Sentences with phrase «such as a public charter school»

After all, if no parents opted to enroll their child in a school of choice, such as a public charter school, there would be no school.

In the area of K - 12 education, the Schwab Foundation supports organizations across California such as public charter schools and programs which promote effective teaching and robust learning environments for children.

Not exact matches

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Any public school or private school student who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in such activities as a charter school student until the student has successfully completed one grading period in a charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2.

This is why it is a great option for a stand - alone school, such as a direct - funded California charter school, or a private school, but not necessarily for an individual public school.

The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.

True, charter schools are «public» schools, but they are special kinds of public schools and should be described as such (at least in Oldspeak).

As a major aspect of a school model, it is more readily associated with charter schools, such as Summit Public Schools and Rocketship in Silicon ValleAs a major aspect of a school model, it is more readily associated with charter schools, such as Summit Public Schools and Rocketship in Silicon schools, such as Summit Public Schools and Rocketship in Silicon Valleas Summit Public Schools and Rocketship in Silicon Schools and Rocketship in Silicon Valley.

Some organizations direct their activities only to district and / or charter school issues, such as improving teacher quality and effectiveness, developing new public charter schools, or closing and transforming failing district schools to create new high - quality schools of choice.

b. Should states limit charter schools to certain geographic areas, such as urban communities or those with a high concentration of low - performing traditional public schools?

South Carolina was among the first states to pass a charter school law, in 1996; today it has 44 charters (2 percent of total public school enrollment), as compared to hundreds of charter schools in some other states, such as California, Arizona, and Florida.

The closest parallels were the private micro-schools, such as AltSchool and Acton Academy, and Summit Public Schools, a charter network in Silicon Valley that incorporates a variety of learning software into its programs.

Charter Schools: publicly funded, privately managed schools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaSchools: publicly funded, privately managed schools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaschools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operaschools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operations).

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

The result is entrenched competition between entire school sectors, such as charter versus district, public versus private.

For example, dissatisfaction with performance in a charter middle school that is not captured by test scores (such as discipline issues or a poor fit between the student's interests or ability and the curriculum being offered) could lead parents to choose to send their child to a traditional public high school.

The legislature's leadership and commitment for the past six years, combined with Mayor Peterson's and Ball State University's ability to authorize charters (and willingness to do so), along with reform - minded superintendents such as Eugene White working to improve the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), demonstrate to the country's education reformers that Indianapolis is prime territory for innovation and investment.

By most accounts no one, not even the traditional public schools have enough funds to educate everyone and some charters, such as John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School, are pulling - off excellent results with some of the toughest sped kids and basically the same money as everyone else.

The survey also breaks down the data across various groups, such as traditional public schools and charter schools and principal demographics.

While Obama was moderately supportive of public - school choice options such as charters, he was hostile toward private - school options such as the D.C. scholarship program.

Also, the District of Columbia is alleged to have provided traditional public schools with supplemental funding, support for operational expenses, and in - kind services, such as security from city police, that it has not granted to charters.

Founders of a public academy will tread the same terrain — without an existing network of support such as that provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program, the NewSchools Venture Fund, or the Charter School Growth Fund.

Among them are successful charter school networks across the country, such as Achievement First, YES Prep, KIPP, Rocketship Education, and IDEA Public Schools.

Designing an effective charter school policy therefore requires attention to details about accountability and other features, such as whether enrollment in charters is unified with traditional public school enrollment processes and whether charter schools provide transportation for students.

If these steps do not turn around the schools and improve student achievement in two years, Clinton's plan would require states to take additional corrective actions, such as permitting students to attend other public schools, or reconstituting the school by evaluating the staff and making any necessary staff changes, or closing the school and reopening it as a charter with an entirely new staff.

And we're going through another round today, with initiatives such as «Reimagining Learning,» led by Stacey Childress and her team at the NewSchools Venture Fund; the Emerson Collective's XQ SuperSchool project; Marc Zuckerberg's efforts to «personalize learning»; and any number of technology - centric undertakings like Summit Public Schools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sSchools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sschools, and K12 - operated virtual schoolsschools.

Although certain forms of school choice (tax credits, some voucher programs) abjure state academic standards and tests, others (such as charter schools and public school choice) normally take them for granted.

Increasingly, schools are using online learning - management systems such as Brooklyn LAB Charter School's Cortex and the Summit Learning platform (offered free to teacher teams that apply to Summit Public Schools) to deliver and organize custom playlists of activities for students and to allow educators to track students» progress incrementally (see «Pacesetter in Personalized Learning,» features, Fallschools are using online learning - management systems such as Brooklyn LAB Charter School's Cortex and the Summit Learning platform (offered free to teacher teams that apply to Summit Public Schools) to deliver and organize custom playlists of activities for students and to allow educators to track students» progress incrementally (see «Pacesetter in Personalized Learning,» features, FallSchools) to deliver and organize custom playlists of activities for students and to allow educators to track students» progress incrementally (see «Pacesetter in Personalized Learning,» features, Fall 2017).

During the eight years (2007 to 2014) that the Education Next (EdNext) poll has been administered to a representative sample of American adults (and, in most of these years, to a representative sample of public school teachers), we have seen only minimal changes from one year to the next on such important issues as charter schools, merit pay, teacher tenure, teachers unions, and tax credits that fund private - school scholarships.

Through efforts such as the «Newark Enrolls» universal enrollment system and the New Jersey Special Education Collaborative, Newark Public Schools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sSchools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sschools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their schoolsschools.

It is not possible to use this methodology to examine elementary schools because testing begins in third grade, so for those schools we compare test - score growth in traditional public schools and charter schools while taking into account student characteristics such as race, age, and special education status.

The numbers of young people graduating has shot up thanks to a host of «equity» focused reforms, such as re-engagement programs, the turnaround of chronically struggling districts, and strong regulation of traditional public and charter schools, wrought under a landmark Massachusetts Education Act.

To establish that the school was a «state actor,» he made five arguments: that Arizona law defines a charter school as a public school; that a charter school is a state actor for all purposes, including employment; that a charter school provides a public education, a function that is traditionally and exclusively the prerogative of the state; that a charter school is a state actor in Arizona because the state regulates the personnel matters of such schools; and that it is a state actor because charter schools, unlike traditional private schools, are permitted to participate in the state's retirement system.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gPublic Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gpublic schools into charter school operators and grassroots schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

Some measures in the bill, such as new transparency requirements on finances and contracting, represent healthy new accountability bringing charters in line with district public schools.

All public elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high schools, and high schools, other than charter schools, in existence on September 1, 2002 shall be deemed registered by the Board of Regents pursuant to this subdivision as of such date.

Charter schools can also set policies that are not possible in public schools - policies such as requiring parent participation in the school, requiring longer school days (such as at KIPP), requiring longer shool years (KIPP again), etc..

The data do not include public charter schools or specialized public schools such as vocational schools.

Thus, the CRP analysis on Table 22 includes traditional public schools in small cities such as Appleton, WI, Ithaca, NY, and Round Rock, TX, which do not have charter schools and have very few minority students.

Sadly, that includes Washington's various schools for kids in trouble, such as the juvenile detention center, Next Step Public Charter School, and Maya Angelou.

Todd Ziebarth, vice president for policy for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said he thinks states such as Washington are «in for a rude awakening,» when the federal education dollars don't flow into state coffers.

«Why are public charter schools not being treated as such?

Conservatives pushed programs meant to weaken the teachers» unions, such as advocating for charter schools, which employ a far smaller share of unionized teachers than do traditional public schools.

NBFA is a tuition - free, public charter school, proudly distinguished by: • A progressive educational model that weaves trauma - sensitive, emotionally responsive practice into every classroom • Social emotional learning steeped in child development best practices • Parental involvement, in and outside of the classroom • Consistent, competitive high - school placement at such schools as Kolbe Cathedral, Hopkins and Fairfield Prep NBFA is located on an «urban campus» at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT (within a mile of the University of Bridgeport and the beach at Seaside Park).

Charter schools receive public funding but, unlike public schools, employ mostly nonunion teachers and have autonomy in school districts, which allows them to set their own conditions, such as longer school days.

A bill to allow more charter schools for certain groups of students — such as minorities or those with disabilities — to open each year was scuttled as the Idaho Legislature focused mostly on regular public schools, which face the worst budget year for public education in the state's history.

This means, when things such as poverty, race, and English language learners are taken into account and properly controlled for, we are finding that student outcomes on test scores are simply better in the private and charter sector as opposed to traditional public schools.

As a researcher who studies both vouchers and other forms of school choice such as charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomeAs a researcher who studies both vouchers and other forms of school choice such as charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomeas charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomes.

It also upped the ante in the ongoing battle between the politically powerful union and well - monied charter schools — one in which charter schools such as Success Academy locate in black and brown low - income neighborhoods and continually outperform public schools in wealthier public schools districts.