Sentences with phrase «whether charter»

This article does raise the question about whether charter schools are performing better than public schools.

I hope we can move past tired debates about whether charter schools should, can or do serve students with disabilities.

The interaction with own ability addresses the question of whether charter schools do well because they serve a relatively high - ability group.

Much of the argument centers on whether charter schools unfairly cherry pick students.

In spite of the benefit to individual students, I still wonder whether charter schools are ultimately good for the country.

More than 60 percent didn't know whether charters can hold religious services.

We've passed the point of arguing whether charters are a good idea.

While schools will get one last state payment, it's not clear whether charter schools will receive their latest share of federal funds.

The strong achievement gains estimated here for charter schools raise the question of whether charter attendance increases educational attainment as well as test scores.

At least part of the disagreement revolves around whether charter schools deliver on their promise to improve student outcomes.

You might think this is a relatively easy proposition to evaluate — just compare whether charter school kids do better on tests than those in public schools.

Two reports released this month address whether charters pose a fiscal threat to district schools.

So too does the question of whether charters exist to help all kids or to provide a specialized education to a few.

I will make sure whether the charter banks or financial institutions, where I am assigned to carry on with audit are operating legally.

A report released by the state last year about whether charter schools provide a superior education provided little clarity on the question.

One discussion focused on whether charter schools should coordinate with the district to ensure that high - performing schools can locate in the neighborhoods that need them most.

In fact, a few examples of whether charter schools are meeting their academic goals already exist.

Instead of wasting time debating whether charter schools should be launched across the entire country, we should instead be examining how to use them well and which communities would benefit from them most.

We're long overdue in asking whether the charter sector could grow more quickly with quality, what's holding it back, and what are creative new ways for successful charters to expand their reach to more students.

Local communities do not have a say in whether a charter school can open in their school district, therefore, taxpayers are not allowed to determine if the school is even needed in the community.

Did you know that if HB 634 passes, your local school board will have no say whether a charter school can open within your community?

It's true that CBS provides a public service by managing the blood program, but in McKinney v. University of Guelph -LRB-[1990] 3 S.C.R. 229), La Forest J. (writing for himself and two other members of the Court) suggested that a public purpose test was inadequate for determining whether the Charter applied:

Among other things, the numbers failed to take into account the different backgrounds of the students who attend traditional versus charter schools or to examine whether charter school students were showing gains over time.

«With the data at hand, it is impossible to tell whether charter schools» test scores reflect the quality of education at the schools,» the Brown Center report states.

With respect, I can not see why society's views of Charter claimants — especially in the context of vulnerable minorities — should be a factor for determining whether a Charter right was part of the Constitution in 1985, or whether it sprung into existence later and thereby be a basis for denying retroactive relief.

State Rep. Roy Takumi, D - 36th (Pearl City, Palisades), and Sen. Norman Sakamoto, D - 15th (Waimalu, Airport, Salt Lake), the leading Democrats on education, said they will look at whether charter schools are adequately funded.

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These children whether charter, magnet, or traditional public they are all of our FUTURE.

Collaboration can result in important work on issues like whether charter schools can use district buildings, how to create effective programs for students with disabilities, how schools are held accountable, or what happens to an expelled student.

Whether charter supporters can maintain the movement's bipartisan backing while receiving support from a deeply unpopular President who promises to be «the nation's biggest cheerleader for school choice» remains an open, and dicey, question.

To complicate things still further, the question of whether charter employees should be eligible to participate in state pension plans remains unsettled.

The SCC will review whether the Charter infringement is reasonable.

Half the public had no idea whether charters charge tuition, and another quarter incorrectly thought they do.

The only way to know with confidence whether charters cause better outcomes is to look at randomized control trials (RCTs) in which students are assigned by lottery to attending a charter school or a traditional public school.

But if school - level flexibility is essential, we should stoutly defend it for all schools — whether charters educate 10, 50, or 100 percent of students.

In my article, I referred to Green Dot's takeover of Locke High School to raise the question of «scalability» — whether reforms can be reproduced on a broad scale — and the question of whether a charter takeover produces an educational miracle.

After the release of our December study — which found that just one percent of district and charter school turnarounds were successful, as defined as reaching at least the 50th percentile in state proficiency in reading and math — Bryan wondered whether charter start - ups in similar neighborhoods would fare any better against such rigorous criteria.

Re-examine whether charter school board members should be allowed to have financial interests in the charter school they oversee.

One common critique of GCI's findings and other research that focused on charter school finances is that, academic performance should be the metric indicating whether a charter school is practicing fiscal responsibility.

In California, public school funding follows the student with the funding going to the public school that parents choose, whether a charter public school or a traditional district school.

And voter decisions in the November general could dictate whether charters continue to grow in NYC or suffer a politically - inspired slowdown.

A debate about «backfill» — whether charter high schools should add students to replace those who drop out — has just begun (see here, here, and here).