By bargaining with the government, unions can effectively advance their policy on issues
such as school choice, class sizes, tenure, and allocation of tax dollars.
As school choice systems expand, district enrollment offices are striving to make the choice process accessible and clear for families.
Using accountability (as
well as school choice and other strategies) to improve matters for disadvantaged children has therefore been, and should remain, a policy focus.
It has become fashionable by some on the right to write off the left as
far as school choice is concerned.
The recent sales of four vacant schools to private school operators could stir more competition for the public school system
as school choice initiatives gain support in the state and nation.
While that could have been their intent, charters emerged
purely as a school choice system, likely part of the reason why so few charters pursue integration and diversity goals today.
In areas
such as school choice, student speech, and school discipline, courts are being called upon to resolve controversies at an increasing rate.
The better way to go is toward what is
known as school choice, i.e., allowing parents to choose the school they want for their children, a.k.a. the free market in education.
As school choice systems expand, district enrollment offices are striving to make the choice process accessible and clear for families.
DeVos was brought on as education secretary by President Donald Trump this year after a long history
as a school choice advocate and, along with her family, active Republican fundraisers and financial supporters.
As School Choice Week winds down, I'm glad that we have the chance to lift up the important work of public school choice advocates across this country and their tireless devotion to our students.
As school choice expands in different states and districts, it appears in several different forms: (1) open enrollment policies among traditional public schools, (2) charter schools available to students regardless of their neighborhood (including online charter schools), or (3) school vouchers that families can use to enroll in other districts or private institutions.
Foley's education plan includes policies such
as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.
In 2012, Mitchell Tischler challenged Hikind for his seat in both the Democratic primary and in the general
election as a School Choice Party candidate.
First, make Supplemental Educational Services (SES) available as soon as schools are declared in need of improvement, the same
time as school choice is offered.
Hess uses examples from within education and beyond to suggest new approaches to issues as
diverse as school choice, teacher compensation, and the use of technology.
At the same time, it includes a reiteration of traditional party stances on such
issues as school choice and school prayer.
Picturing
Trump as the School Choice Guy, June 8, 2017: The White House is apparently poised to launch a big school choice push, and I can just imagine what President Trump's nationally televised Oval Office address might sound like.
She was Executive Director of the Idaho Charter School Network, and had the privilege of serving under Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
Luna as School Choice Coordinator, providing support for Idaho's charter schools.
The
controversy as school choice philanthropist and GOP donor Betsy DeVos took office as the U.S. secretary of education this year might conjure up sentiments from the old Buffalo Springfield song: «Nobody's right when everybody's wrong.»
The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom
reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.
Before joining ELC, she conducted research in the field of urban education on such
topics as school choice, white flight and school segregation, and has coauthored several peer - reviewed articles on parental involvement among low - income families.
While that is not surprising, it often is overlooked by school choice supporters;
as school choice becomes a live issue in a state, liberal elites tend to drive up liberal and Democratic opposition to school choice and conservative leadership drums up conservative and Republican support.
(Va.) Districts and charter schools should begin collaborating now on issues such as accountability and turnaround efforts,
especially as school choice expansion quickly comes closer to becoming a reality, according to new guidance.
As the School Choice Across the Globe study highlights, there is good reason for individuals and stakeholders to demand that research and evidence from other countries and here at home be used to shape the future of education reform.
As school choice breeds competition, the National School Boards Association and Executive Director and CEO Tom Gentzel have become vocal defenders of public schools.
As school choice advocate Chris Stewart wrote in his response to the NAACP report: «If the NAACP is honest, it will apply the same demands to all public schools.
As School Choice Week 2015 gets underway, AAE just wanted to remind you about the top 8 most important facts you need to have in your school choice week arsenal.
Parent empowerment through personal freedom,
known as school choice, has led to new and innovative policies in North Carolina in recent years.
As school choice expands in Indiana, experts predict this isn't the last time a charter authorizer — or the Department of Education, for that matter — will have to intervene in a struggling school.
After expressing confidence in a steadily improving state economy, Gov. Bill Owens said this month that he would oppose any effort to weaken state school accountability policies, and he vowed not to retreat from education approaches such
as school choice, charter schools, and home schooling.
Reform efforts such
as school choice, charter schools, reconstituting schools, and reducing class size all rest on the belief that changes in structure or governance will result in higher student achievement.