After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years,
attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.
Not exact matches
Even within the
public sector, there are
schools to which students are assigned based on geography and
schools they choose to
attend (
magnet and charter
schools, for example).
Since students in Cleveland could choose to
attend a private
school, a
public magnet school, or a charter
school, the Court reasoned that the existence of
magnet and charter
schools should be considered in assessing whether students have a genuine choice among secular and religious
schools.
About 16 percent of
school - aged children
attend a
public school of choice, which includes
magnet and charter
schools, and inter-intra-district transfers.
The bulk of this report focuses on studies that have compared the academic achievement of
magnet school students to those
attending traditional
public schools.
Jacksonians
attend public schools of choice, including charter
schools and select - admission
schools like
magnet schools or international baccalaureate
schools.
Overall, the GAO found that Black students, boys, and students with disabilities were all disproportionately disciplined in the 2013 - 2014
school year (the latest available data) and that disproportionality is widespread and persistent despite the level of
school poverty, type of disciplinary action, or type of
public school attended (e.g., traditional,
magnet, charter, alternative, or special education).
Higher performing
schools whether private,
public,
public Charter, virtual or
magnet schools should have opportunities for all families regards of income, race, religion, sexuality or learning ability should be provided the opportunity to
attend schools in their community or their
school of choice.
The report compares student achievement in non-urban
schools, urban
schools, and the choice programs of
public charter
schools,
magnet schools operated by districts, regional
magnet schools such as those operated by CREC, and Open Choice programs in which inner - city students
attend suburban
schools.
If you are a white or middle - class family living in Washington, your child will likely
attend a socioeconomically segregated neighborhood
school or a higher - quality
magnet, and will outperform her peers in suburban
public schools.
All students includes students who
attend private, home,
magnet, charter, or traditional
public school.
The failure to properly fund Connecticut's
public magnet schools is not only a travesty for the students who were looking forward to
attending these
schools, but it is nothing short of a disaster for Connecticut's
public education system.