Not exact matches
New Mexico's
charter cap shields
small districts from enrollment loss, and as a result, the state's
charters cluster primarily in
urban settings (51 percent of
charter schools operate there compared to 21 percent of New Mexico's district
schools) and in suburbs (which host 12.3 percent of the state's
charters but only 8.2 percent of its district
schools).
The push for rural consolidation is all the stranger given the movement in
urban areas toward
smaller schools, including
charter schools, so that classroom sizes are
smaller and there is more accountability among students, parents, and administrators.
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, pag
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, pa
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, pa
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, pag
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, pag
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, pag
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, pa
Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pag
School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).
We purposely chose
schools that were very different (big /
small,
urban / rural, traditional / progressive, district /
charter) so we could be certain we were designing a solution that worked for everyone.
During our work with district,
charter, and private
schools — large,
small,
urban, rural, as well as progressive and traditional — the master scheduling process tends to be more alike than different.
Even if the impacts end up being roughly the same,
urban charter schools achieve these results at a
small fraction of the cost.
But if the spillover effects of
urban charter schools on district
schools are confined to relatively
small neighborhoods, then findings from prior analyses may well be underestimates.
«The
charter school industry has targeted our relatively
small urban district with an over-saturation of
charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public
schools.»
If all teachers could be more like the best teachers, then we would have dramatic improvement in every
school — public, private, or
charter; rural,
urban, or suburban; and large, medium, or
small.
A More Perfect Union High
School is a small, high - performing urban charter s
School is a
small, high - performing
urban charter schoolschool.
Even with 60 new
schools,
charters would make up a
smaller proportion of all
schools at CPS than they do at some other large
urban districts — in New Orleans, for example, about 70 percent of schoolchildren attend
charters.
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.
Brooklyn
Urban Garden
School (BUGS), a small, independent, progressive charter school
School (BUGS), a
small, independent, progressive
charter schoolschool in...
Together these sites represent a mix of
small and large,
urban and rural, public
school districts and public
charter schools and each seek to apply blended learning strategies to remedy a specific challenge in their
schools.
SCORE President and CEO Jamie Woodson said, «the SCORE Prize winners and finalists demonstrate that success is possible in settings as diverse as our state — rural,
urban and suburban; large and
small; magnet,
charter and traditional public
schools.
Putting aside why Jumoke, the
charter school management company that was hired to take over and run the Dunbar elementary
school is looking for four new teachers, over a month into the new
school year, the job posting announces that the
charter school company wants educators who will «sweat the
small stuff» and are committed to «embracing the challenges facing
urban schools with a mantra of «No Excuses» and a willingness to do «Whatever it takes.
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.