Sentences with phrase «for educational choice programs»

Additionally, we are thankful for the support of the Laborers Union Local 872 membership, the Nevada Pastors Alliance for School Choice and Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce in fighting for educational choice programs in the state.»

Some states have tied student eligibility for educational choice programs to the state's district school accountability system, offering vouchers or ESAs to students assigned to district schools receiving «D» or «F» grades, for example.

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The program includes over 20 videos, handouts, educational materials, and action steps to help you make the best choices for yourself and your baby.

Small action figures, educational toys, rattles, teethers, cars, dolls, stuffed animals, puzzles and games are great choices for this program.

Choice of Champions Child Development, located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is an early childhood center that offers educational day care programs for preschool children.

Given the impact of educational attainment on a variety of economic and social outcomes, a positive result could have significant implications for the value of school - choice programs that include charter high schools.

They are an improvement on traditional school - choice programs because they enhance the freedom of parents to purchase a wide variety of educational products and services and save for educational expenses in future years, including college.

There are too many other factors affecting educational performance outside of school choice policy for the results of a single program to be conclusive.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

As educational choice programs enlarge the demand for private schooling, the private schools that follow Smarick's advice will be better positioned to grow to meet that demand.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

Here is the (likely) final tally for new and expanded choice programs in 2015, as well as the private educational choice lawsuits decided this year or still pending:

Scholarship tax credits would expand educational opportunities for Idaho families, building on long - standing state policies encouraging private investments in education, as well as successful school choice programs in other states.

In addition to the non-fiscal benefits attached to educational choice, the program can relieve pressure for district budgets from rising pension costs (for each one million dollars spent on the program, I estimated that the state would save almost half of that amount, while school districts would save almost $ 700,000).

Today, the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, released the following statement after today's event at the White House with students from the Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP):

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice and its state affiliate, the Louisiana Federation for Children, celebrated a decision from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in ruling against the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to regulate and undermine the state's private school choice program, the Louisiana Scholarship Pprogram, the Louisiana Scholarship ProgramProgram.

In other positive news for Louisiana's educational choice program, the LEAP (Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) and iLEAP (Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) scores were released in May, which demonstrated positive growth in test scores for children using the Louisiana Scholarship Pprogram, the LEAP (Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) and iLEAP (Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) scores were released in May, which demonstrated positive growth in test scores for children using the Louisiana Scholarship PProgram) and iLEAP (Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) scores were released in May, which demonstrated positive growth in test scores for children using the Louisiana Scholarship PProgram) scores were released in May, which demonstrated positive growth in test scores for children using the Louisiana Scholarship ProgramProgram.

For example CSDC's New Market Tax Credit program allowed Berkshire Arts and Technology to rehabilitate an industrial building in Adams, MA, to serve low - income rural students, many of whom have significant special educational needs, who otherwise had very limited educational choices.

We hope policymakers, philanthropists, and practitioners of educational choice programs will look to these results as confirmation of the success of America's largest private school choice program and as encouragement to expand K - 12 options for families across the country.»

Knowing which programs offer the best value for the money and come with better job prospects helps future educational leaders make better choices.

The Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, commends Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White for his plan that would remove all of the 362 students on the Louisiana Scholarship Program waiting list, and allow them to enroll in the private school of their choice.

School Choice: Political trend to use public taxpayer money to pay for the educational program parents to choose for their children.

On the opening day of the second special legislative session, the Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, has released a new television advertisement with parents asking Louisiana legislators to fully fund the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

«One thing is clear from Education Next's poll released today: despite the wording of the questions, when looking across the board at the dominant forms of educational choice options like charter schools, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships, this poll finds more support for these programs than opposition.

«Along with our friends at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students in publicly - supported private school choice programs and charter schools around the country.

For more than a decade, empirical studies on school choice programs have shown improvements in educational performance and results for both students and schooFor more than a decade, empirical studies on school choice programs have shown improvements in educational performance and results for both students and schoofor both students and schools.

Fortunately for the Macias family, Arizona is one of the growing number of states with educational choice programs that empower parents to select the education providers that best meet their children's needs.

Finally, we explore the constitutional challenges for parental choice programs in states with certain constitutional provisions and explain why tax - credit - funded educational choice laws have a perfect record of constitutionality at the U.S. Supreme Court and at every state supreme court that has addressed the matter thus far.

By empowering all parents to pay for education directly, ESAs and other educational choice programs cut housing out of the equation.

The mission of the Office of K - 12 School Choice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communChoice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communchoice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communities.

The new report clearly shows that traditional public education by ZIP Code is being rapidly replaced by a variety of choice programs that empower families to find the best educational option for students.

Moreover, in practice, the «choice» program has been plagued by lack of accountability (no state testing requirements), fraud (private operators taking off with the state aid check, leaving the kids without a school to go to, and MPS to try to deal with it), refusal to accept handicapped children, continued leeching off public schools for lab courses, and — most significantly — absolutely no educational advantage whatsoever for the «choice» students compared to their public school counterparts, which was the ostensible justification for this whole fiasco in the first place.

John was committed to supporting outstanding programs that work to systematically improve K - 12 education in the U.S. and tirelessly advocated for innovation and choice within the educational system.

School choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public schools.

For example, school choice programs in Florida for students in failing schools and for those with special needs have shown strong success in improving educational performanFor example, school choice programs in Florida for students in failing schools and for those with special needs have shown strong success in improving educational performanfor students in failing schools and for those with special needs have shown strong success in improving educational performanfor those with special needs have shown strong success in improving educational performance.

In a very short time, education choice enrollment in Mississippi has grown significantly; new programs have been added as parents have sought new educational options for their children.

LFC is dedicated to promoting educational choice by protecting, growing and expanding options for Louisiana families, including the Louisiana Scholarship Program, one of the nation's most accountable and most popular choice programs.

ESAs, not to be confused with college education savings accounts, are the most flexible educational choice program for K — 12 families.

Choice exists within public schools and provides opportunities for students to participate in a variety of educational programs that match their specific interests, aspirations, and preferred learning styles.

And since then, the two have not disappointed choice supporters, proposing massive increases in spending for school «choice,» including a new program that would use hundreds of millions of public dollars to pay for tuition and other educational expenses at private and religious schools.

Despite their sordid history, Blaine Amendments are today used not only by Washington to deny educational opportunities for children with special needs, but also by opponents of school choice programs to deny parents the right to select the schools that are best for their kids.

To justify this ban on special education for children in religious schools, Washington relied on state constitutional Blaine Amendments — the same unfortunate relics of 19th - century anti-religious bigotry that opponents of school choice programs rely on to thwart educational opportunity.

To fight back, the Institute for Justice released a new report that rebuts the top myths about educational choice programs.

«Just as with all constitutional educational choice programs, parents — not government officials — decide the best means to educate their child,» said Tim Keller, executive directorof the Institute for Justice Arizona Chapter, which represented parents in the case.

Thankfully, research on which policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.

These interventions have included, for example, various educational curricula, teacher professional development programs, school choice programs, educational software, and data - driven school reform initiatives.

A comprehensive education and mobilization program that the California Charter Schools Association Advocates is providing to schools to increase civic engagement and empower charter parents to advocate for the educational choices that they want for their children.

The Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, held a press conference at the Louisiana Capitol on April 28, where parents called on Governor John Bel Edwards to fully fund the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

School choice has been around long enough, now, that we have data showing that such programs can and do improve educational outcomes, especially for African American students.

Slams DOJ's attempt to undermine Louisiana Scholarship Program The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice and its state affiliate, the Louisiana Federation for Children, celebrated a decision from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in ruling against the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to regulate and undermine the state's private school -LSB-...]