An analysis released today by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) calls for states to update charter policies to ensure that any increased
spending on charter school expansion leads to... Read More
Not exact matches
But the entity was just one of several education - oriented groups that
spent heavily
on trying to influence legislation as issues ranging from teacher evaluations to
charter school expansion stoked debate at the Capitol.
He adds, «Rocketship Education, a
charter school network near San Francisco, with national
expansion plans, is reinventing how learning takes place in the classroom, asking its students to
spend 25 percent of each day in a «learning lab,» where they work
on customized, computer - delivered material.
Instead of simply reflecting
on the heroism of teachers and
school leaders such as Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung (who was slain while protecting a child from the murderous rampage of Adam Lanza), Ravitch decided to spend much of the piece defending tradtitionalist thinking, as well as arguing against Nutmeg State Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform efforts (including the expansion of charter schools, Ravitch's bogeyman of
school leaders such as Sandy Hook Elementary
School principal Dawn Hochsprung (who was slain while protecting a child from the murderous rampage of Adam Lanza), Ravitch decided to spend much of the piece defending tradtitionalist thinking, as well as arguing against Nutmeg State Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform efforts (including the expansion of charter schools, Ravitch's bogeyman of
School principal Dawn Hochsprung (who was slain while protecting a child from the murderous rampage of Adam Lanza), Ravitch decided to
spend much of the piece defending tradtitionalist thinking, as well as arguing against Nutmeg State Gov. Dan Malloy's
school reform efforts (including the expansion of charter schools, Ravitch's bogeyman of
school reform efforts (including the
expansion of
charter schools, Ravitch's bogeyman of late).
New
charters and enrollment
expansions approved under this law would be exempt from existing limits
on the number of
charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local
school districts»
spending allocated to them.
When coupled with the fact that there is no transparency or accountability in terms of how
charters spend taxpayer dollars are the very reasons why we need to put the brakes
on charter expansion and require them to serve the same student populations and be just as accountable as traditional public
schools.