Cuomo continues to push for accountability and
choice in public education — even if, in the face of union opposition, he doesn't get all that he wants.
Magnet and charter schools represent a positive step towards
choice in public education.
«This is about parental
choice in public education,» education committee chairwoman Sen. Gloria Romero, D - Los Angeles, said about the compromise she helped negotiate.
Tom Luna, Idaho Supt. of Public Instruction: «Fortunately for Idaho the kinds of things that they're looking for are the kinds of things we've been working on for a number of years: pay - for - performance for teachers, expanding
choice in public education through more charter schools, more accountability down to the student level.»
But charter laws were also created to increase innovation and
choice in public education.
«Voters are eager to elect candidates who recognize that parents want
choice in public education, and we're glad that so many newspaper editorial boards agree.»
«We are very disappointed in today's vote, as it is out of touch with the increase in demand by parents and communities across the state to open charter schools for better
choices in public education.»
Broadly speaking, do parents need more
choice in public education?
TCSA and the students of Texas have benefited from his leadership and commitment to provide Texas families
a choice in public education to best meet the needs of their children.
Alas, Alabama must survive another year without parental
choice in public education.
We're still challenged to work with stakeholders — really parents, people who are making
choices in public education — to fully understand how this is all working.
«Charter schools in California are committed to these goals, and to offer students and parents quality
choices in public education to ensure that every student is receiving the education they need and deserve.»
Parents who wanted
a choice in public education had no other choice but to ask the state to authorize Tangi Academy as an independent, Type 2 charter school.
Despite the rain in L.A., families marched through the streets to demand their right to
choice in public education.
Around 3,000 families and educators from northeast San Fernando Valley charter schools marched in support of expanding high quality schools, securing better facilities and protecting parent
choice in public education at last Saturday's «Rally in the Valley.»
Bruce, the «hype and hoopla» Caroline usually refers to are some high profile charter schools that have touted successes not necessarily deserved, though other pro-reform issues are also part of her agenda to impugn any efforts to create more parental
choice in public education.
Charter schools, which are tuition - free and open to all students, offer quality and
choice in the public education system.
They offer quality and
choice in the public education system and have the freedom to be more innovative while being held accountable for helping students learn and achieve.
The Magnet Schools Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (MSAP Center) supports the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement as it provides equity and
choice in public education through the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP).
North Star Charter School was established in 2003 as a K - 8 charter school to provide parents with an alternative
choice in public education.
Not exact matches
We see parental school
choice (even vouchers) emerging as real possibilities as Americans see a moral vacuum
in public education.
On a number of specific policies, notably parental
choice in education, and, more important, on principles regarding the right ordering of religion and
public life, JCS is usually and sometimes harshly opposed to the position of the Catholic Church.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party has
in recent decades become the champion of the Church's
public priorities — the protection of innocent human life, parental
choice in education, the defense of marriage, church - state cooperation, and an array of issues under the rubric of religious freedom.
One's familial
education choices don't have to equate to isolation from engagement in our public schools, says Andrea Reyes Ramirez, the executive director of the Faith and Education Coalition for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Co
education choices don't have to equate to isolation from engagement
in our
public schools, says Andrea Reyes Ramirez, the executive director of the Faith and
Education Coalition for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Co
Education Coalition for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing
education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn
in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without
public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept
in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a
choice between social development and economic growth.
«
In contrast to medical opposition to home birth, almost all other maternity - related organizations (including nursing, midwifery,
public health, doulas, consumer advocacy and childbirth
education) support the
choice to give birth at home» (Freeze, 2010, p 2 - 3).
Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but
in reality falling investment
in public services represents a political
choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and
education provision.
Too often, she said, receiving a good
public school
education can come down to «the luck of the draw»
in the regional school
choice lottery.
Samantha Nephew spoke of her concern for
public education,
in light of Trump's
choice to lead that department.
«It affords parents a
choice especially
in districts where the
public education system is failing them and there kids.
She, and her terrible
choices for Commissioner, have intentionally set out to destroy
public education in our state.
The Parental
Choice in Education Act would provide tax credits for those who donate to private and parochial schools for purposes of scholarships, tax credits to parents who pay tuition to private and parochial schools and tax credits to teachers -
in both
public and private schools - who make personal purchases of school supplies and food to support their underprivileged students.
«Undermining
public education is not a
choice,» Senator Patty Murray said
in a speech Wednesday, railing against the
education secretary's policies.
But all Democrats — and all defenders of
public education — should steadfastly oppose this nomination, even those who believe
in «school
choice.»
Another independent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed
in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school
choice, charter schools and
education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to
public, private and parochial schools.
In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump announced the School
Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their c
Choice and
Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of thei
Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect
education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of thei
education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the
public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their
choicechoice.
He now represents a half - dozen interest groups, including Alliant Energy, which spent $ 194,000 on lobbying
in the 2011 - 12 legislative session; School
Choice Wisconsin, which supports
public spending on private schools and has another former Assembly speaker, John Gard, on its lobby payroll; and the Wisconsin Council for Independent
Education, which represents for - profit colleges.
«We're going to do everything we can to support the governor
in advancing a bold
education reform agenda that improves the quality of traditional
public schools and expands
choice for families,» the group's executive director, Jenny Sedlis, said
in an interview.
As the debate over school
choice heats up once again,
in the halls of Congress and
in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine
public education» or «bad for the
public schools.»
But
in the evolving landscape of
public education, with ever - present conversations about school
choice and concerns about school quality, that is changing.
This book is a terrific contribution to our understanding of the role of
choice, equity, social entrepreneurialism, philanthropy, and the «
public»
in public education.
Within K - 12
education, it seems to me that any study of school
choice environments should include an analysis of civil society and the role it plays
in enabling the delivery of high - quality
public education.
After an emotional and confusing debate during the nea's annual convention here
in July, delegates voted overwhelmingly to oppose mandatory
choice measures on the grounds that they would compromise the union's commitment to «free, equitable, universal, and quality
public education for every student.»
In 2017, the New Mexico
Public Education Department responded to a legislative proposal to implement a charter school moratorium by noting, «The families of New Mexico continue to seek alternative, quality choices for the education of their
Education Department responded to a legislative proposal to implement a charter school moratorium by noting, «The families of New Mexico continue to seek alternative, quality
choices for the
education of their
education of their children.
Some view school
choice as a social good
in and of itself, while others may have indirect objectives, such as funneling
public funds to religious schools or privatizing
public education.
All you need to know about NEA's position on charter schools is actually contained
in the original 2001 policy, which states that charters should not exist «simply to provide a «
choice» for parents who may be dissatisfied with the
education that their children are receiving
in mainstream
public schools.»
President - elect Donald Trump's selection of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of
Education has renewed the debate about
public accountability
in school -
choice programs.
As a long - time student of school
choice (and, full disclosure, an adviser to Romney's
education team) I anticipate the governor is
in for a bit of moral outrage — for undermining, threatening, jeopardizing, disrespecting — or, insert verb of offense here — our nation's
public schools.
Scholars focused on higher
education generally post low scores, and seem to be quoted much less frequently than K - 12 scholars — though it's not clear whether that's because there's less interest
in and opportunity for
public discussion of higher
education, or a
choice that these scholars are making.
In October 2002, the federal Department of Education distributed nearly $ 24 million in grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts in six other states to expand their public school choice program
In October 2002, the federal Department of
Education distributed nearly $ 24 million
in grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts in six other states to expand their public school choice program
in grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts
in six other states to expand their public school choice program
in six other states to expand their
public school
choice programs.