Our founders envisioned a free, public school alternative where all students would be held to the highest academic and behavioral expectations, and college would become a reality. (excelacademy.org)
Parents and children deserve choices, he said, and the Legislature tried to provide flexibility for public school alternatives meeting those goals. (fundeducationnow.org)
Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance. (educationnext.org)