Sentences with phrase «school choice week ended»

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National School Choice Week has just ended and what a week it Week has just ended and what a week it week it was!

School Choice And Education Reform A Big Winner This Session April 26, 2016 by Brett Kittredge After an intense four months, the 2016 legislative session came to an end last week.

The event, titled «Stronger Together, A Celebration of School Choice» marks the end of National School Choice Week, a public campaign to make K - 12 students and their parents aware of options in education.

The state's governor, Bobby Jindal, is looking to further burnish the state's efforts on the teacher quality front this week with his proposal to eliminate near - lifetime employment for laggard teachers with unsatisfactory ratings on the state's new teacher evaluation system, while pushing further on expanding charters by allowing successful charter operators to expand without having to go through the current approval process, and allowing the state education department to authorize charters throughout the state (and thus, ending efforts by traditional districts to restrict school choice within their boundaries).

Last week, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten wrote a piece in Huffington Post that typifies the union mentality, trashing school choice, before donning the good - witch mask to end with «We are at a pivotal moment — a moment when we must reclaim the promise of public education without further detours, distractions and delays.»

On this week's Midweek Monitor, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's battle to expand school choice and end tenure; casts an eye on Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle Bernard.

«If you simply cut spending with your existing spending choices, you will end with less for less,» said Schleicher, citing school districts in Oklahoma that cut the number of school days to four from five each week.

As we celebrate National School Choice Week, I can't help but think of how a single choice changed the course my life and how differently things would have ended up for me had I not been given the chance to experience the transformative power of a high - quality educChoice Week, I can't help but think of how a single choice changed the course my life and how differently things would have ended up for me had I not been given the chance to experience the transformative power of a high - quality educchoice changed the course my life and how differently things would have ended up for me had I not been given the chance to experience the transformative power of a high - quality education.

For the best chance of being assigned to your school of choice, be sure to submit your application anytime during the first registration period, which typically ends during the first week of February.