Members of the State Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to continue funding five
takeover schools at 2012 - 13 levels.
As more schools compete for limited educational resources,
a takeover school at North Division will divide communities against themselves.
Not exact matches
Still, the
takeover sends a message to directors of other companies that their jobs are in jeopardy if they lose sight of their commitment to shareholders, said B. Espen Eckbo, the founding director of the Center for Corporate Governance
at the Tuck
School of Business
at Dartmouth College.
Chef Jesse Houston's nautical
takeover (complete with a mural of an octopus) of a former elementary
school has become a hangout for Fondren District locals, who sit
at the long bar, slurping down $ 1 oysters on the half shell during happy hour and sipping one of the 30 beers on tap.
Central to those actions will be finalizing plans for five district
schools at risk of an outside
takeover if they fail to show serious improvement by the end of the
school year.
Cuomo's Five - Year Financial Plan keeps revenue sharing with local governments flat
at a time when scores of local governments and
school districts are headed for insolvency and a
takeover by state Control Boards.
New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the
takeover of failing public
schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed
at deeming the statute unconstitutional.
At the time Akbar was acting head of Oldknow Academy in Small Heath, one of the Birmingham
schools caught up in the Trojan Horse claims of
takeover by groups promoting a hard - line Muslim agenda.
Even though we weren't looking to go national
at that time, because we were really concentrating on the
takeover of Locke High
School, that just got very interesting in a hurry.
Charter firms, including Aspire, Green Dot, Alliance for College - Ready Public
Schools, and smaller charter operators, put forward one - quarter of the
takeover plans, but only one plan was aimed
at turning around a chronically low - performing focus
school.
Maryland's state superintendent of
schools, Nancy Grasmick, proposed the
takeover of 11 Baltimore
schools, all of which had sat on the state's watch list for
at least a decade.
Nonetheless, even though the state did not fully exploit the opportunity for comprehensive change, the
schools and the system itself unquestionably are better today than
at the time of the
takeover.
She also raised concerns that teachers
at the
school are not protected by a collective bargaining agreement and that the
takeover would usher in privatization of public
schools.
• Extension of the
school year or
school day • Replacement of staff members relevant to the
school's low performance • Significant decrease in management authority
at the
school level • Replacement of the principal • Restructuring the internal organization of the
school • Appointment of an outside expert to advise the
school • Replacement of all or most of the
school staff (which may include the principal) • Reopening the
school as a public charter
school • Entering into a contract with a private entity to operate the
school •
Takeover the
school by the State
She said the state would still provide the scores to parents and students, but
schools that received F's, for example, would potentially be
at no higher risk for a state
takeover, and teachers» salaries would not be affected by low pass rates.
Before taking the role, Sir David was a positive advocate for openness, claiming during a presentation
at the Independent Academies Association conference in October 2014 that the individual votes of headteacher board members — who advise regional
schools commissioners (RSCs) on academy chain
takeovers — would be made public.
Even fewer students passed
at the other high
schools facing
takeover.
A state
takeover of
schools only reduces the community's ability to have a say
at the
school board because private institutions are under zero obligation to provide a forum to listen to parents» concerns.
Those frustrations were visible
at a recent State Board of Education meeting, as turnaround operators offered blunt assessments of the current state of affairs in IPS
schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the
takeovers is inequitable.
Jason, who spoke to StateImpact
at an informational meeting put on by Charter
Schools USA, says he was one of many students with misconceptions about the
takeover process,
at least
at first.
Indianapolis Public
Schools has set a Thursday deadline for applications to the district's magnet schools, and until now, a lack of details about academic and extracurricular offerings at the four schools subject to takeover has left families in
Schools has set a Thursday deadline for applications to the district's magnet
schools, and until now, a lack of details about academic and extracurricular offerings at the four schools subject to takeover has left families in
schools, and until now, a lack of details about academic and extracurricular offerings
at the four
schools subject to takeover has left families in
schools subject to
takeover has left families in limbo.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, leveled sharp criticism
at the Obama administration earlier this month, declaring his state would not compete for fear of a «federal
takeover» of
schools.
There are few visual reminders of the state
takeover now in progress
at five
schools in Indianapolis and Gary — a process marked with frustration over countless detail questions for administrators.
The
Takeover legislation specifically says
at least one
school falls victim this year.
The language of the new resolution that the Hartford Board intends to vote on also appears to try and appease parents
at SAND elementary by suggesting that rather than target SAND from the outset, Kishimoto must go through a review process of up to three
schools, and include the local
school governance councils, before picking a
school for some sort of
takeover / makeover.
Without the agreement, Houston would likely be forced to close campuses or submit to a state
takeover of the
school board because of failure to improve academics
at the
schools.
The bill «has everything with laying the groundwork for the hostile, corporate
takeover of public
schools throughout Florida, a direct attack on public education,» Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston said
at a press conference this morning.
The first attempt
at a
takeover,
at a
school in Compton, Calif., failed after a prolonged court battle.
Racine Unified Break - Apart Plan Similar to the failed
takeover maneuver aimed
at Milwaukee Public
Schools, Republican lawmakers included a break - apart plan that targets the Racine Unified
School District.
When I talk about the use of data in education (and specifically
school accountability) I tend to get one of two reactions — it's seen as either a pet project,
at best peripheral to, and
at worst a distraction from,
school improvement strategies; or that I'm a cog in an (evil) technocratic
takeover of public education.
Using Department for Education data on open academies, we looked
at every
takeover during the 2016 - 17 academic year, as well as
schools which are planning to open between now and the end of 2017.
Posted on February 5, 2018 · HISD is recommending changes
at 10 of the struggling
schools, in light of a potential state
takeover.
Enrollment
at state
takeover schools is even lower than turnaround operators anticipated, writes the Indianapolis Star «s Scott Elliott:
Indianapolis Public
Schools officials let students
at the four buildings facing state - led
takeovers choose where they want to go to
school next year, so long as they made a decision by February.
When Ken Folks was hired as chief academic officer
at Marion Community
Schools, the district's high
school was facing the possibility of state
takeover because of low performance.
State Board of Education members heard suggestions for the future of Arlington High
School, a takeover school in Indianapolis, at a meeting Wedn
School, a
takeover school in Indianapolis, at a meeting Wedn
school in Indianapolis,
at a meeting Wednesday.
The CEO of the Indianapolis - based company now running Arlington High
School says without federal money earmarked for school improvement, EdPower might not be able to continue its work at the state takeover s
School says without federal money earmarked for
school improvement, EdPower might not be able to continue its work at the state takeover s
school improvement, EdPower might not be able to continue its work
at the state
takeover schoolschool.
Some teachers
at one
takeover school, however, say their students didn't have enough information to make a good decision.
Because initial funding estimates were based on enrollment
at the
schools before state
takeover, the turnaround operators started last year with one of the highest per - pupil funding amounts in the state.
That amount dropped after a judge ordered the state to repay IPS $ 6 million and Gary $ 1.3 million for students that had not stayed
at the
takeover schools.
In hind sight one can deduce the various attempts to carry out this diabolical plot: the illegal
takeover of an elected BBOE, the failed attempt
at a charter change referendum and the hiring of Paul Vallas, public
school destroyer extraordinaire.
Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders will hold «walk - ins» on Friday, September 18
at more than 100 public
schools across the city of Milwaukee to celebrate public
schools and to share information about how a proposed public
school takeover will hurt students and the Milwaukee economy.
At the rally, they said, «Milwaukee stood up to reject the MPS
Takeover plan and demand local control of our public
schools.»
White has said IPS will also leave athletics equipment currently
at takeover schools for use by the new operators.
At a back - to -
school picnic last month, educators with Charter
Schools USA told StateImpact they expected enrollment to increase after the community saw what the company was doing to transform the takeover s
Schools USA told StateImpact they expected enrollment to increase after the community saw what the company was doing to transform the
takeover schoolsschools.
Echoing the criticism of
at least three
school superintendents of large Florida districts, Oropeza wants lawmakers to adopt the elements of Sen. David Simmons» bill (SB 1552) that will provide additional help to students in struggling
schools, instead of threatening «
takeover» by charter
schools.
Join the Chicago Teachers Union
at a rally to protect our
schools from private
takeover and destructive closure.
A former national head of counter terrorism is to lead an inquiry into allegations of a hard - line Islamist
takeover plot
at 25 Birmingham
schools.
There are still significant problems
at the five Birmingham
schools placed into special measures following concerns about a hard - line Islamist
takeover.
Hall received just two applicants for the district's first
takeover at Southside - Ashpole Elementary, a low - performing PK - 5
school in Robeson County, where roughly 87 percent of students are considered economically disadvantaged.