Sentences with phrase «emphasis on school choice»

Early reports show an emphasis on school choice measures.

On Sunday, two guests on political talk show «Capital City Sunday» debated whether Education Secretary Betsy DeVo and her emphasis on school choice programs help or hurt racial disparities.

This was reflected in President Donald Trump's proposed budget, which called for steep cuts to public school programs and an emphasis on school choice.

Critics were disappointed in her emphasis on school choice, rather than the need for more resources dedicated to special education in public schools.

Mrs. DeVos, they argued, didn't have enough public education experience, and her emphasis on school choice could threaten the state's isolated rural schools.

On - going trends involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sector.

Not exact matches

Children who like or benefit from a lot of structure may struggle to learn in a Montessori or Waldorf school, as both of those philosophies place emphasis on child choice rather than rigid classroom structures.

In France, there is more emphasis on taste, freshness and variety on the school lunch menus, but on the other side, there is no choice on what the children can eat (they are served the basic 3 course lunch).

The USDA is now requiring schools to offer more than one choice in fat content for milk, with an emphasis on lowfat and nonfat milk.

I didn't know anything about open education philosophy, but as soon as I read the school's literature — the emphasis on diversity, student choice, and the development of creativity and a lifelong passion for learning — I knew Piedmont was exactly where I needed to be.

One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.

Upon taking office in 1999, the governor pursued a multipronged strategy of education reform: an emphasis on reading, standards and accountability for public schools, and new choice options for students.

Thus, although proponents of magnet schools have not disavowed the desegregation goal that is the program's roots, they currently place almost equal emphasis on magnets as instruments of school choice.

Note the emphasis on «wide array of programs» in the conventional definition of school choice.

Their emphasis on competition has fostered the booming marketplace of school choice.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rSchools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

«This is an exciting year for charter schools, given the emphasis by President Obama's Administration, as well as our own state leaders, on things such as parent choice and academic achievement, which are the core values of our movement,» said Jed Wallace, President and CEO of CCSA.

Huston says that also means the General Assembly can not stop working after broadening school choices, placing more emphasis on accountability for statewide test scores and implementing a statewide teacher evaluation mandate.

While there's much emphasis on the necessity of school choice («choice can strongly foster diversity and increase the options for students living in areas where the existing schools are weak») there's an oxymoronic antipathy towards public charter schools which, in our most segregated districts, are often the only choices available to families who can't afford private schools or out - of - district tuition.

EL author Jonathan C. Erwin (p. 19), a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute, has written about schools of choice, where the emphasis is on conflict resolution, stress reduction, and character development.

In the video and a post for the website Medium, Bush said his plan is based on school choice (including charter schools), accountability for student achievement, an emphasis on early childhood education, and moving authority from the federal government to local officials, teachers, and parents.

Although the emphasis apparently was mostly on school vouchers, according to a different report in The Tennessean, the stage was thick with charter school advocates from Indianapolis - based Friedman Foundation for Education Choice, the Arizona - based Goldwater Institute and Nashville's Beacon Center of Tennessee.

«It's going to depend on how much emphasis this president and his people put on private school choice as an issue.»

But in publication after publication, parental involvement and choice would be lumped together without any emphasis on «the choice» being «within the public school context.»

He suggests an emphasis on autonomy, accountability of performance, diversity in school design, and parental choice.

The Forum's list also takes up numerous hot - button topics for the state's public schools, demanding «transparency and accountability» from North Carolina's growing school choice sector, better recruitment of top teachers and principals, an overhaul of the state's oft - maligned «A-F» school grading system and a renewed emphasis on racial equity, as well as others.

School choice has risen in the past decade due to an increased emphasis by education reformers on charter schools, magnet schools and school vouchers (Goldring and Phillips School choice has risen in the past decade due to an increased emphasis by education reformers on charter schools, magnet schools and school vouchers (Goldring and Phillips school vouchers (Goldring and Phillips 2008).

The emphasis on administrative and clinical skills makes us a great choice in California medical assistant schools.