Not exact matches
Choice programs that
do not contain accountability provisions offer us zero assurances that
educational dollars are being well spent.
Does the existence of a
choice program cause parents to seek information about their
educational options?
The Supreme Court, in cases culminating in Agostini [v. Felton], has established the general principle that state
educational assistance
programs do not have the primary effect of advancing religion if those
programs provide public aid to both sectarian and nonsectarian institutions (1) on the basis of neutral, secular criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion; and (2) only as a result of numerous private
choices of the individual parents of school - age children.
Parents also can not exercise a real
choice when voucher
programs do not provide them with necessary or accurate data needed to make informed
educational choices.
Drew Catt: Then, going beyond just schooling types, what
do military families think about
educational choice programs?
School
choice has been around long enough, now, that we have data showing that such
programs can and
do improve
educational outcomes, especially for African American students.
What they show is that the
educational choice programs that are being so highly scrutinized
do, in fact, make a positive difference for the kids who use them.