Sentence examples for contract schools from inspiring English sources

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to raise the cap, but the teachers' union may try to block the measure.The future of performance and contract schools, meanwhile, is unclear.

After five years ONS will assess each new school to judge whether to renew its contract.So far 55 schools have opened: 32 charter campuses, 19 performance schools and four contract schools.

Chicago's charter and contract schools, which operate with more autonomy, offer the longest school days in the city, with some in session more than two hours longer per day than neighborhood schools.

In Chicago, Ren 10 is opening charter schools and trying to bring their flexibility to two new models: "performance" schools, where teachers are unionised, and "contract" schools, which may hire non-union teachers but must still abide by some district rules.The first step is to identify the seeds of a good school.

Success at Williams and at other new small schools that Mr. Duncan has started or strengthened, which include some 20 charter schools, emboldened him to draft Chicago's sweeping new plans for the 100 new schools, which are to open by 2010 and include 30 additional charters and another 30 new contract schools, created by private groups that sign five-year, renewable contracts with the district.

The Knowledge Is Power Program runs charter and contract schools in Washington, D.C., the Bronx and elsewhere.

As a "contract school" the academic curriculum is funded by Chicago Public Schools (CPS), yet it relies on generous private donors who underwrite the arts programming and curriculum.

Rawls' justice theory is located within the 'social contract' school, which views states as the primary actors in international relations, consistent with dominant international relations theories and the classic hierarchy of foreign policy goals.

Under so-called pouring rights contracts, schools allow Coke and bottlers like Pepsi to put machines in hallways and cafeterias in exchange for a share of the profits.

In the midst of contracting school budgets and test-oriented curricula, the idea of reviving home economics as part of a broad offensive against obesity might sound outlandish.

In a session at the World Trade Center that lasted less than 15 minutes, the commissioners voted on lease agreements, consulting contracts, school noise-proofing and claim settlements with no discussion.