Sentences with phrase «choice than opposition»

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Opposition to expanding school choice through a universal voucher initiative that «gives all students an opportunity to go to private schools with government funding» is higher in this year's survey than a year ago.

As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»

«One thing is clear from Education Next's poll released today: despite the wording of the questions, when looking across the board at the dominant forms of educational choice options like charter schools, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships, this poll finds more support for these programs than opposition.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

A 2006 poll of leaders in the school choice movement, conducted by myself and the Mackinac Center, showed that they prefer tax credits as well; although still low, their opposition to vouchers is more than double their opposition to tax credits.

Scott saw his support from African - American voters more than double, and Chavous cites Crist's opposition to school choice as a key reason why.