The unions hate tying teacher evaluations to test scores and feel
threatened by charter schools.
«It is becoming clearer all the time that the current UTLA leadership isn't
threatened by charter schools or other bogeymen — they're actually threatened by the notion that parents in these communities, whose kids have gotten a crappy deal for a generation or more, should have any real power to do something about it.»
Not exact matches
Eva Moskowitz, the
charter school chief and frequent critic of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio,
threatened to shut her new prekindergarten program if her dispute with his administration over payment isn't resolved
by mid-February.
[55] In 1998, Pataki prevailed upon the Legislature to pass a
charter school law
by threatening to veto a legislative pay raise if the bill was not passed.
But the teachers union,
threatened by charters that outperform traditional, union - run
schools, thinks it can squash the competition
by depriving it of real estate.
Privately, they conceded that passing the measure was an attempt to derail a
threatened big - ticket political campaign against them
by Mayor Bloomberg and other prominent
charter -
school supporters that could cost them their razor - thin majority in the November elections.
Charter schools, the one type of public
school that is actually being held to account
by authorizing bodies, are now
threatened with closure if they don't perform to standards other public
schools can safely ignore.
There have been heartening instances where
chartering enabled a community —
threatened by a consolidation effort — to maintain a local
school, preserving the community and its heritage.
As the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) considered authorizing
charter schools for the first time in 1999, the local teachers union and top administrators in the Milwaukee Public Schools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison S
schools for the first time in 1999, the local teachers union and top administrators in the Milwaukee Public
Schools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison S
Schools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any
charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison S
schools that would be managed
by the for - profit firm Edison
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NEARLY A YEAR AGO,
charter school proponents
threatened to force a statewide debate on education issues
by mounting a ballot campaign lift the cap on
charters schools.
LAST week's report on how Washington schoolchildren did on their statewide tests included some positive data on the promise of the state's
charter schools, even as they are
threatened by another lawsuit.
«With the spotlight shone on public
school choice this election year, we've seen a stirring up of opinion... and we've also seen expensive, sustained, and coordinated campaigns to discredit
charter schools, led
by teachers» unions and special interests that feel
threatened by families having a choice in public
school.»
Within the fine print of StarShine's alleged waste of taxpayer dollars is the fact that the
charter board tried to close the
school in 2012 for academic and financial problems but changed course when it was
threatened with legal action
by the
charter holder and instead renewed its
charter for 20 years.
Parents Win Right To Intervene In
Charter School Lawsuit September 28, 2016 by Steve Wilson Watchdog.org Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas ruled Wednesday that a group of parents, the state's charter school association and Midtown Public Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter s
Charter School Lawsuit September 28, 2016 by Steve Wilson Watchdog.org Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas ruled Wednesday that a group of parents, the state's charter school association and Midtown Public Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter sc
School Lawsuit September 28, 2016
by Steve Wilson Watchdog.org Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas ruled Wednesday that a group of parents, the state's
charter school association and Midtown Public Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter s
charter school association and Midtown Public Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter sc
school association and Midtown Public
Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter s
Charter School can intervene in a lawsuit that threatens funding for Mississippi charter sc
School can intervene in a lawsuit that
threatens funding for Mississippi
charter s
charter schools.
Yet that model might be
threatened by the U.S. Department of Education's recent $ 71 million grant to Ohio to expand
charter schools, despite their track record of waste, fraud and abuse in the state.
Charter opponents are
threatened by the growth of independent public
schools that offer a promise of performance, are held to account
by contract and open to parents
by choice.
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.
One of them, Shavar Jeffries, president of the Democrats for Education Reform, an influential political action committee supported heavily
by hedge fund managers favoring
charter schools, merit - pay tied to test scores and related reforms, issued a statement that went so far as to say that the original draft on education was «progressive and balanced» but that the new language «
threatens to roll back» President Obama's education legacy.
«This year,
charter schools are facing unprecedented attacks in the California Legislature, as demonstrated
by AB 401, and other short - sighted bills that
threaten to limit the number of
charter schools able to operate in the state.
Sadly, our State and nation are forcing millions of children out of their homes due to an economic crisis created
by the same Wall Street gamblers who are now
threatening our public
schools by funding fake
charter school groups.
Just as Bernie Sanders believes that the middle class in our country is in jeopardy from the oligarchs, likewise oligarchs such as Bill Gates, Bill Walton, Michael Bloomberg, to name a few of the corporate education oligarch reformers, are
threatening to change and destroy public education in the nation
by replacing public
schools with
charter schools.
The resolution was proposed
by the two board members most vocally supportive of
charter schools (Rodriguez co-founded one), and they can see collaboration with philanthropic groups that others view as
threatening to the district.