Sentences with phrase «as educational choice programs»

As educational choice programs enlarge the demand for private schooling, the private schools that follow Smarick's advice will be better positioned to grow to meet that demand.

Not exact matches

The use of interdistrict - choice programs is unlikely to increase most students» educational opportunities significantly, a new report concludes, despite recent attention to the idea as a means of reducing economic and racial segregation and giving students in low - performing public schools a chance to find a better school.

As Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute details in the report, publicly funded educational choice programs have a mixed record in court, but STC laws have a perfect record of withstanding constitutional challenges.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

Here is the (likely) final tally for new and expanded choice programs in 2015, as well as the private educational choice lawsuits decided this year or still pending:

As of my last update in late September, 15 states had adopted 21 new or expanded educational choice programs, including three education savings account laws, clearly making 2015 the «Year of Educational Choice.&choice programs, including three education savings account laws, clearly making 2015 the «Year of Educational Choice.&Choice.»

Scholarship tax credits would expand educational opportunities for Idaho families, building on long - standing state policies encouraging private investments in education, as well as successful school choice programs in other states.

As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquAs Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquAs much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquas reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»

Supporters say such programs would force schools to be competitive, fostering an environment that would create educational innovation as well as offer parents more choices when it comes to their children's education.

As of 2015, 23 of the 59 educational choice programs nationwide required some form of standardized testing, including:

The Supreme Court, in cases culminating in Agostini [v. Felton], has established the general principle that state educational assistance programs do not have the primary effect of advancing religion if those programs provide public aid to both sectarian and nonsectarian institutions (1) on the basis of neutral, secular criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion; and (2) only as a result of numerous private choices of the individual parents of school - age children.

We hope policymakers, philanthropists, and practitioners of educational choice programs will look to these results as confirmation of the success of America's largest private school choice program and as encouragement to expand K - 12 options for families across the country.»

Several bills that would have curtailed charters and Louisiana's choice programs were fended off as legislators recognized the importance of offering educational options to parents.

School choice programs with design flaws will not show the same high degrees of efficacy and educational performance as well - designed programs.

He has published numerous studies on educational choice programs with organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Pioneer Institute, the Show - Me Institute, and the Caesar Rodney Institute.

The claim that charter schools achieve superior test results as a result of effort, choice, accountability, educational program, governance structure, or some other reason, is frequently cited by charter school lobbyists at the legislature and the CT State Department of Education.

School choice programs, such as tax - credit scholarships, could greatly expand the number of low - income families who might access vital educational opportunities.

In a very short time, education choice enrollment in Mississippi has grown significantly; new programs have been added as parents have sought new educational options for their children.

As you can imagine, those families are not exactly going to be looking to access a K — 12 educational choice program.

Longitudinal evaluations of the effects of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school cChoice Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school choicechoice.

Proponents of the statewide school voucher program, known as the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, claim that expansion would improve the state's K - 12 educational program, known as the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, claim that expansion would improve the state's K - 12 educational Program, claim that expansion would improve the state's K - 12 educational system.

First, public school choice programs (such as charter and interdistrict magnet schools) in Connecticut are all required by Connecticut law to provide children with an equal educational opportunity and to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students (except technical schools).

«Just as with all constitutional educational choice programs, parents — not government officials — decide the best means to educate their child,» said Tim Keller, executive directorof the Institute for Justice Arizona Chapter, which represented parents in the case.

Keri Hunter serves as EdChoice» svice president of training and outreach at EdChoice, where she manages the organization's team of EdChoice Experts, administers a portfolio of grant programs and plans and executes training conferences across the United States for legislators, parents and other educational choice stakeholders.

The bottom line if we want to continue moving the needle on educational choice is that legislators need to hear from people close to them — friends, neighbors, colleagues — who want more schooling options as well as those who've been helped by choice programs.

As a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmospherAs a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmospheras educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmosphere.

The closest U.S. equivalent of Sweden's voucher program may be educational choice programs for students with disabilities, such as Florida's McKay Scholarship Program, which allocates almost the exact amount to private schools as public schools would have received to educate those chprogram may be educational choice programs for students with disabilities, such as Florida's McKay Scholarship Program, which allocates almost the exact amount to private schools as public schools would have received to educate those chProgram, which allocates almost the exact amount to private schools as public schools would have received to educate those children.

As an aside, it's worth noting that Gallup asked Americans for their opinion on a federally funded school choice program, and there's plenty of discussion right now in the educational choice community about what role, if any, the federal government should have in an initiative that has been largely driven at the state level for the past quarter - century.

This is an important message as the program is under attack from those who would like to repeal educational choice options.»

VLS initiated its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to assist alumni entering low paying, public interest law with educational loan payments; thereby minimizing educational debt as a consideration in career choice.