Sentences with phrase «top charter schools in their cities»

For mayors who have long admired the top charter schools in their cities but also remain wary of crossing the politically potent teachers unions that are hostile to charters, the «compact» designation nicely reduces the political heat.

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Top allies sued Mayor de Blasio Wednesday to overturn his decision to open 14 charter schools in city - owned buildings this fall.

At Success Academy Charter Schools, for example, students who are mainly black and Latino, and who are from many of the city's lowest - income neighborhoods, tested in the top 1 % in math and 3 % in English of all schools in New York State lasSchools, for example, students who are mainly black and Latino, and who are from many of the city's lowest - income neighborhoods, tested in the top 1 % in math and 3 % in English of all schools in New York State lasschools in New York State last year.

On Top of the News Success Academy Gets $ 8.5 Million to Add Charter Schools in New York City New York Times 7/30/15

Richard Whitmire is author of On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cCharter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cSchools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the ccharter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the ccharter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cschools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the country.

Of course I was predisposed in that direction because I'm a huge admirer of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools — more than 40 of them now, in four boroughs of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban schools.

The two BASIS charter schools in San Antonio, along with a Great Hearts Academies charter, are part of an effort to lure top charter schools into the city, and not just into the low - income neighborhoods where charters are traditionally found.

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74 % of charter schools in the city received a top tier rating.

If the bottom 10 percent of schools were closed in Cleveland, for example, while the top performers significantly expanded, within five years the city could have charter schools substantially outperforming their home district and on par with the state's results.

In rankings released yesterday, three of the city's top five public schools are charters.

New York City Second in U.S. in Charter School Enrollment, Top - 10 in Growth for Second Consecutive Year

But promoters of this proposal are ignoring two other critical issues: The small role that charter schools play in the Race to the Top application, and the fact that city charters are not serving a representative sample of our neediest students.

This flood of legislation, along with new rules in many states allowing for more charter schools, pioneering union contracts in several cities and a state - led effort to rewrite the nation's academic standards, have made this spring a watershed period, said Jon Schnur, an education adviser to the Obama campaign who helped design Race to the Top.

New Orleans, well known for the charter school transformation that has reshaped public education in the city after Hurricane Katrina, tops all school districts with 92 percent of students enrolled in a charter school in the district.

In a recent poll, 83 % of parents, agreed that in order to ensure DC remains an attractive place for families, that the city needed to both improve quality at DCPS schools and expand the top - performing public charter schools so more parents can choose the school that's best suited for their chilIn a recent poll, 83 % of parents, agreed that in order to ensure DC remains an attractive place for families, that the city needed to both improve quality at DCPS schools and expand the top - performing public charter schools so more parents can choose the school that's best suited for their chilin order to ensure DC remains an attractive place for families, that the city needed to both improve quality at DCPS schools and expand the top - performing public charter schools so more parents can choose the school that's best suited for their child.

The students have done well in some of the city's top charter and private schools, as well as in selective public schools: In 2009, for the fifth straight year, their reading and math test scores were better than the averages for their schoolin some of the city's top charter and private schools, as well as in selective public schools: In 2009, for the fifth straight year, their reading and math test scores were better than the averages for their schoolin selective public schools: In 2009, for the fifth straight year, their reading and math test scores were better than the averages for their schoolIn 2009, for the fifth straight year, their reading and math test scores were better than the averages for their schools.

2013: Chicago charter schools represent the top 11 highest performing open enrollment public high schools in the city.

This amazing achievement ranks DCB among the top 10 highest - performing elementary charters in the city and in the top 25 % of the District's 73 tiered charter schools.

The DC Public Charter School Board ranks DC Bilingual among the top three elementary charter schools in the city and The New Teacher Project ranks DC Bilingual in the top quartile of all DC charter schools for its strong instructional cCharter School Board ranks DC Bilingual among the top three elementary charter schools in the city and The New Teacher Project ranks DC Bilingual in the top quartile of all DC charter schools for its strong instructional ccharter schools in the city and The New Teacher Project ranks DC Bilingual in the top quartile of all DC charter schools for its strong instructional ccharter schools for its strong instructional culture.

Her students at KIPP scored among the top 10 percent of students in New York City on their exams in English language arts, and they were the highest - performing eighth - grade charter school class in the cCity on their exams in English language arts, and they were the highest - performing eighth - grade charter school class in the citycity.

Buffalo, NY — Buffalo kept its spot in the top - 25 of all U.S. cities in charter school enrollment share, according to a new report issued today.

Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter school in the middle of Harlem, enrolling neighborhood children selected at random, emerged as one of the top schools in New York City and State within three years.

And on top of that, those new Charter Schools are some of the best in the city.

The United States has an estimated 6,000 charter public schools serving more than 2 million students, with 110 cities enrolling at least 10 percent of students in charters, 25 districts enrolling more than 20 percent, and the top three districts enrolling around 40 percent.