Sentences with phrase «to be a charter school»

That is, unless that public school is a charter school.

I measure whether there is a charter school in a district school's «neighborhood» by drawing a one - mile radius around each district school.

Most charter schools are located in urban areas, but there are charter schools in suburban and rural areas as well.

What is a charter school and how do you get into one?

Yes, there are charter schools with problems, but most charter schools don't fit that stereotype.

Is a charter school best viewed (and governed) as a district in its own right or part of a traditional district?

The target is a charter school movement that has exposed so many traditional public schools for the failures they are.

Question: Are charter school principals or school directors required to hold an Administrative Services or other credential?

In her school, which is a charter school run by teachers, scheduling and staffing are arranged to provide abundant time for teacher collaboration and teacher leadership.

The most basic is whether there is any charter school located within one mile of a student's district school.

Clearly, being a charter school does not exempt a school from being a «failing school».

Are charter schools subject to the same federal civil rights laws that apply to traditional public schools?

The problem is that many of the blended - learning schools in the study are charter schools.

The takeaway is the charter school private management structure is often in danger of producing an opportunity for those with private agendas taking over an established charter school for their own private ends.

Are charter schools developing models or reform strategies that other public schools might use to improve education?

Are charter schools similar to or different from other public schools, and in what ways?

Since the school that the students were attending was a charter school, a civil claim for damages may succeed more easily than if the claim was against a regular public school.

And some suggested they can apply to be a charter school even though they have existed for many years.

Being charter schools gives them the option to narrow their focus.

The place where solid evidence is already emerging is the charter schools.

Are the charter schools pulling in middle - class parents any better than the schools those children left?

While many public school choice options can be considered by states — including open enrollment policies and magnet schools — the most prominent public school choice policy is charter schools.

Half were charter schools and half were traditional direct - run schools.

How well are charter schools serving students with disabilities who no longer need the services?

Q: Are charter schools actually private schools funded by public dollars?

Almost immediately, people noted that more than half the list were charter schools.

His rationale was charter schools draw students away from traditional schools, costing programs, money and jobs.

Are charter schools any better than traditional public schools?

The school system's struggles to maintain enrollment are «not just because there's a charter school nearby,» she said.

During this period, the percentage of all public schools that were charter schools increased from 2 percent to 5 percent.

But the discussion came down to a simple question: Are charter schools overrated?

Is the charter school meeting all requirements for the use of those funds, including those set by the entity tasked with overseeing those federal funds?

IS charter schools aim to «meet students where they are» and create a program that is tailored to their unique needs.

Specifically, the percentages of public schools that were charter schools with an enrollment size larger than 300 increased.

One, there are charter schools in place that have been operating for a few years, but started under very challenging circumstances.

Are charter schools done to impoverished communities of color more than for impoverished communities of color?

Are charter schools subject to the same laws as other public schools?

Where there are charter schools, they are frequently the only alternative to regular public schools for low - and moderate - income families.

«Before that, hardly anyone knew or cared» about a range of issues Dunn sees as new targets for teacher activism, including the state governor's recent actions to stack the state education board with new appointees and a new leader who are charter school advocates.

Gisela Canton is a charter school parent who loves how children get more attention and are in an environment with less crowds that are more conducive to learning.

PUC Schools is a charter school management organization serving communities in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, Northeast Los Angeles, and Northeast Rochester, NY.

All the board members were charter school leaders.

Achievement First being the charter school management company that Pryor co-founded.

Meanwhile other old - school civil rights groups are rife with constituencies who are charter school supporters — and in fact, started their own schools; integration - minded constituents can rile up anger all they want, but the groups can't afford to alienate school reformers within their own groups without endangering their own pockets.

What are charter schools really like for families?

Arise Academy is a charter school designed for youth in the Department of Human Services (DHS) system

Achievement First Inc. is the charter school management company with schools in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island.

This year, among the 24 applications submitted to Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and the Connecticut State Board of Education for new state funded charter schools was a charter school application submitted by Ismail Agirman.

A study of s charter schools by the League of Women Voters in Florida found that they spend more on administration than public schools and they don't get better academic results.