Sentences with phrase «does supporting school choice»

So, how does supporting school choice through ESAs entail «hate» for district schools?

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«Our school is a school of choice so we have an engaged parent group that supports our underlying principle of trying to do things as healthily as we can.

No, when The Pill and Title IV arrived, when women began to have choices about their reproduction, schooling and careers and didn't «have» to marry to be able to support themselves, that's when the shift occurred.

Berkeley did make that choice when Berkeley elected to raise funds to support the school district and their Nutrition Services Program.

Small towns and rural areas also generally don't have enough students to support significant choice options or charter schools within the public school system.

Unlike Lieberman, he just doesn't want to be invited to Dinner parties with GWB so badly that he's willing to sell out the core values of the Democratic party on issues ranging from SS privatization, school vouchers, prayer in school, end of life decisions (terry schiavo), choice (supported hospitals right not to provide birth control), and, yes, Iraq.

«We're going to do everything we can to support the governor in advancing a bold education reform agenda that improves the quality of traditional public schools and expands choice for families,» the group's executive director, Jenny Sedlis, said in an interview.

And when they do talk about education, both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Duke focus on support of parental choice, school prayer, and the teaching of values — all positions Mr. Bush takes, too, albeit without the...

Do Americans support the expansion of school choice?

With the choices available, students increasingly don't need to make the tradeoff between attending a large school with lots of choices but perhaps lots of anonymity or a small school with limited choices but a deeply developed personal support structure.

At the community level, support for schools might also be enhanced under a regime of public school choice, because fewer people would feel compromised, silenced, or alienated in an environment where well - intentioned school officials are forced to accommodate conflicting constituent demands and wind up doing so in ways that favor the most vocal, affluent, or well - organized.

73 percent of respondents said they would be more inclined to support the requirement if the subject choice was more flexible, and 74 per cent indicated that their school does not have enough teachers in the EBacc subjects, highlighting the current issue of teacher shortages across the country.

As a business we are very passionate about supporting the local community and if we give an opportunity to just one student or even guide them to make a more decisive career choice then the work that we do with the school has served a purpose.

Instead, Brimelow's concluding chapter seems to instruct readers to support school choice not so much because doing so might improve the schools, but because it will annoy teacher unions.

We conducted surveys in eight target states and learned that the president's support for school choice did not depress popular support.

It's also a cautionary tale regarding charter - school authorizing, particularly when done on a large scale, and will inevitably be used by school - choice foes in the U.S. as evidence in support of their scary predictions that chartering will lead to «witchcraft schools» and such.

What does it mean to support school choice?

A compatibility effect — some teachers, even though they've gone through all their training and have spent time in classrooms, discover initially that they don't feel very compatible with the teaching that they get to do, so that's a personal choice and not necessarily because of the lack of support of a school, if that's the case.

Given that Americans use the school - choice options available to them, it is worth asking, Do Americans support the expansion of choice, especially when it is targeted to disadvantaged students?

Yesterday, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released the results of a poll conducted by a Democratic polling firm supposedly showing that American parents don't support a plethora of education reforms, including school choice, and would rather increase funding for public schools.

In our six formal statistical tests of the hypothesis that school choice test score impacts reliably predict future attainment impacts, five of the tests do not support the hypothesis.

The majority ruled that since the vouchers advance a legitimate secular purpose (educating disadvantaged students), may be used at any private school (secular or religious), and support religious institutions only through individual choice, the program does not offend the establishment clause.

That, after all, is one reason we support schools of choice: we expect them to bring to the educational process the social capital that reflects the common values of a group of teachers, a community of parents, and their children - and to make education more effective by so doing.

They also don't look for the assets and supports that are diminished through school choice practices that are represented in established, community - based schools, such as strong social and communication networks, and additional human resources provided by local stakeholders (National Education Association et al. 2016).

Caputo - Pearl sees this as a threat to UTLA's very existence, which makes it strange when his two national affiliates may both end up supporting Clinton, who once said, «I stand behind the charter school / public school movement, because parents do deserve greater choice within the public school system to meet the unique needs of their children.»

They make progressive Democrats like me who support public school choice and often feel we don't have a home in our own party feel less alone.

Rather, the information will be used to more precisely communicate the work of schools and to allow district and school leaders to better allocate energy and resources toward improvement, support teachers to advocate for the working conditions and resources they need to do their work well, and empower parents to make informed choices when selecting schools for their children.

Rothstein is a great choice for this one in that indeed he is an economist, but one of a few, really, who is deep into the research literature and who, accordingly, has a balanced set of research - based beliefs about value - added models (VAMs), their current uses in America's public schools, and what they can and can not do (theoretically) to support school reform.

Expanding school choice for parents and pupils is something councils support, but this does not mean that schools can just be left alone without someone keeping an eye on their performance.

The importance of location — with many parents expressing a strong perference to send their child to the school that is closest to them — does not support a market - driven approach to raising attainment standards (unless parents are already excercising choices through the housing market).

Your opinion is one - sided and lacks authority to support your assertion that Latino students do not benefit from school choice.

However, the candidate did note his support of public school choice (via charter schools): «As chair of the House Education Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Children First.

However, according to the Huffington Post, Hutchinson does not support private school choice vouchers.

Choice students do not attend public schools, but Milwaukee property taxpayers still support their costs.

Ms. Turner will explain what the South Carolina Department of Education Office of School Choice and Innovation is doing to support the growth and sustainability of magnet schools throughout the state.

It's also worth noting that President Obama's Education Secretaries both supported school choice in the form of charter schools and expressed support for some of today's most popular education reforms — that is to say, Democrats don't unilaterally oppose school choice or the education reform agenda.

The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduSchool choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduschool choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.

I support school choice, but I do not think we should give parents the right to opt - out of taking tests.

He said: «Parents continue to support the school wholeheartedly for the way it is transforming children's lives and offering families a choice that previously did not exist.»

It's a safe assumption to think the Trump Mr. Trump will support school choice because, after all, that's what Republicans are known to do.

It's no secret that DeVos has long supported unaccountable, for - profit charter schools and vouchers, which drain public schools of critical resources and offer no choice for the most vulnerable students — those with special needs, those who don't speak English, and those living in poverty.

Citing the new Education Next results, Petrilli argues that charter advocates should focus on regaining GOP support, and suggests doing so by tamping down social justice rhetoric (such as closing achievement gaps and alleviating systemic inequalities), by emphasizing parental choice and personal freedom (i.e., that charters liberate families from their government - assigned schools), and by touting that most charters are non-union.

Oddly, Dynarski did not include the results from the more recent 2012 IGM survey, in which the level of support for school choice was higher (44 %) and opposition was lower (5 %), a nearly 9:1 ratio of support to opposition.

Referring to a recent benefit for school choice legislation in Greensboro that was organized by Parents for Educational Freedom NC, Forte - Durham said «the 3,000 people who came to Greensboro came to hear the gospel singer,» and did not support school vouchers.

One recommendation in the report, Tough Choices or Tough Times, is to ensure that children have the supports they need to do well in school.

After learning of Trump's plan, he said, «While I do not support Donald Trump, his speech on school choice demonstrates that he is giving serious thought to education issues and I strongly challenge Hillary Clinton to do the same... I urge Hillary Clinton to show more openness and creativity when it comes to embracing school reform, choice and charter schools.

There are compelling and data based reasons to question the first two arguments — and the third presents an obvious problem that even many choice advocates do not support — but there should be no doubt that deeply held and sincere beliefs animate many school choice advocates.

Supporting school choice options with which our members agree does not change our focus as an association.

If such alternatives do not exist where you live then this knowledge can support you in promoting or standing behind school change and school choice efforts as they arise.

AFC has been leading the way nationally to make parental school choice a reality in many states through policy and political support of candidates who stand firm on this ideal, but there's still much more work to do.