Sentences with phrase «on educational choice programs»

Out of a concern for equity, some policymakers seek to impose price controls on educational choice programs — e.g. forbidding schools from charging more than the amount of a student's voucher or tax - credit scholarship.

He has published numerous studies on educational choice programs with organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Pioneer Institute, the Show - Me Institute, and the Caesar Rodney Institute.

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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.»

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.

If it receives the required 650,000 valid petition signatures and carries a statewide vote, probably on the November 1992 ballot, the measure would give California residents the most sweeping educational - choice program in the nation.

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.

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.

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.

Scholarship tax credits would expand educational opportunities for Idaho families, building on long - standing state policies encouraging private investments in education, as well as successful school choice programs in other states.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

For more than a decade, empirical studies on school choice programs have shown improvements in educational performance and results for both students and schools.

In the Foundation's continual quest to make its educational choice program eligibility calculations more accurate, the team scoured the various data tables available through the National Center on Education Statistics and the American Community Survey in the summer of 2015.

It is not about supporting private schools,» said Crystal Fox, a parent whose two special needs children, Austin (17) and Tia (12), rely on Arizona's various educational choice programs to attend private schools.

To justify this ban on special education for children in religious schools, Washington relied on state constitutional Blaine Amendments — the same unfortunate relics of 19th - century anti-religious bigotry that opponents of school choice programs rely on to thwart educational opportunity.

Thankfully, research on which policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.

Calculating the fiscal impact of these programs would seem straightforward on the surface, but critics and supporters of educational choice strongly disagree about such programs» fiscal effects on taxpayers, state budgets and schools.

The Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, held a press conference at the Louisiana Capitol on April 28, where parents called on Governor John Bel Edwards to fully fund the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

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.

The bottom line if we want to continue moving the needle on educational choice is that legislators need to hear from people close to them — friends, neighbors, colleagues — who want more schooling options as well as those who've been helped by choice programs.

As a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmosphere.

The American Federation for Children Growth Fund is a community of people promoting educational choice and innovation, with a specific focus on school vouchers, scholarship tax credit programs and education savings accounts.

Flip through our complete summary of the high - quality empirical research conducted on school choice programs to date, including evidence based on students» test scores (of those using programs and those who remain in public schools), long - term educational attainment, integration / segregation, fiscal effects and students» civic values.

As an aside, it's worth noting that Gallup asked Americans for their opinion on a federally funded school choice program, and there's plenty of discussion right now in the educational choice community about what role, if any, the federal government should have in an initiative that has been largely driven at the state level for the past quarter - century.

This legislation would ban FFELP lenders from discriminating against eligible borrowers based on the borrower's choice of an eligible educational institution, length of the borrower's program, academic year in school or the borrower's income.

It's a job choice that can open a number of different avenues for you, from executive assistant to paralegal or even attorney, depending on what kind of educational programs you want to pursue.