Sentences with phrase «among public school options»

These policies are 1) raising education spending (with several possible routes for allocating those funds); 2) accountability for teachers and schools; 3) enhanced choice among public school options, especially charter schools; and 4) early childhood education.

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But any state choosing this option would experience changes in how Title I funds get divided among and within its school districts — even if all poor students were to attend public schools.

Roughly 70 percent of districts also offered parents some degree of choice among public schools or the option of applying to a magnet school.

Micro-schools are gaining traction among families who are dissatisfied with the quality of public schooling options and can not afford or do not want to pay for a traditional private - school education.

If we believe that all parents — particularly those struggling to make ends meet — deserve authentic choice among diverse school options that include charter, Catholic, and traditional public schools, we can and must do better.

Support for providing the option of single - sex education is stronger among public school teachers, 47 percent of whom support the idea (Q. 16).

-- Tracking a «school choice» bill: It's still very much up in the air how the administration might seek to channel public money to charter schools and vouchers, among other options.

Micro-schools are gaining traction among families who are dissatisfied with the quality of public schooling options and yet can not afford or do not want to pay the ever - rising cost of traditional private schools.

Jackson is moving in the right direction, as residents now have a few open enrollment options among traditional public schools, the state's first two charter schools, two additional charter schools opening next year, and at least one low - cost high quality private school option, The Redeemer's Sschool option, The Redeemer's SchoolSchool.

With magnet schools, charter schools, home schooling, the continued presence of private schools, and more and more choice among regular public schools, there's just been an explosion of options in the past decade.

«Establishing high - quality school options in every neighborhood throughout Chicago is among our highest priorities, but we can not make that a reality without a rigorous accountability policy that holds every public school in Chicago to the same standard,» he said.

Among other things, the IDOE wrongly assumes that none of the incoming kindergarteners in the voucher program would have been public school students had the voucher program not been an option.