Sentences with phrase «war on charter»

Bucking popular opinion, and even the president's views, de Blasio has declared war on charter schools.

The teacher union war on charter schools ramps up with empty billionaire and accountability accusations.

Ironically, as Weingarten wages war on charter schools (and every other kind of school choice that would benefit kids and parents), she managed to pick up the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award, «for her lifelong commitment to improving America's education system.»

The previous week, Mr. de Blasio had approved 14 of 17 charter schools for co-location in traditional school buildings, which does not easily suggest that he is conducting a war on charter schools.

Most notably, the Mayor decided as one of his first acts to declare war on the charter sector in general and the wildly successful network of Success Academy schools, which was thankfully thwarted by the combined strength of Governor Cuomo and New York's passionate charter parents.

[25] And despite the heightened war on charters, polling suggests charters remain relatively popular — that is, in theory and in limited, urban practice.

That begins by recognizing there is a war on charters underway, driven by a system under threat of losing jobs.

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On 15 June 1215 at Runnymede (a small meadow outside of London, marking the midpoint between two armies locked in civil war) King John set his seal on Magna Carta — the «great charter» that has become synonymous throughout the world with opposition to arbitrary rule, and with the protection of individual rights and libertieOn 15 June 1215 at Runnymede (a small meadow outside of London, marking the midpoint between two armies locked in civil war) King John set his seal on Magna Carta — the «great charter» that has become synonymous throughout the world with opposition to arbitrary rule, and with the protection of individual rights and libertieon Magna Carta — the «great charter» that has become synonymous throughout the world with opposition to arbitrary rule, and with the protection of individual rights and liberties.

The NYC - based teachers union is ratcheting up its war over charters in the wake of the Senate's 45 - 15 passage yesterday of a bill that would increase the cap on the schools from 200 to 460.

But one veteran of the charter wars had a different take: «They took the prisoners off half - rations and put them on three - quarters.»

«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

«One of the key reasons why Biafra should be allowed to hold a referendum is because the principle of self - determination has, since World War 11 become a part of the United Nations Charter, which states in Article 1 (2), that one of the purposes of the UN is «to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self - determination of people.

Kermit the Frog: who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

The Senate GOP is going to pay dearly for its war on public schools and public school teachers and its love affair with charter schools and charter school campaign contributions.

[Anyone] who, in public and against the facts, ascribes to the Polish Nation or to the Polish State, responsibility or co-responsibility for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich, [as] defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on August 8, 1945 -LSB-...], or for other offences which are crimes against peace [or] humanity or [that are] war crimes, or who otherwise grossly reduces the responsibility of the actual perpetrators of said crimes, is subject to a fine or [to] imprisonment for up to 3 years.

During a recent closed - door meeting, UFT President Michael Mulgrew showed his true colors and declared «war» on education reform and charter schools.

Caputo - Pearl's goals mesh well with those of the district, and based on recent headlines, it would appear that the war against charters is succeeding in directing attention away from declining enrollment and rising debt.

A new book on charter schools and segregation, whose senior editor, Iris Rotberg, I first worked with in 1970 on the War on Poverty, has reminded me how tribally divided the policy research field has become.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor accused him of waging a «war against kids» and House Republicans promptly announced a committee hearing on «The Role of Charter Schools in K - 12 Education.»

The candidates» views on charter schools, teachers unions and education reform have turned the race for state superintendent of public instruction into an expensive proxy war between big labor and big donors.

Hansen places these teacher protests in the context of a national «war on teachers» narrative, fueled by working conditions declining, erosion of benefits and increased spending on charter schools and vouchers for families to attend private schools.

There is a manufactured «war» going on in education and it's something I believe must be addressed — the one supposedly between district schools and charter schools.

During a recent closed - door meeting, UFT President Michael Mulgrew showed his true colors and declared «war» on education reform and charter schools.

Ravitch analyzes the impact of choice on public schools, attempts to quantify quality teaching, and describes the data wars with advocates for charter and traditional public schools.

Following a nationwide series of public hearings, the NAACP said it «rejects the emphasis on charter schools as the vanguard approach for the education of children, instead of focusing attention, funding, and policy advocacy on improving existing, low performing public schools...» Next year's election of a new State Superintendent will amplify the school wars.

A couple of decades ago, you would not have seen teachers unions and other groups intent on preserving the educational status quo bother to go to war with charter schools.

Bottom line: The war over charter schools is being waged on many fronts, so beware teachers unions bearing «gifts,» especially in an election year.

Their contributions underscored the extent to which the race to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown, at least as far as campaign contributions go, is becoming a proxy war between competing sides on a range of issues affecting the growth and management of charter schools in the state.

Others fear that by zeroing in on flash points between education's warring camps, such as charter schools and unions, the film might further hinder progress.

L.A. Unified school board members are scrutinizing charter petitions more closely and the teachers union is amassing a war chest to fight charter expansion, so now eyes are on how the pro-charter camp is going to proceed with its plan.

Kane founded the local LEAD charter chain, which later declared war on MNPS when it sidled up to the failing state - run Achievement School District, which engineered a hostile state takeover of Nashville's Neely's Bend Middle School — a school that already was turning around.

When we met last Monday, he compared his role on the board to «having a loaded gun to my temple» and described the controversial policy of identifying low - performing district schools and converting some of them to semi-autonomous charter schools as a «declaration of war.»

On that basis, the owner would only be able to claim damages until the outbreak of the second Gulf War when, the charterer asserted, it would have cancelled the charter.

Where there was a suspensive condition such as a war clause, however, the duration of the charter was always uncertain, depending on a contingency of the occurrence of an event which was by definition within the contemplation of the parties.