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The fact that Walton also has supported voucher efforts across the nation shouldn't raise fears that that's what charter supporters here want, Mullin said.

Not exact matches

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Then, going after the charter supporters among board members, Rumore says it's not clear to him why they seem more concerned with charter schools than improving regular public schools and he says that's supposed to be what board members do.

«What we saw for much of the Obama era was the centrist Democrats — the venture - capital, charter - school supporter wing — really move to prominence,»

Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»

«What we saw for much of the Obama era was the centrist Democrats — the venture - capital, charter - school supporter wing — really move to prominence,» Hess, of the American Enterprise Institute, told me.

A small group of parents and supporters turned out last night, trying to mobilize against the school board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter School.

Ever a believer in the true economic principle that competition is what drives innovation, results, and excellence, Senator Smith is a proud supporter of public charter schools.

The 2010 Education Next poll reported that charter school supporters outnumber opponents by a 44 - to - 19 margin, but the vast majority of respondents don't really know what charter schools are.

In what was possibly the most expensive school - board race in history (with $ 3 million spent overall), the union squared off against charter supporters, including the California Charter Schools Association Advocates, the association's political - actiocharter supporters, including the California Charter Schools Association Advocates, the association's political - actioCharter Schools Association Advocates, the association's political - action wing.

This is why many people, charter school supporters included, are eager to see what we learn from Nevada.

No one is sure just what tipped the balance this time, but Hattendorf said charter supporters ran a well - financed campaign that consistently stuck with the simple message that charters would provide good opportunities for students who don't have many.

Charter supporters say they're confident he is wrong, but Dorn has asked the state attorney general's office what his legal options might be.

Yet charter school supporters viewed his decision as an opening shot in what they believe could be a fight for their schools» survival.

Brown, who has been a supporter of charter schools, has not indicated what he will do, though California's treasurer, John Chiang, has said the legislation is vital to make charter schools more accountable to the public.

Parents and charter school supporters will be assembling outside the Ronald Reagan building in Downtown Los Angeles in support of their right to choose what public school their child will attend.

What: Parents, teachers and supporters of Perseverance Preparatory School and Promise Academy - two proposed charter public schools - will be at the SJUSD Board Meeting to discuss the charter school petitions and recent intimidation tactics used by District officials.

If the media had been told it was a Gala Dinner in which Malloy was going to celebrate the life of the Achievement First's champion and one of the nation's leading supporters of Charter Schools you can assume someone from the media would have realized it might be an opportunity to see what Malloy was preparing.

«We should give kids what they need, not exactly what the school across town has,» said Wilson, who said that she had been a supporter of charter schools.

In the last 14 months alone, I've worked with the coalition of charter school supporters to bring charter schools to the state, testified before the Legislature on the quality of Alabama's charter school law, spoken with a room of more than 400 Alabama school board members about what it means to be an authorizer, and even sat down with the regional paper to talk about the pros and cons of authorizing charter schools.