Sentences with phrase «expand public school options»

One way is to expand public school options and empower parents by embracing charter schools.

PRESS CONFERENCE: Savannah - Chatham Charter School Innovators Celebrate Expanded Public School Options

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The EITC would expand options for families seeking additional choices in the grades before college by allowing up to $ 100 million in tax credits for contributions to public and private schools.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national spotlight.

April 7, 2016 — To better meet the unique needs of different students, urban districts are increasingly expanding the options available to families by providing a variety of public schools: traditional, magnet, charter, and hybrid models.

Both expanded access to private school options and greater variety of options that students have in terms of the religious (or secular) affiliations of private schools are positively associated with public - school students» test scores following the introduction of the FTC program.

While expanding parental options for children's education in Milwaukee, school choice has transformed public education into a multi-sector delivery system for the good of everyone.

In the past 15 months Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and now Nevada have all adopted new programs that dramatically expand public school funding for private school options, Peshek said.

In later decades, school districts expanded the «public option» in education; by 1960, 90 percent of high - school age students were enrolled.

We wanted teachers to be able to differentiate instruction based on student personal needs, allow students to personalize learning options, and expand beyond the classroom to make learning accessible from home,» explains Tricia Kennedy, Executive Director for eCLASS Transformation at Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Education policies to improve the quality of New York's public schools, with a focus on improving teacher quality, expanding school options for families and improving the way our school systems are governed and funds are spent.

«Those options do not divert federal dollars to non-public schools as vouchers and tuition tax credits do, and are effective in expanding opportunities for students and can help schools in their efforts to serve our nation's 50 million public school students.»

(Hanover, MD, January 15, 2013) Charter schools are the cornerstone of the movement to expand school choice options for families which has revolutionized public K - 12 education over the past two decades.

Walker and Republicans have been supportive of expanding Milwaukee's voucher program, arguing it gives parents unhappy with public schools another option for educating their children.

Accordingly, Democracy Prep will continue to explore opportunities to partner with communities looking to expand the availability of high quality public school options for low - income students.

Mohammed spearheads the district's strategic work to redesign existing campuses and launch new school models to expand school choice options for students district wide through its Public School Choice initischool models to expand school choice options for students district wide through its Public School Choice initischool choice options for students district wide through its Public School Choice initiSchool Choice initiative.

Walker's support for expanding choice and charter options is based on the view that competition creates a better product and that an education marketplace will improve all public schools, according to Walker policy director Ryan Murray.

This includes offering a new vision of structuring public education, based largely on the portfolio model Hill and his successor at CRPE, Robin Lake, have advanced for the past decade, as well as crafting a new approach for financing education that expands high - quality school options for children and their families.

Expanding school choice for all families would shift how we presently fund public education from the «taxes - > public schools only» model to a «taxes - > families (in the form of education savings accounts (ESAs) or flexible vouchers)- > one or many educational options» model.

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«The Charter School Sector continues to expand as parents seek high - quality public education options.

In addition to the connection between expanded school - choice options and increased parental engagement, which panelists echoed in their testimony, Todd Ziebarth, from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, pointed to the way that charters involve parents in decision making and school governance as a model that could positively influence traditional public school pracPublic Charter Schools, pointed to the way that charters involve parents in decision making and school governance as a model that could positively influence traditional public school pracpublic school practices.

Democrats are also committed to providing parents with high - quality public school options and expanding these options for low - income youth.

She not only helped expand school choice options in Richmond, but she helped ensure that all public school students in Richmond would be eligible to receive funds thru the Richmond Promise program.

Common sense solutions to preserving and growing a thriving and accountable nonprofit charter public schools sector by solving issues related to modernizing California's authorizing system, and expanding facilities options for charters.

Our antiquated education delivery system should be allowed to evolve from a «school system» to a «system of schools», with comprehensive traditional public school choice, expanded charter school capability, access to more choices for special needs children, and a fully paid exit option for students in failing schools.

As Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Vallas rolled out his plans for a revamped Bridgeport education system, he included the creation of a «Good Schools Bridgeport Foundation» which will «support the school district by securing public and private funding that... and to use that funding to help the district expand high quality school options.»

The new public charter school regulations being discussed in Trenton today will not only expand high quality educational options for our students and families, but will allow public charter schools to continue to innovate and positively transform our education system to the benefit of all students.

Expanding access to high quality school options is one of the most critical issues as we prepare children to succeed in the 21st century economy, and in Newark, high quality public charter schools are delivering excellent educational options to meet the needs of students and families, serving as a critical component of the Newark educational landscape.»

School choice is an increasingly popular issue in state legislatures nationwide as more and more states consider expanding educational options to help children get a better education, spur public school improvement, and save taxpayer doSchool choice is an increasingly popular issue in state legislatures nationwide as more and more states consider expanding educational options to help children get a better education, spur public school improvement, and save taxpayer doschool improvement, and save taxpayer dollars.

Imagine the national perception that would have been created if Georgia became the first state to vote against a constitutional amendment that sought to expand public charter school options for parents.

The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.

Since then, we increased quality options for families with expanded public school choice, a needs - based voucher program, and Indiana's Charter School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's school choice, a needs - based voucher program, and Indiana's Charter School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's school that meets their child's needs.

The conviction jump - started the much - needed discussion over expanding inter-district public school choice and forced a new discussion about ending zip code education practices that condemn poor and minority children to the worst American public education offers (and keeps middle - class families from improving their own options).

The state opposes expanded school choice options to instead protect public educators.

Many schools are finding public / private partnerships or joint enrollment options as a way to expand curricular offerings without adding operational expenses.

In advance of today's «Expanding Education Opportunity through School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

According to Department budget documents, the proposal «would support LEAs in establishing or expanding student - centered systems that: (1) differentiate funding based on student characteristics, providing disadvantaged students more funding on a per - pupil basis than other students; (2) offer a range of viable school options and enable the Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice; (3) make school performance and funding data easily accessible to parents; and (4) empower school leaders to use funds flexibly to address student and community needs.