Sentences with phrase «several local charter»

Drastic change is needed, and the record of several local charter organizations, such as Green Dot Public Schools and the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools, at least offers hope for better management.

Not exact matches

Several years ago, my uncle came up from Colorado for vacation, and while here, decided that he wanted to go charter fishing on a local lake and take some of us with him.

Several charter changes approved last fall by voters affect this November's local ticket.

Moskowitz organized several massive pro-charter rallies after de Blasio rescinded a handful of previously approved co-locations, and she helped push the passage of a new state law that guaranteed protections for local charters.

Officials from several states criticized the scoring of the contest, which favored states able to gain support from 100 percent of school districts and local teachers» unions for Obama administration objectives like expanding charter schools, reworking teacher evaluation systems and turning around low - performing schools.

Finally, several national organizations have begun to help their local affiliates start charter schools.

As a result of the compact, BPS and the local charter sector have established several school - to - school partnerships (some including local parochial schools) in order to share and develop effective instructional practices.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

For example, earlier this year Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, the Newark City Council, and several local and state representatives all signed a letter asking Christie to provide additional state aid.

Most charter school officials said they publicized the availability of special education services in several ways, including fliers and placing ads in the local newspaper.

A veteran of the charter schools movement in California, she serves on several boards and committees, including the Board of the California Charter Schools Association, the Educators of Color (EdLoc) Leadership Committee, and the L.A. County Commission on Local Government Secharter schools movement in California, she serves on several boards and committees, including the Board of the California Charter Schools Association, the Educators of Color (EdLoc) Leadership Committee, and the L.A. County Commission on Local Government SeCharter Schools Association, the Educators of Color (EdLoc) Leadership Committee, and the L.A. County Commission on Local Government Services.

Several local and national philanthropies have supported its charter sector as well as the district itself.

In suburban Macomb County the ISD has established a charter school for special - needs students that enrolls children from several local school districts.

Several charter proponents said the Georgia legislation was driven by a concern that charter applicants were not being given a fair hearing by local districts.

In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts; from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

We are a diverse team of 13 teachers who met over several months to review research on different national efforts to address teacher attraction and retention, as well as local strategies being proposed or piloted by UTLA, Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) and local charter networks.

Several California charter school students, including from the local Natomas Performing Arts Charter School, will offer performances during the confcharter school students, including from the local Natomas Performing Arts Charter School, will offer performances during the confCharter School, will offer performances during the conference.

There is currently a concerted effort by several charter leaders to recruit teachers with local roots, particularly black educators, in large part because those teachers are more likely to stick around for the long haul.

Several new charter schools will be opening their doors, and many others are in the process of petitioning to their local entities.

Immediately following the release of the Governor's budget, on January 15, several CCSA Board members traveled to Sacramento to meet with legislators and other policymakers, to discuss the budget proposal as well as to advocate for issues that will have lasting effects for charter schools such as the Parcel Tax, Local Control Funding Formula proposal (formerly named Weighted Student Formula) and closing the funding gap for charter schools.

The report recommends several solutions including that legislators and policymakers address these barriers by providing equitable and adequate special education funding to charter schools and authorizers through a system that prioritizes accountability, local control, and responsiveness to evolving needs of students.

Over the next several weeks, CCSA will be participating in a series of local events in cities like San Diego, Oakland, San Jose, Fresno, Butte and Chico, which will celebrate the contributions charters have made to education, and engage charter school supporters to collectively raise awareness on the issues that impact us all.

The conference also included tours of several local San Jose charter schools.

Several schools overseen by the local school board became charters in the 2005 - 06 school year so they could repair their buildings themselves and reopen faster.

Also on Wednesday, from 8:30 am - 10:30 am, conference attendees have the opportunity to visit and tour several local San Jose charter schools including, Downtown College Prep, ACE Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle charter schools including, Downtown College Prep, ACE Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle School.

«There are several wonderful charter schools that are created organically by homegrown local people, who are excellent educators, who wanted to come together to start a charter school in one specific neighborhood in one city in America,» she said.

The «money follows the child» funding proposal — pushed by a private group that operates several Connecticut charter schools — has ominous consequences for local school budgets.

On the flip side, several leaders in the local charter school and business communites say they are thrilled by Ferebee's willingness to collaborate and to slim down the central office.

Enactment of such a proposal — which has been pushed by a private company that runs several of Connecticut's state charter schools — would drain money from local school budgets.

We've reached out to our local legislators, several of whom toured the school and sponsored bills aiming to remedy the state Supreme Court ruling that overturned the charter law.

Several schools identified last fall for possible takeover by the state pushed back against the idea, pointing out both the model's poor outcomes in states like Tennessee as well as concerns over the loss of local control when a school hands the reins over to a charter school operator that could fail to appreciate local needs and relationships.

In advance of today's «Expanding Education Opportunity through School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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