Sentences with phrase «for school choice proponents»

Far from a dismissal of the public good, the vision for school choice proponents is that increased competition in the marketplace will benefit everyone.

The law is being heralded as a victory for school choice proponents.

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From those schools, located in Washington D.C., Miami, and Indianapolis, we drew several lessons that have important implications for policymakers and school choice proponents.

The prediction comes from both proponents and opponents of the tuition - voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out - of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.

Adoption of a statewide choice plan in California, with its 4.6 million public - school students, would be by far the most significant victory yet for proponents of allowing parents to select their children's public schools.

Finally, I have a recommendation for proponents of school choice: Educate policymakers, the media, and the general public on the longstanding regulatory relationship between state governments and private schools.

Shanker was also an early proponent of public school choice, charter schools (some even credit him with the idea), rigorous knowledge and skills testing for teachers, and extra pay for master teachers.

A long - time proponent of charter schools, Morgan was vocal in her support for the 2012 amendment to the Georgia State Constitution that expanded school choice and allowed the state to authorize and pay for an increased number of charter schools.

Would expansive federal action on school choice constitute a rare and hard - earned opportunity for proponents, or would it threaten to federalize and politicize what has long been a remarkable bottom - up effort?

Proponents contend that charter schools expand educational choices for students, increase innovation, improve student achievement, and promote healthy competition with traditional public schools.

Its summary, written by Chester Finn and Amber Winkler, tells us that «many proponents of private school choice... take [this] for granted,» citing two examples — one of them being the Cato Institute, whose Center for Educational Freedom I direct.

Many proponents of private school choice — both the voucher and tax credit scholarship versions — take for granted that schools won't participate (or shouldn't participate) if government asks too much of them, regulates their practices, requires them to reveal closely held information and — above all — demands that they be publicly accountable for student achievement.

Proponents of parent trigger laws contend that parents are best positioned to advocate for their children's education and will make informed choices about the school options that are presented to them.

Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»

You pollute the term «school choice» by including privatization and vouchers, when you should know that in California, proponents of vouchers are NOT included in the push for reform or choice and the in California all CHarter Schools are public sSchools are public schoolsschools.

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy: Be they school choice advocates or activists for revamping teacher quality or even standards and accountability proponents, many reformers have a tendency to believe that their favored solution will transform American public education.

But proponents of school choice say the new limits — $ 4,700 this year and $ 4,800 next year for students in grades K - 8 — are still too low to pay tuition at many private schools.

But as charters have become a central focus of school choice proponents, federal funds for magnet schools have been frozen.

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Proponents of school choice, charter schools and test - based accountability schemes point to Hartford as a national model for change.

Posted on October 18, 2016 · A bipartisan group of state representatives hammered private school choice proponents at a heated legislative hearing on Monday, signaling an enduring uphill battle in the Texas House for proposals that would use taxpayer dollars to help parents send their kids to private or parochial schools, or educate them at home.

Many «school choice» proponents, who themselves write for the media, want you to believe that the Trump / DeVos / Alexander funding for school choice initiatives are going nowhere this year.

And now the battle is headed toward political center stage: School choice has gained perhaps its most powerful proponent ever in Trump, who has called it «the civil rights issue of our time» and pledged to spend $ 20 billion to push for an expansion of charters and vouchers.

School choice proponents say that charter schools and vouchers offer parents important options for their children's education — allowing them to leave their neighborhood schools in search of something better — and that traditional public schools have failed in many places.

The Louisiana Federation for Children, a branch of the American Federation for Children, the nation's leading proponent of school choice, has launched an ad campaign — titled «John Bel Failed Us» — featuring parents accusing the governor of breaking his word.

Proponents of the bill argued that charter schools will address the achievement gap for many vulnerable children in Kentucky and offer parents another choice.

The harsh reality is that Hillary Clinton has actually been a vocal proponent of the corporate education reform agenda and she has a long way to go before it can be said that she is the best choice for students, parents, public schools or the teachers who make up the American Federation of Teachers.

An Associated Press story on Monday showed Bennett, an outspoken proponent for school choice and for using student test scores to rate schools and teachers, had sent emails ordering changes to Indiana's A-F school grading system in 2012 when it appeared a favorite Indianapolis charter school would get a C.

There is no shortage of school choice proponents willing to let the NAACP off the hook for siding with union bosses against parents desperate for quality education choices for their children.

Charter school proponents claim that charters offer options for parents who are disappointed in what their public schools provide, and this «choice» is about giving children better options.