Sentences with phrase «public educational option»

Any public educational option that contributes to the holistic well - being of its students and their families is worthy of our support.

In a statement, Fisher said he supports charter schools «because I want to increase public educational options for underserved students as well as to strengthen the overall public - school system.»

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

language seeking to deny black and brown parents access to high - quality public educational options through public charter schools.

The north Fulton city of Johns Creek, home to more than 76,000 residents, features some of greater Atlanta's finest public educational options, ranging kindergarten through high school.

Not exact matches

Regardless of the educational options available or schooling choices made for their own children, Christians can serve and strengthen public schools through volunteering as tutors or reading partners.

By guiding, informing, and coordinating alternative options for parents, educators, health and human service professionals, faith - based counselors, legislators, and the public at - large, CRC is able to help reduce divorce and strengthen families through custody reform; parental mediation and training; conciliation and access; parental financial and educational support systems; legislative revision and court briefs.

Many non-traditional educational options exist for children who would otherwise be enrolled in local public schools.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a graduate of CUNY's Lehman College, noted that CUNY — which is largely state - controlled and funded — is an affordable educational option for students who come from low - income families.

Mr. Stanley had already done pioneering work in the design of educational research when he was introduced in 1969 to a 13 - year - old boy who had run out of mathematics options available to him through his public school system.

They must make clear «the parents» option to transfer their child to another public school» or «to obtain supplemental educational services [free tutoring] for the child.»

A public - private partnership is «one of many options available to school districts for providing educational facilities,» according to Frances Marine, communications director for the Florida Department of Education.

Personally, we have educated our four children (oldest is now 22) by using alternative educational options, including virtual public and virtual private schooling.

* Fordham Industries makes no claims as to political feasibility, impact on educational freedom, immediate assistance to children in failing schools, parental rights, religious educational options, pedagogical diversity, educational innovation, public value conflicts, size of the tax burden, fairness to private school families, student achievement, or civic values.

If a Title I school fails to meet AYP standards for a third year, students from low - income families in the school must be offered the opportunity to receive instruction from a supplemental educational services provider of their choice, in addition to continuing to be offered public school choice options.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

Throughout its history, IDRA has conducted extensive research and analysis on a range of Texas and national educational issues impacting public school children, including school finance, school integration and school privatization options.

«Our state continues to be on a solid path to improving public education by offering more and more quality educational options for students and parents.

Regardless of one's philosophical reaction to school choice, there's no denying providing such families the option to access their public school dollars to purchase different educational services is one way to serve underserved students.

But Edison was required to work under the terms of the existing teacher contract, which limited the company's educational options, said Paul T. Hill, a University of Washington professor who wrote a 1997 book, «Reinventing Public Education.»

It is unfair and irresponsible to continue to siphon more money away from traditional public schools to feed a large network of charter schools that have not proved to be a better educational option.

This legislation (HB 394) would create a pilot program providing parents of students with special needs the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with funds to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

But the union and NAACP also want to limit better educational options for low - income families who can't afford private schools and can't afford to move to an affluent neighborhood with decent public schools.

The week is also designed to empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children and supports a variety of school choice options — from encouraging increased access to great public schools, to public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, private schools, homeschooling and more.

As a former New York City public school teacher, it is important for me to be involved with C3S because I believe all children should have access to educational options which are as unique as they are.

The problem is, if a public school does not provide the educational services guaranteed to a student, parents only have two options: 1.)

Florida, which will soon allow any student to cross district lines to attend a public school as long as they have open seats, has been a national leader in offering parents educational options for two decades.

26 Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

offer parents the option to receive money in an account that they can use for private school tuition and other educational expenses to supplement learning or in lieu of sending their children to public schools

State law (Act 55) specifies that annually every public school, including charter schools, and each private school participating in a Choice program is to provide parents with a copy of their school report card and a list of their educational options, including the Special Needs Scholarship Program.

Assistance identifying best - fit educational options, including public and public charter schools, community based organizations, and faith based organizations

Take D.C., which has one of the country's most robust set of educational options for parents — public schools, charter schools and federally funded vouchers for private schools.

The election of three school board members comes at a particularly important time as the district faces critical budgetary decisions, the need to improve student achievement particularly for chronically underserved students and even greater parent demand for high quality educational options including charter public schools.

ESA's, known as «Vouchers 2.0» by education reformers, offer parents the option to receive money in an account that they can use for private school tuition and other educational expenses to supplement learning or in lieu of sending their children to public schools.

The new report clearly shows that traditional public education by ZIP Code is being rapidly replaced by a variety of choice programs that empower families to find the best educational option for students.

The trip enabled participants to see a range of secondary learning options for students, including a comprehensive high school with small learning communities, a small school within a larger educational complex, an alternative high school, and a public charter school.

This week is also National School Choice Week — a time when students nationwide are celebrating educational options and taking to social media to bring public awareness to school reform.

With some of the best online charter schools in the country being free, offering electives some public and private institutions don't have, and being easily accessible from anywhere you are, charter schools are proving to be the an increasingly popular educational option for students seeking their general education.

Ultimately, the board discussed various options and concluded to leave the wording that the board would «stand opposed to internal and external initiatives that seek to reduce public education in Los Angeles to an educational marketplace and our children to market shares, while not investing in district - wide programs and strategies that benefit every student whom we are sworn to serve.»

Expanding school choice for all families would shift how we presently fund public education from the «taxes - > public schools only» model to a «taxes - > families (in the form of education savings accounts (ESAs) or flexible vouchers)- > one or many educational options» model.

Eleven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, a record number of students have access to better educational options, including public charter schools and the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

Under the proposed legislation, parents would have the option to withdraw their child from a public school and receive an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside their traditional public school.

SUMMARY The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

Rather than bowing to special interests that seek to roll back or limit access to educational choice, Arizona policymakers should support policies that create more quality public school options.

The school voucher program provides educational options for students whose towns do not have public schools.

First, he mused that authorizers must provide unlimited access to those students whose educational options are limited to the nearest traditional public school, a school that may not be meeting the needs of students in that neighborhood, especially if they are low income, racially diverse learners.

Baton Rouge, LA (Sept. 30, 2014)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, condemned a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana Association of Educators that seeks to block funding for certain public charter schools and has the potential of denying parents» their right to access needed educational options.

For too long state Blaine amendments — remnants of anti-Catholic bigotry, which prohibit public funding from going to religious institutions — have kept educational options out of reach for students that need them.

Through the identification of low performance defined by a single «F» or «D» and the acceleration of the process to demonstrate improvement or closure - like options, Florida will witness a proliferation of failing schools whose children will need to be served in other educational settings outside of traditional public education.