Sentences with phrase «up by some charter operators»

That set - up by some charter operators allows them to financially profit from the taxpayer money they receive to operate public charter schools.

Not exact matches

Maureen Kelleher argues in Education Post that the decline in support is likely caused by «the failure of too many charter operators to live up to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and professionalism.»

Could a charter operator serve this fragile population more cost - effectively by scaling up services for a wide catchment area?

Beginning almost two decades ago, lawmakers threw open the doors to countless charter operators to set up shop across the state — boosted by state funds and free of any oversight and accountability.

Rather than just urging struggling schools to fire teachers or bring in non-union charter school operators, Harkin suggested in October that a school could be turned around by adopting a magnet theme or approach in order to bring in a cross-section of students from all backgrounds together — an idea whose effectiveness is backed up by ample research.

After hours of anticipation yesterday as a bill lingered on a House Rules committee agenda that could allow for - profit charter school operators to takeover some of North Carolina's worst performing schools, Rep. Rob Bryan (R - Mecklenburg) told the Charlotte Observer Thursday night that his proposal won't be taken up by fellow lawmakers this year.

PSC began in 2009 as an initiative to reform failing schools by opening up management to alterative operators, such as charter groups or teacher - led groups.

Beginning February 1, LACOE moved its STRS reporting deadline up by ten days, drastically reducing the amount of time charter operators and back office providers have to process and submit payments for STRS submissions.

We continue to bust myths and expose hype and falsehoods told about Chicago's Renaissance 2010 program by people from local charter operators on up to Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

School governance in the «all - charter district» will now be up «to dozens of independent school operators» unencumbered by the «bureaucracy» of democratic control.

Committee lawmakers also signed off on a major charter reform bill, House Bill 779, that, among its provisions, gives charter operators the power to expand enrollment by up to 30 percent without requiring the approval of the state's charter office and the State Board of Education, an idea hotly criticized as reducing quality control measures in the state's booming charter sector.

Charters must be run by non-profit operators (this is always a little deceptive, because in many states, a for - profit management company can set up a non-profit front group, which then turns over management of the school to the for - profit company) and must be nonsectarian.

While parent trigger was first promoted by a small charter school operator in California, it was taken up and launched into hyperdrive by two controversial right - wing organizations: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Heartland Institute.