Sentences with phrase «claims from school choice»

McIntosh's charges come amid growing claims from school choice critics that charters — publicly - funded schools with broad flexibility in their curriculum and staffing — may «cherrypick» or intentionally exclude some high - needs students, serving decidedly fewer low - income children and children with disabilities, populations that also tend to trail their peers academically.

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His investigation continues, and he expects more claims to be brought against other food service providers over rebates that not only create «an inherent conflict of interest» in the choice of foods children are served at school, but also discourage the use of locally produced goods from smaller suppliers, including local farmers.

For those interested in private school choice, two political advantages are claimed: 1) High - regulation addresses some objections, winning votes among skeptics to improve the political prospects of passing and sustaining those programs; 2) High - regulation protects private school choice programs from the political damage caused by scandals and embarrassing outcomes.

The evidence from developing countries might challenge the claim, made by school choice opponents, that the poor in America can not make sensible and informed choices if school choice is offered to them.

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The news comes as conservative members from within Morgan's own party highlighted doubts about the government's plans, claiming there was lacking choice for most schools and that rural schools could be compromised.

Furthermore, the claim that private school choice and charter schools «siphon» resources from public schools is one education myth that just won't die.

But the authors, not wanting to be caught out there, claim that these private school practices - such as discouraging families that would hate the school from applying and treating choice as a two - way street that lets the school tell parents what's necessary for their kids to succeed - are illegitimate for publicly funded schools.

However, new research from two PhD students at the University of Arkansas shows that Louisiana's school choice program improves racial integration, further undermining the DOJ's claims to the contrary.

The House of Lords social mobility committee has published a report claiming that scrapping the national curriculum for pupils over 14 and taking careers advice away from schools could help young people make better choices about their future.

Statewide programs in Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio, however, already have demonstrated clear positive effects on the achievement of students who remain in public schools, confirming Caroline Hoxby's claim (see «Rising Tide,» features, Winter 2001) that competition from choice generates «a rising tide that lifts all boats.»

This puts the lie to the oft - repeated claim of critics like National Education Association president Bob Chase that school choice is «siphoning money from the communities and public schools that need it the most.»

Combatants on both sides of that fight could claim a measure of validation from the new research: Advocates of school choice who argue that it isn't fair to judge voucher programs based on test results from a student's first year in private school, given that it takes children time to adjust to a new environment, and critics who say vouchers drain funds from public schools without improving student achievement.

The new lawsuit challenging the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account program claims the program violates the same constitutional provisions used to strike down the previous voucher programs — specifically, that they don't offer choice beyond a private school option — but Empowerment Accounts differ from these earlier programs in important and constitutionally relevant ways.

DeVos also tried in her interview to claim that «studies show» positive results from school choice in Florida, but as Mark Webber points out, those studies show positive results — just really, really small ones in the tenths of a standard deviation.

Opponents of school choice frequently claim that vouchers and scholarship tax credits «siphon» money from public schools and increase the overall cost of education to the taxpayers.

They claim the United States should therefore learn from other countries» experiences and refuse to adopt school choice.

To some, it's an unverified claim that emerged from school choice advocacy groups like Parents for Educational Freedom during recent legislative sessions.

The complaint claims choice schools like Messmer, in flagging the limits of their responsibility to accommodate disabled students, are «discouraging or dissuading families of children with disabilities from even seeking to enroll.»

Despite the criticism Lake Forest Charter School has received over the years for being one of the few public schools with selective enrollment, it isn't stopping New Orleans» parents from trying to claim a stake in the city's school choice School has received over the years for being one of the few public schools with selective enrollment, it isn't stopping New Orleans» parents from trying to claim a stake in the city's school choice school choice melee.