{"id":11275,"date":"2012-06-18T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11275"},"modified":"2018-11-06T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T19:03:11","slug":"npt-reports-charters-allowed-to-convert-some-failing-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2012\/06\/18\/npt-reports-charters-allowed-to-convert-some-failing-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"NPT Reports: Charters Allowed to Convert Some Failing Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2a38baJOI4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>State education officials in Tennessee will allow select charter schools to take over ten low-performing public schools in Nashville and 31 in Memphis, beginning in 2013. The announcement is part of the Tennessee Achievement School District, an aggressive plan by the state to turn around failing schools as part of the federally-funded Race to the Top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe have a real opportunity with what\u2019s going on in Tennessee but more importantly what\u2019s happening here in Nashville, for\u00a0 Nashville not just to be known as Music City but as a city that\u2019s leading the nation in creating a quality system of public schools for all kids,\u201d says Chris Barbic, Achievement School District Superintendent.<\/p>\n<p>The charter conversions of the public schools will be phased in, much like what is already happening in Nashville at Cameron Middle School<\/a>. LEAD Academy took over the fifth grade in 2011, creating Cameron College Prep. Next school year, the charter program will add 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade, then another grade each year through 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u2014until Cameron is all charter. <\/p>\n<p> LEAD Academy will begin a similar process this fall with Nashville\u2019s Brick Church Middle School. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it\u2019s not about charter schools, it\u2019s not about private schools, it\u2019s not about public schools,\u201d says Dr. Jesse Register, MNPS Director of Schools. \u201cIt is about good schools for all children and that\u2019s what we have to be about in this school system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Education officials have not said which public schools will be converted to charters.\u00a0 However, the move is aimed at so-called \u201cpriority schools\u201d \u2013 the ones that rank in the bottom five percent in student achievement in Tennessee. There are about 85 such schools altogether, with 69 of them located in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>Besides LEAD Academy, two other charter school operators will manage the take-overs.\u00a0 They are KIPP Academy, which already operate a charter school in Nashville; and Rocketship Education, based in California.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State education officials in Tennessee will allow select charter schools to take over ten low-performing public schools in Nashville and 31 in Memphis, beginning in 2013. 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