The political skirmishes in Florida, including court fights
over vouchers and charter schools, and ongoing struggles over a parade of different merit pay plans for teachers, give credence to the standard portrayal.
Not exact matches
Eva S. Moskowitz, Success Academy's founder, has repeatedly sparred with Mayor Bill de Blasio
over his education policies
and allied herself with Republican advocates of
charter schools and vouchers.
Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage
over assessments,
charter schools,
vouchers, class - size reduction,
and many other strategies for
school reform.
Unlike the
Charter Schools Act upheld in Booth, which provided for a mix of state
and local powers, the
voucher program gave the local
school board, in the court's words, «no substantial discretion
over the educational program embodied in the
voucher program,» thus violating the state constitution.
As reported elsewhere, the survey asked about
school spending,
charters,
vouchers, teacher unions, bilingual education, digital learning, state take -
overs of troubled district
schools, teacher unions, merit pay, teacher tenure,
and many other matters.
The results of this paper add evidence to the debate in the United States
over the desirability of creating networks of
charter and voucher schools.
Over 25,000 students are enrolled in the city's pioneering private
school voucher program
and nearly 19,000 more attend the city's public
charter schools.
More controversial in state
and national policy discussions have been proposals to enable parents, especially low - income parents, to exercise greater choice
over their children's education through
school vouchers, tax credits,
charter schools, or home
schooling.
Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of
school reform: the proliferation of
school choice from
vouchers to tax credits,
charters,
and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from
schools to teachers; renewed attention to national standards;
and a more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures
and school quality.
WASHINGTON — Parents overwhelmingly believe that public
schools are the single most important institution for the future of their community
and of our nation,
and they choose strong neighborhood public
schools over expanding choice,
charters and vouchers, according to a nationwide poll released today by the American Federation of Teachers.
Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among
voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public
school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math
and reading scores at traditional public
and public
charter schools have increased quickly
over the past decade.»
Given the vastness of the terrain, the course will be grounded in three education policy / reform initiatives that have gained considerable currency
over the past decade: (1) Standards
and Accountability (2) Teacher Quality & (3)
School Choice -
Vouchers and Charter Schools
These findings are echoed in a July 2013 poll of public
school parents by the American Federation of Teachers, which found that 77 percent support strong public
schools over expanded
vouchers and charters.
Rubinstein
and McCarthy write in the Working Paper that «
over the past 16 years, federal efforts to improve public education have focused on market reforms like
charter schools and voucher programs.
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.
Basically, the suspicion that re-segregation is happening via
Charter school take -
overs, «parent trigger laws,» «
school choice,»
and «
Vouchers,» was confirmed by speaking with other BATs across the country.
North Carolina public education backers are fired up this week
over a new round of advocacy at the N.C. General Assembly that seems geared toward rebranding for - profit virtual
charters and private
school recipients of taxpayer - backed
vouchers as public
schools.
Supporters of
vouchers and charter schools, however, pointed to the study's limitations, saying it gave only a snapshot of performance, not a sense of how students progress
over time.
But according to NEA, the reforms suggested by DFER (
and many other groups) have «acquired a bit of a stench
over the last few years, as the ideas with which it is most closely associated — high stakes accountability,
vouchers, merit pay,
charter schools, not to mention teacher bashing — have not worn well with much of the public.»
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.
Betsy DeVos's confirmation as education secretary has triggered intense interest
over what the Department of Education will do to bolster
school choice reforms like
charter schools and private
school vouchers.
Tell that to the
school choice activists who have successfully passed
voucher measures in more than 13 states, the children who attend the 1,091 new
charter schools opened between 2010
and 2013,
and families in cities such as Adelanto, Calif., who have taken
over failing
schools using Parent Trigger laws passed as a result of the competitive grant competition.
Despite the increase in funding, which Democrats have long called for after years of cuts or no increase in state funding for
schools, the proposals drew the ire of Democrats on the budget committee
over the
voucher provision, expansion of independent
charter schools and the addition of state money for services at private
schools.
The move was spurred by last year's Louisiana Supreme Court decision on
voucher schools and by anger among local
school board members
over state - approved
charters in their parishes.
In total, the budget request amounts to a $ 707 million increase in funding
over the biennium, not including legislated automatic increases for
vouchers and independent
charter schools.
There are also debates
over standardized testing, Common Core standards, integration programs,
and voucher and charter schools.
No — they might strike but teachers indicated no interest in any systemic reform, like expanded
charters or
vouchers, that might replace the abominable Rahm
and give someone else more control
over schools.
So proponents claiming the mantle of «education reform» have been quick to jump on the one - sided election results as proof - positive of widespread voter support for their ideas, which include competitive
charter schools,
vouchers to transfer public education money into private hands,
and harsh accountability measures to punish
schools and teachers for the circumstances they have very little control
over.
Takeovers
and other methods of proliferating
charters, such as
vouchers, have helped push the number of
charter schools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter S
charter schools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter S
schools in America
over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public
Charter S
Charter SchoolsSchools.
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.
Conservatives
and liberals disagree
over privatization, unions,
charters,
vouchers and school funding.
The Walton Family Foundation has been instrumental in funding
charter school and voucher initiatives around the country
over the past several years.
Public
School Forum President Keith Poston discusses the decline in public school support over the last five years, as legislative support has grown for vouchers and charter sc
School Forum President Keith Poston discusses the decline in public
school support over the last five years, as legislative support has grown for vouchers and charter sc
school support
over the last five years, as legislative support has grown for
vouchers and charter schools.
In addition, your tax dollars are going to private -
school vouchers and to for - profit companies running
charter schools and take -
over schools.
It would be unrealistic to expect DeVos to acknowledge the wreckage that her policies have wrought upon Detroit Public
Schools or to note that even philanthropists and foundations interested in charter schools and vouchers routinely pass over Detroit because the situation on the ground is too wild west for their
Schools or to note that even philanthropists
and foundations interested in
charter schools and vouchers routinely pass over Detroit because the situation on the ground is too wild west for their
schools and vouchers routinely pass
over Detroit because the situation on the ground is too wild west for their tastes.
Bush is well - respected by Indiana's own state superintendent, Tony Bennett, who told our colleagues
over at StateImpact Florida that the former governor has been a resource as Indiana launched similar initiatives, like A-F grading for
schools, teacher evaluations, performance based pay, expansive
voucher programs
and expanded
charter school options.
Trump's most substantial campaign proposal on education was a $ 20 billion grant program that he'd use to encourage states to expand
school choice — giving parents more control
over the kind of education their children receive — including through
vouchers,
charter schools and magnet
schools.
«Unfortunately, this budget proposal clearly prioritizes private
school vouchers, the authorization of independent charters and politics over real support for public schools and our students,» Madison School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said in a stat
school vouchers, the authorization of independent
charters and politics
over real support for public
schools and our students,» Madison
School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said in a stat
School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said in a statement.
Tenure, seniority, byzantine dismissal statutes, restrictive collective bargaining contracts, etc. have turned public education throughout much of the country into a jobs program that benefits adults at the expense of educating our children,
and has resulted in parents all
over the country clamoring for
charter schools and vouchers.
She did propose spending
over $ 1 billion to promote private
school vouchers and charter schools.