Sentences with phrase «alternative public options»

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If utilities such as Water Corporation can't fulfill their primary responsibility to the public, maybe an alternative ownership model would be a better option.

We need to begin reducing the number of vehicles on our roadways, and the best ways to accomplish that is to invest in public transit infrastructure and embrace innovative transportation options that offer alternatives to conventional driving and car ownership,» says Black.

So why not let the government say, «OK, we'll provide a public - option alternative.

Public awareness of alternative finance options like peer - to - peer (P2P) lending and equity crowdfunding is increasing, and governments are updating regulations to allow more investors to participate in these types of markets.

Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.

The public might trust a candidate more with martial power if he could tell them that we would only go to war when our options were so terrible that even a lengthy and costly war was the least - worst alternative.

Identify and advocate for public policies that could incentivize more food donation from the private sector and expand options for landfill alternatives such as composting and anaerobic digestion.

We'll likely be moving before kdg, and may have some good alternative options, but it hurts my heart to imagine sending my boy into the standards / performance / testing mess that our public schools have become.

By guiding, informing, and coordinating alternative options for parents, educators, health and human service professionals, faith - based counselors, legislators, and the public at - large, CRC is able to help reduce divorce and strengthen families through custody reform; parental mediation and training; conciliation and access; parental financial and educational support systems; legislative revision and court briefs.

Now, as then, an angry and disoriented public is presented with two alternatives to party politics: a technocratic option and a populist one.

McConnell's comments followed an interview by House Speaker by Nancy Pelosi that also aired on State of the Union where the California Democrat said the public option was «an alternative to give much more leverage to the individual.»

We find at least one piece of evidence of competition awareness in all 12 cities, indicating that traditional public - school leaders generally acknowledge students» alternative schooling option of attending a charter school.

School choice is a term for K — 12 public education options in the United States, describing a wide array of programs offering students and their families alternatives to publicly provided schools, to which students are generally assigned by the location of their family residence.

Personally, we have educated our four children (oldest is now 22) by using alternative educational options, including virtual public and virtual private schooling.

No. 1, supra, at 461; Seattle Public Schools Desegregation Planning Office, Proposed Alternative Desegregation Plans: Options for Eliminating Racial Imbalance by the 1979 - 80 School Year (Sept. 1977)(filed with the Court as Exh.

As Booker would tell the story at the 2005 annual summit of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), a nonprofit that supports public school alternatives, Jones then said, «Boy, you need to learn something.

At an event unveiling the report earlier this month, panelists discussed the wide variety of alternative options offered in public education.

The trip enabled participants to see a range of secondary learning options for students, including a comprehensive high school with small learning communities, a small school within a larger educational complex, an alternative high school, and a public charter school.

Public charter schools across the country were started with the promise of being alternative, quality options for parents to choose for their children.

Atlanta, May 7, 2014 — For families seeking public school alternatives, charter schools are a hoped - for option in Georgia.

Certified teachers remain one of the best options for boosting student performance, as school districts and the public consider alternative choices to traditional schooling.

Spokane Public Schools offers many options for students, including the Libby Center (gifted students), APPLE (parent participation), TEC (home - school support), Montessori (alternative learning style) and the Skills Center (career - oriented).

Charter schools are public school options with the flexibility to explore alternative education methods.

The school would be located in the Lowell neighborhood, and would offer choice to parents looking for an alternative to the public school options currently available.

When public school just isn't working to help a child succeed and meet his or her fullest potential, it's not uncommon for families to start to consider alternative options for elementary, middle or high school education.

Edelblut's backers say his business background will be an asset to the department and that he'll strengthen both traditional public schools and alternative options.

While being careful to say that «providing more educational options isn't against public schools,» she repeated hailed alternatives to traditional school systems and bashed people who support them as people who care only about «systems» and not individual students, and are only interested in sustaining the «status quo.»

Beginning with the introduction of charter schools in the early 1990's, along with the expansion of choice options in many urban districts, a growing community of parents and educators seeking alternatives to conventional public schooling continues to fuel exponential growth in the public Montessori sector.

If we're going to invest in all these alternative school options, we should first try to understand if / what isn't working about the CURRENT public options and make sure that the alternative schools are doing something different, something likely to lead to better processes and, ultimately, better outcomes that we care about.

Parents» Guide To School & Learning Options in Idaho We've had the extraordinary opportunity to visit many schools across the Gem State — public district, public magnet, public charter, alternative, private, parochial and online.

If lawmakers move forward with creating such a program, it would add another option for Wisconsin parents, who already have a variety of alternatives to their designated public school, including open enrollment to other public schools, voucher - assisted private schools and independent charter schools.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

Households react strongly to the incentives created by such programs, leading to significant changes in the frequency of exercising alternative public schooling options, as well as changes in the composition of the «opt out» students.

We are also mentioned in an additional article titled, «In Lieu of Public: Alternative Education Options Around San Diego» located at the bottom left of page 42.

For the first time, the organization recognizes charter schools as public schools that offer parents and students alternative options to traditional public schools.

«Effective charter schools provide options for families for quality public school alternatives.»

In protest to racially segregated schools in the 1960's, magnet schools — along with other alternative options to traditional public school education — emerged in America's largest cities.

Of course, the reformers don't really care about the education of poor children — they see the lure of school choice and charter schools as the bait for parents frustrated by the systemic defunding of their local public schools, especially in urban centers, and who are desperate for any option that promises a better alternative.

The accounts — dubbed the next generation of school vouchers by education policy experts — would add an option for Wisconsin parents, who already have a variety of alternatives to their designated public school, including open enrollment to other public schools, voucher - assisted private schools and independent charter schools.

Based on feedback during three recent meetings in February and 19 public hearings, open houses, project and community association meetings during the last two years, two options have fallen (Alternative 3A and Alternative 3C) from consideration, and FRA will make several significant changes to Alternative 3B in the Final EIS.

There is an alternative option to libraries for the public to source books.

Some of his suggestions for local planning initiatives include: Preserve wetlands by passing local wetlands protection laws; maintain biodiversity in the Hudson Valley by protecting sensitive lands through land acquisition; refrain from building in flood plains; require all new building to be «green» and sustainable and, ideally, change local building codes to require LEED certification; switch all public and government buildings to energy suppliers that provide wind and solar options as alternatives; implement smart growth communities by keeping construction in areas that are already developed thus preserving green corridors; and support cap - and - trade laws to decrease CO2 levels.

This picture can not be allowed to continue, until we have clear alternatives that the the public and nation states can have confidence in divestment is an unrealistic option.

The report concluded with the plan to continue the work programme these specific areas: (a) The analysis of options for the mobilization of financial resources from a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources, and their linkages; (b) The analysis of the relevant analytical work on the climate - related financing needs of developing country Parties; (c) The integration of lessons learned from fast - start finance (FSF) and best practices from developing and developed country experiences in the analysis of sources and needs; (d) The exploration of the interface between public and private finance, including approaches to leveraging private climate finance; (e) The identification of enabling environments that can unlock and foster increased climate finance flows for mitigation and adaption; (f) The exploration of delivery mechanisms that could play a role in channeling climate finance.

To address the public protection shortcomings of the previous option we could consider bringing the alternative legal services providers into the regulatory tent.

Fortunately, Chicago has a plethora of public transportation and alternative transit options including the L trains, CTA buses, Metra trains, rideshares like Uber and Lyft, and simply walking around the city so that personally driving can be unnecessary.

«Esurance is responding to consumer demand for alternative insurance options for those who drive less, opting to walk, bike, or take public transportation instead.»

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By guiding, informing, and coordinating alternative options for parents, educators, health and human service professionals, faith - based counselors, legislators, and the public at - large, CRC is able to help reduce divorce and strengthen families through custody reform; parental mediation and training; conciliation and access; parental financial and educational support systems; legislative revision and court briefs.