Sentences with phrase «operated public schools of choice»

These independently operated public schools of choice got a nice reputational boost from the latest U.S. News list of best public high schools — with nine of the top ten schools and sixty out of the top hundred fitting into that category.

Not exact matches

In particular, skeptics of private school choice programs worry that lax government regulation (compared to the public sector) will allow too many low - quality schools to operate.

In two separate lawsuits, opponents of educational choice alleged that Nevada's ESA violated the state constitution's mandate that the state provide a «uniform system of common schools» (Article 11, Section 2), its prohibition against using public funds for sectarian purposes (Article 11, Section 6), and a clause requiring the state to appropriate funds to operate the district schools before any other appropriation is enacted for the biennium (Article 11, Section 10).

Choice programs come in several flavors, including charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated; private school vouchers, which cover all or part of private school tuition; and open enrollment plans (sometimes called public school vouchers) that allow parents to send their child to any public school in the district.

Whether district - run, state - run, or charters, all of these schools operate under a system of public choice without attendance zones.

Through efforts such as the «Newark Enrolls» universal enrollment system and the New Jersey Special Education Collaborative, Newark Public Schools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sSchools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sschools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their schoolsschools.

But in 2011, reformers set ambitious goals for how many options could be afforded to parents, so even if participation is light, the range of choices that parents and children have in education should cause everyone to think twice about how public schools have been operating.

These choices could be charter schools, which are an independent form of public school, or contract schools, public schools that would be operated by private businesses.

The measure would have allowed residents of districts to vote to make them «renewed school districts» in which «nonprofit organizations may operate publicly funded independent public schools with parental choice and revised state regulation.»

We know very little empirically about the degree to which public school choice writ large is associated with changes in the racial balance of schools, and if an association exists, through what mechanisms it might operate.

Charter schools are nonsectarian public schools of choice that operate with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.

As a researcher who studies both vouchers and other forms of school choice such as charter schools (independently operated public schools) I believe the new Louisiana studies are important to longstanding debates over the extent to which such choice enhances academic outcomes.

Although the term «choice» is often associated with privately governed charter schools or private school voucher proposals, the vast majority of schools of choice are operated by public school districts.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

In the fall of 2009, he created and implemented the strategy behind Public School Choice, a district - run program that allows school - operating organizations the chance to bid for new and low - performing scSchool Choice, a district - run program that allows school - operating organizations the chance to bid for new and low - performing scschool - operating organizations the chance to bid for new and low - performing schools.

None of the options school choice advocates promote — charter schools, voucher supported private schools, online schools operated by private companies — are part of a truly public school system.

Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.&school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»

The charter concept is based on deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts can serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students have access to exemplary public schools.

Operated by and accountable to school districts, magnet schools are the original and largest form of public school choice.

Charter schools are tuition - free public schools of choice financed through local, state, and federal funds which are operated independently of the local school boards.

The charter school concept emerged from a deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts would serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students could access exemplary public schools.

Charter schools have become a central feature of the school «choice» movement, itself a key part of corporate school reform, which seeks to operate public schools as if they were businesses rather than civic institutions.

Last year, the New York Daily News illuminated the murky language of the pre-K debate by explaining that «high quality» typically denotes public school system - connected programs involving certified teachers who hold Bachelor's degrees, and operate under a state - approved curriculum, as opposed to the Obama administration's pre-K system of choice, Head Start.

At the DLC's national convention in May of 1991, Bill Clinton and DLC delegates would endorse an education agenda that included, among other things, school choice, accountability, and Kolderie's idea, which the DLC explained as «giving entities other than school districts» the chance to operate public schools.

The report compares student achievement in non-urban schools, urban schools, and the choice programs of public charter schools, magnet schools operated by districts, regional magnet schools such as those operated by CREC, and Open Choice programs in which inner - city students attend suburban scchoice programs of public charter schools, magnet schools operated by districts, regional magnet schools such as those operated by CREC, and Open Choice programs in which inner - city students attend suburban scChoice programs in which inner - city students attend suburban schools.

If a few school reformers want public schools to live and die by the sword of testing, and schools of choice want public funds, then reformers ought to operate under equal accountability measures.

(See chart below) This rapid growth is one clear result of State policy increasing funds and policy supports for public school choice programs that are operated by separate, non-traditional school districts such as CREC and charter districts.

Adjust the below sliders left to right to get a sense for the choices facing Chicago Public Schools, but be careful to stay within the CPS operating budget of $ 5.162 billion.

Osborne offered ways by which public schools in San Antonio could benefit from operating like charters in terms of autonomy, accountability, diversity of school designs, and parental choice.

Fundamentally, charter schools do not offer parents and their children true school choice when they operate without the financial accountability and transparency demanded of «competing» public district schools.

While states» policies differ, charter schools are broadly defined as nonsectarian public schools of choice that can operate outside traditional school regulations.

School choice in New Orleans» public schools — with the majority operating as charter schools — presents families with the large task of wading through various sources of data to choose potential schools that suit their children's needs.