Sentences with phrase «expanded system of choice»

Not exact matches

If the left insists on the liberal interpretation of our constitutional and political institutions in an uncompromising effort to defend the ever - expanding role of the state to secure the practical liberty of individuals, the right defends the free - market system and uncompromisingly rejects any restraint on the unfettered economic choices of individuals.

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.

It is true that religious and moral values play important roles in the current system and would continue to do so under a system of expanded choice.

What would the public and private sectors look like under a system of expanded choice?

For going on two decades now, the twin movements to expand parental choice and foster accountability have been the major drivers of reform in the K - 12 education system.

The real culprit of the school systems» troubles, Weingarten says, has been state governments» support for expanding charter schools, voucher plans and other school choice policies, which she argues has eaten into the budget for traditional public schools.

He imagines an urban school system organized around five pillars: first, that great schools from all sectors are expanded and replicated; second, that persistently failing schools are closed; third, that new schools are continuously started; fourth, that there is a wide variety of schools and entities to authorize and oversee them; and finally, that families have choice between these schools.

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.

There are proposals for new approaches to public governance, research findings on the efficacy of decentralized systems, comparisons of cities that are expanding choice, ideas for accountability and school supply, and disagreements about who should have ultimate authority.

The foundation promotes initiatives to expand parental choice and equal opportunity in education to help spur the bold transformation of the national K - 12 system of public education.

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

The authors note that this «indicat [es] that the LSP may attract private schools struggling to maintain enrollment,» and they conclude that these results «suggest caution in the design of voucher systems aimed at expanding school choice for disadvantaged students.»

While the Mayor's most recent predecessor Mike Bloomberg, with Chancellor Joel Klein, used a two - pronged strategy, approaching reform both from within the system (doubling down on accountability and giving principals more autonomy) and from without (rapidly expanding school choice through charter schools), de Blasio and his Chancellor Carmen Fariña, who share what Alexander Nazaryan calls an «out - sized antipathy» towards charters, are betting the whole ball of wax on an inside job.

Charter Schools Development Corporation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), promotes innovation and excellence in education by helping charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school models, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice within the American public education system.

We help charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

CSDC has a special focus on new schools, and helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

As the only CDFI in the country focused exclusively on the facility and financing needs of charter school organizations, CSDC helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school facilities with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American public education system

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 results.

CSDC helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

That kind of system — if it is truly against any form of expanded school choice options for every child, not just the affluent or the lucky — stands behind the disempowerment of that family and the academic suffering of that child.

This includes his push to expand school choice as well as the now - stillborn plan to address the School Employees» Retirement System's virtual insolvency of $ 37 billion (or 27 percent more than the pension officially reports).

Whittle School & Studios is building a global system of schools — launching Fall 2019 in Washington DC, USA, and Shenzhen, China, and expanding to other countries in subsequent years — that will incorporate learning by doing, creating and making, student choice and voice, collaboration and teamwork, and global connections with local roots.

CINCH Learning is the choice of educational leaders who are actively choosing technology to expand the scope, quality, and richness of their educational systems.

Critics of the school choice movement fear the call from conservative quarters to expand charters is a dangerous first step to privatization of the public education system.

Now that the NEA and AFT can count on Schwarzenegger's successor (and once - and - future governor) Jerry Brown and the state legislature to be at their proverbial beck - and - call (and the AFT now assured of a majority on L.A. Unified's board), Supt. John Deasy has had to roll back efforts to expand choice and has had to hope on lawsuits by reformers to give him the edge in revamping the district's woeful teacher evaluation system.

So no one should be surprised that the AFT's Big Apple local, the United Federation of Teachers, has allegedly been caught engaging in such activity as part of its effort against moves by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his school reform allies to expand school choice and transform the Empire State's public education systems.

In addition, the state's finance system has not kept pace with the expanding choices available to families: while kids can take advantage of more and more choice options, money does not follow them fully as they choose.

His unprecedented autonomy allowed him to engage in bold experiments regarding the governance and operation of the city's schools, expanding choice at all levels of the system by closing failing schools and opening charter schools, decentralizing authority, and creating a new accountability system to drive innovation.

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.

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.

(e) Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system.

The resulting settlement called for expanded (voluntary) participation in the «Open Choice» system (previously known as «Project Concern») and the formation of additional, public charters and themed magnet schools within Hartford open to students from both Hartford proper and the suburbs.

This court correctly recognized that school choice programs expand opportunity and achievement for students, and without doing so at the expense of the public school system.»

Most important, it involves expanding the benefits of choice, ensuring that educators are accountable to families and taxpayers for more than reading and math scores, empowering the educators in schools and school systems, and constructively addressing widespread parental concerns.

«The 51 - to - 50 vote elevates Ms. DeVos — a wealthy donor from Michigan who has devoted much of her life to expanding educational choice through charter schools and vouchers, but has limited experience with the public school system — to be steward of the nation's schools.

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.

Source: Scion Press Release is on Page 2 Sports Sedan that Shouts Success - All - New 2016 Scion iA Rolls Into New York With a Trunk Brand's first - ever sedan with dramatically sporty look and agile moves Estimated MSRP in the $ 16,000 - range for well - equipped mono - spec model High - spirited 1.5 - liter engine; estimated 42 MPG highway Choice of 6 - speed stick shift or 6 - speed automatic Standard Low - speed Pre-collision safety system Roomy cabin with premium amenities 7 - inch multimedia system with voice recognition NEW YORK, March 31, 2015 — Scion is expanding its line - up in more ways than one.

At its very core, the Disciplines System replaces the current Skill Tree system while offering a wider array of impactful Utility choices to expand their character and the ability for a character's identity to surface much earlier in the levelSystem replaces the current Skill Tree system while offering a wider array of impactful Utility choices to expand their character and the ability for a character's identity to surface much earlier in the levelsystem while offering a wider array of impactful Utility choices to expand their character and the ability for a character's identity to surface much earlier in the level path.

One of the major additions to iOS 10.2 is the addition of full support for Unicode 9.0, which will expand the choices for emojis in the operating system.