Sentences with phrase «access to private schools through»

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Thomas Nechyba argues in one paper that in the United States there is no such thing as a true public school, since access to public schools is rationed through private housing markets, and it is unlikely that there will ever by a fully private school, since private schools are subject to government oversight, and support for private schools is conditional on certain public aims being met.

Instead of serving as a funding source that is student - centered, Title I dollars are made available to private schools through the equitable services provision, which provides private schools that meet eligibility criteria access to Title I programs and services, not Title I dollars.

The purpose of VPI + is to increase preschool access, quality, and impact while providing preschool programs through participating school divisions and in partnerships with private providers.

Voinovich, former Cleveland mayor, Governor of Ohio and U.S. Senator, was a longtime champion of private school choice and worked tirelessly throughout his career to ensure the most disadvantaged students had access to a quality education through private school choice.

Education Week reported: «Over the objections of teachers» unions and many Democrats, Louisiana's Republican governor and GOP - controlled legislature have crafted one of the most exhaustive education overhauls of any state in the country, through measures that will dramatically expand families» access to public money to cover the costs of both private school tuition and individual courses offered by a menu of providers.»

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

They're polarizing because they take money from public schools, which can't easily lower their costs as they lose per - pupil spending and lack access to additional sources of funding through private donors.

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.

The stakeholders involved — the government, private publishers, lawyers, law schools, and other public interest groups — have important roles to play in improving access, particularly through the use of Internet technologies.