Sentences with phrase «of traditional public education»

But in states where systemic political dysfunction is the norm, teachers unions and other defenders of traditional public education can rally supporters on their behalf.

We offer alternative education choices for students ready to excel outside of a traditional public education environment.

I am still very much a proponent of traditional public education.

I am the proud product of traditional public education from kindergarten through 12th grade and I always felt that public charter schools take away money, space, and resources from traditional schools.

Only 9 percent or less of traditional public education funding comes from the federal government.

This isn't to say that defenders of traditional public education aren't concerned about any of this.

Even worse is that these conditions are aided and abetted by defenders of traditional public education practices, who argue that the problems of American public education can not be solved until poverty is eradicated and parents and other reformers are kept out of schools.

To counter the manpower advantage held by defenders of traditional public education such as the NEA and AFT, school reformers — especially Beltway - based players — need to be working the community centers, church pews, and the extensive local networks.

I'm going to explain why the focus has to be on what we're doing now, fixing the schools, because charters are, in large measure, addressing a crisis that is a crisis of traditional public education,» he told Politico's Mike Allen, at an event in Washington.

Critics of traditional public education say students in wealthier areas are served better since local tax dollars help to fund education, not to mention donations and community volunteering.

Sanders» endorsement — which links the education reform agenda of Melvoin and Fitzpatrick - Gonez to President Trump's controversial education agenda — reflects a larger national strategy being pursued by advocates of traditional public education since Donald Trump was elected.

The push for choice at the expense of traditional public education is what terrifies public school advocates.

Strauss noted, «Bill de Blasio campaigned for New York mayor last year as a friend of traditional public education, and his victory was hailed by those who wanted to slow down corporate school reform, which has led to the growing privatization of public education.»

This is not all the fault of traditional public education; the quality of education in the main was suited well for an old school industrial age that has dissipated into the ether.

Why are school reformers succeeding in winning the policy battle for overhauling American public education while defenders of traditional public education practices failing?

His own conversion to the school reform movement offers one more reason why defenders of traditional public education such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers can no longer count on the Democratic Party for unquestioned support.

Through the identification of low performance defined by a single «F» or «D» and the acceleration of the process to demonstrate improvement or closure - like options, Florida will witness a proliferation of failing schools whose children will need to be served in other educational settings outside of traditional public education.

After all, it is one that actually casts defenders of traditional public education as crusaders against plutocrats who simply want to bash teachers, end public education and abandon democracy.

For those of us who cover the nation's education crisis, it is easy to joke about the ranting and raving of some defenders of traditional public education, who have what they consider to be clever names for charter schools and impugn the motivations of reformers with wealth (even as they defend teachers unions who bring in $ 622 million every year through dues collected forcibly from teachers who may or many not even support their aims).

For school reformers and defenders of traditional public education these days, the Atlanta metropolitan area is better - known for the testing scandal that has engulfed Atlanta Public Schools, revealed the district's dysfunctional school governance, and led to Superintendent Beverly Hall's fall from grace.

Yet defenders of traditional public education are not winning the high ground.