So, as someone who has worked to
expand quality choices for parents for the past 30 years, I have a request.
Not exact matches
«A public option is the best option to lower costs, improve the
quality of health care, ensure
choice and
expand coverage.
«We're going to do everything we can to support the governor in advancing a bold education reform agenda that improves the
quality of traditional public schools and
expands choice for families,» the group's executive director, Jenny Sedlis, said in an interview.
It doesn't
expand or dry thick like some glues, making it a great
choice for people who want to maintain the style and
quality of their original boots or shoes.
There is a range of homemade cooking on offer and if you are looking for a venue where you can spend some
quality and intimate together, Al Dente is an option that significantly
expands your Wallasey dining
choices.
An analysis of more than 100 million individual searches on the nation's largest school -
quality website finds that
expanded local
choice motivates families to become more informed about their educational options.
A more constructive approach is the road we've been traveling for 20 years now:
expanding school
choice via new, high -
quality options.
And we have to continue to
expand parental
choice and grow the number of high -
quality charter schools — the kind getting twice, three times, four times, five times the number of low - income students to and through college.
These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy changes to increase accountability for student achievement, improve teacher
quality, turn around failing schools, and
expand school
choice.
To date, most ed - reform efforts have been aimed at mere structural change —
expanding the reach of school
choice and charter schools, improving teacher
quality, or insisting on test - driven accountability.
Identifying the kinds of private schools that boost these outcomes could enhance policymakers» ability to design private school
choice programs that
expand disadvantaged children's access to high -
quality educational opportunities.
The goal of Louisiana's private school
choice policy is to
expand over time the number of high
quality, free or low - cost schooling options available to low - income families.
Well - functioning school
choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high -
quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an
expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
This prompted the founding of GLEP, which focuses on academic
quality and accountability in Michigan schools, in addition to
expanding school
choice.
More intriguing, however, is news that the report will discuss «how to
expand school
choice to increase equity and create a market within the public sector for school
quality.»
The preview for a release event says that the report will discuss «how to
expand school
choice to increase equity and create a market within the public sector for school
quality.»
If the new administration is serious about making school
choice expand and thrive long term, leaders would do well to pick their battles carefully to minimize polarization and maximize
quality.
As states continue to
expand their pre-K programs, the charter model can offer another attractive option for parents in an emerging publicly funded early - childhood system, not only
expanding choice and access but in many cases improving
quality.
As more cities
expand school
choice, we will have the opportunity to compare New Orleans to other markets to see how factors such as economies of scale, regulations, and demand influence the amount and
quality of differentiation.
We believe that school
choice policy should be considered a means of
expanding the opportunity to attend a verifiably high -
quality school for those historically less likely to be granted such an opportunity.
Developing a comprehensive district
choice program that includes
expanding the number of high -
quality seats through replication and expansion of high -
quality charter schools.
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.
The goal of Louisiana's private school
choice policy is to
expand the number of high
quality, free or low - cost schooling options available to low - income families.
It was Gwen Samuel, a mother from Connecticut bereft of shiny public policy credentials, who led the passage of the nation's second Parent Trigger law and has spurred the current efforts at reforming teacher
quality and
expanding school
choice happening in the Nutmeg State.
Expanding school
choice and high -
quality options within districts is part of the solution.
She has been instrumental in
expanding school
choice programs nationwide, which has given students with disabilities and those from low - income families the opportunity to attend the
quality school of their parents»
choice.
It doesn't even mean that every debate involves moral considerations; this is certainly true when it comes to discussions over what policies will be most - effective in
expanding choice or improving teacher
quality.
Expand true parent
choice and opportunity by considering a proposal for racially and economically diverse, district - operated charter schools that aim to ensure high
quality, equal educational opportunities in a diverse learning environment.
Course
choice is a program that provides public school students with
expanded access to
quality education courses regardless of their location.
As public charter schools continue to
expand here in Arizona, more students are able to access the
quality choice offered by these innovative schools.
In this Best of Dropout Nation, Editor RiShawn Biddle points to the economic reasons why we must commit to providing all children with strong, comprehensive, college prep curricula and nurturing kids through high expectations (along with improving teacher and school leader
quality, and
expanding school
choice and Parent Power).
From centrist Democrats who think that
choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of
choice instead of on the more - important goal of
expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high -
quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.
Chartering
Quality is a blog devoted to improving public education and
expanding opportunity through smart authorizing of charter schools — autonomous, accountable, public schools of
choice.
Certainly this means losing key tools in
expanding choice, especially against traditional districts and others opposed to allowing poor and minority children to attain high -
quality options.
CINCH Learning is the
choice of educational leaders who are actively choosing technology to
expand the scope,
quality, and richness of their educational systems.
He spent the next half - decade running nonprofits aimed to
expand quality school
choices for low - income students before taking a corporate job with Target, flying all over the country as a fast - rising executive.
Yet one has to argue that the Bayou State is one of the few that has continuously done the right things in
expanding school
choice and improving teacher
quality.
The state's governor, Bobby Jindal, is looking to further burnish the state's efforts on the teacher
quality front this week with his proposal to eliminate near - lifetime employment for laggard teachers with unsatisfactory ratings on the state's new teacher evaluation system, while pushing further on
expanding charters by allowing successful charter operators to
expand without having to go through the current approval process, and allowing the state education department to authorize charters throughout the state (and thus, ending efforts by traditional districts to restrict school
choice within their boundaries).
Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high -
quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies,
expanding school
choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).
Senate Education Chairman Sen. Dan W. «Blade» Morrish and Rep. Kirk Talbot championed the legislation, demonstrating their commitment to
expanding school
choice options and improving the
quality of education in Louisiana.
On this week's Midweek Monitor, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's battle to
expand school
choice and end tenure; casts an eye on Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher
quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle Bernard.
Despite evidence that the complexity of the nation's education crisis requires an array of solutions — including strong curriculum standards and robust consequential accountability, the overhaul of teacher
quality, revamp of curriculum and standards,
expanding school
choice, improving school data systems and giving parents their rightful decision - making roles in education — far too many reformers are busy touting and flacking their one grand solution and dismiss others that, in their minds, don't further their own.
Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as advancing standards and accountability, overhauling teacher
quality,
expanding school
choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school leadership and building robust data systems.
Left unmentioned are the efforts on the supply side —
expanding school
choice, improving teacher
quality, and strengthening curriculum.
Unfortunately, school
choice is also sometimes pushed as a goal itself as advocates work to
expand the number of
choices without enough concern for
quality.
Well, for example, when Catalyst asked how Chicago Public Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high -
quality schools, but
expand the number of
choices.»
So it is hard for Thomas B. Fordham Institute research czar Mike Petrilli to offer any spirited defense of Virginia's woeful proficiency targets (or even defend the state's unwillingness to address teacher
quality issues and
expand school
choice).
The Mission of the Idaho Charter School Network is to improve student achievement and
expand choice among high
quality public schools by advancing and supporting Idaho's charter schools.
Around 3,000 families and educators from northeast San Fernando Valley charter schools marched in support of
expanding high
quality schools, securing better facilities and protecting parent
choice in public education at last Saturday's «Rally in the Valley.»
In Alabama, where the state sustained aggressive reading instruction and curriculum reform (even as it failed to overhaul teacher
quality and
expand school
choice), 33 percent of students read Below Basic, a 15 percent decline from nine years ago; the percentage of poor fourth - graders who were functionally illiterate declined by 16 percent in that same period, from 61 percent to 45 percent.