Sentences with phrase «support more charter schools»

CCSA Advocates engages in efforts to provide education and resources to support more charter schools to increase civic participation on their campuses, including youth civic engagement.

STANDING FIRM: State Sens. Craig Johnson (left) and Jeff Klein are not letting attack leaflets stop them from supporting more charter schools.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Said President and CEO Al Dubin, «This grant will allow CSDC to support more charter school founders dedicated to improving the educational outcomes of the children in their communities by providing quality educational choice in a responsive, fiscally sustainable way.»

Under his leadership, CCSA supports more charter schools than any other state in the nation.

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Success Academy Charter School head Eva Moskowitz will be shutting down all of her schools this coming Tuesday to join more than 2,000 charter school advocates from across the state in Albany to push lawmakers to support their sCharter School head Eva Moskowitz will be shutting down all of her schools this coming Tuesday to join more than 2,000 charter school advocates from across the state in Albany to push lawmakers to support their scSchool head Eva Moskowitz will be shutting down all of her schools this coming Tuesday to join more than 2,000 charter school advocates from across the state in Albany to push lawmakers to support their scharter school advocates from across the state in Albany to push lawmakers to support their scschool advocates from across the state in Albany to push lawmakers to support their schools.

But the governor is not supported among the more activist side of the WFP, which includes chairs like Karen Scharff of Citizen Action who remain restive over his stances on taxes, charter schools and other middle - of - the - road priorities.

In the section of the report that pushes for pre-K, the panel offered a more specific suggestion: that the state support charter schools» early childhood programs.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

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.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

Republicans in the State Legislature are more likely to support legislation that benefits charter schools.

Rob Astorino, the Republican Party candidate for Governor, will further segregate our schools by resisting fair housing settlements, supporting even more cuts to the education budget, and trying to outdo Cuomo in his promotion of charter schools.

Such attacks are unlikely to be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed single mother, and the NYC Parents Union because they have been past allies of the UFT regarding parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.

Meanwhile, a second source linked Cuomo's support for more charter schools to his «longtime opposition to bureaucratic models that fail to solve an obvious problem.»

More than a dozen elected officials are signing on to a letter pledging support for charter schools ahead of a major rally in New York City.

A campaign would be focused around restoring trust between City Hall and the police, more support for charter schools, and leveraging Massey's connections in the real - estate world and experience with development to spur the creation of more affordable housing, said one person who has spoken with Massey about plotting a possible bid.

That's why I think Bronx residents should do everything we can to give our kids better public education options, from bringing more world class public charter schools to our borough to supporting programs like Borough President Diaz's Gifted & Talented initiative.

More to the point, there were too many reasons not to back him, they felt, such as his support for charter schools, his acceptance of the Independence Party ballot line and his indecision on hydrofracking, just to name a few.

More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatiMore than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatimore public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatives.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

Further, she supports spending more money on charter schools, vaguely stating that parents need choices until we get this «thing» turned around.

StudentsFirstNY, a group that promotes charter schools, stricter teacher evaluations and changes to teacher tenure, has spent more than $ 500,000 to run its own advertisements in New York City and Albany supporting Mr. Cuomo's plans.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

Hawkins said a debate focused on education is needed because both Astorino and Cuomo support programs to privatize public education, including more privately - managed charter schools and education tax credits for donations to charter and parochial schools.

We can not say for sure with our data, but it may be that parents are more likely to support charter schools in heavily unionized states, perhaps in a desire for more local control and less bureaucracy, or a desire for curricular and personnel policies that are less influenced by the union.

Charter schools, and philanthropies that support them, should also consider targeting new, less politically fraught, areas for growth and cultivating a more diverse supply of charter school Charter schools, and philanthropies that support them, should also consider targeting new, less politically fraught, areas for growth and cultivating a more diverse supply of charter school charter school models.

Jed Wallace is the president and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, a membership organization supporting the state's 1,130 charter schools serving more than 514,000 students as of 201Charter Schools Association, a membership organization supporting the state's 1,130 charter schools serving more than 514,000 students as of 201Schools Association, a membership organization supporting the state's 1,130 charter schools serving more than 514,000 students as of 201charter schools serving more than 514,000 students as of 201schools serving more than 514,000 students as of 2013 - 14.

Not surprisingly, most Massachusetts school districts, including Boston's, tend to support more Horace Mann charter schools but oppose any increase in the Commonwealth variety, since Horace Mann charters provide host districts with a great deal of discretion and ongoing oversight authority.

Yet at first glance it appears that PDK finds much more support for charter schools than the Ednext poll does.

In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter schools, the Buffalo, N.Y., school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated public schools.

More recently, we worked with fellow members of the Central Falls District Charter Compact to secure a $ 10 million program - related investment (PRI) loan from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support facilities development in partnership with the nonprofit charter - school facilities developer Civic BuCharter Compact to secure a $ 10 million program - related investment (PRI) loan from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support facilities development in partnership with the nonprofit charter - school facilities developer Civic Bucharter - school facilities developer Civic Builders.

If parents are generally more satisfied with charter schools than district public schools, what can they do to ensure that charter schools have the political and financial support to keep growing?

But getting charter law right is an obvious prerequisite for enabling the market to function as it should — a market, we now understand, that consists not just of schools and parents, but also of authorizers, support organizations, information providers, and more.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

In the case of charter schools, for which overall support is more mixed, it appears that the important divisions in public opinion are within rather than between the nation's major political parties.

To satisfy the administration's requirements, states will have to change policies affecting teachers, intervene in failing schools, support charters, and more.

While charter schools and digital learning are thought to be the safest choice options for political elites to promote, tax credits are even more popular than charters, and vouchers, the most controversial proposal, also command the support of half the population when the idea is posed in an inviting way.

Our readers are more likely to have opinions on charter schools than the public as a whole (all but 7 percent take a position in contrast to the 39 percent of the public who take a pass on this item), but the ratio of support to opposition is roughly the same: about 3:1.

Many hope that by replicating high - performing schools CMOs will provide more consistent results than stand - alone charter schools have achieved, but there is no rigorous evidence yet to support that claim nationally.

Democratic honchos qualify their support for charter schools by asserting that they «should not replace or destabilize traditional public schools» — not a good sign since it is impossible for charters to enroll more students without contraction elsewhere.

This would seem to support arguments for more charter schools, not fewer.

Earlier this week, Mike Petrilli argued that leaders of the charter school movement have also become more focused on progressive arguments in a way that may have caused support for the schools to erode among former allies.

Supporting this view, research on public charter schools in the United States indicates that well - established charter school networks can build credibility for fund - raising more easily than stand - alone charter schools can.

He spent more than seven years as Executive Director of Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, where he helped to launch the Massachusetts Charter School Resource Center, which supported the development of the state's first charter sCharter School Resource Center, which supported the development of the state's first charter scharter schools.

The local chapter of the AFT was even more direct, telling her that they would not support any bill that allowed charter schools to «contract out teaching services to agencies or groups which are not part of the teachers» bargaining unit» (pg.

Public assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skepticism.

Now more than ever, charter public schools are integrating support services to address issues ranging from health to poverty.

More than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhMore than 80 percent of parents surveyed support allowing parents to choose their child's public school, and more than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhmore than 70 percent favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.

Nearly 80 percent of parents of school - aged children support allowing parents to choose which public schools their child should attend and more than 70 percent of parents surveyed favor having a charter school open in their neighborhood.