2004 — CEI - PEA launched an initiative to develop
public school choice programs in five major cities across the United States through a multi-year grant from the United States Department of Education.
Evidence from an urban public school choice program
In addition to
public school choice programs such as charter schools, 27 states and the District of Columbia have enacted school choice programs that provide support and incentives for parents to choose private schools in place of public schools.
And, although not direct at issue in this case, Connecticut uses an additional 10 funding formulas to
fund public school choice programs, further adding to the irrationality of the school finance system.
This study sought to answer the question, how effectively does Montessori instruction promote achievement for African American third grade students in reading and math, compared to similar traditional schools and
other public school choice programs?
Within this context, it stretches the imagination to believe that improving the well - being of poor children (the professed beneficiaries of choice programs) is the administration's motive for seeking a $ 158 million increase in charter school grants, a new $ 250 million program to research private school vouchers, and a $ 1 billion
public school choice program under Title I.
New Jersey's already taken the first steps towards this partnership with its expansion last year of the
Interdistrict Public School Choice Program (IPSCP), which allows public schools with empty seats to solicit students from outside district boundaries.
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.
Setting up
a public school choice program, or free tutoring program, or intervening in failing schools — all of this is hard under the best of circumstances.
The session saw bipartisan support for Louisiana's Scholarship Program as it was renewed and strengthened, creation of
a public school choice program and more options made available for Louisiana parents.
In 2010, Jefferson became part of more than two dozen schools that the school board put up for bid to be run by outside groups as part of
the Public School Choice program, and the Jefferson bid went to a group of LA Unified teachers, parents and administrators who crafted the school's plan with help from UTLA leadership.
Before the parent trigger petition, 24th Street Elementary was already slated to undergo a reform plan developed by the principal with input from some teachers and parents as part of the district's
Public School Choice program.
It will also shine a light on
some public school choice programs, such as magnet schools and the International Baccalaureate Program, as well as address some of the associated matters like busing and sleep time, school marketing, and school re-segregation.
Deasy also pledged to work with community groups, including Parent Revolution, the nonprofit organization that has organized parent groups around the parent trigger.As a low - achieving school, 24th Street Elementary already is in the district's
Public School Choice program.
The legislation would not fund the $ 1 billion
public school choice program the president proposed in his fiscal 2018 spending blueprint.
This reauthorization also has its flaws, among them the dumping of
the Public School Choice program for students in failing schools and the failure to «voucherize» Title I funds designated for low - income students, but overall it is a step in the right direction and will require review and reauthorization in four years.
First,
public school choice programs (such as charter and interdistrict magnet schools) in Connecticut are all required by Connecticut law to provide children with an equal educational opportunity and to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students (except technical schools).
«Connecticut law... is clear that
public school choice programs (with the exception of technical schools) have an obligation to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students,» Voices reports.
The session saw bipartisan support for Louisiana's Scholarship Program as it was renewed and strengthened, creation of
a public school choice program and more options made available -LSB-...]
As the enrollment of students in
public school choice programs has increased, so has the number of teachers working in interdistrict magnet and charter schools.
(See chart below) This rapid growth is one clear result of State policy increasing funds and policy supports for
public school choice programs that are operated by separate, non-traditional school districts such as CREC and charter districts.
In Israel, Victor Lavy found that
a public school choice program «significantly reduces the drop - out rate and increases the cognitive achievements of high - school students.