Sentences with phrase «traditional school district boundaries»
One way to do this is for states to authorize the development of regional charters, which enroll students from geographic areas beyond traditional school district boundaries.
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Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.
Virtual charter schools can attract students from all around the state, without regard to any traditional school - district boundary.
Inter-district magnet schools in Connecticut provide a current example outside the scope of traditional school districts as to the way charters might draw students across district boundary lines to create high - quality, integrated schooling options.
Controlled choice eliminates the default assignment of a neighborhood school in a district, removes traditional school attendance boundaries, and creates larger zones or catchment areas within the district.
Starting with La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1979, a handful of school districts across the country have rejected traditional school boundaries and instead have created boundaries that encourage diverse schools.104
The One Newark plan, which took effect in September, essentially erased school boundaries by allowing students to win seats at traditional schools or charters through a single lottery, similar to those in the District and New Orleans.
Districts should shift away from the traditional notion of a neighborhood school and redraw attendance zone boundaries so that they transcend neighborhood lines.
That puts them outside the traditional school districts, which have specific geographic boundaries.
As part of the statewide data, 1,068 schools are located in LA Unified boundaries: 776 schools are traditional district schools and 292 schools are charter schools.
The state's governor, Bobby Jindal, is looking to further burnish the state's efforts on the teacher quality front this week with his proposal to eliminate near - lifetime employment for laggard teachers with unsatisfactory ratings on the state's new teacher evaluation system, while pushing further on expanding charters by allowing successful charter operators to expand without having to go through the current approval process, and allowing the state education department to authorize charters throughout the state (and thus, ending efforts by traditional districts to restrict school choice within their boundaries).