Sentences with phrase «access to quality school options»

What can be done to ensure that all families have access to quality school options?

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This grant is designed to help improve student access to high - quality, nutritious foods at school, and provides funds to help schools improve or expand their breakfast programs with an emphasis on sustainable, alternative breakfast options.

The Fuel Up Breakfast Grants program is designed to improve student access to high - quality, nutritious foods at school; specifically targeted to the morning meal, the breakfast grants provide funds to help schools improve or expand their breakfast program with an emphasis on alternative breakfast options that are sustainable.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

With the rise of options for anywhere, anytime digital learning, statewide schools play an important role in providing equitable access to a variety of quality learning pathways.

A new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

Many states utilized School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) indicator within ESSA to include CCR in accountability structures — and to incorporate completion / outcomes in addition to simple access to CCR opportunities.6 For 35 states, the approach to supporting CCR at the high school level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability sSchool Quality and Student Success (SQSS) indicator within ESSA to include CCR in accountability structures — and to incorporate completion / outcomes in addition to simple access to CCR opportunities.6 For 35 states, the approach to supporting CCR at the high school level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability sschool level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability scores.

Universal school choice that provides access to quality educational options, as Paul Hill of the University of Washington observes, will «depend on the supply - side, that is, on the success of arrangements that promote the creation of a wide variety of school options, expose all schools to performance pressures through competition, and permit constant replacement of weak schools by promising new ones.»

They are proof - positive that when students have access to a high - quality public school option that best fits their needs, there's nothing they can not achieve!

The lawsuit challenges the state laws that restrict access to high - quality public school options.

«Across Chicago, we are expanding quality school options, ensuring every student has access to a world - class academic experience and providing every family with a range of quality options for their children.»

In the months ahead, we plan to work side by side with our partners in Mississippi to defend the state's strong charter public school law and ensure that the state's low - income students have access to a growing number of high - quality public school options.»

However, until all 30,000 or so school aged children in Jackson have access to high quality education options, there is more work to do.

In an article by Kate Zernike, the NYT explores the divide over charter schools through conversations on race, wealth and access to options with representatives from DFER, NAACP, Movement for Black Lives and Education Post's very own Chris Stewart who comments on his personal mission to find a quality school for his son.

Course Access describes a policy where states seek to expand the catalog of courses offered at schools to a host of new high quality options and providers.

The Partnership for Equitable Access to Public Schools in Los Angeles (PEAPS - LA) believes high - quality public school options should be accessible to every child.

Growing up with limited access to high - quality school options, it was only right that she be...

BPS has committed to creating a K - 12 system of excellent schools that ensures that all young people have access to high - quality educational options that prepare them well for future success.

CCSA is working with charter schools across California to ensure that all students, regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high quality public school options.

Rather than bowing to special interests that seek to roll back or limit access to educational choice, Arizona policymakers should support policies that create more quality public school options.

Join us for an engaging look at the collaborative route Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools designed to increase equitable access to high - quality magnet programs and school choice options.

School districts nationwide want to increase participation in their choice programs and parents want greater access to a more diverse set of high - quality school opSchool districts nationwide want to increase participation in their choice programs and parents want greater access to a more diverse set of high - quality school opschool options.

Providing access to social work support and integrating restorative justice practices into the school day, or offering high - quality after - school opportunities (like drama or sports) from primary through high school are not options that all students across Chicago are offered.

Expanding access to high quality school options is one of the most critical issues as we prepare children to succeed in the 21st century economy, and in Newark, high quality public charter schools are delivering excellent educational options to meet the needs of students and families, serving as a critical component of the Newark educational landscape.»

To ensure all children throughout the county are well served, regardless of where they live and which type of public school they attend, the compact establishes a local Advisory Committee to ensure that district and school leaders execute shared commitments and strategies, including supporting accountability, transparency, and adequate and appropriate access to services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school optionTo ensure all children throughout the county are well served, regardless of where they live and which type of public school they attend, the compact establishes a local Advisory Committee to ensure that district and school leaders execute shared commitments and strategies, including supporting accountability, transparency, and adequate and appropriate access to services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school optionto ensure that district and school leaders execute shared commitments and strategies, including supporting accountability, transparency, and adequate and appropriate access to services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school optionto services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school optionto high quality public school options.

The public school choice movement is based on the same beliefs and goals — that parents should have the freedom to pick the best public school environment for their students and that access to quality public school options should be afforded to all students.

Improving access to high - quality public school options, particularly for families in underserved communities

language seeking to deny black and brown parents access to high - quality public educational options through public charter schools.

In a prepared statement, a spokeswoman for the state's education commissioner said, «The state is committed to making sure that all children have access to a quality education, regardless of their zip code... Public schools of choice have created high - quality options for thousands of Connecticut families.

As the nation celebrates National School Choice Week, the potential to increase access to high - quality educational options, especially for low - income and working - class black families, has never been higher.

Goal: Provide resources on the available funding and facilities options and update attendees of the ongoing work at the local and state level to ensure access to high quality, affordable, long term facilities options for all charter schools.

Deep commitment to NECSN's mission that public charter schools are a vital way to provide access to high - quality educational options to students

In this era of a new administration in Washington that has espoused many viewpoints fundamentally at odds with the values held by the vast majority of Californians, we look forward to working with you to ensure that California's public school system, including its vibrant charter school sector, continues to ensure that absolutely all students regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high quality public school options.

The League's vision is for all Colorado students to have access to high - quality, publicly - funded school options.

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.

Restarts represent a more dramatic intervention compared with internal school turnaround initiatives, and a preferable alternative to closing schools when students do not have access to other quality options.

Seton Education Partners, which was incubated in Indianapolis by The Mind Trust, ensures that students attending Catholic schools that close continue to have access to high - quality educational options.

As a school board member, he will put students first and work tirelessly for access to high - quality educational options for all families.»

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.

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Caveats aside, the negative achievement outcomes of voucher programs uncovered by recent studies have not deterred the Trump administration; 7 its stance on vouchers exemplifies a larger tendency to a dismiss evidence that does not align with the administration's priorities.8 This dismissal of evidence plays an unfortunate role in both undermining the nation's public schools and confusing parents who seek access to high - quality public school options.

If you're passionate about ensuring that all Colorado students to have access to high - quality, publicly - funded school options, then we need your help!

A new policy coalition launched on Capitol Hill today to advocate for policies that increase student access to high quality college options in high school including dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and early college high schools.

Having this option in the city for so long has been paramount to ensuring that families have access to a quality school.

I was excited to learn about the Colorado League of Charter Schools and appreciate their vision about all students having access to high - quality public school options, not just charters.

Despite living in an area that that boasts one of the largest economies in the world, well over 40,000 students of Silicon Valley students come from low income families and are struggling academically without access to high - quality options for school.

We had access to quality programs and educational options that are no longer available to our public school students today.