Sentences with phrase «educational choice programs by»

The mission of the Office of K - 12 School Choice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communities.

Not exact matches

Choice of content and methods will be determined, to a large extent, by the aims or objectives of the educational program and the target groups one hopes to reach.

First, Welner argues that I owe Ravitch and NEPC an apology because the initial version of our Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) educational attainment study was the source of one of Ravitch's factual errors, and our error was merely repeated by the person NEPC hired to review our study.

School choice programs which allow parents to select the schools their children attend deepen educational inequality and fail to yield consistent learning gains, according to nine studies of choice initiatives coordinated by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School choice programs seek to address this inequity by providing low - income students with access to educational options that best meet their individual needs, giving them the best chance to succeed in life.

There is clear evidence that students benefit by participating in educational choice programs.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

In the wake of Congressional action, state lawmakers should take up the baton to expand educational freedom by making choice programs like education scholarship accounts available to more families.

Nevada's effort to provide true and meaningful educational choices to its citizens by enacting the ESA program is needed.

Provide students with voice and choice by giving them a say in determining their own educational learning goals and program of studies.

«Along with our friends at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students in publicly - supported private school choice programs and charter schools around the country.

Despite this growing consensus, opponents of school choice programs persist in their attempts to spread fear among parents and the general public by falsely accusing these programs of undermining local public schools and of further restricting educational access.

By combining these educational choice programs, lawmakers could take advantage of the legal and policy advantages of both ideas.

By empowering all parents to pay for education directly, ESAs and other educational choice programs cut housing out of the equation.

All programs are supported by an educational component or curricular connection to ensure that Byrne Creek students and their families acquire the knowledge and skills needed to make healthy choices.

The new report clearly shows that traditional public education by ZIP Code is being rapidly replaced by a variety of choice programs that empower families to find the best educational option for students.

The claim that charter schools achieve superior test results as a result of effort, choice, accountability, educational program, governance structure, or some other reason, is frequently cited by charter school lobbyists at the legislature and the CT State Department of Education.

Moreover, in practice, the «choice» program has been plagued by lack of accountability (no state testing requirements), fraud (private operators taking off with the state aid check, leaving the kids without a school to go to, and MPS to try to deal with it), refusal to accept handicapped children, continued leeching off public schools for lab courses, and — most significantly — absolutely no educational advantage whatsoever for the «choice» students compared to their public school counterparts, which was the ostensible justification for this whole fiasco in the first place.

School choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public schools.

All programs are supported by an educational component or curricular connection to ensure that Byrne Creek students and their families acquire the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices.

LFC is dedicated to promoting educational choice by protecting, growing and expanding options for Louisiana families, including the Louisiana Scholarship Program, one of the nation's most accountable and most popular choice programs.

Longitudinal evaluations of the effects of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school cChoice Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school Program (MPCP), the voucher program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school program initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced by participation in private school choicechoice.

Despite their sordid history, Blaine Amendments are today used not only by Washington to deny educational opportunities for children with special needs, but also by opponents of school choice programs to deny parents the right to select the schools that are best for their kids.

First, public school choice programs (such as charter and interdistrict magnet schools) in Connecticut are all required by Connecticut law to provide children with an equal educational opportunity and to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students (except technical schools).

Thankfully, research on which policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.

Ideally, though, Congress would take the next step from school choice to educational choice by enacting a universal education savings account program.

Recent events in New Hampshire prove yet again that no good school choice program goes unchallenged in the courts by those seeking to preserve the educational status quo.

The Louisiana Federation for Children, a project of the American Federation for Children and the Alliance for School Choice, is dedicated to promoting educational choice by protecting, growing and expanding scholarship programs for low and middle - income chiChoice, is dedicated to promoting educational choice by protecting, growing and expanding scholarship programs for low and middle - income chichoice by protecting, growing and expanding scholarship programs for low and middle - income children.

The bottom line if we want to continue moving the needle on educational choice is that legislators need to hear from people close to them — friends, neighbors, colleagues — who want more schooling options as well as those who've been helped by choice programs.

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 4, 2016)-- The American Federation for Children (AFC), the nation's voice for educational choice, today celebrated a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to end its overreaching and unnecessary investigation into the Milwaukee voucher program.

Innovative program enables students to attend courses not traditionally offered by middle and high schools Baton Rouge, La. (Jan. 7, 2015)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children, a state affiliate of the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, today welcomed the Louisiana Department of Education's announcement of an increase in the -LSB-...]

The Louisiana Federation for Children is a project of the American Federation for Children and the AFC Growth Fund, dedicated to promoting educational choice by protecting, growing, and expanding scholarship programs for low and middle - income children.

Students conclude all three of the above educational programs by sitting for the NCLEX - RN, which is computer - based and primarily consists of multiple - choice and fill - in - the - blank questions.