Sentences with phrase «school authorizer out»

Peterson is currently the only mayor in the nation running a charter school authorizer out of his office and has proven himself willing to be judged by the results.

Not exact matches

Each charter school entered into a binding agreement with an authorizer that spelled out the school's mission, student achievement targets, and other indicators of school success.

But I'm swimming against the tide here; school districts represent nine out of every 10 authorizers, though they authorize relatively few schools.

Just 50 percent of authorizers report having carried out a replication or expansion project, and less than a quarter have differentiated application processes for great schools seeking to grow.

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While the law gives ODE the power to prevent any ineffective authorizer from approving new schools, it may only close authorizers with which it has contracts (13 out of nearly 70 authorizers statewide).

National Association of Charter School Authorizers president Greg Richmond pointed out that there are real, substantive disagreements over how to understand the civic mission of schooling.

As the head of Fordham's authorizing shop in Dayton, I set out to determine which indicators the best charter school authorizers in the nation were using — measures that transcended test scores.

they point out that in some states, authorizers operate virtually unchecked, with dire consequences for students, and that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools approves the quality controls of only two states (Hawaii and Louisiana) and the District of Columbia.

To find out, we enlisted Nelson Smith, former head of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, who is now senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).

Now Governor John Kasich wants to use the QSPR to put Ohio's worst charter authorizers out of business and incentivize charter schools to sign up with the stronger ones.

Even some charter school advocates say charter sponsors, or «authorizers,» aren't doing enough to oversee existing charters and weed out bad operators.

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Charter schools and authorizers have the luxury of defining whom they will be responsible for; kids who don't get into charter schools or are pushed out of them for some reason are no longer the school's — or the sector's — responsibility.

Critically, many charter authorizers also reached out to us, asked for more information about the schools they oversaw, and subsequently worked with those schools to amend their policies and materials.

In a new report from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), Mississippi received 26 out of a possible 33 points for authorizer quality and school accountabSchool Authorizers (NACSA), Mississippi received 26 out of a possible 33 points for authorizer quality and school accountabschool accountability.

Meanwhile, a coalition of charter groups continues to work behind the scenes with the school district's charter division to figure out ways to simplify the procedures and language for the largest charter authorizer in the country.

The study points out that a common criticism of charters is that authorizers «rarely close» low - performing charter schools, which is why being critical during the approval process may be especially necessary.

Michigan's schools superintendent wants to meet with charter school authorizers and advocacy groups this month as he figures out a way to hold them more accountable.

Out today, NACSA's new roadmap for authorizers who oversee schools that serve kids in dire straits.

Accountability measures for «alternative» charter schools need to be carefully worked out as part of their authorization contracts, with additional evaluation measures clearly laid out to go along with traditional performance indicators, according to a new report from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

Check out this video of Lauren Morando Rhim and others discussing how authorizers ensure access to charter schools for students with unique needs.

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He also noted that the number of Wisconsin public school students has flattened out in general, and that charter authorizers are «being much more picky... and I think that's a good thing.»

But as Lake and her team points out in the case of Detroit (where the nine charter oversight groups — including Detroit Public Schools — have done little to provide kids with high - quality options), what likely ends up happening is that shoddy school operators end up engaging in shopping for lax authorizers who will let them off the hook for failure and won't think through community needs.

Authorizers have typically been local school districts, who are generally hesitant to approve too many new charter schools because if a school closes, they are responsible for picking up the pieces and figuring out what to do with the students.