Sentences with phrase «with charter status»

A newly created charter school with a focus on diversity has the flexibility and responsiveness that comes with charter status.

The elected Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) retained authority over the system's 16 still - viable schools, an administrative domain that shrank further as several of the best schools fled central control for the greater autonomy that comes with charter status.

When one of Washington, D.C.'s highest - performing traditional public schools pursued plans to convert to a charter in 2006, the district agreed to several of its demands in exchange for the school's agreement to stop flirting with charter status.

In Chicago, however, we could not run similar analyses because grade configuration is too strongly correlated with charter status; we therefore can not rule out the possibility that positive results in Chicago could be partly attributable to eliminating the transition from middle school to high school.

Those with chartered status tend to earn a higher salary than those without chartership.

Those with chartered status and extensive experience may establish themselves as independent consultants.

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In particular, I think the attack on the Arab League peace initiative is bizarre and hopeless; I take the references to the «whole of Palestine» to again signal the refusal to recognise any status of the state of Israel; the concern to stress the illegitimacy of the Palestinan authority too suggests it is not simply Hamas but pro-traditionalist Hamas (when many observers believe there is an opportunity, with Hamas engaged in electoral politics, for it to drop the death to Israel position of its founding charter).

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.

He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...» Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant nearby, Engler reasoned that charter school authorizers should be outside the control of the traditional K — 12 system.

Meanwhile, we have already added 14 new charter schools during this period (with four more scheduled to open next fall), 25 new charters (including 5 Horace Mann charters) have been awarded (17 of these have involved «proven provider» status).

Improve financial management Most established academies have a chartered accountant as director of finance and administration, familiar with the accounting rules laid down by companies house as well as the statement of recommended practice (SORP) requirements associated with charitable status.

Although Al was never able — on this issue as on many other reforms that he knew were needed — to get the AFT's state and local affiliates to embrace his visionary thinking, his restlessness with the status quo, his boundless creativity, and his statesman - stature in the education field cause him legitimately to be viewed today as one of the parents of charter schooling in the U.S.

Charter schools with financial probationary standing should only have the charter status renewed for 1 year if the school is making prCharter schools with financial probationary standing should only have the charter status renewed for 1 year if the school is making prcharter status renewed for 1 year if the school is making progress.

When parents and students make the decision to seek a better education at a public charter school — which comes at no cost to them — they do so because they are dissatisfied with the status quo of traditional education.

Please visit our «At the Capitol» webpage to learn more about legislative advocacy, the status of legislation affecting charter schools, and how to build relationships with your Legislators.

Most charter schools do not adhere to the state salary schedule nor do most of them provide career status, or tenure, to their teachers to begin with.

Charters promised high student achievement and college - and - life - preparedness, but were new, largely untested, and, to some, «a nuisance;» a departure from the status quo that «didn't quite fit the rules of how our relationship with public schools operated,» explains Rebecca.

In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 («Title VI»), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 («Title IX»), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 («Section 504»), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 («ADA»), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 («The Age Act»), applicants for admission and employment, students, parents, employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and employment, and all unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with Capital City Public Charter School («Capital City») are hereby notified that Capital City Public Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities.

A hope operator is a nonprofit organization with tax exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that operates three or more charter schools that serve students in grades K - 12 in Florida or other states with a record of serving students from low - income families and is designated by the State Board of Education as a hope operator based on a determination that:

According to s. 1002.332, F.S., a high - performing charter school system is a municipality, other public entity, private non-profit corporation with tax - exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a private for - profit education management corporation that meets each of the following criteria:

A couple of decades ago, you would not have seen teachers unions and other groups intent on preserving the educational status quo bother to go to war with charter schools.

CCSA is working with charter schools across California to ensure that all students, regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high quality public school options.

We are disappointed with the way this round of PSC has devolved from a nationally recognized reform effort to a process where defenders of the status quo have sought to sideline external operators with proven ability to serve students, including charter schools.

Portrait of the Movement shows that charters are more concentrated than non-charters among schools with high academic status and high growth.

Charter schools are also more concentrated among schools with low academic status and low growth, but proportionally serve fewer students than low - performing non-charters.

«Option 2» was designed to provide charter schools with increased flexibility and autonomy for providing special education services for their students without forcing them to seek LEA status for special education in another area of the state.

IMA recently received charter status with MMSD and Toews said that move will cost the district $ 300,000 from the district this year.

After controlling for variables such as students» socio - economic status, we found that independent public charter schools (and non-instrumentalities) are much more efficient with taxpayer money.

Like many throughout the state, CCSA supported these efforts by joining with school districts and charter schools to protect, assure, foster and educate all students, regardless of their immigration status.

3 Moreover, in their book, Kahlenberg and Potter emphasize the importance of maintaining a focus on integration in education form; they quote Albert Shanker, founder of the charter school movement, saying, «children from socioeconomically deprived families do better academically when they are integrated with children of higher socioeconomic status and better - educated families,» and «when children converse, they learn from each other.

Results are provided for groups of students defined by shared characteristics — race or ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free / reduced - price school lunch, highest level of parental education, type of school, charter school, type of school location, region of the country, status as students with disabilities, and status as students identified as English language learners.

Special Education Legal Issues Laws and Legal Updates; Building Infrastructure to Serve a Full Continuum of Students with Exceptional Needs; Emerging Trends; Improving Access for Charter School Students and Preparing for LEA Status.

The numbers we got from Charter School Partners plotted only the top 15 percent performing schools, those with «reward» status.

In this era of a new administration in Washington that has espoused many viewpoints fundamentally at odds with the values held by the vast majority of Californians, we look forward to working with you to ensure that California's public school system, including its vibrant charter school sector, continues to ensure that absolutely all students regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high quality public school options.

Many charter schools, including some that were not planning to seek LEA status for special education, have experienced improvements in their relationships and special education arrangements with their authorizer as a result of submitting a letter notifying their authorizer and SELPA of their intent to explore alternative SELPA options.

The UTLA report suggests that L.A. Unified would save money on special education costs if all charters reverted to the «schools of the district» status, which is the old model for how charters used to operate regarding serving students with disabilities.

She first became acquainted with the charter school movement in 1994 while serving as a teacher leader at Montague Elementary when she co-authored the school's petition that converted Montague to charter status.

CCSA is actively working with SELPAs across the state to increase the options available to charter schools seeking LEA status for special education.

States should also seek to study and authorize charter schools that promote innovative high school designs with quality control systems in place or establish what is termed «innovation status» for traditional public schools.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network submitted a letter to the members of the Connecticut General Assembly urging them to support H.B. 7000: An Act Equalizing Access to Student - Generated Financial Aid, as well as S.B. 17: An Act Assisting Students Without Legal Immigration Status With The Cost Of College.

And these charter schools understand the benefit of a diverse educational community, with children of different socioeconomic status, race, and background all learning together.

Communicate vital facts to policy makers, advocates and authorizers about the status and progress of students with disabilities in charter schools;

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I'd like to think that people were there for the actual art exhibition, which was billed as an all - female, all - nude art show where 20 women artists, aged 21 to 60 - something, from Russia, Chile, and beyond, «explore a perspective less chartered, that of a woman's eye on another,» and in the process «challenge the status quo with a liberating and authentic beauty.»

CCD's mandate includes a wide range of advocacy to improve the status of persons with disabilities, providing a democratic structure for them to voice their concerns, law reform and policy development, and undertaking test case litigation under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and human rights legislation in support of persons with disabilities.

The fact that a Canadian court could not see the necessity of the strict application of Charter protections is a commentary on the status of protest rights in Canada when they come into conflict with powerful corporations.

So maybe to acknowledge the reality of their status above the rule of law, the reference to God in the opening line of the Charter should be replaced with the words, «law societies,» which would therefore appear before the phrase, «rule of law,» and immediately after the words, «supremacy of.»

Such an approach would be more consistent with Charter values of equality by providing children of single women with Indian status a chance at establishing Indian registration that is more comparable to that of the children of single Indian men, recognizing the effects of historical and contemporary discrimination that Indigenous women continue to face.