Sentences with phrase «more quality public school options»

Rather than bowing to special interests that seek to roll back or limit access to educational choice, Arizona policymakers should support policies that create more quality public school options.

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Finally, Adam Peshek proposes a way to tackle some of the obstacles to charter - school growth through the Opportunity Zone program (part of the 2017 tax reform package)-- and hopefully create more high - quality public school options for children along the way.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confiSchools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools confidently.

«The approval of Brass City Charter School and Path Academy mark a significant step forward in providing more high - quality public school options to the families of ConnecSchool and Path Academy mark a significant step forward in providing more high - quality public school options to the families of Connecschool options to the families of Connecticut.

«L.A. families still want more high - quality public school options in their neighborhood,» the foundation said in an email to LA School Rschool options in their neighborhood,» the foundation said in an email to LA School RSchool Report.

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

Learn more about high quality public school options in the Coastal area.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

The Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has released a new brief titled Partnership Schools: New Governance Read more about Partnership Schools: New Governance Models for Creating Quality School Options in Districts -LSB-...]

About 30 percent of Arizona public schools are charters, with more than 180,000 students choosing this quality option.

Each year more and more families are choosing charter schools as they seek a quality public school option that will meet their student's unique needs.»

Valdosta, like rural and metro areas across Georgia, are demanding the creation of more high quality public school options in K - 12 education.

To date, Great Public Schools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public scPublic Schools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public sSchools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public scpublic schoolsschools.

Even more shocking was Gov. Jay Nixon's decision that same month to veto legislation co-authored by his arch-nemesis, Rep. Maria Chappelle - Nadal, that would have allowed for kids in failing districts to attend higher - quality public and private schools in the area shows the callousness of state officials when it comes to providing kids with high - quality educational options.

While we would expect that an irresponsible initiative of this kind will struggle to find any meaningful support in this state, CCSA will remain diligent to provide whatever protection is necessary to make sure that California charter schools keep on stride for creating even more high quality public school options for children and families in the future.

«Public charter schools have answered the call from parents for more quality education choices and innovative options, but we know that parents aren't willingly choosing to walk away from needed funds for their students.

In that survey, there was a direct correlation between respondents» perceptions of surrounding public school quality and support for charter schools: the worse parents believed their traditional schooling options to be, the more they favored charter schools.

On the issue of public education he said, «We're turning around struggling schools by growing our Commissioner's Network, with funding for 17 more schools... We're continuing to broaden the range of educational opportunities by maintaining our support for magnet schools, agricultural - science schools, and other high - quality options, including funding for additional state charter schools.»