Sentences with phrase «chosen by each private school»

The state had already required FTC scholarship students to participate in standardized testing using a nationally normed exam chosen by each private school; a study commissioned by the Florida Department of Education found that, in 2007 — 08, their academic gains were similar to students nationally across all income levels and to similar Florida students who remained in public schools.

Not exact matches

Unless District 214 chooses to drop out, its six high schools are among about 4,000 public and private schools in Illinois that will be affected by the new standards.

* What happens to some students with the grades to now get into a SUNY college as they face stiffer competition for admission even to so - called «safety schools» by students who now might choose to go to a private college?

However, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in a series of surveys conducted between 1993 and 2012, reported on parental satisfaction with assigned public schools, public schools chosen by parents, private religious schools, and private nonreligious schools.

Thus choosing them is not inhibited (apparently) by additional costs, as is true for private schools in the United States.

Good private schools will not emerge, even in the theoretical long run, if there is no serious investment in them; if the rules for funding them and allowing students to choose them change constantly; and if bad ones are not eliminated by competition.

Those who can choose what sort of school their child attends by moving to a different district, or knowing enough to apply to a lottery, or prepping them for Gifted & Talented testing (many more qualify than there are seats), or paying for private school unassisted.

Previously, vouchers under the Cleveland program were only available to private - school students who had chosen to leave the public schools and obtain a voucher by the eighth grade.

Mitt Romney has pledged that if elected president he will enact a voucher program that would allow parents of low - income and special needs students «to choose from any district or public charter school, or a private school where permitted by state law.»

After all, that is generally the top reason families choose a free, district school over a private school that is funded by tuition and fees.

Parents generally arrived at their chosen school through a largely linear process that began with the ruling out of large segments of the broader educational market of schools (e.g. ruling out all traditional public schools based on prior negative experiences, ruling out the private sector due to financial constraints) followed by the identification of a particular school through the parent's social network of family, friends and work colleagues.

When asked for all of the sources from which they heard about their chosen private school, most parents said they were told by friends or relatives (52 percent) or had heard about the school through church (47 percent).

The Assembly bill also would let school districts and private schools choose from four tests that measure student performance rather than use the tests selected by the state Department of Public Instruction.

Other white and affluent parents choose private schools, either because their children are not accepted to their first choice of public schools, or because they are bothered by the racial separation within and between New York public schools.

Damon, who has proclaimed his love of public schools, was recently outed by Time magazine for choosing to send his own children to private school.

The issue before the court is whether a school district must pay for a private school placement unilaterally chosen by the student's parents when the district has made a «free and appropriate public education» (FAPE) available to the student.

The Illinois Supreme Court held that a statute requiring public school buses to transport private school students did not violate Illinois» Blaine Amendment because it was primarily a health - and - safety measure for the benefit of all students and any aid to religious schools chosen by families was incidental.

In particular, the ability to opt out by choosing an alternative to the public system — including private, parochial and, more recently, charter schools — can lead to the sorting and segregation of children by social groups.

By contrast, a private school can teach whatever it likes and present it in any way it chooses.

Whether it is a private school, public school, charter school, or any other form of education a parent chooses, school choice provides parents with new choices and introduces competition into the system by driving both success and innovation.

She also dragged out the tired argument that the gap between rich and poor will be exacerbated by «giving a public subsidy to affluent families that choose elite private schools, which are unlikely to admit students who struggle academically or can not afford tuition even with a voucher.»

By choosing to send their kids to private schools, parents assert their right to be in control of their upbringing — the way it had been for time immemorial until the 19th Century, when the state began to supplant parents as «professional experts.»

The scholarship allows a student to choose among a list of private schools, and sometimes public schools outside of the district, approved by the school tuition organization.

Among parents surveyed by the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program — 57.3 percent of whom earn less than $ 60,000 a year — none of their «top five reasons for choosing a private school» came to an overwhelming consensus:

Belgian parents can choose public or private schools, including publicly funded Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish schools, as guaranteed by the national constitution.

If certain proposals to control homeschooling families were to be fair and not an unwarranted profiling of those who choose home education rather than public or private schooling, then the same kinds of mandated home visits by government - approved agents would need to be imposed on all families with children of all ages and on all public and private school personnel.

Friedman argued, from an economics standpoint, that education should, in fact, be funded by the government, but that parents should have the freedom to choose whether their child would attend private or public school.

«These private schools are funded by taxpayers but pick and choose the students they want to educate.

With it, participating parents can choose the best academic path for each child by taking portable funds to a private school or by opting out of the traditional school model to provide a customized education at home.

To Betsy DeVos, school choice is not simply the inherent right that every parent has to choose their child's educational setting, it is all about requiring taxpayers to pick up the tab for that parent's private individual choice, regardless of whether the parent chooses a public school, a charter school, a nonprofit private school, a religious school or even a fly - by - night online virtual school.

Education Savings Accounts (sometimes known as opportunity scholarships) which allow students to have their own personal education accounts funded by a major portion of their state allocation to their public school district, allowing them to choose a variety of private schools, tutors, online learning options and more.

We come to the First Amendment religion clauses from a parental choice perspective, which is one of our missions, to encourage the empowerment of parents, particularly low - income parents, to exercise the sorts of school choices that we exercise every day, in where we live, by choosing schools — I mean, choosing where we live on the basis of whether they have good schools — or by sending our kids to private schools.

Unless families opt out of traditional public schooling altogether — by applying to a public charter or magnet school, choosing to homeschool, or electing to pay tuition at a private school — they're limited to their child's assigned school.

By choosing not to impose any standards on private schools, Florida legislators significantly hampered Figlio's ability to understand the academic performance of the voucher students.

Student loans give college students the flexibility to choose the type of school that is right for them and, by allowing the students to defer repayment while in school, the government and private lenders encourage students to manage their own educational decisions and increase access to a college diploma.

The surf school is officially recognized by the Canarian Surf Federation and is located in a private area, strictly chosen to get the most out of it.

The course itself will be provided by a private traffic school regulated by the State, so choose wisely if you have received a traffic ticket!

Boulder, Colo. — based Cloud 9 Living allows you to choose from the truly adventurous — a fly - fishing trip, a bull - riding school, a summer surf camp, indoor skydiving, or driving a race car — to the more cerebral (private guitar lessons, a romantic dinner for two cooked in clients» home by an executive chef, or a private Pilates class).