Sentences with phrase «schools and a state takeover»

We know that austerity, incessant testing regimes to rate and rank schools and state takeovers of schools and districts are intentional strategies to undermine public support for public schools, to facilitate the transfer of tax dollars to privatized schools, and to disenfranchise parents, educators and communities.

Not exact matches

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday called for a permanent extension of mayoral control for city schools and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approach toward standardized testing and push to make it easier for the state to takeover struggling schools.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose increased school funding.

Further, her call for a state takeover of far more of the cost of public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of cuts in staff and services to schools and local governments, experts said.

The money can be used, they say, to enact needed education reforms — ones that differ from those proposed by Cuomo, which includes state takeovers of chronically failing schools and an expansion of charter schools.

Just when some schools thought they had cleared the threat of a takeover, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state could withhold funding for struggling schools if he and the legislature can not agree on which ones should be taken away from the local school district.

J.H.S. 162 in the Bronx — the only public school threatened with a state takeover since the establishment of the receivership program — is caught in a power struggle between the governor and the state Education Department.

But, threatening public schools like Schuyler with state takeover when the state has NOT provided the necessary funding and support does everyone a disservice.

As part of this, Hempstead High School is identified as «persistently struggling» and Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School as «struggling,» with each given requirements and deadlines to meet federal and state standards — or face potential takeover by an outside manager.

The money can be used, they say, to enact needed education reforms — different reforms than Cuomo has proposed, which include state takeovers of chronically failing schools and an expansion of charter schools.

«The state's budget includes a $ 248 million increase in school aid, $ 212 million more for the state takeover of Medicaid, and $ 60 million in additional tax revenue — calling this significant increase a cut is disingenuous and the city should check its math.»

Cuomo's Five - Year Financial Plan keeps revenue sharing with local governments flat at a time when scores of local governments and school districts are headed for insolvency and a takeover by state Control Boards.

The education changes also provide a means for state takeover of what Cuomo calls «failing schools» and many lawmakers refer to as «struggling schools.»

Last July, the state's new education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, named 62 «struggling» and «persistently struggling» New York City schools that would face a takeover if they did not improve.

He called on the state to increase funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and criticized Cuomo's school - takeover policy, but without calling out the governor by name.

Michigan, for instance, passed laws permitting state takeovers of failing schools and tying teacher evaluations to students» test scores.

They need real governance change in the form of state takeover, outsourcing of their schools (perhaps to a «recovery» district), and maybe even closing the district.

Maryland would have been the first state in the country to take over schools for NCLB restructuring, but Grasmick's efforts met with intense political opposition from Baltimore's mayor and other political leaders, and the state legislature passed a bill blocking the takeover.

Grassroots advocacy, public opinion, proposed legislation, the looming state takeover of the Philadelphia schools, and a 2 - year - old court decision are fueling new momentum on an issue that state legislators have been reluctant to shoulder, activists say.

States including California, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, and Nebraska have ruled out state takeovers for schools in restructuring, because either state law does not permit it or the state department of education lacks the capacity to manage a significant number of schools.

West Virginia has relinquished the reins of a struggling school system, leaving behind a rare state - takeover success story: a state - hired superintendent in charge of a system with higher test scores and better management and buoyed by local acceptance.

Instead of takeovers, closures, and other dire options mentioned in press coverage of the law, most states and school districts have chosen less aggressive interventions.

Yet because NCLB has made accountability tests the tail that wags the dog of the whole education system — threatening remediation and state takeover for schools that fall short — what's not tested often isn't taught.

A study published in 2005 by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) on state takeovers of schools and districts noted that the takeovers «have yet to produce dramatic consistent increases in student performance,» and that the impact on learning «falls short of expectations.»

But takeovers elevate the state above local boards, independent charter authorizing works around local boards, and RSD - like entities take schools away from local boards.

So if the storm brought state takeover and dramatic expansion of charter schools to New Orleans, did it also bring vouchers?

In contrast, research suggests that the state takeover and improvement efforts targeting Massachusetts» Lawrence Public Schools generated limited signs of resistance.

in Pennsylvania that have created Achievement School District laws, as well as NJ, MA, and IN where there are direct state takeovers.

While the state - run Recovery School District created in 2003 has its share of critics, credible external evaluation suggest that test scores and graduation rates have indeed improved under the districtwide takeover by charter schools.

Mayor Richard M. Daley has made the key appointments in his state - mandated takeover of the Chicago public schools — 13 people assigned to plug the system's $ 150 million deficit and improve education for its 410,000 students.

Skim headlines from the press coverage of school districts undergoing state takeover and turnaround and you will find significant signs of public frustration.

«Disruption» may be in vogue in business schools, but disrupting — rather than fixing — struggling schools has come to mean mass firings, school closures, and district or state takeovers.

Nonetheless, even though the state did not fully exploit the opportunity for comprehensive change, the schools and the system itself unquestionably are better today than at the time of the takeover.

A key early test will come from Wisconsin, where Milwaukee's mayor and the state's governor have said the prospect of a federal aid windfall should provide a major incentive for approval of legislation allowing a mayoral takeover of the city's public schools.

She said the state would still provide the scores to parents and students, but schools that received F's, for example, would potentially be at no higher risk for a state takeover, and teachers» salaries would not be affected by low pass rates.

«This is about using the opportunity of the Muncie Schools» funding crisis to float a test balloon for school takeover in Indiana and in the United States,» says Boltz.

One hundred eighty - seven schools have school governance councils in place, the first condition required for families in the Nutmeg State to use the Parent Trigger and launch school takeovers.

That number is small compared to the Atlanta and Philadelphia scandals, yet with more state policies — like teacher evaluations, merit pay, and takeovers of schools with poor ISTEP + scores — riding on students» scores on state tests, state officials, education experts, and parents told StateImpact Indiana they see these pressures to get results as incentives for teachers who can't hack it to bend the rules on state tests.

We will stand for fair funding for our students and against state takeovers of our public schools.

While test scores rose in cities like Boston, Chicago and New York after mayors took control of the schools, state takeovers have been less successful.

Public education advocates will have many opportunities in the coming months to fight for greater funding for our children's schools and against state takeovers that hand our democratically controlled school boards over to private third party operators.

Wisconsin Public Schools have seen a billion dollars cut since 2011, as well as a 2015 public takeover of MPS that was snuck into the last state budget and met fierce resistance and eventually was defeated.

We know this legislative cycle the privatizers will come back even harder and we continue to build a movement against any state takeovers of our public schools.

The state's largest school district remains a Hilltop client as it deals with a crisis in funding and a possible takeover by the state.

The battle between traditional schools and charters has been particularly sharp in the Houston ISD, the state's largest district, which is threatened with a state takeover unless it turns over 10 underperforming schools to a charter operator.

With many state elected officials continuing to call for the takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools, the coalition is using the actions — and social media — to build a list of engaged parents and educators for future action and quick mobilization.

A recent poll by Tulane University found that two - thirds of the respondents supported the state takeover of New Orleans» schools, and nearly 80 percent thought that parents should be able to send their children to any school in the city.

ATLANTA On Thursday, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and the Southern Education Foundation released a new report criticizing the proposed state takeover district in Georgia and urging the state to instead turn to evidence - based reform strategies such as sustainable community schools.

Opponents of the new rule say the move could set the table for additional state takeovers or interventions in underperforming schools, and fear the new system is too complex.