Both expanded
access to private school options and greater variety of options that students have in terms of the religious (or secular) affiliations of private schools are positively associated with public - school students» test scores following the introduction of the FTC program.
Not exact matches
Our analysis focuses on new
school options — traditional public, charter, and
private — that families might gain
access to under different kinds of choice policies.
In this report, we use nationwide data on the locations of public and
private elementary
schools to calculate the percent of American families that could potentially gain
access to new
school options under different national
school choice policies.
In this report, we begin
to fill this gap by using nationwide data on the locations of public and
private elementary
schools to calculate the percent of American families that could potentially gain
access to new
school options under different national
school choice policies.
Capping tuition may be intended
to increase
access to more educational
options, but the effect is
to discourage
private schools from expanding or participating at all.
The fact that organizations like Stand for Children and Democrats for Education Reform prefer
to stand with the teachers» unions rather than standing with the 3.5 million children in charter
schools and
private choice programs, and the millions more who desperately want
access to better
options, speaks volumes.
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.
Still, the
schools have been draining funds from rural districts, and have been quickly endorsed by DeVos as the
option for rural students who may not have
access to private institutions or brick - and - mortar charter
schools.
Parents deserve
to know that rich public
school options, such as Magnets, exist within their own district, that not all charter
schools welcome or keep every child or that
private schools accessed by Corporate Tax Scholarships may not be accredited.
School vouchers of $ 4,200 a year, formally known as «Opportunity Scholarships,» are touted as a way
to help low - income and minority children who are falling behind in their local public
schools by providing
access to better
options in
private ones.
The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and
school choice activists in the Sunshine State
to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public
school dollars for expanding
access to high - quality
private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.
Lawmakers should give homeless students
access to flexible educational
options and
private school scholarships so that children in these families can have the same quality
options as children from middle class and wealthier families.
It means ensuring that families have
access to the
school options (traditional, charter, magnet, homeschooling,
private, online, etc.) that their children need.