Sentences with phrase «public school dollars»

Instead, a portrait emerges of a company that tries to squeeze profits from public school dollars by raising enrollment, increasing teacher workload and lowering standards.

The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.

Critics have long complained that charters don't enroll the most difficult to educate students, and that they drain money from districts because public school dollars move with students to whatever school they attend.

The Nevada Supreme Court permanently blocks the voucher program, declaring the use of public school dollars to fund vouchers unconstitutional.

The department controls less than 10 percent of the nation's public school dollars, and most school closures are locally decided, he said.

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.

They haven't succeeded in taking Social Security, but public school dollars are a gold mine waiting to be raided.

Governor Rick Scott and his education advisor, Michelle Rhee, believe that billions of public school dollars are better spent on for - profit charter school management companies (CMOs).