President Trump has indicated several times now that his education agenda may
feature a school choice program known as tax credit scholarships.
Not exact matches
Yesterday's New York Times contained an interesting article on a new trend towards healthier
choices in some
school cafeterias across the country (others, like the ones I
featured in a recent blog post on
school «junketerias», have their work cut out for them!).
The researchers note that additional study of CBT answer -
choice selection and test navigation
features and how they influence elementary and middle
school students» test performance is warranted.
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school.
Alien Breed offers the opportunity for both old and new fans to experience the original survival - horror game,
featuring a
choice of either old -
school Amiga graphics or new enhanced graphics.
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School was an obvious
choice to include in our Education software offer, mainly because of its
feature - rich content.
My colleagues and I have shown that such differences exist in a study that followed a group of students into and out of public and private
schools in Milwaukee (see «Special
Choices,»
features, Summer 2012).
Trump's campaign website did
feature an all out endorsement of dramatically expanded
school choice, especially for the economically disadvantaged.
Cool
School: Where Peace Rules In this game, kids learn conflict - resolution skills by watching animations of realistic situations and seeing the effects of both good and bad
choices, it
features common misunderstandings and realistic situations that will help kids contextualize how they might react in the real world.
«Pre-K 101» (
features, Summer 2007) sets up a false
choice between
schools and community child - care centers as the providers of pre-K.
The Fordham Institute — Pondiscio's own institution — hosted an event last month
featuring a report card that ranks two dozen private
school choice opportunities in the various states.
For a time Winerip did a
feature column called «On Sunday,» but in the Times online archive trajectory (a wonderful thing), you can begin to see his favoring of
school stories — whether his
choice or an assignment editor's is not known — with reporting on teen - age dropouts, disabled students,
school taxes, P.S.A.T. tests, etc..
That
feature is what lost the support of longtime social - justice warrior (and founder of the pro
school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental
choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private
school options, to the detriment of low - income families.»
The simple
feature of eliminating a default
school assignment by the
school district — thus requiring every parent to engage in
school choice — eliminates socioeconomic differences in the likelihood that parents will shop for
schools.
While New Orleans
schools have improved considerably since pre-Katrina (see «Good News for New Orleans,»
features, Fall 2015) and families seem to have a variety of
schooling options (see «Many Options in New Orleans
Choice System,» research, Fall 2015), only 22 of the 90
schools in the 2015 — 16 OneApp received a letter grade of A or B under the state's accountability system.
Statewide programs in Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio, however, already have demonstrated clear positive effects on the achievement of students who remain in public
schools, confirming Caroline Hoxby's claim (see «Rising Tide,»
features, Winter 2001) that competition from
choice generates «a rising tide that lifts all boats.»
With similar assistance, Michael Bennet and Tom Boasberg began to turn the Denver Public
Schools into the country's most advanced «portfolio» district (see «Denver Expands
Choice and Charters,»
features, Summer 2016).
The first
School Choice Week campaign push earlier this year
featured highly produced press packets, sample letters to the editor, a sign in Times Square and rallies for virtual and charter
schools organized with help from the Koch brothers» Americans for Prosperity.
While intra / inter-district transfer programs and magnet
schools present more
choices to families, it is important to consider the following key
features adopted from a recent research brief by Kara S. Finnigan and Jennifer Jellison Holme to ensure equal access and equity of participation.
From a policy - maker's point of voew the important issue is not whether private
schools out - perform government
schools in the education of students who want out (voucher applicants), but whether
choice systems as a whole perform better than systems which do not
feature choice.
We also find that New Orleans families diverge in their
schooling preferences, so having this degree of differentiation in
schooling options is likely to help match what families want with what
schools offer (see «The New Orleans OneApp,»
features, and «Many Options in New Orleans
Choice System,» research, Fall 2015).
Union Voice In «Brighter
Choices in Albany» (
features, Fall 2009), New York's anti-union charter spokesmen misstated New York State United Teachers» (NYSUT) position on charter
schools.
The Spring 2016 issue of Education Next
features articles by leading scholars that revisit and update Coleman's findings on desegregation, the achievement gap,
school choice, teacher quality, the role of the family, and academic games.
This is graduation season and AFC is
featuring great
school choice stories — including Destiny Gautreaux, salutatorian at Lutheran High S
school choice stories — including Destiny Gautreaux, salutatorian at Lutheran High
SchoolSchool.
Reforms address class size,
school size, teacher «dispositions,» parental
choice, alternative certification, and other
features of the system, but the basic machinery remains in place.
Lippman stresses that ACE's distinguishing
feature is it finds those students and their families, and assures them they have a
school choice and their kids will succeed in the ACE environment.
As we continue to celebrate National
School Choice Week, today's installment of «
School Choice, A Family
Choice» series
features the Bey family.
«More parents who can afford to make the
choice are now choosing to send their children to state
schools, many more of which are
featuring in the lists of the nation's top performers,» he said.
Because they don't share these four
features, other forms of
school choice — such as inter - and intra-district
choice, family - financed private
schooling, residential
school choice, and homeschooling — are less likely to invite a strong competitive response.
Many of our charter
schools were
featured prominently in the stories, which covered topics ranging from the state's rich history of
school choice to how families can pick the right
school for their students, whether it's an arts, academics, online or STEM
school.
Last week, one of our local charters, KIPP Bridge, was
featured in CCSA's report «Chartering and
Choice as an Achievement Gap Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter
Schools in Promoting African American Achievement», which details the performance and enrollment trends of African American students in California's public schools, including charter s
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Rubio and Bush have called for taking on the higher education cartel, while the Republican field
features governors who have championed a slew of interesting
school choice proposals.
Although he was vague about where the money for the program would come from or how exactly it would work, his selection of DeVos suggests that
school choice will be a prominent
feature of the Trump administration.
Good Morning Just in time for National
School Choice Week, we have a new school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
School Choice Week, we have a new school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
Choice Week, we have a new
school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
choice PSA
featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many others.
Former Teacher Project reporter Alexandria Neason wrote a new Village Voice piece (To Fight Institutional Racism, Teachers Are Going Back to
School) and had a long feature in Harper's about school choice in Arizona at roughly the same time it was announced she's joining CJR as a senior staff w
School) and had a long
feature in Harper's about
school choice in Arizona at roughly the same time it was announced she's joining CJR as a senior staff w
school choice in Arizona at roughly the same time it was announced she's joining CJR as a senior staff writer.
The rally will coincide with National
School Choice Week (January 22 - 28, 2017), which will
feature more than 21,000 events across the country.
The rally
featured a litany of speakers, each sharing how
school choice has shaped their child or their community's ability to learn.
Director of the Center for Public Education Patte Barth will discuss research based findings related to the latest developments in education, including implications of ESSA, and will
feature two of their newest reports on student outcomes and
school choice.
Note: All of the information
featured in our ABCs of
School Choice is available and kept updated in real time on our website.
The summit
featured a panel of
school leaders who shared stories of students whose lives have been transformed by
school choice opportunities.
Just in time for National
School Choice Week, we have a new school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
School Choice Week, we have a new school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
Choice Week, we have a new
school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
school choice PSA featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many o
choice PSA
featuring Shaquille O» Neal, Jalen Rose, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Elise Neal, Laila Ali and many others.
This week's NPR story about vouchers for special ed kids shared an unfortunate
feature with a recent NYT piece on the same subject, according to Fordham Institute head Mike Petrilli: it didn't include anyone who was happy with
school choice.
Charter
schools have become a central
feature of the
school «
choice» movement, itself a key part of corporate
school reform, which seeks to operate public
schools as if they were businesses rather than civic institutions.
Good Morning A new video from Empower Mississippi
features charter
school families sharing stories of what
school choice has meant to them.
CRPE's report on how parents choose public
schools in eight high -
choice cities is the
feature of this Cleveland Plain Dealer article.
CRPE's new report, How Parents Experience Public
School Choice, is
featured in this New Orleans article.
CRPE's report on how parents in eight high -
choice cities choose public
schools for their kids is the
feature of this Education Week article.