Sentences with phrase «school teachers at charter school»

SCHILDKROUT: I spent the first part of my career in education, mostly as a high school teacher at a charter school in the Boston area.

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One family we know... He is a climatologist, she is a history teacher at a charter school.

That principle was embraced quite readily by the teachers at another school I visited in the spring of 2015: Polaris Charter Academy on Chicago's West Side.

At the Novato Charter School, teachers really understand how to engage children and how to spark their imagination.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

At 6:30 a.m. on September 22, 2015, fourteen very excited grade eight students and one slightly anxious yet enthusiastic class teacher boarded a charter bus at the Halton Waldorf SchooAt 6:30 a.m. on September 22, 2015, fourteen very excited grade eight students and one slightly anxious yet enthusiastic class teacher boarded a charter bus at the Halton Waldorf Schooat the Halton Waldorf School.

«This was the perfect field trip,» said New Song Academy kindergarten teacher Mary Yao, who has planted a small flower garden at her charter school.

At the KIPP charter schools, established 18 years ago to improve the odds for low - income and underprivileged kids, fifth graders are drilled to sit up, listen, ask questions, nod, and track the speaker — a classroom acronym teachers call SLANT — to instill unfamiliar rules for appropriate behavior in school, college, and professional life.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

Moskowitz has cancelled school tomorrow at all 22 of her charters, and plans to bus angry parents, students and teachers to Albany to protest de Blasio's decision.

But the entity was just one of several education - oriented groups that spent heavily on trying to influence legislation as issues ranging from teacher evaluations to charter school expansion stoked debate at the Capitol.

The second largest lobbying spender was the teachers union, which reports spending far less than the charter school groups, at just over $ 3.2 million.

The Chancellor of the State University of New York is defending a SUNY board committee's decision to lower some requirements for teachers at some charter schools.

The proposed rulemaking specifies that teachers who receive this new certification may only use it at another SUNY - authorized charter school.

Charter school advocates pointed to their schools» impressive results - many outperform neighboring public schools - and lashed out at United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, who accused them of being «fixated» on raising the state cap.

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

But at the same time, the regulations lower the amount of time for teacher candidate field experience and lessen requires for charter school certification for ESOL and special education.

Senate Democrats in a news conference at the same time pushed back against the effort to expand charter schools, which included a fiery response from United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.

Cuomo, at the same time, will be pushing education policy goals that are likely to favor charter schools and anger the state's teachers unions.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

In the upcoming session, Cuomo has already hinted at a robust education agenda that includes further strengthening teacher evaluations and boosting the charter school sector.

The city's Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, voted 8 to 4 at its March 1 meeting at Brooklyn Technical HS to co-locate a new charter school in Bedford - Stuyvesant's already - cramped PS 308, infuriating the school's parents, students and teachers.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

The city teachers union didn't seem too concerned at the prospect of charter - school candidates flooding the school boards.

He has long been at war with teacher unions and his handling of school aid and pushing charter schools have brought opposition from school districts as well as teacher unions.

His hourlong visit on National Teachers Day also included a brief meeting with special - needs students at P.S. 149, a public school that shares a building with the charter school.

Certifications earned under these regulations will only be valid at charter schools authorized by SUNY, so teachers who want to transfer to other charters or to traditional public schools will need to take additional steps to earn a conventional state certification.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

That proposal would significantly alter standards required for teachers at charter schools — in some cases requiring only 30 hours of classroom experience to be qualified to teach.

Cuomo, too, has been at odds with the New York State United Teachers over education policy efforts as well his support for charter schools.

Meanwhile, Cuomo has also had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions who are uneasy with his support for charter schools.

Flanagan at the time of the negotiations was heavily involved in the teacher evaluation and charter school aspects in his role as the Senate Education committee chairman.

Some teachers at charter schools, including Albany charter school instructor Jamal Hood, also rallied at the governor's mansion, asking for more money and authorization for more schools.

«The reason why I joined this case is because for many of us, including myself, feel like stop - and - frisk is police abuse,» said Lalit Clarkson, 31, a teacher at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inSchool in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inschool on a lunch break in 2006.

Cuomo's allies at the State University of New York would issue regulations allowing more uncertified teachers at charter schools — something they had sought and the Assembly had fought — that would let Flanagan and Senate Republicans claim a win.

Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director of the New York Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, anCharter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, ancharter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.

Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»

Many teachers are particularly outraged at Cuomo's support of charter schools instead of existing district schools — he even recently said he wants to break up the monopoly that is public education.

His group collected 4,800 signatures from parents and teachers at charter schools, asking for more money in the new state budget to build more schools, known as facilities aid.

At the behest of teachers» unions, Mr. Silver slowed the growth of charter schools.

On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., «thousands of teachers will rally in Foley Square to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to support growing the charter sector to 200,000 students by 2020,» per Families for Excellent Schools.

Ms. Moskowitz bashed Mr. de Blasio for trying to foil the expansion of her controversial charter schools network and took aim at the United Federation of Teachers and the labor - backed Working Families Party for opposing her at every turn.

After it was announced that Elia would appear at a charter school advocacy day on Tuesday at the State Capitol, teachers» unions sprung into action, denouncing Elia's participation in the rally.

The governor did not mention charter schools, but Cuomo took a shot at teachers and their unions, who he's been at odds with over school policy, saying the teacher's fight is not about education.

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Bloomberg also staked out other stands sharply at variance with those of the teacher's union, calling for merit pay, an increase in charter schools and shutting down more schools he considers failing.

The demonstrations were aimed at Cuomo's plans to increase the importance of standardized tests for teacher ratings, boost the number of charter schools and turn over the management of troubled city schools to outside groups.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at a charter school rally sent education groups into a tizzy Tuesday, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind appearance.

Already, the state teachers union, recoiling at Mr. Cuomo's support of charter schools, has said it may not make an endorsement in the governor's race.

Champagne corks popped in Albany yesterday as top state education officials declaimed a new deal with the unions that they said will lead to better teachers, a greater shot at federal funds for New York and possibly a hike in the charter - school cap.