Sentences with phrase «of educational choice programs»
We hope policymakers, philanthropists, and practitioners of educational choice programs will look to these results as confirmation of the success of America's largest private school choice program and as encouragement to expand K - 12 options for families across the country.»
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Access a comprehensive and properly cited list of empirical studies conducted to date on the effects of educational choice programs on students, public schools, segregation, civic values and state finances.
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The voluntary educational programs are multi-pronged: They promote wiser relationship and marriage choices among less - educated youth, help engaged couples approach marriage realistically, assist married couples overcome the vicissitudes of life together, and work with cohabitating couples aspiring to marriage to achieve that goal.
Choice of content and methods will be determined, to a large extent, by the aims or objectives of the educational program and the target groups one hopes to reach.
During the year's first multi-week session, young people, ages 7 - 17, will benefit from educational programs geared to build character, instill life - enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
Choice of Champions Child Development, located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is an early childhood center that offers educational day care programs for preschool children.
These programs help to keep children engaged in positive activities, socializing with peers in appropriate and safe settings and enjoying a wide variety of educational and recreational choices.
WHEREAS: Oneida County wishes to thank all the partners of this essential educational program aimed at keeping children safe and assisting them in making constructive choices instead of destructive decisions
First, Welner argues that I owe Ravitch and NEPC an apology because the initial version of our Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) educational attainment study was the source of one of Ravitch's factual errors, and our error was merely repeated by the person NEPC hired to review our study.
School choice programs which allow parents to select the schools their children attend deepen educational inequality and fail to yield consistent learning gains, according to nine studies of choice initiatives coordinated by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Accountability structures and tougher standards, charter schools, and school - choice programs have changed the educational experience of hundreds of thousands of children and their families.
Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that school - choice plans based on magnet schools «appear most promising in meeting the educational goals of achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational programs.»
Identifying the kinds of private schools that boost these outcomes could enhance policymakers» ability to design private school choice programs that expand disadvantaged children's access to high - quality educational opportunities.
Given the impact of educational attainment on a variety of economic and social outcomes, a positive result could have significant implications for the value of school - choice programs that include charter high schools.
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.
As Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute details in the report, publicly funded educational choice programs have a mixed record in court, but STC laws have a perfect record of withstanding constitutional challenges.
They are an improvement on traditional school - choice programs because they enhance the freedom of parents to purchase a wide variety of educational products and services and save for educational expenses in future years, including college.
Evidence indicates that school choice programs can improve the educational and life outcomes of low - income students, but not all programs are equally effective.
There are too many other factors affecting educational performance outside of school choice policy for the results of a single program to be conclusive.
On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.
As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.
Does the existence of a choice program cause parents to seek information about their educational options?
While students showed gains on achievement tests after one year in the choice program, researcher Valerie Martinez of the University of Texas found that their families also had stronger educational backgrounds than those not in the program.
The effects of choice programs on educational attainment — how far an individual goes in school — are both larger and more consistent than their achievement effects.
Much of the debate has turned on whether or not school - choice programs yield improved educational outcomes and what happens to students who are left behind in schools struggling to cope after tax dollars have been diverted elsewhere.
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.»
As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»
Louisiana's Course Choice program is limited to students attending a school rated «C» or lower on the state's accountability system and includes a much narrower array of educational services and products than ESAs.
Voucher programs that give recipients the free and independent choice of an array of providers, including faith - based organizations, have a long and established history in Arizona, including six different educational voucher programs that help more than 22,000 students annually attend the public, private or religious school of their choice.
As of 2015, 23 of the 59 educational choice programs nationwide required some form of standardized testing, including:
The Supreme Court, in cases culminating in Agostini [v. Felton], has established the general principle that state educational assistance programs do not have the primary effect of advancing religion if those programs provide public aid to both sectarian and nonsectarian institutions (1) on the basis of neutral, secular criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion; and (2) only as a result of numerous private choices of the individual parents of school - age children.
Further, he notes, «the effects of private - school - choice programs on educational attainment — how far an individual goes in school — are both larger and more consistent than their achievement effects,» with programs narrowly targeted to low - income, urban students proving to be the most effective.
The NSBA letter emphasizes that the cost of special education forces «difficult choices» and compels districts to «reduce needed educational programs.»
The state of Ohio has established a pilot program designed to provide educational choices to families with children who reside in the Cleveland City School District.
Nevertheless, educational choice programs of sufficient size could mitigate the crowd - out effect and foster healthy competition among schools.
In the wake of Congressional action, state lawmakers should take up the baton to expand educational freedom by making choice programs like education scholarship accounts available to more families.
In addition to the non-fiscal benefits attached to educational choice, the program can relieve pressure for district budgets from rising pension costs (for each one million dollars spent on the program, I estimated that the state would save almost half of that amount, while school districts would save almost $ 700,000).
The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice and its state affiliate, the Louisiana Federation for Children, celebrated a decision from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in ruling against the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to regulate and undermine the state's private school choice program, the Louisiana Scholarship Pprogram, the Louisiana Scholarship ProgramProgram.
Additionally, we are thankful for the support of the Laborers Union Local 872 membership, the Nevada Pastors Alliance for School Choice and Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce in fighting for educational choice programs in the state.&Choice and Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce in fighting for educational choice programs in the state.&choice programs in the state.»
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.
Several bills that would have curtailed charters and Louisiana's choice programs were fended off as legislators recognized the importance of offering educational options to parents.
While charter schools have become a growing part of the educational landscape in Texas, programs that extend school choice to private schools have not enjoyed similar support.
Given its location in a major metropolitan area, I suggest seeking learning experiences via partnerships with educational programs at one of the many nearby colleges of education while remaining critical of pedagogical choices in their school.
The authors examine the current performance of America's K — 12 education system, identify the market share of different types of educational choice options and analyze how effective open enrollment, charters, and educational choice programs are at improving student outcomes.
Provide students with voice and choice by giving them a say in determining their own educational learning goals and program of studies.
The Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, commends Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White for his plan that would remove all of the 362 students on the Louisiana Scholarship Program waiting list, and allow them to enroll in the private school of their choice.
School choice programs with design flaws will not show the same high degrees of efficacy and educational performance as well - designed programs.
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.
«One thing is clear from Education Next's poll released today: despite the wording of the questions, when looking across the board at the dominant forms of educational choice options like charter schools, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships, this poll finds more support for these programs than opposition.
«Along with our friends at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students in publicly - supported private school choice programs and charter schools around the country.