Unlike other models, charters must pay for their own school facility — but increasingly are sharing
space with other public schools, thanks to the enforcement of a ballot measure.
At rallies and protests, parents and teachers argued that Moskowitz's charter schools have a poor track record of sharing
space with other public schools.
Not exact matches
Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter
schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed
schools — including restricting their ability to share building
space with traditional
public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional
public schools v. charter
schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle
school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be
space available in neighborhoods where
schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in
schools v.
other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter
schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter
school supporters, his views on academically screened high
schools, his view on the
school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter
schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform /
with banners.
In addition to changes affecting charter
schools, Mr. de Blasio said he would halt plans for six new
public schools to share
space with other existing
schools.
The fight has escalated in recent weeks,
with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter -
school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter
schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional
public school buildings and share
space with other students.
De Blasio was soundly defeated by Success CEO Eva Moskowitz in a very
public fight over
school space, despite largely unsuccessful efforts to de-escalate the battle
with a conciliatory speech at Riverside Church and
other overtures.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter
school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter
school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter
school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter
school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the
school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the
school and the district or districts from which the
school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter
school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the
school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the
school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the
school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract
with an organization that shall manage or operate the
school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the
school; (xi) the provision of
school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter
schools shall be open to all students, on a
space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the
school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in
schools from which the charter
school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter
school to
other non-charter
public schools.
Designer Bill Bensley fashioned the place as an imaginary French - colonial campus, right down to T - shirts emblazoned
with the fictional
school's name; vintage luggage, books, and
other memorabilia decorate the lobby and
public spaces.
Solo exhibitions 2017 «The Guinness Curse», T293, Rome 2016 «Palace Ruin»,
Public Art Project, Amsterdam 2014 «Dowsing
Schools: Preliminary Findings and Corresponding Survey Kit», The Physics Room, Christchurch 2014 «Dowsing
Schools: Preliminary Findings and Corresponding Survey Kit», Artspace, Auckland 2014 «KaVo Zahnarztstuhl Regie 1520 A», Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam 2013 «That's That, That Way «Round, Basically — As You Probably Know», Artists» Club Coffrefort, Brussels 2013 «Passionate Advocate for a Poisoned Earth», TWAAS, New York 2012 «Of Animal and Inventory», Blank Projects, Cape Town 2012 «Door and Milk Permutations», Luettgenmeijer, Berlin 2011 «My Friend André's Grandmother's Sawmill», Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna 2011 «Khevsurvite Derivative (potential dwellers in ravines)», T293, Rome 2010 «Untitled», Museum Hilversum, Hilversum 2009 «Bagnoli (and Italsider as extract — arrangement)», T293, Naples 2008 «Limburgerhof (The Agricultural Extract - Arrangements)», Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam 2008 «Dalmine (and
other industry extract — arrangements)», LuettgenMeijer, Berlin 2008 «Spade Scrapes 1 — 6, Van Zijll Langhout Gallery, Amsterdam 2007 «Living Registration», T293, Naples 2006 «Living Registration», BüroFriedrich, Berlin 2006 «Untitled Installation», Natal Society of Arts, Durban 2003 «Climb on Shoulders to Peep Over and Dismount
with Lips in Hedge», NICC, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schoene Kunsten, Antwerp 2002 «Extract arrangements (tribute to Mucha)», PLUS Gallery, Dusseldorf 1999 «Home», Natal Society of Arts, Durban 1999 «Breathing
Space», The Yard, B / W Photography, London 1999 «Breathing
Space», Natal Society of Arts / Palmer street studios, Durban
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