Sentences with phrase «than it costs charter»

Not exact matches

When I worked as a nutrition director for a small charter high school in Boston, I learned about a company called City Fresh, which somehow manages to make fresh, healthy meals that comply with US nutritional standards and cost only a little more than the average school lunch.

The policy group Save Our States, headed by former state GOP comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, reports that charters in public school buildings cost more than $ 3,000 less per student less than regular public schools.

The proposed law would amend the Erie County Charter to require that goods purchased by the county that cost more than $ 10,000 be manufactured in the U.S. and all contracts for services for more than $ 10,000 are made with entities in the U.S. Morton said he has not given up on the issue and continues to pursue a compromise.

Cuomo's plan also shifts at least $ 56 million in costs to New York City — but also includes more than $ 400 million in funding increases for the city, and would lift the cap that prevents charter schools from expanding in the five boroughs.

Pensions and health costs for teachers and other staff are substantially higher for the traditional, unionized public schools compared to charters, which offer their employees 401ks rather than more generous defined benefit plans.

«Backroom manipulation» by Albany lawmakers will cost charter schools more than a billion dollars in funding over the coming years, according to some critics.

With fewer cash - strapped news outlets willing to underwrite the cost, reporters were forced to fly commercial on Obama's visits to Prague and Cape Canaveral — and some White House support staff had to be left home rather than hitching a ride on the press charter.

Perhaps because the research literature on the strength of Boston charter schools is so compelling, charter proponents have focused more on touting academic benefits than debating financial costs.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

* Some state charter laws have provisions that make starting a rural charter impossible or close to it * Rural charters get substantially less funding than district - run schools and face high costs related to transportation and buildings

Second, I would guarantee that the overall per - pupil costs for goods and services at our tiny charter school are no greater than those of the EMOs.

Across all 28 states in our study we found that public charter school sectors were more cost effective and / or generated a higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional public schools.

On the first two «costs» the book provides no evidence of harm, other than summary statements about segregation, expressing concern that «education programs that serve low - income and minority students have become quite different from those that serve the rest of the student population,» (p. 225) and that «charter schools have moved the country farther away from the collective and democratic forms of education.»

The district now sends more than 20 percent of its annual budget to charter schools to cover the costs of educating students who fled in search of better options.

«We hold our charters to a higher standard of performance than typical schools because there are extra costs associated with charters.

Amidst all this, Anderson has moved to lay off more than a thousand teachers over three years, an attempt to plug a budget deficit driven by the costs of the burgeoning charter school sector.

Critics of charter schools — which include many teachers who feel charter schools take money away from traditional schools — point out that the schools have generally not fared well in education ratings and have a higher cost per student than traditional schools.

The per - pupil taxpayer cost of independent charters and the MPCP is substantially less than that of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).

The charter schools model offers a community a way to create a school that often has lower operating costs than traditional schools — particularly for employee compensation — and greater flexibility in class offerings, all funded with federal start - up money and a large portion of the annual per - pupil payment from the state for public school students.

The real evidence about K12 Inc. and Rocketship Charter Schools is hardly positive, but anyone familiar with the needs of students would recognize the inherent problem with the notion that, «students are supervised by monitors, rather than teachers, saving significantly on costs.»

Charter schools often receive less money than other public schools, usually don't get facility financing, and the cost of benefits keeps rising.

A recent analysis showed that the amount of money the district charged charters for administrative services covered less than half the actual cost what was being provided.

Browne recognizes charters» issue with the base formula used to reimburse them, which assumes charters have lower operating costs than traditional districts.

Rhee said:...» charter schools can accomplish things quicker and at a lower cost than typical public schools because there is less paperwork involved.»

The Madison School Board on Monday delayed approval of an agriculture - themed charter school by two weeks after learning the school could cost the district about $ 318,000 more than previously thought.

The charter school's cost per student would average $ 8,636 over the five - year projection, which is more than the district's charter policy target, staff acknowledged.

The union's analysis concluded that charter schools cost the district more than half a billion dollars — but nearly all of it was the per - pupil money that followed 100,000 students to their chosen independent charter school.

A major study earlier this year by the state Legislative Analyst's office found that the autonomy and smaller size of charter schools bring more innovation and individual attention to students, and greater academic success at a lower cost to taxpayers than traditional public schools.

Overall, we conclude that LAUSD Alliance charter high schools provide better outcomes at lower costs than comparable LAUSD traditional operated public schools in the same area.

The push included a campaign - style advertising blitz that cost more than $ 5 million and attacked Mr. de Blasio for denying space to three charter schools.

Charter schools have a lower cost per pupil than traditional schools: Based on an analysis of relevant school costs and the number of enrolled high school students, the data shows the per pupil per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter sCharter schools have a lower cost per pupil than traditional schools: Based on an analysis of relevant school costs and the number of enrolled high school students, the data shows the per pupil per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter scharter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter scharter schools.

We can conclude from this data that an effective charter school operator can better learning outcomes at lower cost than traditional public schools serving a similar population.

Charter schools are less likely to engage in this practice, but traditional districts tend to see the costs of absence as lower than the costs of lengthening teachers» contract year with a proportional increase in salary.

The Madison Prep board voted Wednesday night after an analysis by the school district found the pair of single - sex charter schools, geared toward low - income minority students, would cost $ 10.4 million more than previously estimated if it were to use union staff.

Register's announcement of changes in East Nashville comes amid a report detailing the increased costs charter schools impose on MNPS and reports out of Memphis that rather than turn more schools in that district's Innovation Zone, the Director of Schools there is seeking to «double down» on what's working: District management of schools with increased investment, support, and flexibility.

More than 170 public schools, both district and charter, are available to choose from at no additional cost for families living within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD).

Charter schools are virtually unregulated, they don't have to show how they spend their money, and are costing much more than the old public school union employee models.

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

But it's Wilson and Trichter who more accurately capture the realities that (1) pension costs are more likely to lead a school district into insolvency than capital costs, and (2) whatever fiscal harm charter schools may inflict on district schools, it's surely less severe than what they're already doing to themselves.

Charter schools there are costing neighborhood schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)-- which already has more charter students than any school system nationwide — $ 500 million Charter schools there are costing neighborhood schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)-- which already has more charter students than any school system nationwide — $ 500 million charter students than any school system nationwide — $ 500 million a year.

In the next fiscal year, Cambridge, which will face charter school costs of more than $ 10.4 million, is projected to lose all of its state school aid and a portion of its municipal state aid to charters as well.

-LRB-...) Lehner's bill would require any company receiving more than 20 percent of a charter school's state aid to provide more detailed information to the state on how the money is spent, «including the nature and costs of the goods and services it provides.»

Public school districts are projected to lose more than $ 303 million to Commonwealth charter schools in the 2011 - 2012 school year (minus some short - term reimbursement), an increase of more than 9 % over last year, and the first time in the 15 - year history of this privatization initiative that costs have topped $ 300 million, according to figures recently released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The district has spent nearly $ 2 billion on new school facilities over the last decade at a public cost per pupil FAR greater than the capital cost spent on public charters.

Currently, private schools are the least accessible to lower income families, despite the per - pupil cost to attend typically being less than both the public school and charter school systems.

Rather than expend millions of dollars in massive giveaways to the greedy test industry and their lobbying business partners in the charter - school movement, there is no doubt that this assessment expectation could be accomplished more simply and more cost effectively.

The charter school division spends $ 2.9 million more than the available funding on monitoring and helping independent charters, and routine audits can cost an average of $ 70,000, the report says.

For example, the report doesn't consider that students who need special education services are more likely to enroll in district schools than charter schools and it costs more to provide those services to students.

Rubin / Weber know that charter school tuition, in almost every case, is less than the cost per pupil in traditional schools (could be less in every case but I'm trying to model fact - checking) even though N.J.'s creaky charter school law prohibits facilities aid.

The report claims that the regulation allowing charters to access state and federal special education funding through other school districts, not LAUSD, costs the district more than $ 10 million.