Sentences with phrase «from failing traditional public schools»

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It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

For many parents, educators, and policy - makers in the United States, charter schools - innovative public schools that are free from much bureaucratic oversight but must «compete» for students in order to retain their charters - have held out enormous promise as a public alternative to failing traditional schools.

(Interesting to note that when failing traditional public schools are closed in Philadelphia and Chicago, the teachers unions and their fellow travelers scream, but if a charter school closes — nary a peep from them.)

Some of the most dramatic gains in urban education have come from school districts using a «portfolio strategy»: negotiating performance agreements with some mix of traditional, charter and hybrid public schools, allowing them great autonomy, letting them handcraft their schools to fit the needs of their students, giving parents their choice of schools, replicating successful schools and replacing failing schools.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

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.

The scholarship program has given opportunity to students from low - income families who are being failed by their traditional neighborhood public schools.

Advocates blame Christie for Camden's failings, saying he has forsaken traditional public schools for an expanded charter school system and the creation of public - private hybrid schools called «renaissance schools,» both of which drain funding from the district's budget.