Sentences with phrase «traditional district public schools»

→ How do charter schools differ from traditional district public schools?

Fields said it was important for the city to preserve traditional district public schools, especially in underserved neighborhoods.

Peterson, who campaigned on a promise to bring charter schools to Indianapolis, says they provide three important goods: educational alternatives, that is, a choice for students and families; a compelling reason for public school leaders to introduce their own innovations; and a chance to improve on America's traditional district public school model.

Our public charter schools are among the nation's best, consistently outperforming traditional district public schools.

Burris is a highly regarded (and very well paid) former Long Island high school principal who now runs a labor funded organization that argues parents should have no education options outside of traditional district public schools, even when those schools fail.

Charters receive per pupil funding from the state like traditional district public schools but differ in not being able to receive funding for facilities and can not sell bonds and pass overrides.

Unlike traditional district public schools, which are provided with buildings rent free, most Georgia charter schools have to lease their own facilities, furnish and maintain them out of general operating funds.

As advocates for providing students with the best educational option to meet their individual needs, two of their children attend traditional district public schools and two attend public charter schools (Thrive Public Schools).

They fundamentally want to see their tax dollars follow their child in their K - 12 education, whether that's at a traditional district public school, public charter school, magnet school, private school, or at a blend of options to customize the education to fit the student's needs.

Back in July 2002, during a slow news period, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a school employee labor union, issued a widely cited report «showing» that charter schools — autonomous public schools of choice — do not work as well as the traditional district public schools.

Our students are also in school for more days throughout the year than traditional district public schools.

Yet both sides miss the real point: We need all the good schools we can get, and we must help these schools thrive whether they are charter or traditional District public schools.