Sentences with phrase «weakest charter school laws»

Maryland currently has one of the weakest charter school laws in the nation, which has left parents here with fewer choices for educating their children than in many other states.

Alaska, ranked 49th, offers very limited power to parents, a weak charter school law that limits authorization to school districts.

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Tennessee has a limited open - enrollment policy, and its charter school law is considered weak by the Center for Education Reform.

The state's grade dips a little because Connecticut has only a limited open - enrollment system and a charter school law that is rated as weak by the Center for Education Reform.

On the school choice front, Nevada has a limited open - enrollment policy, and a charter school law that is deemed weak by the Center for Education Reform, a rating that lowers the state's grade.

States with higher - than - expected SAT scores were less likely to pass charter school legislation; tended to adopt such legislation later, if at all; and passed weaker laws.

Strong unions are more successful than weaker ones in opposing liberal charter legislation, but once a charter law is adopted, it seems that parents see charters as an avenue for reform in districts where unions have a strong hold on traditional public schools.

The interdistrict provisions in the law are weak, and charter options are not meaningful in states with arbitrary limits on new charter schools.

For instance, there is suggestive evidence that charter schools perform better in contexts where accountability is high (that is, where strong authorizing laws shut down poorly performing schools) than where it is weak or nonexistent.

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Its charter school law is deemed weak by the Center for Education Reform.

Massachusetts has strong standards and high NAEP test results, but a weak charter - school law with multiple levels of restrictions.

The center has rated Georgia's amended charter school law as «strong,» rather than «weak,» as was reported.

And last but not least is the state piece: expanding charter schools, enacting charter school laws in those states that don't have a law, and strengthening those laws that are weak.

Pennsylvania's charter school law is particularly weak on accountability and it needs to be strengthened.

A Sun Sentinel investigation found that several charter school operators exploited Florida's weak laws overseeing charter schools, receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money to open charter schools that closed within months.

In a study of Chicago's public schools, the University of Minnesota Law School determined that «Sadly the charter schools, which on average score lower that the Chicago public schools, have not improved the Chicago school system, but perhaps made it even weaker.&School determined that «Sadly the charter schools, which on average score lower that the Chicago public schools, have not improved the Chicago school system, but perhaps made it even weaker.&school system, but perhaps made it even weaker.»