Sentences with phrase «for school choice issues»

Gill was senior advisor for school choice issues on the U.S. Department of Education's National Longitudinal Study of NCLB and served on the National Working Commission on Choice in K — 12 Education at the Brookings Institution.

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Issued by the government, federal student loans are most students» first choice to pay for school.

While I'd never pretend to speak for the GFC, its concerns run more to promoting school choice, helping marriages flourish, and calling attention to human trafficking than to taking high - profile stances on hot - button social issues.

The choice among these various schools of commentary on the Qur» an and Sunnah depends on one's attitude with respect to three basic issues: the credence to be attached to historical tradition; the weight to be given to the claim for a hidden meaning in the Qur» an; the amount of subjectivity to be allowed in interpretation.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

My point is that this issue is not nearly as black or white as supporters on either side would have us believe; there are valid arguments to be made for eliminating flavored milk from school lunches and for continuing to offer that choice.

Major issues in the 2015 legislative session included dealing with the $ 300 million budget shortfall, funding for roads and bridges, criminal justice reform, school choice, and healthcare.

Wisconsin's fall legislative session will get off to a slow start, with Republicans in control of both the Senate and Assembly still searching for consensus on major issues such as toughening drunken driving laws and imposing new reporting requirements on public and choice schools.

In the coming months, the city and state education departments are expected to rule on an issue that may have huge repercussions for parental school choice and religious freedom.

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

The study, published in the September issue of Annals of Surgery online, shows that providing pricing information upfront can influence patient choice of surgical procedures and potentially lead to cost savings in health care, a sector of the economy that accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, says Eric R. Scaife, M.D., senior author, associate professor of surgery and chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine.

The Democratic Party's transactional stances against issues like school choice just adds fuel to the perception that the party is captive to special interests and doesn't stand for anything.

The immediate reason for this note, in addition to thanking you for Our Kids, is to respectfully take issue with your comments about school choice at the Fordham Institute last week, which I just watched on Fordham's website.

The equity issue, then, seems to matter a great deal to disadvantaged parents, and they appear to connect it to private - school choice in a way that is entirely consistent with the argument voucher advocates have been making for the past decade: that choice is a way of promoting social equity.

Whether it is the role of money in politics and the so - called «donor class,» the emergence of Republican majorities in formerly blue states like her native Michigan, or the still - rocky relationship between accountability and school choice, DeVos has become a convenient proxy for these larger issues.

For example, in 2016 the AFC issued its first - ever «report card» ranking states by the quality of their private - school choice programs, and its scorecard values academic, administrative, and financial accountability, not just access.

TOPICS: 1: Identity and culture 1: Me, my family and friends 2: Technology in everyday life 3: Free - time activities 4: Customs and festivals in French - speaking countries / communities 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest 1: Home, town, neighbourhood and region 2: Social issues 3: Global issues 4: Travel and tourism 3: Current and future study and employment 1: My studies 2: Life at school / college 3: Education post-16 4: Jobs, career choices and ambitions Source for the vocab list: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/french/specifications/AQA-8658-SP-2016.PDF

Best known for his and John Chubb's seminal work on school choice, Politics, Markets, and America's Schools, Moe here seeks to discover where Americans stand on the voucher issue through public opinion surveys.

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This week, a dozen civil rights groups issued a statement in support of testing, noting that when parents opt out, even over legitimate concerns, «they're not only making a choice for their own child, they're inadvertently making a choice to undermine efforts to improve schools for every child.»

In my view, the big parts also need a total makeover — and would be a terrific vehicle for school choice akin to Florida's McKay Scholarship Program — but everyone in Washington seems allergic to touching special ed, an issue that would challenge even the most politically sure - footed of Presidents.

By addressing these key issues, resources from Rise Above for Schools support the important role PSHE education plays in helping young people to make positive, informed choices throughout their lives.

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Except for opinions on school choice issues, differences across ethnic groups are generally smaller than those between public school employees and those who have never been employed by the schools.

Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private - school - choice programs, which include not only government - issued vouchers but also tax - credit scholarships, education savings accounts (ESAs), and town - tuitioning programs for rural families.

Lesli A. Maxwell is an assistant managing editor for Education Week who oversees coverage of school district news and leadership, English - language learners, charter schools and school choice issues, and school climate, discipline, and nonacademic factors that affect students.

Karen Braun, a parent activist who blogs about school issues and is involved with «Stop Common Core in Michigan,» said that Austin's comments about parental ability to make choices on education for their children are at odds with the Michigan revised school code.

«He's been tentative on choice issues,» says the institute's executive director, Jim Stergios, citing Payzant's refusal to push for more charters and his slowness in expanding the student assignment system used to determine where children attend school.

The overarching goal of our framework for K - 12 science education is to ensure that by the end of 12th grade, all students have some appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science; possess sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in public discussions on related issues; are careful consumers of scientific and technological information related to their everyday lives; are able to continue to learn about science outside school; and have the skills to enter careers of their choice, including (but not limited to) careers in science, engineering, and technology.

And he hasn't focused very much attention on school choice and competition, key issues for conservative and centrist reformers alike.

We worried that Donald Trump's support for charter schools and school choice would make those issues toxic on the left; growing polarization would sound the death knell for any hope of centrism and bipartisanship, both of which have been essential for the ed - reform project for the better part of two decades; and populist attacks on data and reason would make it that much harder for our arguments to win the day.

Author Bio: A former commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, Mark Schneider writes about a broad range of education issues: charter schools, consumer choice in education, and higher education policy.

Writing in Education Week, school reform champion Robert Pondiscio recently offered a thoughtful and thought - provoking critique of the open letter on educational choice and accountability issued by scholars at the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Heartland Institute, and the Center for Education Rchoice and accountability issued by scholars at the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Heartland Institute, and the Center for Education RChoice, the Heartland Institute, and the Center for Education Reform.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, issued the following statement in response to the NAACP ratifying an anti-public charter school proposal.

The overarching goal of the Framework for K - 12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (National Research Council, 2012, Summary, para. 2) is to «ensure that by the end of 12th grade all students have some appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science; possess sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in public discussions on related issues; are careful consumers of scientific and technological information related to their everyday lives; are able to continue to learn about science outside school; and have the skills to enter careers of their choice, including (but not limited to) careers in science, engineering, and technology (p. 1).»

In a recently published article «Public School Choice and Racial Sorting: An Examination of Charter Schools in Indianapolis» I look at this issue by examining how racial diversity changes for students who switch into a charter school from the traditional public school system in Indianapolis, InSchool Choice and Racial Sorting: An Examination of Charter Schools in Indianapolis» I look at this issue by examining how racial diversity changes for students who switch into a charter school from the traditional public school system in Indianapolis, Inschool from the traditional public school system in Indianapolis, Inschool system in Indianapolis, Indiana.

For all of the authors» talk of creating efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in schools through market - based reforms, they ignore the issues that have been found with school choice policies.

For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation in honor of National School Choice Week.

As the Foundation for Excellence in Education's National Summit on Education Reform kicks off in Nashville today, a new poll of 625 Tennessee voters conducted by Mason - Dixon Polling & Strategy shows that 65 percent of Tennesseans support the issue of school choice.

A report summarizing the experiences of other communities that have moved to broader school choice, and considering the research about the academic, economic, and political issues for maintaining balanced enrollment.

«The newest and one of the most potent arguments for advancing school choice in Pennsylvania has been pressed forward by state Sen. Anthony Williams, D - Philadelphia, and a handful of urban lawmakers who see the issue as the next step in the civil rights movement.»

We thank the House — especially Representative Tom Quigley — for their leadership on school choice issues, and look forward to working with the Chamber as the legislature moves forward with efforts to provide Pennsylvanian's with more educational options than they have ever had before.»

Government and nonprofit leaders in cities like Cleveland, DC, New Orleans, Baltimore, and even Detroit have been able to make progress on these issues via voluntary agreements on citywide systems for enrollment and information to help families navigate public school choice.

Choices and Trade - offs: Key Questions for State Policymakers when Selecting High School Assessments, designed to elevate the trade - offs between using state - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

During his first address to a joint chamber of Congress, President Donald Trump called education «the civil rights issue of our time» and again pushed for Congress to pass school choice legislation.

The New School's Center for New York City Affairs issued a report today called «The Paradox of Choice: How School Choice Divides New York City Elementary Schools» and I find it underwhelming.

Her dismal performance Sunday night on 60 Minutes (including an inability to articulate the case for expanding public charter schools and other forms of family choice in education) demonstrates that she remains as willfully ignorant about education policy issues as she was during her confirmation hearing last year.

Choice as a reform strategy, First Amendment rights in the school setting, and immigration reform and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program were some of the issues covered at the Institute.

Both on the campaign trail, and since being inaugurated, President Donald Trump has made school choice a central issue for his administration.