Bennett didn't address his plans for the six Indianapolis public schools facing state intervention while in Gary, although introducing a school
turnaround operator in Indianapolis is widely seen as the option the Indiana Department of Education is most likely to pursue.
Not exact matches
Those frustrations were visible at a recent State Board of Education meeting, as
turnaround operators offered blunt assessments of the current state of affairs
in IPS schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitable.
In Bridgeport he used a «turnaround model» that brought in a charter school operator to run a public school but left the local teacher contract in plac
In Bridgeport he used a «
turnaround model» that brought
in a charter school operator to run a public school but left the local teacher contract in plac
in a charter school
operator to run a public school but left the local teacher contract
in plac
in place.
Because initial funding estimates were based on enrollment at the schools before state takeover, the
turnaround operators started last year with one of the highest per - pupil funding amounts
in the state.
Failure hurts the
turnaround brand of the
operator or network and prevents the opportunity to scale
in other states throughout the country.
Third, the very few and limited national
turnaround charter
operators or networks with a track record of success are not interested
in «
turnaround» work as defined
in HB 5105 because their model relies on years of slowly establishing schools one grade level at a time.
How can policies promote
operators with an ambition and ability to serve students
in a
turnaround environment?
EdisonLearning, which IDOE intends to appoint as a
turnaround school
operator in Gary, is a New York - based private education firm.
While the Indiana Department of Education's been careful to leave its options open for how to handle schools labeled as failing — it's still entirely possible some of these schools may actually be shut down — Bennett's been hinting at bringing
in «
turnaround school
operators» to work with these underperforming schools for months.
Administrations
in schools with
turnaround school
operators have effectively been replaced by these private companies, which will run «all or part of the school's operations,» according to an IDOE statement released Thursday afternoon.
Earlier
in the day, Bennett announced Gary's Roosevelt Career & Technical Academy would be taken over by a
turnaround school
operator.
So instead of creating quality schools
in every neighborhood, what CPS has done is created this two - tier system and actually is closing down, as you said, neighborhood schools under Renaissance 2010 and replacing them with charter schools and a privatized education system, firing or laying off, I should say, certified teachers, dismantling locally elected school councils, and creating a market of public education
in Chicago, turning schools over to private
turnaround operators.
If anything, the process of selecting
turnaround school
operators suggests a high likelihood at least one will be involved
in the state's intervention.
Takeovers: Indiana Department of Education officials signed contracts with several «
turnaround operators» to run five public schools
in Indianapolis and Gary with chronically poor standardized test scores.
The ASD has collaborated with high - performing charter
operators to conduct school
turnarounds in neighborhood schools; collaborated with philanthropic leaders to build a sustainable educator talent pipeline for the bottom 5 percent of the state's schools; engaged neighborhood communities
in the process of matching charter
operators to schools selected into the ASD; and influenced district - led
turnaround efforts.
For others, the show will highlight the lack of charter
operators willing to get involved
in turnarounds — that Barr (and Green Dot) are doing dirty work that almost none of the other charter
operators are willing to do.