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New York School Talk: Why did you initially opt for a charter over a traditional public school for your child?

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While several of his fellow southern Brooklyn elected officials were criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio over Hizzoner's decision to allow plans for two charter schools to share space with traditional public schools in Bensonhurst to move forward, state Sen.

At a subsequent panel on education, Liu slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record on school closures and called for an end to the practice of allowing charter schools to take over space in traditional public schools.

Schools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public sSchools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public schoolsschools.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

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.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige reaffirmed his support for public schools and the traditional separation of church and state last week, attempting to quell a furor over earlier, published remarks in which he praised the «strong value system» at Christian schools.

[1] For a long time, the debate over charter schools has revolved around the simplistic question of whether they are better or worse than traditional public schools.

Given the significant growth rate and geographic expansion of private school choice programs over the past two decades, it is important to examine how traditional public schools respond to the sudden injection of competition for students and resources.

Traditional district schools receive just over $ 19,076 in public funds for each student.

If it were a traditional public school, state law currently says the school would have to earn F's for six years straight before the school could be taken over by a state - appointed turnaround operator or shut down altogether.

Charter school supporters lobbied state lawmakers Thursday for more money at a time when charter schools and traditional public schools are arguing with each over about how much funding they receive.

Sen. Jerry Tillman breathed new life back into a proposal heard earlier this session that would have diverted funds typically reserved for traditional public schools over to charter schools.

The laws have become part of a broader debate over the proliferation of charter schools, private school vouchers and everything else now dubbed «education reform,» a vague term used by self - professed reformers to describe nearly any attempts that call for challenging the traditional public school system.

School choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scSchool choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scschool choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scschool scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public schools.

No example of this is the fight by the parents of children at Palm Lane Elementary School, a currently traditional public school that has been failing for over a dSchool, a currently traditional public school that has been failing for over a dschool that has been failing for over a decade.

It is unfortunately common for today's no - excuses schools — and these aren't just charter schools, these include traditional public schools too — to impose a system of discipline that exerts control over kids.

But over the years I've come to recognize home schooling as a viable and beneficial choice for families and children who are not thriving in traditional public schools.

Over and over, she hailed school choice — which is a euphemism for alternatives to traditional public schools — saying at one poOver and over, she hailed school choice — which is a euphemism for alternatives to traditional public schools — saying at one poover, she hailed school choice — which is a euphemism for alternatives to traditional public schools — saying at one point:

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

All teachers will still be awarded raises from the same pool of money for traditional public schools, and Pike, the union leader, worries that pool will shrink over time, particularly as the state spends more on private school vouchers and charter schools.

I teach at a KIPP school, and I taught for over 10 years in a traditional public school setting.

«That is $ 541 million over two years — more than half a billion dollars that the state would need to find in its budget for Connecticut's local public schools,» says Waxenberg, who questions why the state needs a new concept to compare expenditures between traditional schools and charter schools.

And the reason they have not been harmed is central to why, for nearly 20 years, I have favored education tax credit programs over both traditional public schooling and voucher programs.

For example, public charter schools emerged in 1988 to provide an alternative to traditional public schools and, have seen enrollments grow by 225 % over the past 10 years....

«That's scary to me,» said Charlotte parent LauraLee McIntosh when she learned of Ridnouer's involvement in the state's Innovative School District, a controversial program that would allow outside groups — including private nonprofits like AAC and, possibly, for - profit companies — to take over struggling traditional public schools.