One of the most prominent of these programs is the Relay Graduate School of Education — a partnership of charter
school chains Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First — that trains its aspiring teachers through «teacher - in - residence» programs, mostly at urban charter schools with low - income populations, at their own schools and other charters.
In essence, it is a partnership of charter
school chains Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First... Relay's «curriculum» mostly consists of taking the non-certified faculty of the charter schools, giving them computer - delivered modules on classroom management (and distributing copies of Teach Like a Champion), and placing them under the auspices of the «no excuses» brand of charter school operation and teachers who already have experience with it.
Not exact matches
It is a charter - style network of independent teacher preparation programs created by the leaders of three prominent charter
school chains (
Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First), primarily as a means to bypass traditional teacher education.
Relay was founded by representatives of three charter
school chains, Achievement First, KIPP and
Uncommon Schools —
chains with a troubling record of suspensions, harsh discipline and attrition.
Both
school districts have been under state control for years, while public education dollars have been diverted to privately operated charter
school chains like KIPP,
Uncommon, & Mastery.