Sentences with phrase «increase public school options»

Jed Wallace, President and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), released the following statement today regarding the announcement by U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan of a $ 136 million award to 12 states, including California, to increase public school options.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) today announced the award of five charter school grants, totaling $ 82 million, to state education agencies in Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Tennessee and Wisconsin to increase public school options in those states...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of two charter school grants, totaling $ 49 million, to increase public school options in Florida and New York.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of three charter school grants, totaling $ 54.8 million, to increase public school options in Minnesota, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

U.S. Education Department awards $ 82 million in charter school grants to five states to increase public school options

«The new 2013 Best High Schools rankings will help both students and parents wade through the increasing public school options available.»

The second is recent media's attributing declining Catholic school enrollments to increasing public school options.

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McTaggart says an increasing number of public schools are looking for healthier, freshly prepared options, and that's exactly what Quest provides.

Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering -LSB-...]

Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering the benefits of choosing another option, such as private school or homeschooling.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

Indeed, while announced plans to increase tuition and child care subsidies will compete with expected increases in Medicaid and public school aid in the operating budget, the state has more options for building projects.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

When the public was asked whether government funding for public schools in their district should increase, decrease, or stay the same, 59 percent selected the first option, only slightly less than the 63 percent that gave that opinion in 2010, and dramatically more than in 2009 (46 percent).

When first explaining that a «school voucher system allows parents the option of sending their child to the school of their choice, whether that school is public or private, including both religious and non-religious schools» using «tax dollars currently allocated to a school district,» support increased to 63 percent and opposition increased to 33 percent.

Publicly funded school choice has increased considerably in recent years, helped by a variety of initiatives, including public charter schools, transfer options for students under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), inter-district enrollment programs, and a variety of policies to subsidize private - school tuition.

A clear plurality of the public at large supports revisions in NCLB to increase the number of choice options available to parents whose children attend low - performing schools.

We find clear evidence that the availability of public school - choice options under NCLB increased demand for information on school quality.

The week is also designed to empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children and supports a variety of school choice options — from encouraging increased access to great public schools, to public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, private schools, homeschooling and more.

For his part, Poston says he understands the movement to increase parental control in public education, but he called for fairness — and honesty — in how policymakers and advocates build regulations for emerging school choice options.

In a statement, Fisher said he supports charter schools «because I want to increase public educational options for underserved students as well as to strengthen the overall public - school system.»

In fact, cities and states with strong school choice programs have seen significant achievement gains in their public schools as increased student options encourages them to be more competitive.

While there's much emphasis on the necessity of school choice («choice can strongly foster diversity and increase the options for students living in areas where the existing schools are weak») there's an oxymoronic antipathy towards public charter schools which, in our most segregated districts, are often the only choices available to families who can't afford private schools or out - of - district tuition.

Wendy Lecker puts her finger on two things of great importance: first, certain of the power brokers in public education in Connecticut are determined to increase the number of privately managed charter schools, and they are using every opportunity that presents itself — from the Sheff settlement to the Turnaround option in Obama's Race to the Top — to pursue just this goal; and second, a key factor in the advance of school privatization is «the corporate education «reform» industry's narrative... that our public education system is failing.»

In addition to the connection between expanded school - choice options and increased parental engagement, which panelists echoed in their testimony, Todd Ziebarth, from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, pointed to the way that charters involve parents in decision making and school governance as a model that could positively influence traditional public school pracPublic Charter Schools, pointed to the way that charters involve parents in decision making and school governance as a model that could positively influence traditional public school pracpublic school practices.

«The goal of [our] movement is not simply to increase the number of schools and students enrolled, but, rather, the number of high - quality public school options for families who need them most,» Rees said.

Our purpose is not to compete with district schools, but to increase options for families within the public education system to pick the school that is most suitable for their child's educational well - being.

2004: Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan launch Renaissance 2010, an effort to increase performance and parent options by opening 100 new schools of innoSchools CEO Arne Duncan launch Renaissance 2010, an effort to increase performance and parent options by opening 100 new schools of innoschools of innovation.

Lisa Graham Keegan is currently the principal partner at the Keegan Company, where her major projects include serving as a senior advisor to National School Choice Week, a celebration of all excellent education options for students, and as the executive director of A for Arizona, a joint project of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that seeks to rapidly increase the number of «A» quality public schools in the state.

Charter schools — tuition - free, independently run public schools — make up an increasing share of public school options nationally.

It's part of a seven - bill package titled the Parent Empowerment Education Reform Package that aims to increase options for public school students and parents.

Since then, we increased quality options for families with expanded public school choice, a needs - based voucher program, and Indiana's Charter School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's school choice, a needs - based voucher program, and Indiana's Charter School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's School Board, making sure all parents — no matter where they live — have the ability to find a good school that meets their child's school that meets their child's needs.

During her tenure as a superintendent, she led the school district through many initiatives that led to increased graduation rates, additional school choice options, increasing public / private partnerships and initiating efforts that supported struggling male students of color.

That's why we work with our members to increase the number of great public school options in their cities.

MYTH: In this financial crisis, there is no additional funding available for education, but even if there were, increased funding does not improve education, Chicago's public schools already enjoy equitable funding, and if a community wants to raise more funds it has that option.

With the increasing number of schooling options that can include homeschool, public, charter, or private school, finding the right fit for your child and family takes some serious thought.

Neither would increase the regulatory burden on voucher - receiving private schools, but they could help ensure that families better understand their options and assure policymakers and the wider public that tax dollars are wisely spent.

«For parents concerned about the harm being caused by this increasing focus on testing, «opting out» is a powerful option — a kind of civil disobedience in response to a testing regime imposed by politicians, many of whom haven't spent any significant time in a public school classroom.»

To be sure, in addition to an increasing number of public school options, many white students and their parents also also opting out of the public school system altogether.

Charter growth in Denver meant increased options for families, but it also meant a new charter could become a zoned neighborhood's «default» and admission into a traditional public school was no longer guaranteed.

Chicago residents have an increasing number of public schooling options for their children, consisting of magnet and charter schools in addition to their traditional neighborhood schools.

Increasing options for public charter school students, the California Virtual Academies (CAVA) will begin classes on August 30, 2010, serving students statewide in grades K - 12.