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.»
Not exact matches
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.