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During Louisiana's celebration of National School Choice Week parents from across the state engaged in passionate discussions about the importance of all types of education options for children.

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«National School Lunch Week helps us educate parents and students about all the benefits of our lunch program, and the appealing choices we offer.»

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Washington — Some of the leading proponents of «choice» in education told a Senate panel last week that increased competition in the educational marketplace would result in better schools and more satisfied parents, students, and teachers.

Earlier this week, Education Next released two articles that shed light on how parents who exercise school choice feel about the schools their children attend.

This week, a dozen civil rights groups issued a statement in support of testing, noting that when parents opt out, even over legitimate concerns, «they're not only making a choice for their own child, they're inadvertently making a choice to undermine efforts to improve schools for every child.»

Although it is billed as a network of students and parents, School Choice Week is one of the many corporate - funded tactics to press virtual school reSchool Choice Week is one of the many corporate - funded tactics to press virtual school reschool reforms.

We'd like to thank HCREO and BAEO for partnering with us, and we'd like to thank Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, the Foundation for Excellence in Education and National School Choice Week's Andrew Campanella for going above and beyond in getting the word and offering up some sweet tweets.

A majority of Americans support school choice, including the idea of providing tax - funded scholarships for poor parents to send their children to public, private, or parochial schools, according to a poll released last week.

The Louisiana Federation for Children joined with parents, grandparents and community leaders in Baton Rouge and New Orleans to celebrate National School Choice Week.

During National School Choice Week, I encourage parents to explore innovative educational alternatives, and I challenge students to dream big and work hard for the futures they deserve.

Now, with less than two weeks before the school year was supposed to start, the parents of 350 students might have another choice to make — depending, of course, on the fate of their latest legal maneuver.

This week the Association of American Educators joins groups of students, parents, and community leaders across the country in celebrating National School Choice Week 2week the Association of American Educators joins groups of students, parents, and community leaders across the country in celebrating National School Choice Week 2Week 2015!

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The week is also designed to empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children and supports a variety of school choice options — from encouraging increased access to great public schools, to public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, private schools, homeschooling and more.

National School Choice Week shines a positive spotlight on the education options selected by parents, students and teachers around the country.

This is School Choice Week, and undoubtedly there will be blog posts and podcasts championing free - market competition, vouchers for private schools, parents» rights, yadda, yadda, yadda.

The school choice reforms adopted by the legislature this year are already receiving national attention with the Washington Times saying, «Mississippi parents and school choice advocates hit a trifecta last week» after expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program occurred on the same day.

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.

CARSON CITY — The legal battle over Nevada's school choice law allowing parents to tap into taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition is inching closer to climax before the state's highest court in a case being watched around the country, though resolution could be weeks or months away.

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Nearly 1,000 students, parents, educators and advocates marched down Capitol Blvd. on Wednesday wearing matching yellow scarves and holding signs that read «Let me Learn» to celebrate National School Choice Week.

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Hundreds of students, joined by parents and teachers, filled the Capitol rotunda Tuesday morning wearing yellow felt scarves adorned with the National School Choice Week logo.

As our country celebrates National School Choice Week, I encourage parents to evaluate the educational opportunities available for their children.

During January's celebration of National School Choice Week, parents told us they valued putting children ahead of the interests of adults inside the system.

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.

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National School Breakfast Week helps us educate parents and students about all the healthy and appealing choices we offer.

In addition, more than a dozen governors, along with 500 mayors and county leaders, have issued official proclamations encouraging parents to use National School Choice Week to evaluate the educational options available to their children.

CRPE's report on how parents in eight high - choice cities choose public schools for their kids is the feature of this Education Week article.

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MYcroSchool Gainesville parents, students, and staff celebrated National School Choice Week on January 26, 2016.

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During National School Choice Week, homeschool groups and homeschooling families celebrate the success of parents and students who are involved in home education.

Perkins said based on reports released this week, the school was selected as a first or second choice by more parents than any year prior.

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Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

By participating in National School Choice Week 2018, Cascade Policy Institute supports parents throughout Oregon and the U.S. in advocating for the ability to choose the best education possible for their children.

To raise awareness about all the choices parents have for K - 12 education today, Americans from coast to coast are celebrating National School Choice Week January 21 - 27, 2018.

Good Morning Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

Last week the organization released the results of a poll finding that 78 percent of parents support a charter school opening in their neighborhood and an equal number of parents favor more public school choices, regardless of where they live.

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A week after Wisconsin Watchdog trumpeted WILL's voucher findings, National Review Online did the same in an article headlined, «New Evidence on School Choice Successes in Wisconsin: Higher test scores for students who attend schools their parents freely choose.»

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