Sentences with phrase «better public school options»

Families are desperate for better public school options, with an estimated 50,000 children statewide on waiting lists right now.

New Haven, CT — The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in support of the Connecticut families and the non-profit group Students Matter who have filed a federal lawsuit demanding access to better public school options.

It's clear that charter parents are as committed to their schools as they are compassionate for the families who want better public school options.

As the daughter of New York City educators and parent of a son with special needs, she writes frequently about the need to listen to families and ensure access to good public school options for all.

While the group describes itself as «an alliance of parents that supports and defends parents» rights to access the best public school options for their children,» the local phone number on its flier rings the office of GOP consultant Dee Stewart of Raleigh - based The Stewart Group.

It's not just retired people fueling growth, but entrepreneurs, immigrants, and families — people that need and want good public school options.

I was reminded this week that our goal at TCSA, to improve student achievement by advocating for and strengthening a diverse set of high quality charter schools, is shared nationwide by educators and policymakers who believe that charter schools are the best public school option for students.

Not exact matches

We'll likely be moving before kdg, and may have some good alternative options, but it hurts my heart to imagine sending my boy into the standards / performance / testing mess that our public schools have become.

We looked into private school options when we learned that public school was not working well for our family.

I'm a middle school teacher, so pumping in public is, well, not anywhere near an option.

DC Public Schools» Office of Food and Nutrition Services continues to insist that food service companies are the best option.

Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering -LSB-...]

Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering the benefits of choosing another option, such as private school or homeschooling.

New York, NY — Families for Excellent Schools today released an analysis of the Spring 2017 Grades 3 - 8 ELA and Math test results, showing that public charter schools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York City chSchools today released an analysis of the Spring 2017 Grades 3 - 8 ELA and Math test results, showing that public charter schools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York City chschools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York City children.

In October 2017, Adams, Mayor Bill de Blasio and then - City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña started «Meatless Mondays,» a program that bans meat from being served on Mondays in certain public schools, as well as vegan lunch options in 1,200 public sSchools Chancellor Carmen Fariña started «Meatless Mondays,» a program that bans meat from being served on Mondays in certain public schools, as well as vegan lunch options in 1,200 public sschools, as well as vegan lunch options in 1,200 public schoolsschools.

The Florida Democratic Party is proud to be fighting alongside Annette for good public schools, an economy that works for everyone, and better transit options in senate district 40.

That's why I think Bronx residents should do everything we can to give our kids better public education options, from bringing more world class public charter schools to our borough to supporting programs like Borough President Diaz's Gifted & Talented initiative.

«With this lawsuit, the UFT is telling the tens of thousands of parents looking for a better option for their children that the doors of public school buildings are closed to them,» said Glen Weiner, interim executive director of StudentsFirstNY, in a statement.

His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national spotlight.

April 7, 2016 — To better meet the unique needs of different students, urban districts are increasingly expanding the options available to families by providing a variety of public schools: traditional, magnet, charter, and hybrid models.

In fact, Moe concludes that incremental change in school governance and practice is the best option both because of the clear preferences of the American public and the low risk attached to staging change over time.

On the other hand, options for disabled students to leave and take resources with them might motivate public schools to attend to the needs of their students more closely and serve them better.

Two thousand and five hundred Manhattan - residing children are tested at the kindergarten level by parents who believe Hunter will be better for them than any other public school option.

While expanding parental options for children's education in Milwaukee, school choice has transformed public education into a multi-sector delivery system for the good of everyone.

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.

I agree that home schooling is generally the best option, but your comment talks about everything but the actual subject of this article, a public charter school.

Elsewhere in this issue, Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby reports that cities with many low - cost private school options tend to elicit better performance from their public schools.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confiSchools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools confidently.

That right vouchsafes to families the options of private schooling and home schooling but not of no schooling, for it is balanced by «high duty» and by the «power of the state,» as recognized in the same Court decision, to «reasonably to regulate all schools, to inspect, supervise and examine them, their teachers and pupils; to require that all children of proper age attend some school, that teachers shall be of good moral character and patriotic disposition, that certain studies plainly essential to good citizenship must be taught, and that nothing be taught which is manifestly inimical to the public welfare» (emphasis added).

Every student in the school will be given the option to transfer to a better public school in the district.

The marketing of both private school choice and public charters promises to escalate over the next two years, masquerading as the best option for underserved children.

Fast forward to 2017: President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have championed a plan to provide federal funding for private school voucher systems nationwide, which would funnel millions of taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into unaccountable private schools — a school reform policy that they say would provide better options for low - income students trapped in failing schools.

They are proof - positive that when students have access to a high - quality public school option that best fits their needs, there's nothing they can not achieve!

Quite often, public schools of choice are to low - income families what private schools are to more affluent families, Swagerty says, adding that she loves the fact that charters give low - income families the option to «make smart decisions about what's best for their children.»

It is unfair and irresponsible to continue to siphon more money away from traditional public schools to feed a large network of charter schools that have not proved to be a better educational option.

When asked about public school choice and how he will address the growth of charter schools and declining enrollment in the district, he said that his own parents had the choice to be in a community that provided the best options for their children.

But the union and NAACP also want to limit better educational options for low - income families who can't afford private schools and can't afford to move to an affluent neighborhood with decent public schools.

The week is also designed to empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children and supports a variety of school choice options — from encouraging increased access to great public schools, to public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, private schools, homeschooling and more.

In a statement, Fisher said he supports charter schools «because I want to increase public educational options for underserved students as well as to strengthen the overall public - school system.»

First conceived by Milton Friedman in 1955, school choice options, such as vouchers and education savings accounts, give parents the freedom to choose the best learning environment for their children with the funding that would have been spent on their children in public school.

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When lawmakers enacted the Opportunity Scholarships program back in 2013 to allow children from low - income families the chance to use public dollars at private schools, they included accountability provisions in the law that fail to let the public know if these privately - operated schools are better — or worse — options than public schools.

Walker's support for expanding choice and charter options is based on the view that competition creates a better product and that an education marketplace will improve all public schools, according to Walker policy director Ryan Murray.

Assistance identifying best - fit educational options, including public and public charter schools, community based organizations, and faith based organizations

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

As parents become aware of other options, it opens dialogue with public school officials and makes all schools better, she said.

OUSD is announcing three new resources as part of its Explore Your Options campaign to better inform Oakland families about enrollment public schools.

This includes offering a new vision of structuring public education, based largely on the portfolio model Hill and his successor at CRPE, Robin Lake, have advanced for the past decade, as well as crafting a new approach for financing education that expands high - quality school options for children and their families.

Certified teachers remain one of the best options for boosting student performance, as school districts and the public consider alternative choices to traditional schooling.

By Fall, this initiative will have 12 public schools delivering the best in public education to students who have — until now — had few good options.