Sentences with phrase «solution than charters»

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And it points the way to a solution to the problem of market - suffocating regulation under school choice programs: pursue school choice through education tax credits rather than vouchers or charter schools.

Rather than declare that charters are a universal solution, proponents might see that moving into affluent communities deflates the moral high ground they have used to political advantage in their characterization of charters as part of the new civil rights movement.

A new report from CEA, the state's largest teachers union, (prepared by Rodriguez Data Solutions, LLC) shows that these charter management fees are growing at a higher rate than overall State spending on charter schools in Connecticut.

Another state senator, South Jordan Republican Lincoln Fillmore, is president of Charter Solutions, which receives more than $ 1 million from roughly 15 charter schools eacCharter Solutions, which receives more than $ 1 million from roughly 15 charter schools eaccharter schools each year.

With Charter Solutions, you get all the advantages of in - house service, plus shared resources and expertise that are a key advantage of an outside service - all for less than you'd pay for a qualified Business Manager.

She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective policy solutions that are far from test - based accountability and «school choice» policies: social services for poor families, early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.

Fourth, «The invisible hand of the market was to be the solution primarily through charters and privatizing schools... A growing body of literature shows that charter schools do not perform better than traditional public schools and they segregate schools by race and by socio - economic status.»

Rather than lament what may be a lull, we should focus our energies on finding solutions to funding disparities between traditional district and charter schools, and facilities constraints that often dissuade quality applicants from applying or replicating in the first place.