Sentences with phrase «simply by charter schools»

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Questions included how they would ensure continued funding for senior centers, whether they support a state constitutional convention, their views on charter schools, whether their candidacies help Bill de Blasio by simply drawing anti-de Blasio votes from Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis and plans for dealing with the homeless, particularly in Bay Ridge.

Administrative attempts to close charter schools are often met with fierce parental opposition and lawsuits, but when parents don't like a school, they can simply vote with their feet, either by withdrawing their children from the school or by not choosing it in the first place.

Or the state could simply require that districts that fail to reduce costs responsibly get out of the property - ownership business, either by having the state assume ownership, by placing the buildings into a third - party trust, or by establishing a cooperative to which charter schools have equal rights.

The «parallel system» approach to chartering's future rests on two mistaken assumptions: first, that by simply creating new schools and not purposely antagonizing the traditional system, chartering wouldn't attract the ire of defenders of the status quo; and second, that if chartering proved successful and popular, the sky was the limit on growth.

And even as we watch in wonder as high - performing urban charter schools send increasing numbers of low - income minority students to college, it is hard not to be discouraged by the many more who remain trapped in schools that simply do not work, left to wander through the same opportunity void as their parents before them.

The authors, Mike McShane, Jenn Hatfield, and Elizabeth English, contend that charter school applications could be shortened by one - third, simply by eliminating unnecessary or inappropriate requirements, saving applicants around 700 hours of work.

Simply by virtue of the presence of charter schools in our state, we are going to solidify that contract, that choice, that parents are making with their children to improve the quality of their education.»

While New York could make a significant improvement simply by expanding the current facilities policy, there are many other facility - related solutions that could, and should, be implemented to help charter schools overcome one of their biggest hurdles.

In a prior version of SB 793, the bill simply required charter schools to publicly disclose all employees» salaries, without making note of whether or not they were employed by the for - profit management company.

Getting a charter for your school idea was simply a vehicle to better serve the kids who were being failed by the system.

By contrast, charter schools are required to enroll at least 80 students to alleviate concerns that the schools are simply home schools and to avoid the difficulty of providing aggregated data without an adequate sample size.

Somewhat overshadowed by the growing controversy over Mayor - elect Rahm's schools pick, this Tribune story shows the intention of the privatizers not to listen to the research about charters or to the reasonable concerns of interim CPS CEO Terry Mazany, who said about his decision to postpone consideration of new charter contracts at his first board meeting last January: «We simply do not have any budget flexibility to allocate dollars that will not lead directly to improved educational outcomes for all of our students.»

Still, the founders of the would - be charters — in some cases simply parents in the community — are appalled by what they see as the dearth of innovation in the school systems, which lack even a single language - immersion program.

My sarcasm with using the «Walmart Charter School» was not saying that charter schools have the same quality of Walmart, but simply that anything almost anything is better than the current system, and when given an opportunity to go to a charter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some ricCharter School» was not saying that charter schools have the same quality of Walmart, but simply that anything almost anything is better than the current system, and when given an opportunity to go to a charter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some richSchool» was not saying that charter schools have the same quality of Walmart, but simply that anything almost anything is better than the current system, and when given an opportunity to go to a charter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some riccharter schools have the same quality of Walmart, but simply that anything almost anything is better than the current system, and when given an opportunity to go to a charter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some riccharter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some richschool, or some school set - up by some richschool set - up by some rich dude.

To Betsy DeVos, school choice is not simply the inherent right that every parent has to choose their child's educational setting, it is all about requiring taxpayers to pick up the tab for that parent's private individual choice, regardless of whether the parent chooses a public school, a charter school, a nonprofit private school, a religious school or even a fly - by - night online virtual school.

As with ELL students, Bridgeport's charter schools simply fail to enroll and educate those students who would utilize special education programs despite the fact that state law requires schools receiving state funds not to discriminate and the law ensures that any special education costs that the charter schools must make to assist their students will be reimbursed by the community's public school system.

Should the board choose to stand by its charter division staff, the schools would simply appeal to the State Board of Education in Sacramento or the politically appointed Los Angeles County Office of Education, where only last year Magnolia received reversals after the previous LAUSD board rejected three renewals over financial improprieties arising from the chain's ties to an alleged immigration fraud ring run by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.

A lot of parents have had kids in charter schools by now, and the global attack on the principle comes across as simply ill - informed and ideological.

Charter schools simply fulfill a need people have for educations supported by local community groups that aren't one - size - fits - all.

The reformers» solution was to help Milner School by simply handing it over to the Jumoke Academy, a private charter school opeSchool by simply handing it over to the Jumoke Academy, a private charter school opeschool operator.