Sentences with phrase «new educational choice program»
But at the very same time, Mabry's AEA filed a politically - driven lawsuit, alleging that Alabama's new educational choice program — which especially benefits low - income kids stuck in failing schools — is unconstitutional.
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The use of interdistrict - choice programs is unlikely to increase most students» educational opportunities significantly, a new report concludes, despite recent attention to the idea as a means of reducing economic and racial segregation and giving students in low - performing public schools a chance to find a better school.
Here is the (likely) final tally for new and expanded choice programs in 2015, as well as the private educational choice lawsuits decided this year or still pending:
As of my last update in late September, 15 states had adopted 21 new or expanded educational choice programs, including three education savings account laws, clearly making 2015 the «Year of Educational Choice.&choice programs, including three education savings account laws, clearly making 2015 the «Year of Educational Choice.&Choice.»
For example CSDC's New Market Tax Credit program allowed Berkshire Arts and Technology to rehabilitate an industrial building in Adams, MA, to serve low - income rural students, many of whom have significant special educational needs, who otherwise had very limited educational choices.
On the opening day of the second special legislative session, the Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, has released a new television advertisement with parents asking Louisiana legislators to fully fund the Louisiana Scholarship Program.
AFC visits New Orleans to hear the city's school choice story and the impact educational choice programs have had on countless children and their families.
New Hampshire provides an example of a privately funded and managed educational choice program.
The new report clearly shows that traditional public education by ZIP Code is being rapidly replaced by a variety of choice programs that empower families to find the best educational option for students.
Blog, News Ann Duplessis, educational choice, Louisiana Scholarship Program, Urban League of Greater New Orleans
In a very short time, education choice enrollment in Mississippi has grown significantly; new programs have been added as parents have sought new educational options for their children.
And since then, the two have not disappointed choice supporters, proposing massive increases in spending for school «choice,» including a new program that would use hundreds of millions of public dollars to pay for tuition and other educational expenses at private and religious schools.
That would be a vast upgrade from New Hampshire's income - based tax - credit scholarship program, and the result would be a nearly universal educational choice program!
To fight back, the Institute for Justice released a new report that rebuts the top myths about educational choice programs.
Recent events in New Hampshire prove yet again that no good school choice program goes unchallenged in the courts by those seeking to preserve the educational status quo.
Louisiana Federation for Children President Ann Duplessis discusses the Louisiana Scholarship Program and educational choice options available to Louisiana families with Monica Pierre on WWL - AM in New Orleans.
Parents learn about the application process, children play New Orleans, La. (Jan. 20, 2015) The Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, will host an information session for parents who would like to enroll their children in the Louisiana Scholarship Program.