Sentences with phrase «teacher at a charter school in»

SCHILDKROUT: I spent the first part of my career in education, mostly as a high school teacher at a charter school in the Boston area.

Annie was assigned as a special education teacher at a charter school in Chicago.

Jonathan Alfuth is a math teacher at a charter school in Memphis.

By Chris Geary, Guest Blogger As an AP World History teacher at a charter school in the Far Northeast of Denver that holds uniquely high expectations for students, I have witnessed the fundamental necessity of expecting students to perform to the best of their ability on a daily basis.

Not exact matches

That principle was embraced quite readily by the teachers at another school I visited in the spring of 2015: Polaris Charter Academy on Chicago's West Side.

At the KIPP charter schools, established 18 years ago to improve the odds for low - income and underprivileged kids, fifth graders are drilled to sit up, listen, ask questions, nod, and track the speaker — a classroom acronym teachers call SLANT — to instill unfamiliar rules for appropriate behavior in school, college, and professional life.

Senate Democrats in a news conference at the same time pushed back against the effort to expand charter schools, which included a fiery response from United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

In the upcoming session, Cuomo has already hinted at a robust education agenda that includes further strengthening teacher evaluations and boosting the charter school sector.

The city's Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, voted 8 to 4 at its March 1 meeting at Brooklyn Technical HS to co-locate a new charter school in Bedford - Stuyvesant's already - cramped PS 308, infuriating the school's parents, students and teachers.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

That proposal would significantly alter standards required for teachers at charter schools — in some cases requiring only 30 hours of classroom experience to be qualified to teach.

Flanagan at the time of the negotiations was heavily involved in the teacher evaluation and charter school aspects in his role as the Senate Education committee chairman.

«The reason why I joined this case is because for many of us, including myself, feel like stop - and - frisk is police abuse,» said Lalit Clarkson, 31, a teacher at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inSchool in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break inschool on a lunch break in 2006.

His group collected 4,800 signatures from parents and teachers at charter schools, asking for more money in the new state budget to build more schools, known as facilities aid.

On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., «thousands of teachers will rally in Foley Square to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to support growing the charter sector to 200,000 students by 2020,» per Families for Excellent Schools.

After it was announced that Elia would appear at a charter school advocacy day on Tuesday at the State Capitol, teachers» unions sprung into action, denouncing Elia's participation in the rally.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aCharter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aSchools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level acharter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aschools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

Bloomberg also staked out other stands sharply at variance with those of the teacher's union, calling for merit pay, an increase in charter schools and shutting down more schools he considers failing.

Already, the state teachers union, recoiling at Mr. Cuomo's support of charter schools, has said it may not make an endorsement in the governor's race.

Champagne corks popped in Albany yesterday as top state education officials declaimed a new deal with the unions that they said will lead to better teachers, a greater shot at federal funds for New York and possibly a hike in the charter - school cap.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

An investigation by the state teachers union has shown that New York City charter schools alone have at least $ 323 million in unrestricted net assets, most of it in cash.

Teachers and staff at the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City have announced they will seek to be represented by the United Federation of Teachers.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the union of the city's teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public Teachers, the union of the city's teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public schools.

WHEREAS Victory Inc.'s union - busting campaigns have targeted charter school educators at Merrick Academy Charter School in Queens, Sisulu - Walker Charter School in Harlem and New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (AECI) in the Bronx, chapters of the New York City United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and charter school educators at the Charter School of Educational Excellence in Yonkers, a chapter of the Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT), all of whom are affiliated with the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFcharter school educators at Merrick Academy Charter School in Queens, Sisulu - Walker Charter School in Harlem and New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (AECI) in the Bronx, chapters of the New York City United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and charter school educators at the Charter School of Educational Excellence in Yonkers, a chapter of the Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT), all of whom are affiliated with the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFTschool educators at Merrick Academy Charter School in Queens, Sisulu - 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The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

About 95,000 students are enrolled at 207 charter schools in the Big Apple, but de Blasio has frequently sparred with operators of the schools, which mostly run without the teachers union.

The teacher in the video, Charlotte Dial, works at a Success Academy charter school in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

A primary role of school systems, states, districts, and charter - management organizations, the pair write, «is to create the conditions in schools through which teachers can become experts at teaching the curriculum they are using and adapting instruction to the needs of their particular students.»

At Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City, California, every teacher gathers real - time data — daily.

Former Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised the efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, and noted it exemplifies one of the key ideas behind the No Child Left Behind Act: every child can learn.

93, left the classroom as an ESL teacher in Chelsea, Mass., to serve as the director of operations at City on a Hill Charter School during its startup and first few years of operation.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioIn Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instTeachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instteachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioin their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

She served as Lead Educational Technologist at the Ross School and the Ross Global Academy Charter School where she worked with teachers to integrate new and innovative technologies in k - 12 classrooms.

The poll results that Education Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacher tenure.

By then, she had already worked as a Teach For America teacher in Newark, N.J.; helped found a charter school in Washington, D.C.; and was earning a master's degree in business at Yale.

Contrary to what one might expect given the opposition — or at least hearty skepticism — of teachers unions to the charter school movement, districts with a greater union presence were more likely to have a charter school and to have a greater share of public school students enrolled in charter schools in 2003 — 04.

The average tenure of teachers at Partnership Schools is more than ten years, over four times that of some the larger charter management organizations in the city.

Although there is plenty of data to understand the growth of charter schools or the numbers of students in districts, because blended learning is a phenomenon that doesn't occur at the school level — it instead occurs at the level of individual classrooms and teachers — capturing what's happening is difficult.

For example, in May the majority of the tenured teachers at Locke High School, one of LAUSD's most troubled schools, voted to become an independent charter sSchool, one of LAUSD's most troubled schools, voted to become an independent charter schoolschool.

Many of the supply - limiting elements are rooted in state laws; others have been devised by opponents of charter schools, particularly teachers unions and school boards, which have worked hard to thwart charter schools at every turn.

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In Spring 2009, EdNext published a look at the earliest days of KIPP, and at the lives of these superstar teachers and leaders in great charter schoolIn Spring 2009, EdNext published a look at the earliest days of KIPP, and at the lives of these superstar teachers and leaders in great charter schoolin great charter schools.

In public schools, teachers claim their level of control over their teaching is 4.8 on a 6 - point scale, while charter and private school teachers rate their level of control at 5.6 on a 6 - point scale.

In charter schools, they are paid 6 percent more, suggesting that charter schools have greater demand for teachers who have graduated from colleges that rate at least «competitive plus.»

This spring, after faculty at Locke High School in Los Angeles signed petitions to convert into a Green Dot charter, district officials scrambled to put together a counterproposal and convinced some teachers to rescind their signatures.

In 1988, when Ray Budde, a former assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, suggested that teachers bypass bureaucrats by forming their own schools, he was wise to apply the word «charter» to his concept.

I am a high school English teacher at Drew Charter School in Atschool English teacher at Drew Charter School in AtSchool in Atlanta.

In A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointinIn A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappoCharter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointinin D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappocharter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointing.