Sentences with phrase «urban charter school networks»

Against that backdrop, I was asked by four urban charter school networks to create interventions for all of their outgoing seniors in the hopes of increasing their college persistence.

In a study funded by the Gates Foundation, Duckworth and a number of other researchers are trying to understand what predicts college persistence among graduates of several high - performing urban charter school networks: YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in Connecticut.

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The one unambiguous, reform - driven victory of the last two decades has been the successful networks of urban charter schools that we used to call «no excuses» schools before the term, which once meant there's no excuse for adults to fail children, fell into disrepute and it became de rigueur within the movement to criticize those schools» discipline practices instead of applauding them for sending tens of thousands of low - income kids of color to college, which not long ago was nearly the entire point of the movement.

«I want to see our urban school districts and large charter networks play an even greater role in effectively narrowing the achievement gap by reimagining schools in order to create and support equitable learning environments.»

«An ideal situation in five years may be in a leadership role at a large urban school district, charter school network, or nonprofit organization that serves underrepresented students, especially those living in poverty,» she says.

Its impressive «Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

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Tim King is founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, a network of public charter boys» high - schools in Chicago.

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Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pacharter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, paCharter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

By 2004 Rosenstock had created a network of 16 more urban High Tech High charter schools, in California, Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.

The Oklahoma network, started in 2002, has fifty - two schools — public, private, and charter; rich and poor; rural and urban; grades P - 12.

He authorized charter schools in Massachusetts, co-founded the KIPP network, quadrupled the size of Teach For America (TFA), and introduced blended learning at urban Catholic schools.

A recent analysis of charter school participation in five states found that the schools most likely to opt out of the state plan are urban schools, elementary schools, and those that are managed by charter networks.

The group was named Thursday (May 12) and includes Superintendent Lewis and Recovery Superintendent Patrick Dobard, a half dozen charter school leaders, the Orleans Parish federal programs / external grants director and two education advocates, Urban League of Greater New Orleans chief executive Erika McConduit - Diggs and Orleans Public Education Network director Deirdre Johnson Burel.

Terry Ryan, president of the Idaho Charter School Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stCharter School Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuSchool Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stCharter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuschool districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stcharter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural students.

These include substantial spending to boost student achievement in urban schools, networks of charter schools as alternatives in urban public districts, and academic benchmarks on standardized tests for schools as well as students.

He wants to train up super-talented people to be superintendents and turn them loose on urban school systems, to invest in charter school networks that are hitting their numbers and performing miracles regularly.

The University of Chicago Women's Board and the Urban Education Institute volunteer committee welcomed nearly 60 young women from the University of Chicago Charter School's Woodlawn Campus to the Quadrangle Club on Wednesday, May 8 for an opportunity to network with female leaders in Chicago.

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Part of the Mastery network, which operates more than a dozen schools in Philadelphia, the Camden charter is part of a two - pronged effort that has Mastery planning another three elementary schools serving 2,000 more students under the state's Urban Hope Act.

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Not to be outdone, the charter school lobby group ConnCAN continued to lament the changes made to the Commissioner's Network which was Malloy's proposal to allow Stefan Pryor, his Commissioner of Education (and the lawyer who helped form and direct Achievement First for eight years) to take over up to 25 urban schools.

In addition to her work as a legislator who fought tirelessly for the children she now serves, she is also a Broad Fellow and is among an elite group of individuals who lead some of the nation's largest urban districts and charter school networks.

Interestingly, two well - established Camden charter networks are seeking to use the Urban Hope Act to expand in the city and take advantage of its freer provisions for schools facilities.

Charter board chairs representing 19,000 of our city's students have also voiced their support of the formula, along with the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Orleans Public Education Network, New Schools for New Orleans, VAYLA, the Louisiana Association for Public Charter Schools, STAND for Children, the New Orleans Parents» Guide to Public Schools, and Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools.

Now, Camden will get a taste of the Mastery's model, since the network is one of three charter organizations to win at least preliminary approval to open schools in the city next year under the newly minted Urban Hope Act.

Leadership Public Schools (LPS) is a network of urban charter high schools whose mission is to create educational Schools (LPS) is a network of urban charter high schools whose mission is to create educational schools whose mission is to create educational equity.

Our network has grown to 150 innovative public schools, district and charter, K - 12, in urban and rural communities across 30 states, and today, we also partner directly with school districts to transform teaching through our open - source EL Education Language Arts curriculum and coaching.

Presenting Organizations Charter Board Council of New Orleans / / Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools / / Young Leadership Council / / Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans / / Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools / / Bureau of Governmental Research / / Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives / / Black Alliance for Educational Options / / New Orleans Chamber of Commerce / / Urban League of Greater New Orleans / / Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN) / / EngageNOLA / / New Schools for New Orleans / / Neighborhood Partnership Network / / Algiers Economic Development Foundation / / New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce / / Puentes New Orleans / / Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training / / Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of LA / / NOLA Parent Organizing Network / / Greater New Orleans Education Foundation / / United Negro College Fund / / Baptist Community Ministries

This from the Democratic governor whose «Commissioner's Network» program has undermined local control, handed public schools over to the disgraced Jumoke / FUSE charter school chain in Hartford and Bridgeport and devastated a number of urban schools by implementing a «money follows the child» system that has left troubled schools without the resources they need to even serve the students that have remained in those schools.

He is the Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools Network which was co-founded by the disgraced Michael Sharpe from the now - defunct Family for Urban Schools of Excellence.

Rabinowitz questioned whether the embattled charter organization, also known as Family Urban Schools of Excellence, should continue running Dunbar School under a year - old arrangement through the state Commissioner's Network, a reform initiative that gives millions in extra funding to struggling schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround»Schools of Excellence, should continue running Dunbar School under a year - old arrangement through the state Commissioner's Network, a reform initiative that gives millions in extra funding to struggling schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround»schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround» plan.

He previously worked as a Senior Associate with the Education Insight Group where he consulted with large urban school districts and charter networks to improve performance through leadership development.

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In four years Rosenstock has created a network of ten new urban charter schools, five in California, with others in Arizona and Illinois.

WHO: Buffalo Charter Schools, Northeast Charter Schools Network, and charter supporters including Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals who will be holding a voter registration drive and Say Yes for Ed who will be sharing scholarship inforCharter Schools, Northeast Charter Schools Network, and charter supporters including Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals who will be holding a voter registration drive and Say Yes for Ed who will be sharing scholarship inforCharter Schools Network, and charter supporters including Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals who will be holding a voter registration drive and Say Yes for Ed who will be sharing scholarship inforcharter supporters including Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals who will be holding a voter registration drive and Say Yes for Ed who will be sharing scholarship information.

Her desire to broaden her understanding of urban school models led her to serve as a principal within a national charter school network.

Founded in 2006 by John Danner and Preston Smith in San Jose, Calif., Rocketship Education is building a national network of high - performing urban college preparatory elementary charter schools whose mission is to eliminate the achievement gap.