Louisiana's program places heavy burdens on participating private schools, and there is evidence that
the low number of private schools participating in the program are, largely, troubled schools willing to put up with the regulatory burdens imposed by the law.
Not exact matches
Milwaukee is the site
of an experimental state program that provides a $ 2,500 scholarship to a limited
number of low - income parents who would like to move their child to a
private school.
Three PFI
schools have been forced to close because
of low pupil
numbers, but local authorities are still financially tied to the
private financiers.
Blaney's argument is relevant, considering that Pennsylvania's
private universities accounted for 60 %
of the state's minority bachelor's degrees in math, science, and engineering, despite the significantly higher tuitions.9 There is evidence to show that decreasing and eliminating debt for
lower - income students would likely increase the
number of minority students majoring in science and engineering at elite
schools and overall.
As Jon East explained in, «The estimating conference went even further, combining American Community Survey data from 2005 - 09 with
private school enrollment data to make projections about the actual
number of low - income students enrolled in each grade level in
private schools in 2012.»
The goal
of Louisiana's
private school choice policy is to expand over time the
number of high quality, free or
low - cost
schooling options available to
low - income families.
Vouchers have come to include the use
of private funding as partial tuition support for
low - income students to attend
private schools (as in Washington, D.C., San Antonio, and New York); the use
of public funds to allow a small
number of low - income students to attend
private schools (as in Milwaukee and Cleveland); or, as in the case
of Florida, the provision
of public funds for students to attend a
private school or another public
school if their current public
school has a poor aca - demic record.
While Catholic
schools were closing, the
number of charter
schools was increasing, and various states were setting up voucher programs for
low - income students to attend (some)
private schools.
In the first year, some 15,585 scholarships were awarded, increasing the
number of low - income students attending
private schools by more than 50 percent.
That feature is what lost the support
of longtime social - justice warrior (and founder
of the pro
school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve
of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited
number of private school options, to the detriment
of low - income families.»
Moreover, the even
lower number of certified teachers employed by the nation's inner - city parochial
schools and elite
private schools would appear to discount this theory.
Similarly, the share
of funds to be used by each recipient LEA to serve educationally disadvantaged students attending
private schools is determined on the basis
of the
number of low - income children enrolled in
private schools and living in the residential areas served by public
schools selected to receive Title I grants.
In 1990 Wisconsin began providing vouchers to a small
number of low - income students to attend nonsectarian
private schools.
The goal
of Louisiana's
private school choice policy is to expand the
number of high quality, free or
low - cost
schooling options available to
low - income families.
The report will not only include the
number of open
private school seats, but also the percentage
of Nevada
private schools that offer additional tuition assistance to
low - income families.
The bills would create a
number of penalties for
schools that receive
low ratings from the Department
of Public Instruction and could even end public funding for struggling
schools, giving
private companies a chance to take over management.
'' «Withering on the vine» might work in the
private sector but it is not an acceptable outcome for children... Struggling
schools need rapid help to turn around, not a long drawn - out death
of declining resources and
numbers, condemning the remaining pupils to
lower standards,» he added.
As Jon East explained in RedefinED, «The estimating conference went even further, combining American Community Survey data from 2005 - 09 with
private school enrollment data to make projections about the actual
number of low - income students enrolled in each grade level in
private schools in 2012.»
This figure is 70 percent
lower than the
number of private student loans UNI processed during the 2007 - 2008
school year.
Alternatives that have been used successfully in other
schools or otherwise proposed include a certain
number of seats
of lower tuition for those experiencing financial hardships, public -
private partnerships for projects and initiatives in the areas
of legal technology and artificial intelligence to provide salaries while in law
school, and a tuition forgiveness program for those who enroll in post-graduate access to justice programs.