Sentences with phrase «by public school monopolies»

A small amount of competition in education already exists, but the types of students who stand to benefit the most are shielded from the transformative potential of competition by public school monopolies.

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Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

That pits him against Governor Andrew Cuomo on yet another education issue; the governor has said he hopes to break the public - school «monopoly» by encouraging more competition from charter schools.

Earlier this week Cuomo told the Daily News editorial board that, if he's re-elected, he intends to «to break what is in essence one of the only remaining public monopolies,» vowing to challenge public school teachers by supporting stricter teacher evaluations and competition from charter schools.

One Cuomo promise was «to break... the only remaining public monopoly,» referring to public schools and teachers unions, by promoting charter schools, private school tuition tax credits, and a new round of teacher evaluations based on Common Core - aligned high - stakes testing.

Macke Raymond, director of Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), and an expert on monopolies in the public and private sectors, made this clear at a 2006 forum organized by the National Alliance for Public Charter Scpublic and private sectors, made this clear at a 2006 forum organized by the National Alliance for Public Charter ScPublic Charter Schools.

Bringing in a «trust buster» to help reinvent a monopoly public school system was hailed by many education reformers (myself included) as a stroke of genius and more proof of Mayor Bloomberg's commitment to radical change.

But in some places in California, charter schools have been shut out or severely restricted by districts and teachers» unions that fear competition to the public school monopoly.

With National School Choice Week behind us, the battle — and it is a battle — to free our children from a monopoly by zip - code public education system is being fought on fronts all over the country, and in red and blue states alike, more and more Democrats are breaking ranks and joining Republicans in the fight.

DeVos has long been bullish about the prospects for school choice in its many forms, observing that the ineffectiveness of the public - school monopoly, often ruled by thuggish teachers» unions, has become obvious.

These plaintiffs seek to protect the public schools» monopoly on education by blocking the school house doors to prevent low - income families from taking their children out of public schools in order to attend private schools.

His theory was quite simple: by eradicating the public school monopoly and injecting competition into the public school system, the system would become more flexible and responsive to parents and children.

Public law schools are funded largely by Canadian taxpayers; and have been subjected to an avalanche of historic criticism; and have also been granted a monopoly to attract students who want access to the legal profession — not to «chart their own paths.»