Sentences with phrase «more educational options for their children»

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
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.
Additionally, Shreé has designed and delivered seminars and workshops to inform and empower parents to advocate for more educational options for their children.
«The continuing increases in enrollment confirms that parents want more educational options for their children,» said Justin Moralez, of the American Federation for Children.
«These grants support states» efforts to pay for these costs, thus enabling them to provide parents with more educational options for their children

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We believe an education tax credit that would inspire charitable giving to state non-profits who provide scholarships to eligible children is the best way to immediately expand opportunity for children in need of more and better educational options.
How Charter Schools Turned A Failing School District Around March 11, 2016 Charter schools provide innovative and flexible educational formats and give parents more options in choosing the right education for their children.
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.
Petrilli concluded by calling for «a round of Kumbaya» and then getting «back to work on expanding great educational options to lots more children nationwide.»
Across America, parents are demanding more and better educational options for their children while teachers unions and bureaucrats desperately fight to retain their monopoly over...
Hundreds of children joined parents and teachers at the capitol, to hear advocates talk about the need for more educational options in Mississippi.
This success is likely to continue, as more parents than ever before are actively choosing the K - 12 educational options they believe are best for their individual children.
They were created to be an opportunity for children — especially those who are traditionally underserved and historically haven't had more than one option — to choose a public school that's different from the traditional educational model — something that offers an environment that fits their needs and learning style.
This allows families with more modest incomes to access more and diverse schooling options for their children, a luxury only affluent families could enjoy before educational choice began to take hold in the states.
Like many of the parents I met while canvassing the area, the mother was deeply invested in her child's academic success, desperate for more high - quality educational options and fearful that her child wouldn't get the education he needs to have a bright future.
Whatever kind of educational environment parents choose for their children, the options for meeting students» learning needs is becoming more diverse every year.
Thanks to the leadership of Governor Fallin, House Floor Leader Jon Echols, and Senator A.J. Griffin, some of Oklahoma's neediest children will have access to a broader array of educational options, and more families will be financially able to serve as foster or adoptive parents while providing the best life possible for previously abused and neglected children.
Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.
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