Sentences with phrase «struggling urban charter schools»

Even worse, NCLB, far from unleashing major new choice initiatives as was originally hoped, is instead threatening the future of many struggling urban charter schools.

Not exact matches

The true cost of charter expansion has not been a matter of revenue, but rather the struggle of eliminating excess capacity and rightsizing an urban school district.»

are struggling with them in wealthy and in middle - and low - income schools; in rural, suburban, and urban districts; in magnet, regular, district, charter, parochial, and independent schools; along the coasts, in the American heartland, from south to north, and everywhere in between.»

• Despite our national struggle to create high - performing nonselective - admissions urban high schools, six D.C. charter high schools made Tier - 1 status.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

In too many urban communities, charters have hastened the closing of Catholic schools, in part because Catholic schools have struggled to adapt to the challenges of this new era of increased competition.

are struggling with them in wealthy and in middle - and low - income schools; in rural, suburban, and urban districts; in magnet, regular, district, charter, parochial, and independent schools; along the coasts, in the American heartland, from south to north, and...

Memphis is not the first diocese to work with charter leaders to «convert» struggling urban Catholic schools into public charter schools, but its «conversions» are certainly the most prominent.

Urban charter schools in Massachusetts are delivering for minority, economically disadvantaged, special education and ELL students in a way that is historically unprecedented in the long struggle for equitable education in the United States.

But it's by no means guaranteed; we must bear in mind that despite a half century of urban - district struggles, many public - education advocates still oppose charter schooling.

The Moody's report highlights a couple of school districts with serious financial health issues predating charters that are struggling to adapt, but essentially ignores the many other urban districts where public charters and the district are able to grow together and thrive in fine financial health.

These ideas — choice, charter schools, vouchers — have all gained a foothold to one degree or another in struggling urban districts across the country, including in DeVos» own home turf of Detroit, where more than half of public school students now attend charter schools.

Beyond that, comparing charter schools with struggling urban schools around them doesn't say much about quality on an objective basis, Baker said.

They also argued the rankings set a low bar for academic quality by comparing charter schools with local public districts, many of which are struggling urban schools, rather than with top - performing schools elsewhere.

And on top of all that, he's the head of a struggling urban school system that many argue has been hurt even more by a fast - growing charter sector.

Rabinowitz questioned whether the embattled charter organization, also known as Family Urban Schools of Excellence, should continue running Dunbar School under a year - old arrangement through the state Commissioner's Network, a reform initiative that gives millions in extra funding to struggling schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround»Schools of Excellence, should continue running Dunbar School under a year - old arrangement through the state Commissioner's Network, a reform initiative that gives millions in extra funding to struggling schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround»schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround» plan.

Apparently, «the 1 percent» includes the struggling, poverty - stricken students in urban ghettos like Compton and Watts — the students that the union has tried to trap in failing schools through their opposition to charters.

Charter supporters say the system meets demand for high - quality education that regularly arises in economically distressed parts of the city, paving the way for innovation in a struggling urban school system.