Our founders envisioned a free,
public school alternative where all students would be held to the highest academic and behavioral expectations, and college would become a reality.
Online schools often become schools of last resort, and for many families they are the only
public school alternative available.»
When I asked why they attend the the school if the didn't beleive they said its academics were better
the the public school alternative.
On a leap of faith, Allen put in an application to send her younger son to one of the few other
public school alternatives in the city: a new district school for gifted students.
In other words,
the public school alternatives are not so great and the performance of the participating private schools is considerably worse.
Education savings account (ESAs) provide parents with most or all of funds the state would have spent on a child's education, allowing parents to pay for
public school alternatives, such as tutoring, online courses, private school tuition, or a combination of other educational services.
April 25, 2016 — Education savings account (ESAs) provide parents with most or all of funds the state would have spent on a child's education, allowing parents to pay for
public school alternatives, such as tutoring, online courses, private school tuition, or a combination of other educational services.
Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality
public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.
As Booker would tell the story at the 2005 annual summit of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), a nonprofit that supports
public school alternatives, Jones then said, «Boy, you need to learn something.
Atlanta, May 7, 2014 — For families seeking
public school alternatives, charter schools are a hoped - for option in Georgia.
Parents and children deserve choices, he said, and the Legislature tried to provide flexibility for
public school alternatives meeting those goals.
«Effective charter schools provide options for families for quality
public school alternatives.»
Some studies in both Massachusetts and New York City have found that a «No Excuses» educational approach — characterized by mandated intensive tutoring, longer instruction times, frequent teacher feedback, strict disciplinary policies, and high expectations for students — is a common feature among charter schools with the biggest positive effects (however, the most effective of these schools are located in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, making it difficult to disentangle whether this is due to the No Excuses approach or sub-par
public school alternatives).
Not exact matches
Parochial
schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable
alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the
public education system paid for by taxpayers.
There are INFINITE
alternative possibilities that have no evidence or reason to think they could be true, we can't teach them all & they have no place in
public schools.
The aim of these recent suits (contrary to the claims of outraged separationists) is not to restore traditional religious teaching and practices, but to purge away a «counterreligion,» an
alternative system of belief that the plaintiffs claim
public schools are inculcating.
Yet, if the only
alternative is to turn pre-schoolers over to the same people who run the
public schools, we seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place.
Parents may trust religious
schools to provide them with viable
alternatives to our aggressively secularized
public school system.
Many legislators realize that
public schools lack the moral resources to offer a healthy
alternative (including religious ones), so the odds are good that the political process will lead to policies that continue to make it easier for parents to access
alternatives.
This clarity will allow them to compete with the consumerist youth culture to which
public schools, whatever their academic quality, offer no credible
alternative.
With very few exceptions, nobody in these major cities who can afford an
alternative sends their children to the
public school.
We'll likely be moving before kdg, and may have some good
alternative options, but it hurts my heart to imagine sending my boy into the standards / performance / testing mess that our
public schools have become.
The
school was started by a group of committed parents and teachers who believed they could offer a distinct educational
alternative by forming a
school guided by the Core Principles of
Public Waldorf education.
Woodland Star provides an innovative
public -
school alternative for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.
Virginia Hunger Solutions works to increase participation in
school breakfast programs throughout the Commonwealth by promoting
alternative breakfast delivery models, such as Breakfast in the Classroom, and innovative
public policies, such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
I work at a
public school district in Minnesota, and we are required to provide an
alternative (either lactose - reduced milk, milk fortified with lactase, or milk to which lactobacillus acidophilus has been added) for students with lactose intolerance.
Her advocacy for youth includes providing an educational
alternative in the form of Edge Hill University, where she is a Professor of
Public Understanding of Science, as well as serving as the
school's first chancellor.
Challenge Success currently works with 130
public schools, Pope said, helping to educate students, parents and counselors on
alternatives to the current pressure paradigm.
Camps are usually scheduled to coincide with the local
public school system's spring break to give kids a fun
alternative to staying home all week if your family isn't traveling.
But a search of online
school lunch menus found that «alternate» or «
alternative» lunches of a sandwich (usually cheese or peanut butter) along with juice or milk were being served this month in
public school districts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington state.
«This is an issue we're trying to resolve,» said Michael Cook, a spokesman for the Las Cruces, N.M.,
Public School District, which he said was trying to make certain that any student who can't afford the main meal on the menu «is served some kind of
alternative» rather than go hungry.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive of the effort to strengthen charter
schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap on the
alternative public schools by 100.
Although the amendment wouldn't directly affect funding (and such) for
public schools, in the long term anything that makes
alternative education feasible for more people could lead to a reduction in the status of
public schooling.
That would probably lead many Democrats to favor
public schools over
alternatives, regardless of the NEA or any other group specifically taking that position.
Cuomo and Flanagan also want to make it even easier for charter
schools to reject, and even kick out, students who don't do well academically and might tarnish the pretty statistics charter
schools often paint to suggest they present a much better
alternative to traditional
public schools.
And he's convinced that Miliband will find it hard to unveil a credible set of
alternatives to big - ticket items like
public sector pension changes, NHS reform, new
schools and other shake - ups.
Some are calling her support for charter
schools, a growing
alternative to
public education, as a conflict of interest much like Pruitt's.
400,000 students, or approximately 15 percent of all students in New York State attend nonpublic
schools, providing an important educational
alternative in virtually every corner of New York State — and especially so in communities where the existing
public schools are failing.
Once the evidence of the «Got to Go» list became
public, he added, Moskowitz claimed that her
schools «provide a safe and orderly
alternative to the disorderly
public schools.
New York State taxpayers should not be subsidizing private
school transportation that is excessive and that financially benefits the private
school investors, trustees, and parents who have chosen these as
alternative to their local
public school.
An
alternative version, put forward by state lawmakers, asked whether the Legislature should «provide for the establishment and support of effective free
public schools without judicial enforcement.»
Currently, 24 charter
schools could still be designated under the existing cap as it is, but Cuomo wants to go further with the
alternative public schools.
Cuomo and NYSUT have been at odds over the evaluation push, as well as the governor's strong support for charter
schools as an
alternative to the present
public education system.
Families for Excellent
Schools, an education reform group that supporters charter schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public s
Schools, an education reform group that supporters charter
schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public s
schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the
alternative public schoolsschools.
NYC
public schools aren't that great, so its good for parents to have
alternatives.
A report from a pro-charter
school organization found Queens and the Bronx are being under served when it comes to establishing the
alternative public schools in their communities.
A lawsuit filed by AG Eric Schneiderman against the Utica City
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high s
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into
alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only
public high
schoolschool.
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, against the Utica City
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high s
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into
alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only
public high
schoolschool.
Empowering
schools and hospitals, and extending user choice, would maximise
public - service efficiency and help prevent the incursion of profit - driven
alternatives.
And now, following a national trend, New York's conservatives have joined in, using what they portray as a specimen of big - government overreach in the service of a longer - term fight to eliminate teacher tenure and promote
alternatives to traditional
public schools.