, and other state and local entities — responsible for oversight in the typical municipality, «making patchwork governance the norm, rather than the exception» (p. 15).

The authorizer plays a vital role in charter school financial oversight, as it is the only entity charged with looking at the entire picture of the charter school — it's financial, organizational, and academic operations — and verifying that the school is meeting all of its federal obligations.

Looking to explore LEA status or negotiate with your authorizer alternative special education arrangements for the 2019 - 2020 school year?

A 23 - PAGE HURDLE Authorizers also plan to look closely at possible admissions barriers at the Preuss School at the University of California, San Diego.

To ensure the interests of authorizers, our partners, and charter schools were represented in this process, we took a close look at federal activities to identify those that have the biggest impact on charter school autonomy and accountability.

The sixth video short in NACSA's Authorizer Voices series shares how authorizers protect both access to charter schools and school autonomy, with a look at Washington, D.C.'s Public Charter School Board and discischool autonomy, with a look at Washington, D.C.'s Public Charter School Board and disciSchool Board and discipline.