Sentences with phrase «other school choice programs»

The Supreme Court has upheld other school choice programs, including those that provide students who attend failing schools with tax - funded vouchers that they may use to pay for private schools, including religious institutions.

Pence's support for vouchers and other school choice programs is shared by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Its programs support the creation and expansion of school vouchers, corporate tax vouchers, corporate tax credits, and other school choice programs.

This is the same commitment that drives efforts to expand charter schools and other school choice programs in Mississippi.

The Institute for Justice, which defends school choice programs in litigation across the country, has used this ruling to demonstrate that vouchers and other school choice programs, like ESAs, are legal in Mississippi.

When studying voucher or other school choice programs, for example, we have observed modest test score benefits for participants, but fairly large attainment benefits.

Not exact matches

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

Trump also committed to work with Congress to repeal and replace the health care law, to divert education funds to school - choice programs, and to stop illegal immigration by funding the construction of a wall on the Mexican border and other provisions.

School meal programs offer a unique opportunity to develop positive social skills, learn how to make healthy choices in life, and explore other cultures.

Sixty percent of the parents of students enrolled in the stronger food curriculum said school changed their child's knowledge about healthful food choices, compared to 36 percent in the other program.

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — A new national survey of school meal program operators reveals that more school cafeterias are utilizing strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access -LSB-...]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2016 - More school cafeterias are using strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access to school meals through government programs such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), according to a new national survey of school meal program operators.

Because our program is different from many other therapeutic boarding schools in Hawaii, we encourage parents to really do their research and see whether we are the right choice for their teenage sons.

The participants all took part in an alcohol and other drug use prevention program called CHOICE that was conducted in 16 middle schools in the greater Los Angeles area.

We could find plenty of examples of disconnect from other policy interventions, such as pre-school programs, but I am focusing on school choice because I know this literature best.

The president's first budget proposal, released in May, includes an increase of nearly $ 200 million for the federal Charter Schools Program and a package of other choice - friendly programs.

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

Even if government accountability is not the norm for government programs, some people may still favor requiring choice schools to take the state test and comply with other components of the high - regulation approach to school choice, such as mandating that schools accept voucher amounts as payment in full, prohibiting schools from applying their own admissions requirements, and focusing programs on low - income students in low - performing schools.

A productive response to that question would not contemplate the merits of «voucher programs» per se but would instead view vouchers as one vehicle among others for growing the number of high - quality individual school choices available to low - income families.

School choice supporters are split over the program's strict accountability provisions, however, which some say represent over-regulation by the state but which others claim are on par with the expectations for traditional public and charter schools.

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.»

In October 2002, the federal Department of Education distributed nearly $ 24 million in grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts in six other states to expand their public school choice programs.

Every voucher and tax - credit scholarship program is at least fiscally neutral, and most produce significant savings for school districts, according to the foundation, which supports vouchers and other forms of school choice.

Your article on the Milwaukee school - choice evaluation («New Studies on Private Choice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice scchoice evaluation («New Studies on Private Choice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice scChoice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice scchoice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice scchoice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice sSchools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice scchoice schoolsschools.

Critics of ESAs and other school choice efforts like to allege that the programs will «siphon» resources from public schools or harm students in some way.

And the beauty of expanding school choice is that it generates its own advocates as families that benefit from these programs lobby to protect and expand their choices.We are almost at the point where ed reform organizations don't have to do very much other than to coordinate choice families pushing for more choices.

School choice interventions have not yet fully considered factors other than a school's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famSchool choice interventions have not yet fully considered factors other than a school's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famschool's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famschool characteristics to families.

The most generous judicial interpretation of the voucher question could at most require that states not exclude religious schools from choice programs that are open to other private schools.

Most enroll in other districts through the state's School of Choice program, which allows parents to send kids to other schools either within their district or outside their district if space is open.

The administration has yet to release a proposal for how the federal government might foster more school choice in states and localities around the country, although its initial budget proposal included additional funding for charters and other forms of public school choice, as well as funding for a new private school choice program.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

Tracey Weinstein offered some interesting analysis of the program's goals and the state's private schools, but she similarly failed to mention the results from any other state's experience with choice.

(Other recently enacted private - school - choice programs, including those in Louisiana and Alabama, also include significant testing and accountability requirements.)

There are too many other factors affecting educational performance outside of school choice policy for the results of a single program to be conclusive.

Private schools, on the other hand, do not share this obligation to openness, and nothing in the program's enabling legislation directly addresses discrimination, further narrowing the chances that choice will be realized for those who need it most.

The program is a bold stroke, and it has broken school choice out of the tiny, marginal voucher programs seen in other states.

The CATO Institute has already weighed in, saying that the bill would «do a better job» than similar school choice programs in other states.

· Facilitate student access to a broad range of high schools, vocational programs, training programs and other institutions that offer young people choices and support during the key years of transition from school to work.

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.

(Many are also eager to apply these principles to vouchers and other publicly funded private school choice programs.)

Although certain forms of school choice (tax credits, some voucher programs) abjure state academic standards and tests, others (such as charter schools and public school choice) normally take them for granted.

We know precious little about what makes some private - school - choice programs more successful than others — and success itself can be defined in various ways.

We adopted the standard definition of school choice programs, developed by others, before we actually collected the studies and data, to guarantee that we weren't engaging in «specification searching.»

In reality, these and other data support that Indiana school choice programs are facilitating parent choices across sectors.

Additionally, states can impose penalties on low - performing providers, including removing their ability to receive ESA funds, similar to what some states with other forms of private school choice programs do.

In this episode, Patrick Wolf joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss why researchers should consider other outcomes besides test scores when evaluating school choice programs.

My other main point is that the set of regulations found in Louisiana's voucher program are viewed by some of the most important backers of school choice as the ideal.

At least six other programs, some of them dating to the 1970s, give participating students a free choice of public, private or religious schools.

You can learn how many students and schools are using school vouchers and other choice programs in America, browse at - a-glance breakdowns of school choice states, gather little - known program details and more.

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.