Sentences with phrase «small charter community»

Our small charter community has been a blessing to me, as I've come to know staff and parents at all of our 17 schools.

Not exact matches

This mind - set has prompted advocacy groups like the Rural School and Community Trust to seek both small - district subsidies and protection against loss of enrollment to charters.

«It's easier to create a culture if you are starting from new, like a small school or charter school, because everyone is saying the kind of learning community that they want to have,» Levenson says.

I agree with Bradford that single - site schools and small, locally grown and community - based networks are crucial assets for the charter movement and important contributors to expanding access to quality schools in communities that demand them.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pacharter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

Opponents feel, however, that since charter schools can only serve a small segment of students, they only reinforce economic and racial segregation, and actually destabilize the communities they claim to want to help.

But those two charters only serve a small fraction of the community HCZ aims to rebuild.

Charter schools, with a median size of 110 students, tend to provide small learning communities compared with district elementary schools, whose median size is 590.

As my colleague Halley Potter and I note in a forthcoming book, A Smarter Charter, a small but important number of charter schools — from High Tech High in San Diego to Community Roots in Brooklyn — are taking conscious steps to create socioeconomically and racially diverse school enviroCharter, a small but important number of charter schools — from High Tech High in San Diego to Community Roots in Brooklyn — are taking conscious steps to create socioeconomically and racially diverse school envirocharter schools — from High Tech High in San Diego to Community Roots in Brooklyn — are taking conscious steps to create socioeconomically and racially diverse school environments.

«Our charter school is small and our kids have a real sense of community and caring.

For our community charter schools, it is the norm to have small class sizes, longer school days, higher teacher to student ratios, innovative instruction, and vary on the teacher evaluation rubrics.

But after suburban schools and their supporters pushed back in their communities, the Christie administration's far - smaller roster of recent charter approvals has largely been isolated to the cities and established charter networks.

CSDC's nonprofit charter school clients are the very epitome of entrepreneurial small businesses founded and operated by community - focused leaders.

We hope that they won't pooh - pooh small innovations like a one - off charter school with a unique design, a teacher evaluation tool that a school district has worked hard to create and implement, or a set of standards that a community has created to reflect its values.

Students who would be interested in Brashier Middle College Charter High School are those who want a small learning community with individualized learning plans.

Cheyenne Batista São Roque serves as founding superintendent, managing director at East Harlem Scholars Academies (a small network of Pre-K to 12th grade community - based public charter schools founded by East Harlem Tutorial Program, EHTP).

The trip enabled participants to see a range of secondary learning options for students, including a comprehensive high school with small learning communities, a small school within a larger educational complex, an alternative high school, and a public charter school.

The district's «portfolio of schools» strategy is to provide a range of schools for students: comprehensive high schools with small learning communities, small free - standing high schools, small schools within a large complex, and charter schools.

This allows bottom up innovation to flourish, and as a result, there is an interesting range of small schools, small learning communities, Horace Mann Charters, State Charters, and Pilot schools to meet various student needs.

Students at Morris Jeff Community School in New Orleans, one of a small but growing number of charter schools that are trying to be racially and economically diverse.

Using this approach, BPS has created a network of small high schools, which includes 19 pilot schools (with plans to expand to 25 pilot schools by 2007); two Horace Mann charter schools; new, independent small schools; and schools with small learning communities.

Caputo - Pearl said his «Union Power» group believes Fletcher has been too passive in fighting attacks on teachers and plans to organize the broader community to press for smaller classes, pay raises and protections for campuses against charter schools and other outside groups.

Small, intimate school communities have less need for third - party representation, and indeed, charter teachers rarely unionize.

Parent Jenny Ball moved her two children out of public school and to Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center because of the smaller class sizes and schedule.

While not a major force in most rural districts, brick - and - mortar charter schools — far more expensive to operate — can create turmoil in a small district, especially one that sets itself up as a competitor to the community's public schools.

Having said that, we profile in the book a small but growing number of charter schools that are intentionally diverse — the Denver School of Science and Technology, High Tech High in San Diego, City Neighbors in Baltimore, Morris Jeff in New Orleans, Blackstone Valley Prep in Rhode Island, Capital City and E.L. Haynes in Washington, D.C., Community Roots in Brooklyn and Larchmont in Los Angeles.

But over the last decade, the charter school movement has morphed from a small, community - based effort to foster alternative education into a vehicle for privatizing public education, pushed by free - market foundations, big education - management companies, and profit - seekers looking for a way to cash in on public - education funds.

The effect of this charter school growth is hard to measure in smaller communities, but we know that rural students face unique challenges in accessing the same level of opportunities made available to urban students.

«Parents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can provide that.

Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School's mission is to create a small and diverse collaborative learning community that immerses students in critical thinking, environmental stewardship, and engaged citizenship through meaningful and innovative learning experiences.

We have put forth ideas such as small learning communities, early enrollment in college - level courses for credit, youth apprenticeships, charter schools, and online learning, but there are other innovative ideas that we should also explore.

After fun warm - up activities, the freshmen were broken into smaller groups led by about 80 Link Crew members who currently attend the charter, as well as some parent and community volunteers.

Table 1 Charters with Highest Administrative Costs Per pupil Charter School Enrollment October 1, 2014 Report Administration / Pupil Kaizen Tempe 25 $ 7,554 Pinnacle Education - Tempe, Inc. 57 $ 7,283 SRPMIC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 240 $ 7,102 Edkey, Inc. 64 $ 5,993 Deer Valley Charter School 29 $ 5,692 PS Charter School Inc. 71 $ 5,382 Lifelong Learning Research Institute Inc. 34 $ 5,378 SC Jensen Corporation 67 $ 5,060 Kaizen Skyview 51 $ 4,936 Eastpointe High School, Inc. 143 $ 4,874 Arizona Call - A-Teen Youth Resources, Inc. 78 $ 4,681 Intelli - School Charter High School 105 $ 4,348 StrengthBuilding Partners 42 $ 4,301 PAS Charter, Inc. 229 $ 4,139 Park View School, Inc. 228 $ 3,977 Institute for Transformatived Education, Inc. 62 $ 3,946 Madison Highland Prep 101 $ 3,646 Skyline Gila River Schools, LLC 106 $ 3,626 Kaizen EL Dorado 185 $ 3,604 Imagine Superst Elem 179 $ 3,568 Ha: San Educational Services 137 $ 3,454 Kaizen Ad U 49 $ 3,255 Edkey, Inc. 574 $ 3,165 Imagine Superst Mid 93 $ 3,081 Graysmark Schools Corporation 46 $ 3,077 Florence Crittenton Services of AZ 141 $ 3,050 Rising School 66 $ 3,041 Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc. 87 $ 3,012 Victory High School, Inc. 20 $ 2,908 Foothill College Preparatory Academy 336 $ 2,833 Carpe Diem Collegiate High School 118 $ 2,811 Eagle South Mountain Charter, Inc. 106 $ 2,788 Concordia Charter School Inc 146 $ 2,786 Imagine Prep Surprise 248 $ 2,784 BASIS Phoenix 725 $ 2,747 E-Institute Charter Schools, Inc 800 $ 2,715 Pima County 106 $ 2,704 Genesis Academy 151 $ 2,692 BASIS Chandler 731 $ 2,681 The FARM at Mission Montessori 32 $ 2,680 Imagine Tempe 280 $ 2,659 Pace Preparatory Academy, Inc. 95 $ 2,607 Daisy Sonoran Davis Moth 193 $ 2,604 American Virtual Academy 3488 $ 2,595 Paramount Education Studies Inc 338 $ 2,586 Eagle South Mountain Charter, Inc. 127 $ 2,578 StarShine Academy 325 $ 2,576 Keystone Montessori Charter School, Inc. 228 $ 2,558 BASIS Peoria 746 $ 2,549 BASIS Prescott 369 $ 2,537 Many small charters have low administrative costs Sixteen of the 30 charters with the lowest administrative have less than 400Charters with Highest Administrative Costs Per pupil Charter School Enrollment October 1, 2014 Report Administration / Pupil Kaizen Tempe 25 $ 7,554 Pinnacle Education - Tempe, Inc. 57 $ 7,283 SRPMIC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 240 $ 7,102 Edkey, Inc. 64 $ 5,993 Deer Valley Charter School 29 $ 5,692 PS Charter School Inc. 71 $ 5,382 Lifelong Learning Research Institute Inc. 34 $ 5,378 SC Jensen Corporation 67 $ 5,060 Kaizen Skyview 51 $ 4,936 Eastpointe High School, Inc. 143 $ 4,874 Arizona Call - A-Teen Youth Resources, Inc. 78 $ 4,681 Intelli - School Charter High School 105 $ 4,348 StrengthBuilding Partners 42 $ 4,301 PAS Charter, Inc. 229 $ 4,139 Park View School, Inc. 228 $ 3,977 Institute for Transformatived Education, Inc. 62 $ 3,946 Madison Highland Prep 101 $ 3,646 Skyline Gila River Schools, LLC 106 $ 3,626 Kaizen EL Dorado 185 $ 3,604 Imagine Superst Elem 179 $ 3,568 Ha: San Educational Services 137 $ 3,454 Kaizen Ad U 49 $ 3,255 Edkey, Inc. 574 $ 3,165 Imagine Superst Mid 93 $ 3,081 Graysmark Schools Corporation 46 $ 3,077 Florence Crittenton Services of AZ 141 $ 3,050 Rising School 66 $ 3,041 Arizona Autism Charter Schools Inc. 87 $ 3,012 Victory High School, Inc. 20 $ 2,908 Foothill College Preparatory Academy 336 $ 2,833 Carpe Diem Collegiate High School 118 $ 2,811 Eagle South Mountain Charter, Inc. 106 $ 2,788 Concordia Charter School Inc 146 $ 2,786 Imagine Prep Surprise 248 $ 2,784 BASIS Phoenix 725 $ 2,747 E-Institute Charter Schools, Inc 800 $ 2,715 Pima County 106 $ 2,704 Genesis Academy 151 $ 2,692 BASIS Chandler 731 $ 2,681 The FARM at Mission Montessori 32 $ 2,680 Imagine Tempe 280 $ 2,659 Pace Preparatory Academy, Inc. 95 $ 2,607 Daisy Sonoran Davis Moth 193 $ 2,604 American Virtual Academy 3488 $ 2,595 Paramount Education Studies Inc 338 $ 2,586 Eagle South Mountain Charter, Inc. 127 $ 2,578 StarShine Academy 325 $ 2,576 Keystone Montessori Charter School, Inc. 228 $ 2,558 BASIS Peoria 746 $ 2,549 BASIS Prescott 369 $ 2,537 Many small charters have low administrative costs Sixteen of the 30 charters with the lowest administrative have less than 400charters have low administrative costs Sixteen of the 30 charters with the lowest administrative have less than 400charters with the lowest administrative have less than 400 pupils.

We do not believe the decision to establish a new charter school or to convert a traditional public school to a charter should be made just by government officials or by a small group of parents, as the consequences will affect the entire community.»

It is truly an honor to welcome you to Arcadia Charter School; a small community nurturing lifelong learners.

Age appropriate and inquiry / project - based learning methods; dual enrollment classes; focused tutoring to less prepared students; increased learning opportunities; relevant professional development opportunities; faculty leadership opportunities; community outreach; small school environment; surveys each year (parent, student, faculty); striving for academic excellence; Charter Counts character education program implemented; teaching critical thinking skills.

Schools are also allowed to shield from charter use rooms not used for classrooms such as Small Learning Community sites, space for district police, regional special educational testing centers, health center clinics, food service and Beyond the Bell programs.

The evidence base includes outcomes for schools with a variety of governance structures in many local contexts, ranging from small charter schools to large and small district - run schools in urban and rural communities.