Sentences with phrase «support school choice bill»

Austin American - Statesman: Gov. Abbott Pledges to Support School Choice Bill this Session [VIDEO]

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Flanagan on Monday released three different bills for one -, two - and five - year extensions of mayoral control of the city's schools, with longer renewals tied to greater support for alternative educational choices.

Small high schools send larger shares of students to college, new study says ChalkbeatNY: The multi-year study examines a subset of 123 «small schools of choice» that opened between 2002 and 2008 with private funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and support from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»

SB61 — Louisiana's Public School Choice bill, authored by Sen. Ben Nevers (D - Bogaulsa), passed with tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, which will allow students attending a D or F - rated public school to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the stSchool Choice bill, authored by Sen. Ben Nevers (D - Bogaulsa), passed with tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, which will allow students attending a D or F - rated public school to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the stChoice bill, authored by Sen. Ben Nevers (D - Bogaulsa), passed with tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, which will allow students attending a D or F - rated public school to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the stschool to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the stschool of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the stchoice, provided the school has room for the stschool has room for the student.

Sen. Piccola & Sen. Williams» Senate Bill 1, Governor's Education Reform Plan Touted as Solutions (Harrisburg, PA — November 15, 2011)-- Hundreds of school choice advocates gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today in support of Senate Bill 1 and -LSB-...]

(Harrisburg, PA — May 3, 2011)-- Hundreds of students, teachers, parents and legislators gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to show their support for the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program and to advocate for passage of Senate Bill 1, legislation that would greatly expand school choice options in Pennsylvania.

ATLANTA, GA — On Thursday, March, 15, more than 150 charter school students, parents, school leaders, teachers, advocates and other organizations that support school choice will rally at the Georgia Capitol in support of Georgia House Bill 787 and the inclusion of funding for HB 430 in the 2019 state budget.

(Harrisburg, PA — November 15, 2011)-- Hundreds of school choice advocates gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today in support of Senate Bill 1 and the governor's education reform plan.

However, the candidate did note his support of public school choice (via charter schools): «As chair of the House Education Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Children First.

Our organization, the Texas Institute for Education Reform, and its coalition partners were also involved with support of a package of bills advancing competition, choice, consequences for failing schools, and deregulation.

Back in December, I expressed skepticism about a standalone reauthorization bill because the Obama administration has repeatedly worked to undermine or eliminate the school choice program, even though the OSP has the support of local Democratic politicians such as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and a majority of the D.C. City Council.

We cover topics such as Betsy DeVos» fake smile and bad policies, the bi-partisan nature of corporate school reform, the process Diane went through to switch from supporting corporate reform to opposing it, how the language of school «choice» is rooted in a racist history, the wave of educator strikes around the country, and advice for Bill Gates about how to not destroy our schools.

Ryan has supported bills that provide parents with school choice by boosting and expanding magnet and charter schools.

The first choice of most parents is to send their child to a high - quality neighborhood school; it is unclear how this bill supports that choice.