Sentences with phrase «visited local charter schools»

GARY U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put Gary on the map in a big way Friday when she visited local charter schools, complimenting the students» education and the ability of parents to make a choice in their children's education.

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After she visited a local KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) school and viewed the movie Waiting for «Superman,» the answer suddenly became clear: pull multiple San Antonio foundations together to attract more high - performing charter schools to the city.

It will conduct intensive site visits in order to identify state and local factors affecting charter implementation and student achievement, and initiate the difficult task of collecting information on the possible consequences of charter schools for American education.

Ms. Gates was in New York to visit New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities II, in the Bronx, and to talk with local teachers about professional development and implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

The local charter community has had some luck getting legislators out to visit our charter schools this fall.

Moskowitz's high praise for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her willingness to host high - profile visits from Ivanka Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan at Success's signature campus in Harlem have angered parents and staffers, and unnerved some of her local allies in the charter school movement.

Both local school districts and a charter school will have the opportunity this coming school year to visit schools across the country that use competency - based education in a new pilot program from the Utah State Board of Education.

Also on Wednesday, from 8:30 am - 10:30 am, conference attendees have the opportunity to visit and tour several local San Jose charter schools including, Downtown College Prep, ACE Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle charter schools including, Downtown College Prep, ACE Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle Charter Middle School, Voices College - Bound Language Academy, and Alpha Middle School.

Members of this policy team were also part of a group of 13 teachers from Seattle, Tacoma and Bellingham who visited five charter schools and hosted a panel of local education leaders in New Orleans in August.