Sentences with phrase «who open charter»

«Charter schools are the result of communities coming together to create new opportunities for their children from the leaders who open charter schools and the students who attend them, to the families that choose to join the school community and the policymakers who advocate on their behalf,» said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance.

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Laura will open and lead a new department for AltSchool as the company prepares to support private, charter, and public schools who will utilize the platform.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

Diddy, who just opened a charter school in Harlem, apparently isn't buying Clinton's wide lead among African - Americans over GOP opponent Donald Trump.

A profile of Dr. Richard Izquierdos, a longtime pediatrician in Hunts Point who opened his own charter school this year.

Perry, who founded and runs a charter school in Connecticut, also is a contributor to CNN's Black in America series, and recently announced he will be opening a charter school in Harlem with entertainer Sean «Puff Daddy» Combs.

The same steps today played host to a slew of children who attend charter schools dressed in «I Fight for Equality» T - shirts, the backdrop for a press conference in which Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — another potential de Blasio challenger — called for the mayor to find space for several Success Academy charter schools that have been approved to open by the state.

Also in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents in their fight to keep a charter school from opening in a public school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.

Charter school advocates who haven't been pleased by Perkins claim that they have «opened the doors to an insidious form of segregation» and is holding hearings (the first is on April 22) are also down with the idea of backing a primary challenger against him.

An open question in this year's Senate races is the degree to which Gov. Andrew Cuomo — a charter supporter who has received major support from DFER donors — will act to help his fellow Democrats win the Senate.

This paradox is most vivid when comparing students who attend «no excuses» charter schools and those who attend open - enrollment district schools.

The city has isolated examples of quality schools and charter authorizers, parents who are empowered to be active choosers, and wide - open spaces for education entrepreneurs.

Cities where chartering has scaled must invent interconnected processes for determining who can run schools, how kids enroll in schools, how new schools are opened, how failing schools are shuttered, and so on.

Here's hoping that Success skeptics will open themselves to the possibility that the network is actually getting some things right, and that Success supporters will consider how the rapidly expanding network can do everything possible to attract and retain the kids who most need its help and share best practices with other schools, charter and district.

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Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Observers note that a new charter high school, the Larry Hawkins campus of Chicago International Charter Schools, opened in the Altgeld Gardens area and drew in students who otherwise would have enrolled at charter high school, the Larry Hawkins campus of Chicago International Charter Schools, opened in the Altgeld Gardens area and drew in students who otherwise would have enrolled at Charter Schools, opened in the Altgeld Gardens area and drew in students who otherwise would have enrolled at Fenger.

As an open - enrollment public charter school network, KIPP Delta welcomes students from all backgrounds and abilities and is committed to providing an excellent education to all students with special needs who choose to enroll.

Whether a district becomes an authorizer or not, charter schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public school for children who used to attend district schools, taking dollars away from those districts.

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«These positive student achievement results, coupled with the growing excitement of public school teachers who continue to open new charter schools, show that charter schools are tremendously benefiting California's system of public education,» said Caprice Young, CEO of the California Charter Schools Assoccharter schools, show that charter schools are tremendously benefiting California's system of public education,» said Caprice Young, CEO of the California Charter Schools Assoccharter schools are tremendously benefiting California's system of public education,» said Caprice Young, CEO of the California Charter Schools AssocCharter Schools Association.

Others were concerned about how much it would cost the district to fulfill its oversight responsibilities for charters that open in Tacoma — regardless of who authorizes them.

Those who have said they'd like to apply include a couple who run a Montessori preschool in Enumclaw and want to expand to grades K - 3; another couple who operate a home - school support program in Mount Vernon and wish to offer a tradition - based schoolhouse education to K - 12 students; a parents» group in Lewis County that hoped to keep Packwood Elementary School open despite school board plans to close it; and the principal of a private K - 8 school in Seattle seeking to add a charter high school.

Charter school applicants in school districts rated D and F can apply directly to the State Authorizing Board for approval and charter schools are open to any student in the district, or any student who attends a district rated C, DCharter school applicants in school districts rated D and F can apply directly to the State Authorizing Board for approval and charter schools are open to any student in the district, or any student who attends a district rated C, Dcharter schools are open to any student in the district, or any student who attends a district rated C, D, or F.

Charter school doors would open to students who otherwise wouldn't have a shot.

Day one focused on school choice policies, and in the opening plenary session, DC got a shoutout from Fordham Institute president Michael J. Petrilli, who called the city «school choice nirvana» and said that the robust charter sector spurred DC Public Schools to improve.

Every kindergartner who has entered Arthur Academy since the David Douglas charter school opened in 2002 has learned to read in nine months.

The Building Hope Annual Report has just been released and it makes for interesting reading for those who want to know more about the challenges facing charter public schools as they open new facilities.

Figures such as those indicate two things: 1) authorizers should choose to work more collaboratively with the groups attempting to open these desperately needed schools and 2) the cap should be lifted with new charters going to as diverse a group of schools as the students who will ultimately attend them.

Families shouldn't be penalized for choosing to send their child to a public charter school and families who want to send their student to a charter school shouldn't have to spend years on a waiting list for a seat to open.

The Washington Charter Schools Association has promised the schools will stay open through the year, saying it would tap a network of roughly 50 donors who could cover all nine schools» operating expenses if necessary.

«There was a period of time where it was as if almost anyone who wanted to open a charter school could get a grant of $ 100,000 from the Waltons.

But recent improvements to the state's charter policy create an opening for Clark County to use charter schools to transform educational options for all students, especially those who need them most.

For traditionalists — who oppose the very existence of charters — Noguera's departure (along with one of the underlying reasons — his opposition to the opening of one of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools) pleases them greatly because the generally thoughtful education professor has been one of the few fellow - travelers willing to break ranks with them on the importance of school choice.

However, in the case of a charter lab school, the charter lab school shall be open to any student eligible to attend the lab school as provided in Florida Statute 1002.32, or who resides in the school district in which the charter lab school is located.

The California Charter Schools Association also fought the SB 322 bill, which would give charter school students the same reasonable due - process rights afforded students who attend public schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this Charter Schools Association also fought the SB 322 bill, which would give charter school students the same reasonable due - process rights afforded students who attend public schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this charter school students the same reasonable due - process rights afforded students who attend public schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this report.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, who years ago opened two charter schools, just vetoed legislation passed by legislators who were seeking to bring some accountability to the state's scandal - ridden charter - school sector.

In one corner are people who appear to be in favor of opening as many charter schools as possible, as soon as possible.

Tell that to the school choice activists who have successfully passed voucher measures in more than 13 states, the children who attend the 1,091 new charter schools opened between 2010 and 2013, and families in cities such as Adelanto, Calif., who have taken over failing schools using Parent Trigger laws passed as a result of the competitive grant competition.

RSVP by Jan. 31 for a special event featuring a panel of experts who will discuss the step - by - step process of opening a charter school.

The central Phoenix public charter school, affiliated with Phoenix College, originally opened as a remedial school that catered to students who fell behind in their studies and needed to recover credits to graduate.

Charter schools are public schools that are tuition - free and open to any student who wishes to attend.

School districts like Portland that sue people who request records, or charter networks who claim their officials aren't subject to open records law because they work for private nonprofits?

Only charter school operators with successful track records will be allowed to open or expand charter schools in these districts, and they must make meaningful efforts to attract, enroll, and retain low - income students, students scoring sub-proficient on the MCAS, English Language Learners, special - education students, students who have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out, and other students who are on the short end of our achievement gaps.

These groups, including the Texas chapter of the NAACP, the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, and the Texas State Teachers Association, are obviously and blatantly placing the priorities of adults and their special interests ahead of the kids who are languishing in under - performing schools or on waiting lists for openings in charters that are in need of expansion capital to accommodate demand.

The over 1,200 students who filled up all eight public charter schools that opened this fall are clearly proof of this demand.

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Two new public charter schools are due to open — and hundreds of families who've been stuck on waiting lists, will finally have access to a great neighborhood school....

It was open to all students who were switching out of a public charter, district school or entering first grade or kindergarten.

«My hope is that she has a very open mind... and doesn't think the Michigan approach is the right one,» said Peter Cunningham, a former Obama Education Department official who is now executive director of the Education Post, a nonprofit group that supports charter schools.