Sentences with phrase «because school choice works»

«I choose to give to EdChoice because school choice works and because school choice is fair.

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If people want to skip work or skip school because their religion is more important to them than learning or their job, then they should bear the consequence of that choice.

Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.

«Scholarships give our students the gift of freedom: to make career choices based on purpose and passion, rather than the price of education; to use time to study, explore science, and volunteer to help others, rather than working to make ends meet; and to succeed because someone who never met them saw enough potential to invest in their dreams,» said Catherine Lucey, MD, vice dean for education at UCSF's School of Medicine.

Because society needs more citizens who are intrinsically motivated to work and able self - regulate, and because I think few of us enjoy being micro-managed, I went searching for ways to give my students more choice in our multiage classroom while also maintaining the type of engagement that principals and teacher coaches expect to see during their frequent drop - ins during the schoBecause society needs more citizens who are intrinsically motivated to work and able self - regulate, and because I think few of us enjoy being micro-managed, I went searching for ways to give my students more choice in our multiage classroom while also maintaining the type of engagement that principals and teacher coaches expect to see during their frequent drop - ins during the schobecause I think few of us enjoy being micro-managed, I went searching for ways to give my students more choice in our multiage classroom while also maintaining the type of engagement that principals and teacher coaches expect to see during their frequent drop - ins during the school day.

In fact, the school transfer option has often failed to work effectively in many districts because families weren't fully informed of their options until June, when they are on their way to summer vacation and can not exercise any choice.

Because of her advocacy for school choice, her presence alongside Trump (as well as Bannon and Sessions) makes it even harder for Black, Latino, and Asian reformers who champion choice to continue doing so without risk of damaging their work with the men, women, and children who look like them.

Another criticism is that your editor and others are essentially fighting against expanding school choice because we believe that working with the future Trump Administration means compromising our promise to defend all children.

Although research can shed light on how policies play out and how context matters, studies of particular merit - pay or school - choice plans are unlikely to answer whether such policies «work» — largely because the particulars of each plan will prove crucial.

He talked about his desire to increase the number of charter schools and other school choice options because «the traditional way, it's not working so well.»

Emily Paul, Special Education Coordinator --» School choice is important in special education because it allows opportunities for students with disabilities to seek alternatives to a system and structure that might not be working for them.

Bobby Rykard, Director of Performance Management --» School choice is relevant in my work because it empowers families by allowing them to have a voice in deciding what school their child will attend and how their tax dollars are utiSchool choice is relevant in my work because it empowers families by allowing them to have a voice in deciding what school their child will attend and how their tax dollars are utischool their child will attend and how their tax dollars are utilized.

Back in December, I expressed skepticism about a standalone reauthorization bill because the Obama administration has repeatedly worked to undermine or eliminate the school choice program, even though the OSP has the support of local Democratic politicians such as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and a majority of the D.C. City Council.

Michael McAfee, vice president for programs at PolicyLink, an organization that supports Promise Neighborhoods across the country, said school choice presents complexity because programs must work with individual students and families to tailor plans.

Our outreach throughout Arizona hits every corner of the state because we know how crucial our work is to low - income families who need information on school choice programs for their children.

Because choice is a founding principle for charter schools, school leaders are able to recruit and hire their own staffs, and teachers are able to decide if they want to work in a charter school.

As a junior At Rhodes College majoring in education policy, I was interested in Families Empowered's work because I thought it was a different approach to school choice.

It's an interesting, mildly wonky essay that is worth reading in full, but one point stands out: It's hard to say whether or not school choice is working because we haven't really implemented choice in ways that would allow it to work.

Green School Maintenance Simple maintenance and facilities choices, such as using the Eco-Cube or Ecoblue Cube can save thousands of gallons of water each year because they allow water in urinals to be turned off, while letting naturally occurring microbes do the work instead.

Launched by the Obama administration in 2009, he said the aim of Choice Neighborhoods is to «deconcentrate pockets of poverty and transform them into multi-income neighborhoods that work because they have transportation, schools, grocery stores and other amenities.