Sentences with phrase «served as authorizer»

At the start of 2012, CMU served as authorizer to 56 of the schools, which educate about 30,000 students (see Figure 1).

DCPCSB could serve as the authorizer, or the city council could exercise its power under the charter law to create a new, non-district authorizer.

To guard against this, policymakers should encourage and enable multiple entities to serve as authorizers.

The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, which serves as the authorizer for more than 90 percent of charter schools in the state, has already taken important steps in this direction.

Districts aren't really designed to give individual schools full autonomy, nor are they staffed to serve as authorizers, nor do most districts provide full school choice to their families.

UST currently serves as the authorizer for 6 charter schools across the state of Minnesota.

Most commonly school districts serve as authorizers, but state education agencies, colleges and universities, and independent organizations also serve in this role.

Not exact matches

Bellafiore served as president of the SUNY's Charter Schools Institute, which was created by the Board of Trustees to implement their new role as a charter school authorizer.

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

I've also publicly opposed a proposal she vigorously supports — giving DCPS the power to serve as a charter school authorizer.

We need to support the emergence of more alpha authorizers, those who are independent of the K — 12 system and have the courage and tenacity to serve as change agents, market makers, and forces for quality, while reliably performing the core functions of authorizing mentioned above.

The Fordham Foundation has also served as a charter school authorizer in Dayton and elsewhere in Ohio.

Prior to her tenure with BASIS, she served as Executive Director of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, the nation's largest charter school authorizer.

Prior to joining BASIS Schools, Inc. as Executive Director, she served as Executive Director of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, the nation's largest charter school authorizer.

Authorizers who serve as the gatekeepers for quality and hold schools accountable for results must also approach their work with a growth mindset.

She believes that every child has the capacity to be a successful learner and through her work as an authorizer, she strives to empower great schools in serving their students.

However, three data points cause concern: in combination, they indicate that many of the responding authorizers do not 1) require special education outcomes as part of charter performance contracts; 2) see persistent failure to serve students with disabilities as a behavior that merits serious consequence; or 3) identify themselves as responsible for enforcing special education enrollment proportionality.

He previously served as the founding Co-Director of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and as Director of the Colorado School Finance Project.

Prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Goenner served as Executive Director at The Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, the nation's largest university authorizer of charter public schools.

The Director of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement will manage one of NACSA's largest strategic programs and will serve as a field expert on a variety of projects, providing hands - on, customized support to charter school authorizers across the country.

Changes to Idaho law (H221) signed by Governor Butch Otter in April 2013 also allows Idaho colleges and universities to serve as charter school authorizers.

National Association of Charter School Authorizers: As a strong proponent of quality charter schools, [we] support H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act, which will improve the quality of charter school authorizing... By strengthening charter school authorizing, H.R. 2218 will support the growth in both the number and quality of charter schools while also ensuring that charter schools are open to and serve all students.

«As the primary authorizer for public schools in Orleans Parish, OPSB needs to ensure that it continues to be focused on high quality charter schools that meet the needs of all students, and restructure itself accordingly so that it serves as a thought and support partner for its schools.&raquAs the primary authorizer for public schools in Orleans Parish, OPSB needs to ensure that it continues to be focused on high quality charter schools that meet the needs of all students, and restructure itself accordingly so that it serves as a thought and support partner for its schools.&raquas a thought and support partner for its schools.»

This letter can also serve as a valuable bargaining tool with your authorizer.

Charter schools are accountable to their authorizer, as well as to the students and families they serve, to produce positive academic results and adhere to the charter contract.

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John previously served as the founding Co-Director of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and as Director of the Colorado School Finance Project.

Also still applicable is SB1290, which directs authorizers to consider increases in pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils served by the charter school as the most important factor in determining whether to grant a charter renewal.