Sentences with phrase «conducted on school choice»

Third, we realize that this is not the universe of all studies that have been conducted on school choice.

Every study ever conducted on school choice programs in America has found they improve integration by allowing children to move from more segregated schools to more integrated schools.

Flip through our complete summary of the high - quality empirical research conducted on school choice programs to date, including evidence based on students» test scores (of those using programs and those who remain in public schools), long - term educational attainment, integration / segregation, fiscal effects and students» civic values.

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In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

The studies were conducted as a partnership with the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas and look at the impact of the vouchers on student achievement and non-cognitive skills, on racial segregation, and on students attending nearby public schools (competitive effects).

To incorporate empirical evidence when possible, we draw on data from interviews with 21 parents and surveys of 504 parents about the OneApp and school choice, conducted in the spring of 2014 by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).

Only one study, conducted by Jay Greene and Marcus Winters and focusing on the D.C. voucher program, found that voucher competition had no effect on the test scores of non-participants, while no empirical study of acceptable rigor has found that a U.S. private - school - choice program decreased the achievement of public school students.

Blagg has conducted studies on student transportation and school choice, student loans, and the role of information in higher education.

Access a comprehensive and properly cited list of empirical studies conducted to date on the effects of educational choice programs on students, public schools, segregation, civic values and state finances.

As the Foundation for Excellence in Education's National Summit on Education Reform kicks off in Nashville today, a new poll of 625 Tennessee voters conducted by Mason - Dixon Polling & Strategy shows that 65 percent of Tennesseans support the issue of school choice.

The Truth: Every fiscal study ever conducted finds school choice has either a positive or no visible effect on taxpayers and public schools, meaning most programs save money.

In our effort to better understand the logic behind these parents» school choices, as well as the impact of these urban demographic changes on public schools, we conducted in - depth interviews with dozens of parents participating in a kindergarten lottery in one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York City.

This annual survey — developed and reported by EdChoice and interviews conducted by our partner, Braun Research, Inc. — measures public opinion and awareness on a range of K — 12 education topics, including parents» schooling preferences, educational choice policies, the federal government's role in education and more.

According to the authors, there have been at least 9,443 studies conducted on private school choice worldwide.

He conducts analyses on private school choice programs and conducts surveys of private school leaders and parents of school - age children.

The Latino Perspectives on K — 12 Education & School Choice survey is part of the larger Schooling in America annual project, commissioned by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by Braun Research, Inc. (BRI).

Dr. Stein has conducted quasi-experimental and mixed - methods research on school choice that has investigated the instructional conditions of charter public schools, parent involvement in charter public schools, and the effect of choice on student sorting by race and academic achievement.

Apparently, Hess ignores the decade of research on other issues — from the expansion of school choice, to teacher quality reform efforts, to even the work on the academic prospects of high - achieving students being conducted by Fordham and other outfits — as well as the focus of state and federal policymaking on such matters as bullying and using schools to combat childhood obesity.

To be fair, I would ask you to conduct due diligence and read what Mercedes Schneider, a New Orleans teacher, education activist, and the author of three books on «education reform», including her most recent: School Choice: The End of Public Education?

In 2006, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy published the results of a survey of organizations working on school choice that I conducted; it found that 67 % of respondents think vouchers are more likely to be challenged in court, compared to just three percent who chose tax credits - and, by a margin of 53 points, respondents also thought that tax credits were more likely to survive a court challenge.

Fortunately, a team of researchers conducted a study which speaks to the issue of school choice's probably effects on this kind of segregation, and its analysis produced some interesting findings.

Researchers are conducting valuable studies today on charter schools and private school - choice programs that demonstrate some students are more likely to finish high school, enter college, and finish college.

He conducts research and writes on school choice policy.

Forster has conducted empirical studies on the impact of school choice programs in Milwaukee, Ohio, Florida and Texas, as well as national empirical studies comparing public and private schools in terms of working conditions for teachers, ethnic segregation and teacher and staff misconduct.

To conduct my study on parent perceptions of Northeast Choice and the schools their children attend through the program, I used parent responses from a survey that was administered by Northeast Choice in June 2013.