Conservatives take a different lesson from the disappointing results of the law's
public school choice provisions.
Not exact matches
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.
The
public school choice and supplemental services
provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act were to be the most tangible lifelines for parents whose children attend low - performing
schools.
EdNext: Observers have noted that many states appear to be complying with NCLB's highly qualified teacher (HQT)
provision mostly through creative bookkeeping, and are doing no more than they must when it comes to
public -
school choice or supplemental services.
As Whitehurst goes on to state, the expansion of
public school choice «is not a repudiation and abandonment of the role of government in the
provision of an adequate education for the nation's K - 12 students.
The
provision — sort of a policy cocktail mixing equal parts
school choice and
school safety — says that any student attending a «persistently dangerous»
public school must be allowed to transfer to a «safe»
school in that district.
House Prices and the
Provision of Local
Public Services: Capitalization under
School Choice Programs
His dissertation at East Carolina University argued that
public -
school -
choice provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act didn't improve student achievement.
The Florida
public -
school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old
school -
choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate
provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free
public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this
provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed]
public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.»