Many AFT members who
work in charter schools in cities across the country have similar stories.)
She then went on to
work in charter schools in the South Bronx and Lower East Side, starting in 2006, in the role of learning specialist, special education coordinator, and eventually director of special education.
Not exact matches
«Next year, we want to expand to
work with both
charters and traditional district
schools in other urban regions.»
The start - up will begin
working with four private partner
schools in the fall, then partner with up to 10
schools, including at least one
charter school, the following year.
Sandy was also the
charter school developer for YouthBuild Charter School of California, a high school diploma program for out of school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim pri
charter school developer for YouthBuild Charter School of California, a high school diploma program for out of school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim prin
school developer for YouthBuild
Charter School of California, a high school diploma program for out of school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim pri
Charter School of California, a high school diploma program for out of school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim prin
School of California, a high
school diploma program for out of school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim prin
school diploma program for out of
school / out of work youth, located in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim prin
school / out of
work youth, located
in Watts, East Los Angeles and El Monte; for which she also served as interim principal.
Although many think that the jury is still out, those of us who
work in these public
charter schools would reply with a resounding Yes!
She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, was a founder of a private Waldorf
School (Sanderling
School in Carlsbad, CA) and now strives through the
Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children at Journey
School where she has
worked for the past 14 years.
This document illustrates the trends and test results at Golden Valley
Charter School in Sacramento where test results exceed state requirements, as they do at charter schools across California working out of the principles of Public Waldorf Edu
Charter School in Sacramento where test results exceed state requirements, as they do at
charter schools across California working out of the principles of Public Waldorf Edu
charter schools across California
working out of the principles of Public Waldorf Education.
When I
worked as a nutrition director for a small
charter high
school in Boston, I learned about a company called City Fresh, which somehow manages to make fresh, healthy meals that comply with US nutritional standards and cost only a little more than the average
school lunch.
«I will continue to
work to extend mayoral control because I believe very strongly
in the accountability it provides, but I also believe that the 50,000 boys and girls
in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx who are now on waiting lists for a seat inside a
charter school deserve the best possible education we can provide,» Flanagan said
in the statement.
At a City Hall rally, de Blasio claimed he's done everything he can to accommodate
charters and offered to «sit down anytime, anywhere» for «a constructive dialogue about how we can
work with
charter schools and with parents who are
in charter schools.»
The
Working Families Party is ramping up its rhetoric against
charter school exec Eva Moskowitz
in a sharply - worded letter set to be released to more than 100,000 members this evening.
In addition, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and many in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of charter school
In addition, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and many
in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of charter school
in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to
work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on the issue of
charter schools.
He said the union also needs to
work to make permanent the ban on the use of state ELA and math tests
in teacher evaluations and to make sure the
charter school cap is not increased.
Moskowitz,
in a statement issued after the visit, said she was «pleased to welcome Speaker Ryan,» so that he could «see firsthand what is
working,» with the
charter school system.
For eight years, she's been the lightning rod of the
charter movement, raising millions from hedge funders and foundations as she aggressively
worked her close connections to the Bloomberg administration to take over space
in public
schools.
Gov. Paterson said, «We're hoping that some issues of co-location of
charter schools and public
schools can be
worked out
in New York City.»
But the mayor — whose approval ratings took a beating
in the polls amid the
school space fight — is now seeking peace with
charter operators and vows to
work with them.
The Eva Moskowitz - run
charter school planned to move two grades into the building Wadleigh now shares with two other
schools — a move that is still
in the
works.
Matthew Titone, who has 954 students on waiting lists
in his district on Staten Island's North Shore, said
charter schools in his area «do excellent
work serving kids with special needs.»
Lasher, who has faced questions over his
work for
charter schools in the past, was bolstered this week when he was endorsed by a half dozen sitting Democratic state senators.
NYSUT and its largest local affiliate, the UF, today sued to block the SUNY
Charter Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to work in SUNY - authorized charter s
Charter Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to work in SUNY - authorized charter s
Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to
work in SUNY - authorized
charter s
charter schoolsschools.
To be fair, he likely promised as much to win the union's backing to take over the Assembly leadership — and no matter that some Assembly Democrats oppose the UFT's efforts to, for example, kill the
charter schools that are
working miracles
in high - poverty, minority neighborhoods.
c)
in fact has
worked in many instances to obstruct, delay and otherwise frustrate elements of the reform agenda including the use of neighborhood
schools,
charter schools and all other available vehicles and opportunities to provide seats
in performing
schools to all children
in the BPS,
In conversations before Malliotakis» arrival, several attendees focused on the changes being
wrought by gentrification and the consequential need for affordable housing and on
charter schools as their top political interests.
Then, he took those lightweight twinkletoes and gave poor and
working class New Yorkers the chance to send their children to mostly superior
charter schools intsead of leaving them
in the cesspools of the public system (and,
in the process, forced the public system to get much better because of the competition.)
Mr. Green, too, campaigned vigorously, emphasizing the
work he had done
in education, primarily
in establishing a
charter school in the district.
And chiming
in on behalf of
charters, James Merriman, CEO of the New York City
Charter School Center: «The charter sector is looking forward to building a strong working relationship with incoming Commissione
Charter School Center: «The
charter sector is looking forward to building a strong working relationship with incoming Commissione
charter sector is looking forward to building a strong
working relationship with incoming Commissioner Elia.
Forcina, a former Marine who
worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses
in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of
charter schools in his district.
«As New York City's
charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.
charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.
schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders
in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent
Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.
Schools «
Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.
Charter school families have many champions
in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»
It's a strategy that's
worked for her before, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo came
in as an unofficial savior of
charter schools during a battle with de Blasio over
school space.
It's also not lost on observers that Education Reform Now, the group that has been running an ad campaign accusing the UFT of blocking a measure to lift the
charter school cap and causing the state to lose out
in the first round of «Race to the Top» cash, is being repped by KnickerbockerSKD — a firm that also
works for Bloomberg.
A group of parents with children
in schools co-located with Success Academy
charters is calling on the New York State Education Department to temporarily halt all construction work in public school buildings by Success Academy Charters chief Eva Mo
charters is calling on the New York State Education Department to temporarily halt all construction
work in public
school buildings by Success Academy
Charters chief Eva Mo
Charters chief Eva Moskowitz.
Politico NY reports that there may be a compromise
in the
works,
in which the freeze would continue, but
charter schools would still see a boost
in per - pupil tuition reimbursements.
But his efforts came too late; Mr. Cuomo and Republicans
in the State Senate were already
working in private to provide a lifeline to
charter schools, seizing on what they saw as the mayor's political weakness.
With his popularity sagging
in polls, Mr. de Blasio
worked aggressively to ease tensions with
charter school advocates.
WBFO asked him if,
in the event his appeal is unsuccessful, he would be satisfied with his
work with
charter schools as his educational legacy.
She and others cited Espaillat's
work to fund universal prekindergarten, to ban standardized testing
in kindergarten through 2nd grade and to ensure public audits of
charter schools.
The teacher
in the video, Charlotte Dial,
works at a Success Academy
charter school in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid
in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker
work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of
charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.
Mitch has spent the past 20 years
working in a variety of roles and capacities
in the field of education,
in both district and
charter schools.
Summit Preparatory
Charter High
School in Redwood City, California, uses different seating configurations for independent
work, collaborative
work, mini lessons, and large - group discussions.
05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a
charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP
schools across the country operate on longer days — her
school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to
work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.
The superintendents and
school boards
in these cities do not score points with teachers unions by
working directly with
charters.
The book profiles heroic
charter school teachers and leaders and chronicles their 80 - hour
work weeks, their meetings
in teacher's homes to retool instruction because of new data, and their personal commitment to taking students to visit colleges.
The task force spent nearly five hours taking testimony from pre-selected presenters who don't
work in charter schools every day like I do and,
in most cases, don't
work in or attend any
school at all.
In addition to those issues of contention, Buras raised conspiracy theories in which she accused other hands at work — mainly the government — of eyeing New Orleans as the «charter school experiment of the nation.&raqu
In addition to those issues of contention, Buras raised conspiracy theories
in which she accused other hands at work — mainly the government — of eyeing New Orleans as the «charter school experiment of the nation.&raqu
in which she accused other hands at
work — mainly the government — of eyeing New Orleans as the «
charter school experiment of the nation.»
(10/8/09)
Charter Schools Narrow Achievement Gaps
in New York City (10/1/09) What Congress Is Not
Working On (9/24/09)
Charter Schools, Unions, and Linking Teachers with Student Achievement Data (9/17/09)
Some
charter schools, such as KIPP DC, have been successful
working in racially isolated
schools in poor neighborhoods, developing specialized teaching strategies and support for students who come to
school years behind.
In «Inside Successful District -
Charter Compacts,» Richard Whitmire looks at a few places where charter schools and traditional district schools are working to
Charter Compacts,» Richard Whitmire looks at a few places where
charter schools and traditional district schools are working to
charter schools and traditional district
schools are
working together.