Sentences with phrase «more educational options»

Currently 83 percent of students attend a public school and 17 percent receive other forms of education, so it's clear many parents want more educational options for their children.

The program would provide lower income families with more educational options.

We supported these bills because they would provide more educational options to the families that needed it the most.

The rising numbers show the growing trend that parents desire more educational options so their child can access an education that suits their individual needs.

The growing number of charter high schools are providing students more educational options (some of them stronger than others).

It provides yet another piece of evidence suggesting that urban students benefit when afforded more educational options.

Providing parents with more educational options as the legislature has done in recent years is not only the right thing to do, it is fully Constitutional.

For the second time in a week, we are thrilled to see a state working to create more educational options for its students.

Luckily for them, there are now more educational options to support them.

They also provide communities with more educational options within the public education landscape.

Now, let's be clear: providing more educational options isn't against public schools.

This is a critical bill to provide parents with more educational options and to allow charter schools to be successful around our state.

One of the main purposes of charter schools is to give families more educational options for their children, and hopefully, to make sure that at least one of their options is a phenomenal school at no cost to them.

«Over the past six years, voters — many of whom are parents with children — have made it crystal clear that they want more educational options for children.

And in Willits, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new charter, which would begin classes next year, bringing more educational options to an area that has seen dramatic drop out rates.

Hundreds of children joined parents and teachers at the capitol, to hear advocates talk about the need for more educational options in Mississippi.

In Mississippi, we have made progress in providing parents with more educational options over the past five years.

«The continuing increases in enrollment confirms that parents want more educational options for their children,» said Justin Moralez, of the American Federation for Children.

Dick brings decades of business and philanthropy experience to the GEO Foundation as it expands its efforts to bring more educational options to all the state's families.

Parents across the U.S. tend to have more educational options in no small part due to the pioneering initiatives of Tommy Thompson.

Hill said that the proposed budget protects special - education funding, ensures careful stewardship of taxpayer dollars and demonstrates the administration's «strong commitment to ensuring the Department of Education provides more educational options for low - income students.»

The PSEA is using millions of dollars «against children by opposing school choice, whether it's vouchers for students in the most violent, failing schools or in charter or cyber schools that give families more educational options.»

Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said the board would provide more educational options for families and students.

«These grants support states» efforts to pay for these costs, thus enabling them to provide parents with more educational options for their children.»

Supporters have argued it could provide low - income families with more educational options and help support the state's struggling parochial schools.

Each disrupts power dynamics that aren't working for students, and they've each typically led to more educational options and empowered low - income families with choice, especially in recent years.

And when Mr. Duncan talks about states» needing to embrace charter schools to give parents more educational options,...

«We applaud our allies at BAEO for conducting this poll and working hard on behalf of African American families who want more educational options,» added Chavous.

Legislation pending in the House of Representatives would expand access to charter schools for Mississippi families, provide parents with more educational options, and allow charter schools to be successful around our state.

We thank the House — especially Representative Tom Quigley — for their leadership on school choice issues, and look forward to working with the Chamber as the legislature moves forward with efforts to provide Pennsylvanian's with more educational options than they have ever had before.»

«This welcomed capital infusion will enable us to respond to the growing demand for CSDC's services in the Mountain West and Southwest regions and provide more opportunity for students and parents in communities with the greatest need for more educational options,» said Laura Fiemann, CSDC's Senior Vice President for Western and CDFI Operations.

In response to a call to AFC's national headquarters to ask why they are interested in funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.»

On Wednesday, Gov. Bryant released his FY2019 Executive Budget Recommendation, which included additional funding for the education scholarship account program and his support for more educational options.

With the growing diversity of our country and individual needs varying student to student, we need more educational options — not the one - size - fits - all model that has traditionally blanketed K - 12 public education.

This is a critical bill to provide parents with more educational options and to allow charter schools to be successful in our state.

Additionally, Shreé has designed and delivered seminars and workshops to inform and empower parents to advocate for more educational options for their children.

While being careful to say that «providing more educational options isn't against public schools,» she repeated hailed alternatives to traditional school systems and bashed people who support them as people who care only about «systems» and not individual students, and are only interested in sustaining the «status quo.»

Because of this desire for more educational options, these communities are more likely to support policies that could lead to charter school bubbles forming.

To meet the competitive challenge that all schools face when parents have more educational options, like any other business or service, you must earn your customers.

With millions to burn, the PSEA is easily the heaviest hitter in Pennsylvania politics, working not for but against children by opposing school choice, whether it's vouchers for students in the most violent, failing schools or in charter or cyber schools that give families more educational options.

Several speakers pointed to a need for «more educational options» for students, although that was not an issue that the commission was considering.

California has been awarded a $ 49.2 million grant over five years to support its efforts to provide more educational options to parents through charter schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced today.

California has been awarded a $ 49.2 million grant over five years to support its efforts to provide more educational options to parents through charter schools...

In the meantime, giving families more educational options would be a great help, but don't hold your breath, California.