Sentences with phrase «about accepting vouchers»

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The Wolf / Kisida / Rhinesmith survey found that most private schools that opted not to accept voucher students were very concerned about threats to their «independence, character, or identity.»

Rather than forcing dissatisfied families to accept subpar services or to pursue legal action for relief, vouchers permit a lower - conflict, lower - cost method for resolving disagreements about the adequacy of public school efforts.

Yet given the political maelstroms of vouchers — not to mention the research scrutiny — it comes as a surprise that few analysts or advocates have asked about the private schools that accept scholarship students.

We find Deb O'Shea, St. Pat's principal, who withstands criticism about her school's decision to accept voucher students, arguing that it has changed the school for the better.

Whereas a majority of private schools in Florida and Indiana accept students participating in school choice programs, only about one - third of private schools in Louisiana accepted students paying with a voucher.

Nearly every private school in Arizona is willing to accept tax - credit scholarship students while only about one - third of Louisiana private schools are willing to accept voucher students due to the program's regulatory burden.

Characterized by instability and lack of accountability, Milwaukee's voucher program has resulted in numerous stories like one last year in a local paper about a minister and his wife who accepted $ 2.3 million in taxpayer funding only to close their Lifeskills Academy abruptly during the school year.

We know surprisingly little about teachers in schools that accept vouchers.

Private schools accepting vouchers fail to accurately inform parents about the types of services they provide students with disabilities.

About 45 percent of the state's private schools that accept state scholarship vouchers rely on them for at least half of their students, the analysis found.

In June, The Associated Press filed a request with the Department of Education, seeking documents pertaining to the development of criteria used to choose schools to participate in the voucher program, along with records about individual schools that were accepted or rejected.

I heard a particularly interesting piece on NPR last week that talked about the struggles of one family in Florida trying to use vouchers to find a private school that would accept their child with special needs.

ProPublica Reporter Annie Waldman has written an amazing piece about how failing charter schools are finding new life by converting to private schools and accepting vouchers.

And another great thing about the location of all accommodation is that if by any chance weather conditions do not permit surfing, then you have the opportunity (and freedom) to travel to any other surf spot in a comfortable 4 × 4 knowing that the accommodation there will accept the surf voucher as payment.

We have a single family house in Converse and get multiple questions about if we accept section 8 housing vouchers.