Sentences with phrase «especially schools of choice»

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A vast majority of both inner - city poor and advantaged whites agreed that school choice would be «especially helpful to low - income kids, because their public schools tend to have the most problems.»

- The Department of Education, which has for years pushed an agenda that places paramount importance on schools» test scores, especially in reading and math, leaving no time for the nutrition education which is such an important part of helping children learn to make sensible eating choices.

► Gender imbalance persists, the authors say, because of choices girls and women make well before they attain professorships — especially the choice that many make during school: not to study math.

Coconut oil is especially beneficial with its high content of lauric acid, which is both anti-viral and anti - bacterial.7 Since the children are constantly exposed to illnesses in school, coconut oil seems like a good choice.

And, after an especially rough week at school last week, I bribed him with a soccer ball (of his choice!)

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

The Milwaukee school choice program and the response of Milwaukee Public Schools are especially significant in light of Frederick M. Hess's study of the effects of competition on large urban school districts.

The central purpose of a voucher program is to expand the choices available to all qualifying parents, especially those who now have kids in public schools.

Trump's campaign website did feature an all out endorsement of dramatically expanded school choice, especially for the economically disadvantaged.

Second, these heated debates have led school - choice proponents to pay too little heed to crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

They haven't always agreed — especially on which levels of government should do what, how many forms of school choice warrant public funding, how best to evaluate teachers, and so on — but I'm not talking about consensus on the details of policy and implementation.

Each of these school choice systems can be complex and confusing for low - income families, especially when they are contending with challenges ranging from unstable employment and housing to limited transportation.

Still, even a modicum of school choice and competition can boost student test scores, especially when combined with a comprehensive examination system for high - school graduates, says Ludger Woessmann, whose systematic, sophisticated analyses of international test - score data best summarize what can be learned from abroad.

In many states, the costs of the 529 change are likely to be sizable, especially compared to current state school choice program expenditures.

It's this category that most concerns Hitt, McShane, and Wolf, especially in the context of school choice.

Choice schools have created an external challenge through market competition to the relative monopoly of MPS that has regularly failed far too many students; especially the poor, recent immigrants, and racial minorities.

Particularly problematic is how this way of thinking has caused school - choice proponents to ignore crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, says that the initiative spurred comprehensive improvements nationwide, especially in standards and assessments, teacher evaluation methods, and public school choice.

Trump has promised to «go big» on school choice, and it's hard to imagine Congress finding more than a few hundred million dollars for any new education program, especially one run out of the U.S. Department of Education.

But there is risk of overstating results from any single study, especially on issues as controversial and polarizing as private school choice.

David Osborne, senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, completed an analysis of D.C.'s two sectors, documenting how competition led the district sector to emulate charters in many ways, including more diverse curriculum offerings; new choices of different school models; and reconstituting schools to operate with building level autonomy, especially giving principals freedom to hire all or mostly new staff.

These findings support the case for continued expansion of school choice, especially in our major cities.

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?

More significant problems arise in schools of choice when, for example, school leaders hide open seats from certain types of students or manipulate their lotteries or waitlists — problems that are especially likely when schools manage their own enrollment processes amid significant accountability pressure.

«Our feeling is that charter schools can really engage parents in their children's learning, because parents make an active choice - especially when there aren't that many good choices available,» said Jim Shelton, an assistant secretary of education, in a recent phone interview.

-LSB-...] especially so given that the No Excuses charter model that has become the darling of ed reformers often comes up short at improving later life outcomes, while private school choice programs seem to fare better at improving high school graduation, -LSB-...]

For many of you, especially those who attend a zoned elementary school, middle school admissions may be your first encounter with school choice.

Predictably, some of our friends in the school - choice movement — especially those of a more libertarian persuasion — responded with a resounding «Thanks but no thanks.»

Mr. West concludes that «attending a school of choice, whether private or charter, is especially beneficial for minority students living in urban areas.»

They surely don't want government at any level to get in the way of parents making choices about their children's education, but I doubt they want government to be creating many such choices, especially not the kinds that disrupt the schools they already have or that push other sorts of kids into their schools.

Whenever government takes a parent's choice away, that's a use of force, especially when the parent can not pay private school tuition.

In contrast, Heckman and Carneiro advocate reallocating resources toward the youngest students (especially preschoolers), expanding mentoring programs for disadvantaged adolescents, and raising the quality of the nation's public schools, not by augmenting their resources, but by enhancing parental choice.

That was certainly true in 2010, when a voter backlash against Obamacare triggered a wave of Republican victories, especially at the state level, which in turn set the stage for major progress on education reform priorities in 2011 (rightfully dubbed «the year of school choice» by the Wall Street Journal).

Policymakers should be cautious about drawing any conclusions based on any study that reports results for only a few years of any program or cohort of students, especially at the beginning of a school choice program, when various stakeholders, such as participating students, their parents, school leaders, and state - level administrators, are on a learning curve.

The most striking thing we found is that the grantees of these major education reform foundations spend a lot of time Tweeting in support of diversity, especially relative to how often they Tweet in support of school choice.

«Today's decision is a win for children, especially the more than 7,100 children who rely on the Louisiana Scholarship Program to attend a quality school of their parents» choice,» said Kevin P. Chavous, executive counsel to the American Federation for Children.

Dr. Matt Chingos of the Urban Institute released a new study that shows very favorable long - term outcomes for students who enroll in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program — the largest private school choice program in the country.The results are clear: the Florida program significantly increases college matriculation, especially when students were enrolled in the FTC program for a longer period of time.

«We are incredibly pleased to see the results of this study by Dr. Matt Chingos of the Urban Institute, as it confirms what we have known to be true for years: private school choice programs provide families, especially disadvantaged families, greater opportunities to achieve academic success.

Proponents of ESAs argue these programs provide parents with more choice, flexibility and freedom to design their child's education, especially if they are dissatisfied with public school options.

These institutions promote social justice and inclusivity as virtues of good character, and where public school attendance is determined by residence and highly segregated on socioeconomic lines, Catholic schools, especially those that participate in school choice programs, are diverse in terms of race, social class and even religion.

This is especially true when Parent Trigger laws, which allow families to take control of failing schools, becomes part of the choice conversation.

Advocates for school choice in the US (especially for vouchers) also argue that private schools are more adept at providing education to parents with a variety of different academic, vocational or religious preferences for their children.

But few data points can paint a picture as well as parental satisfaction, especially in schools of choice where parents must choose to enroll their child in that particular school.

Unfortunately for middle class families — especially first - generation black, Latino, and Asian households who are entering the middle class for the first time — throughout the rest of the country (including the supposedly tony Virginia and Maryland suburbs outside of D.C.)-- school choice doesn't really exist at all.

But there are still reformers, especially those in the conservative and school choice wings, as well as some centrist Democrat players, who remain silent in the face of what is happening.

Secondly: Hess himself has earned a reputation for being racially myopic, especially in his dismissal of focusing on achievement gaps in transforming public education as well as his statement that expanding school choice rewards the supposed irresponsibility of poor and minority families.

I think that after November, we were talking internally, because there was a lot of discussion out there in the public domain about, what's the role of the federal government, especially when it comes to advancing school choice.

One can make a strong case that the reason there's such a push for school choice today, especially from urban parents, is from the now generation or so of students being dumped into classes without their consent, or even worse into schools implementing the latest education fad without parents having any options for their children.

«The provision of choice, and the publication of data on school performance, has sometimes had little impact, especially in districts where reform lacks adequate local ownership, community and wider civic involvement, and parent engagement,» Bruno Manno notes.

Chris Lubienski's research centers on public and private interests in education, including the use of market mechanisms such as choice and competition to improve schooling, especially for disadvantaged children.