Sentences with phrase «when charters»

On a net asset value basis (using management's last estimate of DHT's fleet value, $ 400 million) DHT is trading for less than its fleet value on an unchartered basis, despite the roughly $ 100 million at least in free cash flow to be collected by DHT through 2012 when the charters begin to roll off.

Especially when the charters sit right next to their union counterparts, shining a light on the union's failures.

During the 2011 - 12 school year, when charters enrolled 41 percent of the city's students, they removed 227 children for discipline violations and had an expulsion rate of 72 per 10,000 students; the District school system removed three and had an expulsion rate of less than 1 per 10,000 students.

When charters do struggle, it is usually related to lack of financial support.

That opened the floodgates and we were showered with hundreds of pages of documents from these secret meetings actually held when some charters were up for renewal.

Yet, when charters lose students during the school year, they are not required to fill those empty seats, even if they have a waiting list.

Last, and I am sorry to rant but you caught me after my second cup of coffee, the arts have been stripped from many public schools... so privatization by charter looks great when those charters hang the arts sign on their shingles.

But as Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, notes in a rejoinder to the CMD report, when charters don't do the job, they can and should be shuttered.

The findings present compelling evidence that when charters leverage their autonomy to be innovative in how they deliver special education, kids benefit.

When charters got going, there was a «let a thousand flowers bloom» mentality that sometimes led to bad schools.

This is especially important when charters are compared to other education reforms like universal pre-kindergarten or class size reduction, both of which have shown far larger positive impacts.

«Several high - quality charter schools across the country are making an amazing difference in our children's lives, especially when charters in inner - city communities are performing as well, if not better, than their counterparts in much wealthier suburbs,» Duncan said.

When charters notched some modest victories in the latest state budget cycle, Moskowitz called the deal a «travesty.»

When charters extracted some concessions from de Blasio late in the legislative session, they were negotiated behind closed doors as part of a deal to extend the mayor's control of city schools.

It's a noble idea, and should have been implemented when charters were first approved in New York, but better late than never.

The measure was rejected in King County, but not by as large a margin as when charters were last on the ballot eight years ago.

«There are times when charters can fill niches that public schools are not filling at this time, and they add choice to the district,» she said.

When charters don't perform, they face closure — making them the most accountable public schools in the state.

Consequently, the ASBCS needs to be empowered to take on a stronger oversight role when charters such as Discovery Creemos Academy show signs of significant financial difficulty instead of having no power to close a school for financial reasons and ending up renewing its charter authorization for 20 years a mere seven months before it collapsed.

When charters began operating in 1997, they received a per pupil grant that was nearly $ 6,000 per - child.

«When charters perform poorly, he said, some states «fail to take action to either improve them or close them, which is the essence of the charter school compact.

It's never acceptable for charters to refuse to provide special education services or to «counsel out» or refuse to serve students with disabilities, but it's a particular problem when charters comprise nearly half of all public schools in a district.

I find that students in district schools do better when charters open nearby: students in these schools earn higher scores on reading and math tests and are less likely to repeat a grade.

This advantage, however, is diminished when charters duplicate what the large «factory model» high schools do.

And when charters don't enroll high - cost special ed kids and suspend the kids that they don't want, district schools are left with a more challenging task because we do have to give them a public education, a free and appropriate education.

Kudos to Rachel M. Cohen [@rmc031] for her American Prospect piece about charter school unionization (When Charters Go Union), which is a timely update on a small but important issue no matter which side of the reform / critic divide you happen to occupy.

After all, when charters first entered the scene in the pre-No Child Left Behind era, the notion was that their «charters» would identify student outcomes to be achieved that would match the mission and character of each individual school.

You joined CRPE in 1994 when charters were in their infancy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a close ally of both Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz and of Mr. Diaz, blocked the former proposal in the 2014 budget and even created new provisions obligating the city to pay when charters have to use private space.

When charters notched some modest victories in the latest state budget cycle, Moskowitz called the deal a «travesty.»

When charters extracted some concessions from de Blasio late in the legislative session, they were negotiated behind closed doors as part of a deal to extend the mayor's control of city schools.

Concerns about such a knock - on effect on Viacom of the decline in traditional cable TV subscriptions deepened last quarter, when Charter Communications Inc moved five of its flagship networks to its most expensive programming tier, a move that will likely result in lower affiliate revenue for Viacom.

I know getting anywhere in life takes hard work even when chartering into unknown territory (which is referring to myself and not knowing the first thing about setting up a website and all that goes with it).

Likewise, when he chartered an Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 747 and flew a few hundred friends from Rome to Buenos Aires for his million - dollar wedding last November in that inflation - wracked country, it made the gossip sheets everywhere.

«It is difficult when the charter school lobbyists have spent more than $ 5 million on a TV and radio advertising campaign.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

It wasn't a bad idea when Charter Schools were run by the Board of Ed.

Sources said lawmakers were looking at a proposal to help reduce the tensions that exist when a charter school moves into a building already housing a traditional public school.

Three people died and more than a dozen others were injured when a charter bus from a company with a bad history blew through a red light and smashed into the tail of an MTA bus in a Queens intersection this morning, according to officials and video.

When their charter plane crashes on a snowy mountain, two strangers (Winslet and Elba) must fight to survive the elements in this thriller from Oscar nominee Hany Abu - Assad...

When their charter plane crashes on a snowy mountain, two strangers (Winslet and Elba) must fight to survive the elements in this thriller from Oscar nominee Hany Abu - Assad (Paradise Now, Omar).

When those charter schools opened in former Catholic schools they also paid rent, which the archdioceses were able to use to support other Catholic schools.

But when charter schools make up 30 percent of a system they can introduce cross-cutting issues that arguably require a more holistic approach.

But as nice as it is for stars to visit charter schools, the biggest payoff is when charter schools themselves become the stars.

When the charter movement began in the early 1990s, few students were leaving the traditional system, and district officials were not particularly threatened with the loss of revenues as students and their funding went to other providers.

However, this represents less than 1 percent of the bond package, when charter schools account for 4.5 percent of California's public schools and serve about 2.5 percent of the state's K - 12 public school students.

When charter schools appeared on the reform horizon, he was quick to explore ways to increase their numbers and make them more effective.

When charter schools close, it's via a transparent public process: A school was chronically underperforming, not living up to the conditions of its performance contract, and it has its charter revoked.

School Closing: About 180 Philadelphia students were left in the lurch last month when their charter school, one of the nine new charters opened in the city this fall, closed its doors, perhaps for good.

One possible alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public schools when a charter school opened nearby is the migration of lower - performing students from the traditional public school to the charter school.