Sentences with phrase «critics of school choice»

Ms. Ravitch and other critics of school choice reverse causation by blaming the sad state of public schools on events that occurred long after schools had stagnated.

Despite the heated rhetoric, critics of school choice may be surprised to learn that voucher programs are quite common in the economically developed world.

If there's anything supporters and critics of school choice can agree on, it's the likelihood that a pair of state Supreme Court hearings on Friday will have an impact on public education beyond Nevada's borders.

If there's anything supporters and critics of school choice can agree on, it's the likelihood that a pair of state Supreme Court hearings Friday will have an impact on public education beyond Nevada's borders.

Critics of school choice say that lesson, so obvious to Vlachos, should have already been learned on this side of the Atlantic.

Yet, for too long, critics of school choice have tried to undermine the movement by labeling and dividing our families.

Critics of the school choice movement fear the call from conservative quarters to expand charters is a dangerous first step to privatization of the public education system.

Another popular argument among critics of school choice is that there aren't enough spaces in schools of choice to absorb all the students interested in leaving traditional public schools (notice how the critiques of school choice tend to cancel one another out).

Critics of school choice have advanced several arguments that are contradicted by Arizona's experience with competition.

All hope to distance themselves from the ideological warring between die - hard advocates and committed critics of school choice.

Critics of school choice often claim that parents ignore quality when evaluating schools and draw their conclusions on the basis of the school's racial or ethnic composition.

Some critics of school choice have suggested that small classes in private schools «explain» the achievement benefits of private - school scholarships and voucher programs.

This is important to appreciate, for critics of school choice often ask where students are going to go once the «good schools» are all full.

Critics of school choice are concerned about the degree to which a choice regimen will cause schools to become more racially segregated and the degree to which choice will result in creaming - the phenomenon in which only savvy, involved parents exercise their ability to choose, thereby leaving disadvantaged children concentrated in schools that few others would consider attending.

The NEPC is an outspoke critic of school choice research.

Not exact matches

Moskowitz called tax credits, which critics say is a means of funding parochial schools with public dollars, «a powerful form of parent choice.»

Ravitch has been a critic of education policies championed by Cuomo, including the expansion and protection of charter schools, which the governor says provides choice and opportunity to students in low - income areas.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Critics of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial choice for schools chancellor are calling into question the independence of a state - picked panel that will convene Tuesday to determine whether she is qualified for the job.

This was, in my view, just the latest salvo in a continuing barrage of assaults against charter schools by critics of choice.

Both fans and critics of San Diego's closely watched school improvement efforts are applauding the choice of Carl A. Cohn, a former superintendent of the Long Beach, Calif., schools, as the system's next leader.

Charter critics point to reports showing differences in the demographic characteristics of charter school students and their counterparts in traditional public schools as evidence that choice leads to segregation.

Critics of ESAs and other school choice efforts like to allege that the programs will «siphon» resources from public schools or harm students in some way.

Under the current system, in which choice is costly, private school choice can be expected to produce social biases that mirror some of the concerns of voucher critics.

Critics of testing will take no comfort from the findings of the 2015 Education Next poll — but neither will supporters of the Common Core State Standards, school choice, merit pay, or tenure reform.

Yet despite the increase in the supply of information, critics allege that many parents still don't know enough about local schools to take full advantage of school choice.

Charter critics want tighter regulation of all «schools of choice.»

DeVos has raised numerous concerns for her support of school choice and voucher programs that critics say would pull resources from struggling public schools and stifle diversity.

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.»

Supporters of choice claim that parents look mainly for the best academic opportunity for their children; critics charge that parents will just as often search for a school on the basis of ethnic, religious, or ideological preferences, the quality of the sports program, or how blue the student body's blood is.

The proposal of a broader school choice is highly controversial, with critics arguing that it would create elite schools while allowing others to deteriorate.

Proponents of the program say the voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education; critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable, religious private schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.

Critics contended the secretary of education's support for school choice and student loan deregulation puts her at odds with the school's beloved namesake: educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune.

But critics, including education historian Diane Ravitch, a New York University professor and former assistant U.S. secretary of education who is speaking at UW - Madison on Tuesday, say choice programs have drained resources from the traditional public school system without producing conclusive evidence that they are any better at educating students, particularly low - income ones.

Bradford looks between the polarized camps of reform advocates and charter critics to see the vast swath of centrist parents who don't know a thing about charter schools or school choice — yet.

School choice critics often claim that there is too much ideology, too little research, or fixed results because of researchers «cherry - picking» students.

The government says free schools will drive up standards and give parents more choice of good schools by putting more power in head teachers» hands, while some critics see them as an experimental «vanity project» which has led to schools being built where they are not needed.

Critics around the world have worried that one unintended consequence of more school choice is more segregation.

Wylie and other critics maintain that there's no indication that student achievement has improved as a result of school choice.

Critics of the publicly - funded vouchers say the program — a favorite of school choice advocates — would spend millions in state dollars over the next decade on primarily religious private schools exempted from many of the accountability and anti-discrimination measures imposed on traditional public schools.

Critics have pounced on some of the language, which has been used by corporate reformers to support their agenda of emphasizing standardized tests as a way to hold educators, students and schools accountable, as well as expanding school choice through charters.

DeVos is a Michigan billionaire who has labored tirelessly for decades to promote school choice, or alternatives to traditional public schools, and is seen by critics as the most ideological and anti-public-education secretary in the more than 40 years of the department's history.

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.

But if the mantra of school choice — Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos» signature rallying cry — drowns out all critics, ads for great schools won't be much different than ads for banks.

School choice — letting families pick among diferent kinds of schools — was a hallmark of the Bloomberg era, but also a lightning rod for critics who say the system favors families able to navigate the sea of choices.

In his RSCO School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids»School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids»school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids» (HH).

Those critics will want De Blasio to revamp the school choice and enrollment system so that it benefits more families and a more diverse group of students end up at the most selective schools.

Critics of the voucher program insist it will tear money away from public schools, while supporters have hailed it as a way to give low - income families school choice.

You've been a vocal critic of charters and school choice, arguing that they weed out the students who are difficult to educate and weaken traditional schools.

School choice aids and abets segregation — or so goes the logic of many of the policy's loudest critics.

Calculating the fiscal impact of these programs would seem straightforward on the surface, but critics and supporters of educational choice strongly disagree about such programs» fiscal effects on taxpayers, state budgets and schools.