Sentences with phrase «other forms of choice»

Proclaiming that Parent Trigger laws are akin to «handling real firearms», the proprietor of Eduwonk argues that they aren't as sustainable as other forms of choice preferred by the Beltway crowd.

Robert Pondiscio, senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, has argued that empirical evidence is largely irrelevant to determining whether vouchers and other forms of choice programs should be adopted, because choice aligns schooling with a core American value: freedom.

Given the multitude of ways in which we would expect a free market in schooling to fail, perhaps other forms of choice that strike a different balance between government and market forces would be more effective.

But the arrow may also point in the other direction — that chartering helped make possible other forms of choice.

Charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of choice effectively re-engage people and re-engages communities in a way that our bureaucratic structures tend not to do.

Proponents of vouchers and other forms of choice argue that providing choice to students and their families opens up the education market to competition and innovation, improving the quality of education in all schools.

Sadly, the Obamas, Bookers and Fords of the world remain in short supply because the channels that produce them are locked in the grip of traditional education leadership and civil rights groups, like the NAACP, who have lost their way and who now oppose charters and other forms of choice.

«I got many calls yesterday from parents who were interested not just in vouchers, but other forms of choice,»...

From where they sit, if the new regime is willing to advance vouchers, charters, and other forms of choice, why shouldn't we assist it?

She is a Michigan billionaire who is a fervent believer in charters and other forms of choice, such as voucher programs, which use public funds to pay for private school tuition.

And while her supporters say she has deep knowledge when it comes to vouchers, charter schools, and other forms of choice, she appeared confused during her confirmation hearing about other areas of education policy, including special education.

Last year, the Florida NAACP convinced the national association to pass a resolution reaffirming its longstanding opposition to vouchers and other forms of choice.

These intra-district restrictions are matched by the longstanding opposition to the expansion of charter schools and other forms of choice that would avail poor families (as well as middle - class counterparts) of other options.

This is because college - educated households are likely to live in suburbia, where districts do all they can to block the expansion of charter schools and other forms of choice.