Sentences with phrase «from voucher advocates»

This pressure would surely come from voucher advocates, but could also come from other groups who understand the nature of redistribution portability would entail.

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Vouchers have remained a fringe idea among education reform advocates here, and some have expressed concern that DeVos» embrace of vouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the DemocratiVouchers have remained a fringe idea among education reform advocates here, and some have expressed concern that DeVos» embrace of vouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the Democrativouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the Democratic party.

(Advocates for the bill, chiefly the Catholic Church, argued that there was no point of passing it in the Senate when it wouldn't succeed in the Democratic - led Assembly, where union - allied lawmakers argue the tax credit is a voucher that drains funds from public schools in favor of privates.)

For the most part, the evidence from this study tends to support the claims of voucher advocates and to contradict those of critics.

Voucher advocates will need to do much to educate the public, especially those members of the public who are disadvantaged and who could potentially benefit most from voucher - based education.

The most interesting thing about Moe's challenge, however, is that it was not raised by voucher advocates during the period from 1993 through 1998, when support for vouchers as measured by both questions was climbing steadily.

That drew criticism from some school choice advocates who said under that scenario DPI would have too much authority over private voucher schools.

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

DeVos thanked Pocan for the question, then launched into a history of vouchers in Wisconsin, dropping the name of Annette Polly Williams, the late Democratic state lawmaker from Milwaukee who was an early voucher advocate.

Critics of the publicly - funded vouchers say the program — a favorite of school choice advocates — would spend millions in state dollars over the next decade on primarily religious private schools exempted from many of the accountability and anti-discrimination measures imposed on traditional public schools.

Combatants on both sides of that fight could claim a measure of validation from the new research: Advocates of school choice who argue that it isn't fair to judge voucher programs based on test results from a student's first year in private school, given that it takes children time to adjust to a new environment, and critics who say vouchers drain funds from public schools without improving student achievement.

Last month Rodriguez, an advocate for school vouchers, benefited from $ 45,645 spent on her behalf by the American Federation for Children, a national school choice group headed by Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos, whose husband, Dick DeVos is heir to the Amway fortune.

Although the emphasis apparently was mostly on school vouchers, according to a different report in The Tennessean, the stage was thick with charter school advocates from Indianapolis - based Friedman Foundation for Education Choice, the Arizona - based Goldwater Institute and Nashville's Beacon Center of Tennessee.

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Bender and other voucher advocates have argued from the start that no such discrimination exists, an argument Bender says is enforced by the DOJ's closure of the investigation.

Tax credits command support from a larger coalition of conservatives, free market advocates, and private schools than do vouchers, in large part for the same reason they are more legally viable: they are not government funds and pose less danger to the autonomy of private schools that accept them.

Educational advocates are fearful that the funds will be cannibalized from the $ 15 billion earmarked for low income schools through Title I funding in the form of school vouchers.

While they believe, in theory, there ought to be vouchers, that parental choice is a good idea, that there has been discrimination against religion, they're perfectly cognizant of the fact that many voucher advocates are really less concerned with the well being of religious education as they are with dismantling, disestablishing, literally, the public schools from their preferred place in American life.

In presentation materials that explain the school voucher process developed by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), who are key advocates for school vouchers, a footnote is included that reads «For nonpublic schools that accept scholarship students, the scholarships will not be considered funding from the State of North Carolina.»

Vouchers have remained a fringe idea among education reform advocates here, and some have expressed concern that DeVos» embrace of vouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the DemocratiVouchers have remained a fringe idea among education reform advocates here, and some have expressed concern that DeVos» embrace of vouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the Democrativouchers could alienate the mainstream charter movement from its much - needed allies in the Democratic party.

Yet, at a time when state lawmakers often find themselves under fire for their public school interventions — be it vouchers, Education Savings Accounts or a still - gestating private takeover of low - performing schools — the lab school project has sustained limited public scrutiny and a tepid acceptance from many public school advocates.

(from The New York Times) Some advocates for school choice saw a Supreme Court ruling issued Monday as a «game changer» in the debate over publicly funded vouchers for private schools.