charter schools

One is about how much autonomy charter schools should really have.

British reformers sometimes talk casually about the benefits of American "charter schools" as though this was some well-defined category.

The UK coalition plans to introduce charter schools; we shall have to see whether that delivers results.

If charter schools are to raise the standards of regular schools, parents need to be able to distinguish good schools from bad.

On the whole, though, the rise of charter schools in American cities has brought dynamism to one of the tougher areas of reform.

Charter schools get public money but do not have to follow the same rules as traditional public schools.

As charter schools remain politically contentious, though, they have been careful not to use that phrase in public.

In any case, charter schools do not have to follow all of the same rules as traditional public schools.

Charter schools, which are privately run but publicly financed, have been faring well on standardized tests in recent years.

He urges state governments to permit more charter schools to be established and to increase their funding.

Some of the most popular American charter schools offer longer school days and shorter summer holidays.

The Bush Administration supports charter schools as a choice for parents whose local schools are bad.

Chapter Two is to explore the feature of management and the role of charter school. The feature is the lifeline of charter schools.

Class sizes may be smaller in charter schools, but the teachers often have less power through unions than in traditional schools.

Supporters of charter schools say the results show nothing about student progress overtime or about individual schools.

The researchers compared the scores of fourth grade students in charter schools with those in traditional public schools.

The current emphasis on more charter schools, high-stakes testing, and privatization is simply not supported by research.

Supporters of charter schools say the results show nothing about student progress over time or about individual schools.

The KIPP schools are the most striking example of a movement that is improving education across America: the rise of "charter" schools.

The parent contract is a new way widely used to attract parents to involve in some charter schools at present.

The encouraging conclusion is that such charter schools can be dramatically effective, especially for poor children and ethnic minorities.

In the United States, the rules for charter schools differ from state to state.

Nor are charter schools a panacea for the failings of some of the most deprived inner city areas.

This complaint annoys supporters, who point out that nationally most pupils in charter schools are black or Latino.

The Green Charter Schools Network holds its first national conference this October in Minnesota.

But he also speaks eloquently about introducing more merit pay and creating more charter schools.

They studied other charter schools, including a similar Chinese immersion one in Minnesota.

Some popular American charter schools now offer longer school days and shorter summer holidays.

He says there are about 200 " green" charter schools across the United States.

Do charter schools' pupils do better at tests because they have been coached intensively at the expense of a broad education?

This includes raising standards and expanding the role of charter schools and merit pay for teachers.

His education reforms, which included the opening of 111 charter schools, have become a model for other districts.

Charter schools operate with public money, but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools.

In America's Aspire charter schools, which have done best in the rankings, teachers follow strict guidelines to chart each pupil's progress.

But the study showed that charter schools connected with a public school system performed about the same as traditional schools.

In July 2005 the Knowledge Is Power Programme, a national network of charter schools, opened its first outpost in Orleans Parish.

But the study shows that charter schools connected with a public school system performed about the same as traditional schools.

Jim McGrath is president of the Green Charter Schools Network.

Charter schools operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditionalpublishpublic schools.

And now a group of charter schools have formed the Green Charter Schools Network.

Riordan agrees and points out that ICEF has been spending "40% more per school than other charter schools" in the city.

Public schools, education generation stamps, charter schools and family education is the most important four education system.

Supporters of charter schools, however, found much to criticize in the study .

Since Minnesota started the experiment in 1991, most states have introduced independent, or charter, schools in some form.

And now, a group of charter schoolshashave formed the Green Charter Schools Network.

Others, such as Massachusetts, are stricter and close down charter schools that are failing to deliver.

The US Charter schools, which now educate 365, 000 pupils, are non-fee paying and non-profit making.

They have greater freedom to decide what to teach and how to teach. Class sizes may be smaller in charter schools.

He urged the states, for example, to stop restricting the number of charter schools.

So attention is moving to other reforms, such as independent "charter" schools.

Many charter schools have specialized areas of study such as science, mass media, or the arts.

But there are only 209 charter schools in all of Texas, and the legislature has capped their number at 215.

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president of the Green Charter Schools Network