Sentences with phrase «school expansion options»

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Major issues during the 2015 legislative session included road funding, state budget, income tax cuts, broadband expansion, school calendars, local option sales taxes, medical marijuana, eminent domain, banning traffic cameras, and a sales tax increase.

The expansion of charter and magnet schools, along with private school options, does provide some opportunities for children in high - poverty areas to attend schools that are more mixed in terms of class and income.

Currently, the data show that we are in the process of subsidizing an expansion of a substantially separate — by race, class, disability and possibly language [6]-- sector of schools, with little to no evidence suggesting that it provides a systematically better option for families — or that access to these schools of choice is fairly available to all.

If state policymakers want to dampen the regressive distributional effects of the 529 expansion, or enhance its impact on school choice, or both, what options do they have?

Charter agreements have four «systematic advantages» over the current arrangement of schools: the ability to start new, diversity of options, the opportunity for replication and expansion, and the possibility of closure.

Given that Americans use the school - choice options available to them, it is worth asking, Do Americans support the expansion of choice, especially when it is targeted to disadvantaged students?

Home schooling has gained wider attention and more - mainstream acceptance as the numbers of students learning at home doubled in the past decade — a trend driven in some measure by the expansion of online schooling options.

Parents and general public should be aware that public school closings in many cities are accompanied by the simultaneous expansion of charter schools and non-public options — schools which have become the darlings of corporate reform, but whose track records are often worse that those of comparable public schools.

Total project cost was $ 6.3 million; an expansion into a middle school and pre-school on a recently optioned adjacent parcel is planned for fall 2012.

Area May Get 6 New Charter Schools The Globe highlights Brooke's expansion to Chelsea in a look at the growing number of excellent educational options for students in that region.

Governor Phil Bryant was sworn in to his second term as governor today, and delivered an inaugural address where he touched on many of his priorities, including the expansion of school choice options to more Mississippi families.

March 7, 2016 - Lansing, Mich. - The Michigan College Access Network is excited to announce an expansion of the annual network conference this year from one day to two days packed with break - out sessions, flexible package options and comprehensive programming to support students, counselors and schools.

Vitter views education as Louisiana's most important challenge and advocates expansion of school choice options.

CSDC Direct offers a variety of loan products that provide charter schools — especially new schools with little or no operating or credit history, and those serving low - income communities — with affordable financing options for the acquisition, construction, renovation and expansion of educational facilities.

Without No Child, there would be no Common Core, no overhaul of teacher evaluations (or focus on revamping how we recruit, train, and compensate teachers), or no expansion of school choice options.

Ensure quality public schools are accessible to all families in Los Angeles by supporting the improvement of existing schools, a needs - based expansion of quality school options and improved school transportation availability

While this expansion of options has benefitted many families, there are still roughly 160,000 students — mostly low - income students and students of color - attending persistently low - performing schools in Los Angeles.

Incoming Vice President Mike Pence has overseen a rapid creation and expansion of private - school vouchers in his home state of Indiana, which could serve as a blueprint as Trump and his team assess how to put more dollars toward choice options.

A decision item to choose which expansion option is on the School Board Agenda for Tuesday at 4 pm.

The move will force Grosse Pointe to compete with other districts for the families it serves, especially those dissatisfied with the district's offerings and more than willing to go elsewhere; it could even spur the expansion of school options — especially charters and online providers — within the communities the district serves.

In other words, this strategy of district - wide school improvement will only work if there are better options available for families, either through expansion of pre-existing high - performing public schools, either charter or traditional, or through the establishment of new high - performing schools.

During her 12 years of service, as a legislator and mom, Morgan championed the expansion of school choice options for Georgia parents.

The Park City High School expansion Architectural firm had a preliminary unveiling last week where design options were laid out and students and faculty could look over the plans, ask questions and give input.

Such programs are often touted as a major, and efficient, expansion of school choice options by supporters.

[3] touted as a major, and efficient, expansion of school choice options by supporters.: https://www.edchoice.org/blog/esas-k-12-education-theyre-different-coverdell-esas/?returnstate=nevada

Park City School District's high school expansion committee presented four design options in Tuesday night's public input seSchool District's high school expansion committee presented four design options in Tuesday night's public input seschool expansion committee presented four design options in Tuesday night's public input session.

Charter school operators say the underenrolled schools are perfect for their expansion plans because they have plenty of space and a poor academic record, so a better option is needed.

The CSP provides grants to fund the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation, giving students access to more options for their education.

This would make it a very attractive option for a local authority which might otherwise find itself having to fund the expansion of existing schools to provide the necessary places to satisfy its statutory duty to educate the children in its area.

Programs limited to small populations, such as students eligible for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program, tend only to fill empty seats at existing private schools but don't do much to encourage innovation or even the expansion of existing options.

School Choice Ohio is the only statewide organization that educates parents on the education options available for their children and advocates for the expansion of quality education options for every Ohio child.

Beginning with the introduction of charter schools in the early 1990's, along with the expansion of choice options in many urban districts, a growing community of parents and educators seeking alternatives to conventional public schooling continues to fuel exponential growth in the public Montessori sector.

The alliance and Powell take an all - options - on - the - table approach to education reform, meaning they push for private - school vouchers and expansion of homeschooling.

Still, there are many growing school communities where capacity expansion is the only option.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

The budget outline would fulfill the president's campaign promise to make an unprecedented federal investment in school choice, including the expansion of charter schools and publicly funded private school options.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

Great Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public oSchools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public oschools as well as many other types of public options.

As Matt Yglesias very fairly pointed out, the author, Natalie Hopkinson, failed to cite student achievement data to back her claim that residential segregation and the expansion of the charter school sector have left many DC families with only «mediocre» public school options.

These intra-district restrictions are matched by the longstanding opposition to the expansion of charter schools and other forms of choice that would avail poor families (as well as middle - class counterparts) of other options.

Vitter called education Louisiana's most important challenge and advocated expansion of school choice options.

He is making his second run for the position and opposes the Common Core State Standards and favors expansion of educational options — including taxpayer - funded vouchers — other than public schools.

While charter school expansion is part of an education privatization movement favored by Republicans in particular, who say families need more choice when it comes to kids» educational options, the movement has been dogged by controversy as several charter schools have abruptly closed almost as soon as they opened due to financial and governance problems.