Sentences with phrase «spending by the charter»

The combined spending by charter school advocates and teachers unions far exceeded the total amount spent on the gubernatorial campaign when Gov. Brown was running for re-election.

The following chart identifies the major sources of money that drove the record spending by the charter school industry.

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Democrats are blasting the TV ad money being spent by a independent expenditure committee backed by charter school advocates in the race for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County.

Another group, New Yorkers For Balanced Albany, which has been backed by charter school supporters, has also spent heavily in the race.

The independent expenditure spending over the last month has been largely dominated by the usual players: Committees funded by real estate or wealthy supporters of charter school expansion.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.

One group called «New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany,» which supports charter schools and is funded by Walmart heirs, has spent $ 800,000 bombarding the Lower Hudson Valley with ads attacking Mayer for working with various disgraced Democratic pols.

Republicans have been helped by $ 1.6 million in spending by New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, which was founded by the national charter school advocacy group StudentsFirst.

NYSUT is expected to play an active role in the Senate and Assembly elections year in order to counter the heavy spending by supporters of charter schools.

New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, a super PAC backed by supporters of education reform and charter school efforts, is spending more money in potentially pivotal races for the state Senate.

Cuomo's spending plan could boost education spending by as much as $ 1.1 billion next year, but much of that money is linked to enacting tougher standards and evaluations for teachers and a strengthening of charter schools.

Two independent expenditure committees funded in part by wealthy supporters of charter schools are wrapping their spending sprees on Senate Republican candidates with large ad purhcases in two state Senate races upstate.

The legislative leaders and the governor made some progress yesterday, reportedly reaching a deal on education that adds $ 300 million in additional spending to the $ 807 million boost Cuomo proposed, spends $ 340 million on pre-K — most of which is going to NYC — and also hikes per - pupil state aid for charter schools, though they would have to agree to be audited by the state comptroller.

Since under the County Charter, the County Executive, is the «chief budget officer of the county» his lack of understanding of the county budget, shows the extent of the learning curve faced by Mr. Lacorte and the time that would have to be spent actually learning how county government and budgeting works.

In addition, a political action committee formed by StudentsFirst, a nonprofit that supports charter schools, spent nearly $ 1.5 million on TV ads and polling against Kaminsky.

The group has been especially active in the handful of competitive primaries this month for Assembly and Senate races, counteracting heavy spending by deep - pocketed groups that have been supportive of education reform and charter schools.

Independent expenditure groups backed by well - funded charter school organizations are gearing up to play a role in battleground Senate districts, spending money that could bolster Republicans in what is expected to be a difficult election year.

The latest push is coming from New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, a group backed by supporters of charter schools, is spending $ 263,976 on digital, radio and TV ads in the suburban district.

He was also helped by StudentsFirstNY, a charter school supporter who invested heavily in Senate Republicans in 2014 and has reported spending $ 1.49 million on the race in the past two weeks, $ 250,000 of which came from a group backing education tax credits.

(New York, NY)-- A new audit released today of the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found unauthorized expenditures that include travel, $ 16,000 spent on MetroCards that could not be accounted for and thousands in overpayments to the principal.

She benefited from nearly $ 540,000 in spending from the IDC's campaign arm — much of it coming from real estate interests and charter school supporters that have also backed Senate Republicans, who are more often cross-endorsed by the Independence Party.

Cuomo, a political fixture since before his father was elected governor in 1982, wants to require legislators to disclose all of their outside income, raise the cap on charter schools and cap spending by local governments.

Besides his ethics promise Cuomo insists he will only increase state education spending by $ 327 million if the Legislature does not accept his sweeping education reforms, which include a new teacher evaluation system and an increase of the charter school cap.

Each borough president is mandated by the City Charter to allocate a capital budget, and during her tenure Marshall has spent more than $ 616 million, more than?

They also claim that the city's Department of Education doesn't hold the charter chain accountable and fails to abide by state education law requiring equity in capital spending at co-located district and charter schools.

By contrast, charter school leaders often spend significant time trying to secure loans or donations to cover facilities costs as well as managing any construction or renovation.

By one accounting, the California Charter Schools Association spent more than $ 12 million on candidates for school board and other races in 2016 and 2017.

From Common Core and charter schools to merit pay and teacher tenure, from school spending and teacher salaries to union impact on schools, the opinions of Democrats differ in predictable ways from those held by Republicans.

School districts, including most charter schools, have no choice but to pay the rates set by the state legislature, even if they'd prefer to spend precious resources on higher teacher salaries, hiring more teachers, or making other critical investments in school services.

Romney's major proposal would expand school choice by essentially turning $ 15 billion in Title I funding and $ 12 billion in IDEA funds into «vouchers» that eligible students could spend to attend any district, charter, or private school (state law permitting) or for tutoring programs or digital courses.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

The idea — professional development summits organized in different parts of Nigeria and taught by experienced teachers from around the world — stemmed from Enechi's own experience as a new teacher at Brooke Charter School in the Mattapan section of Boston, where new teachers prepare for their own classrooms by spending one year learning from experienced educators.

The «dark money» from some of the national charter networks has come in to balance out the spending by well financed groups opposing Question 2.

Doing More with Less Partnership Schools provides an excellent education at a fraction of the cost of what is spent by the NYC public and charter schools.

The statute allows parents to apply nearly every dollar the state typically spends per pupil, almost $ 6,000 in most areas, to virtual charter schools, as long as they are authorized by the state.

In fact, my CRPE colleagues and I spend a lot of time studying and talking about what it takes to design and implement policies like these, especially in cities where the schools are made up of a mix of district and charter schools and multiple oversight agencies existing side by side.

Thurgood Marshall charter school, founded by Georgetown University's Street Law Program, expects $ 1.7 million in contributions this year, accounting for 25 percent of overall spending, according to its budget.

OFM estimates the charter school bill would add $ 8.4 million to overall state spending over the next four years: $ 7.4 million in per - pupil allocations because the schools would attract some private - school and home - schooled students not currently covered in the state budget, and $ 1 million in new administrative costs incurred by state agencies.

For high school students, the study also found, attending a charter school increased the likelihood that a student would earn a state Regents diploma by age 20 by 7 percent for each year spent in that school.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, also a Democrat, has proposed cutting state spending on charter schools by 20 %.

Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, shared some recent public charter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los ACharter Schools, shared some recent public charter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter school accomplishments including that six out of the top 10 high schools in the U.S. are charter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter schools (US News and World Report); Colorado recently passed a law equalizing funding for charters and traditional public schools; the new administration has proposed an increase in spending for charter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter schools by 50 percent; and the creation of a unified traditional public school - charter board in Los Acharter board in Los Angeles.

Hansen places these teacher protests in the context of a national «war on teachers» narrative, fueled by working conditions declining, erosion of benefits and increased spending on charter schools and vouchers for families to attend private schools.

Although Tuck ended up losing to Torlakson by almost 200,000 votes in 2014, the campaign itself attracted close to $ 30 million in spending — most of it from charter supporters of Tuck and labor groups supporting Torlakson.

Charter School: Funded through public tax dollars from money meant for traditional public schools, operates in the private sector, may be managed by for - profit charter management organizations (CMO), and are not required to be transparent about how tax dollars are spent, free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public sCharter School: Funded through public tax dollars from money meant for traditional public schools, operates in the private sector, may be managed by for - profit charter management organizations (CMO), and are not required to be transparent about how tax dollars are spent, free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public scharter management organizations (CMO), and are not required to be transparent about how tax dollars are spent, free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.

http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-budget-deal-connecticut-legislature-0601-20150531-story.html#page=1 It's in — all that $ $ for charter schools: On the spending side of the $ 40 billion plan, negotiators restored full funding sought by Malloy for expanding charter schools, including opening two new schools in Stamford and Bridgeport.

According to an article by Lauren Camera in U.S. News & World Report, the national NAACP has in the past «opposed spending public money on charters» and the «privatization» of schools.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.