Sentences with phrase «school.the charter school industry»

The GOP majority has diverted millions of dollars to the charter school industry, despite have virtually no charter schools in the Republican held districts.

As a taxpayer I am sick of paying for the unchecked growth of charters.I even got a flyer today offering a $ 100 incentive for those referring students to enroll in a local charter school.The charter school industry seems well funded enough to pay for all these ads — how about donating the funds for these ads to reduce local taxes — listen to local taxpayers!.

He does this because NYSUT stopped endorsing him and he rakes in tens of thousands of dollars from the charter school industry, despite not have a single charter school in his district.

It drew immediate criticism from the state teachers unions, which oppose the publicly funded, privately run charter school industry and consider the proposal a «shortcut» and «backdoor to certification» that would ultimately harm students.

In her latest blog post, educator and education advocate Ann Cronin reports on Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy and his administration's loyalty to the charter school industry and their latest attack on public education.

Isn't he another GOP sellout to the charter school industry?

Considering Clemons» close relationship with the charter school industry, he shouldn't be voting on any issue related to the oversight and funding of charter schools in Connecticut.

«The charter school industry has targeted our relatively small urban district with an over-saturation of charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public schools.»

While you can read Bronin's political meandering on education on his website — See CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, what is far more telling is the amount of money that is pouring into his campaign from the corporate education reformers, the charter school industry and the people who are pushing the Common Core and Common Core SBAC testing scheme.

The massive financial investment the charter school industry made in Malloy's last gubernatorial campaign appears to be paying off yet again as Governor announces a new plan to cut state spending.

While it is not clear whether Luke Bronin simply doesn't understand education policy or is hiding his true positions from Hartford voters, the reality is that the charter school industry and the education reformers are lining up for the golden boy from Greenwich and that, in turn, makes it very clear whose side he will be on if elected mayor of Hartford.

In the months leading up to and through his re-election campaign, corporate education reform proponents and the charter school industry poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Malloy's various campaign entities and organizations.

As a member of the Connecticut Board of Education Erik Clemons will be in a position to financially reward himself, the charter schools he is or has been associated with and his friends and colleagues in the charter school industry.

One vehicle he used was a political action committee aptly named Prosperity for Connecticut, a PAC which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from a variety of corporate interests, the most successful fundraising event being the one hosted by the charter school industry.

Meanwhile, ConnCAN and the rest of the charter school industry are using their hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote Malloy's disgraceful budget and lobbying to stop the Connecticut legislature from pausing the development of further charter schools in the state.

The Corporate Education Reformers and their allies in the charter school industry are so desperate to hijack the voices of public schools students that they actually create front groups with names like Students For Education Reform.

Anyone who has been paying attention to the growth of the charter school industry could see this coming from a long way off.

Despite the political rhetoric coming out of ConnCAN and other charter school industry front groups, Trinity's Robert Cotto reveals that Connecticut's charter schools do not outperform local public schools.

Finch, who as mayor of Bridgeport undermined Bridgeport's public schools, supported and defended education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, handed tens of millions of dollars in public funds to the charter school industry and used his power for personal gain, has landed nicely on his feet, after getting thrown out of office by Bridgeport voters.

However, from day one, the charter school industry has been among the SBAC testing program's greatest champions.

They are passing laws to benefit the charter school industry, to give them the financial advantage of hiring less teachers.

Moving forward, we would need to see measures taken to address the lack of transparency endemic in the charter school industry.

From its primary publication: «There are billions being made in the privatization of public sector institutions and government services, including the charter school industry.»

: «There are billions being made in the privatization of public sector institutions and government services, including the charter school industry.»

Dedicated to the charter school industry and the corporate education reform agenda, Trumbull's Stephen P. Wright has been one of Governor Dannel Malloy's staunchest allies on the State Board of Education.

In the end, only 5 new charters were approved, and though the 29 rejected applications can be appealed to a new state commission, the night was a victory for advocates of better oversight of the charter school industry.

However the charter school industry's «no - excuses» approach, primarily aimed at children of color, is the hallmark of the charter school industry across the nation, including at Achievement First, Inc., the large Connecticut - based charter school chain with schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.

In total Malloy is proposing to add nearly 2,000 more seats for the charter school industry in Connecticut....

Since taking office, Malloy and Wyman have doubled the amount of money spent to subsidize Connecticut's charter school industry.

No real public school could ever engage in the abusive and unfair dumping practices that have become the norm in the charter school industry.

One of the most serious criticisms of the charter school industry is that they «cherry - pick» their students.

Rep. Fresen is the subject of two active ethics complaints and his colleagues in the Florida House receive a bounty of campaign contributions every year from the for - profit charter school industry.

This combination of real teachers and online programs, dubbed «blended learning,» is the fastest - growing sector of the burgeoning charter school industry.

Many were concerned that Pryor, a key player behind Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that runs twenty schools in New York and Connecticut, would use his position to take over neighborhood schools and hand them over to his friends and colleagues in the Charter School industry.

Connecticut's Charter School Industry may be a bigger scandal / conflict of interest then Teapot Dome, and Malloy's educational team makes Sun Yung Un look competent.

San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is spending lavishly on technology despite their budgets being decimated by California's unaccountable charter school industry.

In today's Washington Post, Jeff Bryant, director of the Education Opportunity Network, writes about the promises that were first offered by advocates of the charter school industry:

Samuel credits his success with support from colleagues in the charter school industry and looks forward to helping more of Chicago's youth reach their full potential as the principal of Legal Prep.

These evaluations of charter oversight agencies were the centerpiece of Kasich and the state's efforts to improve the quality of a $ 1 billion charter school industry in the state that's ridiculed nationwide, even by charter school supporters.

Read the full report for the watchdogs» recommendations for how policymakers could strengthen oversight and bring real transparency to the charter school industry.

But a report released Monday by Integrity in Education and the Center for Popular Democracy — two groups that oppose school privatization — presents evidence that inadequate oversight of the charter school industry hurts both kids and taxpayers.

Given the rapid and continuing expansion of the charter school industry and the tremendous investment of public dollars, New York must act now to reform its oversight system.

The schools run by the for - profit charter school industry, however, siphon off much of the money to their bottom lines in various, ethically dubious ways.

MDE, having opposed the changes in the first place, has effectively rejected this premise and instead has expanded, not limited, MDE's control and micro-management of the charter school industry, authorizers and schools alike.

What the increasing number of challenges to the charter school industry reveal again and again is that support for these schools was never based on a strong foundation to begin with.

Among the many challenges to the charter school industry is the clear loss of its support among many organizations representing African Americans.

But that's simply not how the charter school industry and it's amply funded advocacy complex work.

The charter school industry is coming under increased attack by national civil rights leaders for its unequal and antidemocratic practices in the communities it purports to help by privatizing K - 12 schools.

When making the announcement, Governor Malloy and his press operation conveniently failed to reveal Erik Clemons» close association with Connecticut's charter school industry.

Cotto lays bare the truth about the charter school industry is taking Connecticut's taxpayers for a ride while diverting scarce public funds from Connecticut's real public education system.