Sentences with phrase «whole charter school movement»

I guess that is sort of what bugs a lot of people about the whole charter school movement in general though.

It seems to me that the whole charter school movement, at which KIPP is at the forefront, has benefited the small percent of students who make it through the KIPP program — they have a lot of attrition — and also benefits «the adults» like the teachers and the administrators there, but that benefit has come at a much much larger cost, the destruction of neighborhood schools and displacement of unwanted students.

Not exact matches

Following that, I would love to work as program director or project manager in one of the districts, charter management organizations, or nonprofits working at the forefront of the movement to redesign schools or transform learning through whole - district reform.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole.

That was 1996, about five years in to the movement and there wasn't a whole lot of attention being paid to charter schools then.

«For me... that is the problem with the movement of charter schools is that it's about fighting and dividing, not collaborating and strengthening public schools as a whole entity,» Nelson said.

So, overall, I don't think there is a theoretical argument against charter schools as a whole, but there is one about the conception of them in the charter school movement.