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Charter School Association of Nevada
Legislative Outlook 2017
Chartering better education for Nevada
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IMPORTANT EVENT TOMORROW!
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The 74 – May 15th, 2017
Americans have “largely positive reactions to charter schools and vouchers,” despite being unfamiliar with the specifics of these education initiatives, a new poll by The Associated Press finds.
New York Daily News – May 17th, 2017
A record 73,000 city kids applied for seats in publicly funded, privately run charter schools in 2017, a study published Wednesday shows. That number is up 7% from the 68,000 who applied last year, according to the NYC Charter School Center. In addition, the number of kids waitlisted for charter school seats increased from 44,000 in 2016 to 47,000 in 2017, according to the charter center’s tally.
Newsone - May 17th, 2017
A record 73,000 city kids applied for seats in publicly funded, privately run charter schools in 2017, a study published Wednesday shows. That number is up 7% from the 68,000 who applied last year, according to the NYC Charter School Center. In addition, the number of kids waitlisted for charter school seats increased from 44,000 in 2016 to 47,000 in 2017, according to the charter center’s tally.
Business Insider - May 10th, 2017
There was a clear pattern running through this year's list of America's best public high schools, compiled by US News & World Report. It wasn't that four of the top five schools are located in Arizona — though that does happen to be true. It's that those four schools, and one other in seventh place, are all run by a charter school network founded by two economists nearly 20 years ago.
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Opinion/Commentary Articles
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Please Note: The following is a sampling of opinion articles about charter schools that appeared in the media. The opinions in these articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Charter School Association of Nevada (CSAN).
Los Angeles Daily News – May 13th, 2017
Charter school have gone from acceptance to excellence, and now are outperforming their traditional public school counterparts, multiple recent school rankings revealed.
U.S. News and World Report released its 2017 U.S. News Best High Schools National Rankings in late April. For the first time, charter schools comprised a majority of the top schools, taking six of the top 10 spots, including the top three. Pacific Collegiate Charter in Santa Cruz topped the list of California schools and ranked 10th nationally. It was one of eight California charter schools to crack the top 100 national rankings.
Charter Schools are Public Schools
My San Antonio – May 12th, 2017
At long last, there is significant momentum for funding charter school facilities this legislative session.
As lifelong San Antonians, we know the importance of quality education, especially education that prepares students for success in high school, college, trade school or community college. This is why we volunteer as board members for
KIPP San Antonio Public Schools
. Students in San Antonio and across our state deserve our involvement and our community’s support. Teachers and students can’t do it on their own.
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Community Calendar
Th
e following is a list of events put on by Schools and organizations throughout the state:
Event: Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas to Host Second Annual All-Girls Math Tournament
Date: Sunday, May 21 12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Note:
More than 300 third through eighth grade students from public, private, charter and home schools across the Las Vegas Valley will attend Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas’ (CASLV) second annual Southern Nevada Girls Math Tournament (SNG Math).
Free for all interested students and families, competitors will test their skills by solving problems created by CASLV mathletes who qualified for advanced invitational math tournaments. The competition will consist of individual and team rounds as well as a guest speech and award ceremony.
The 2017 SNG Math Tournament is organized by the CASLV A-Stem Math program and Las Vegas Math Circle to help encourage mathematical interest among female students.
Attendees will compete for the following prizes:
First place: $100 Visa or Target gift card
Second place: $50 Visa or Target gift card
Third place: $25 Visa or Target gift card
Fourth and fifth place: $10 gift Visa or Target gift card
Individual winners will receive medals and all participants will be given a t-shirt.
Students can register here.
Event:
Utah Association of Public Charter Schools 11th annual charter school conference
Date:
June 6-7th, 2017
Note:
Greetings!
I just wanted to reach out and send a quick reminder to everyone to register for the
11th Charter School Conference
on
June 6-7th
before the early bird registration expires
this Friday
!
Regardless of membership in the Association, we hope this conference will be a place where best practices can be shared, continuing education credits earned, peer to peer networking increases and where we can come together to educate and empower one another to keep moving forward in this awesome work we do!
I attached a conference flier and the classes that will be taught during the two days! Here are a few links that will
showcase our great keynotes
this year! Hopefully that will give you an idea of the incredible event we have put together to celebrate our successes as a movement! Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help register your folks!
See you in June!
Best Regards,
Tina Smith
Chief Operations Officer
Utah Association of Public Charter Schools
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Education Blogs, Forums and Resources
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