Back in 2004, Spencer Hsu told the story of how the first federal voucher program was launched, when George W. Bush signed legislation providing grants worth as much as $ 7,500 each to children from dozens of
public schools in the District of Columbia for their use at private or religious schools in a five - year experiment.
Our recent national survey of American adults («What Americans Think about Their Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending
on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one margin.
When the public was asked whether government funding
for public schools in their district should increase, decrease, or stay the same, 59 percent selected the first option, only slightly less than the 63 percent that gave that opinion in 2010, and dramatically more than in 2009 (46 percent).
When asked whether «local taxes to
fund public schools in your district should increase, decrease, or stay the same,» only 29 percent of the public favor an increase (see Figure 1a).
«I've come here with organizers and public school parents and students from across the state to demand
public schools in every district get the resources they need regardless of the students» zip code, regardless of the students» skin color.»
Panelist Bren Elliott, chief of equity
at public schools in the District of Columbia, said the guidance from the Obama Administration was «extremely helpful» in identifying strategies to build safer, inclusive schools.
At a PEP hearing on the matter held last week Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the district where the school is located, said he supported the introduction of
progressive public schools in the district.
Last August, the American Civil Liberties Union won the latest in a series of lawsuits against single -
sex public schools in a district where, it argued, children were given no other choice.
While the Administration appreciates that H.R. 471 would provide Federal support for
improving public schools in the District of Columbia (D.C.), including expanding and improving high - quality D.C. public charter schools, the Administration opposes the creation or expansion of private school voucher programs that are authorized by this bill.
A founding group of educators, parents, and community activists formally submitted an application this week to the Public Charter School Board to establish the
first public school in the District to offer dual - language immersion in Hebrew and English.
As a spokesperson and organizer for the Alliance for Quality Education, I've traveled the state, met with legislators, and spoken out in Albany to demand that
public schools in every district get the resources they need, irrespective of their students» skin color or their parents» income.
In 2010, amid mounting national, state, and local deficits, 63 percent of the public favor an increase in «government funding
for public schools in your district,» about the same level as in early 2008, just before the economic recession.
When asked whether they support «more government funding for public schools,» 63 percent of those surveyed said they did, but when asked whether «local taxes to
fund public schools in your district should increase,» only 29 percent favored the idea.
In January 2004, Bush signed legislation providing grants worth as much as $ 7,500 each to children from dozens of
public schools in the District of Columbia for their use at private or religious schools in a five - year experiment.
Cuomo unveiled a revised version of the legislation on Tuesday, which would provide $ 150 million in tax credits annually for donations that benefit public and private schools, and encourage low - income students to attend either a private school or
a public school in another district.
The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional
public schools in their districts.
«We all have
public schools in our district and we advocate for those schools irregardless of support from the teachers union.»
Upper West Success Academy will open in the fall of 2011, and will most likely share space with
a public school in District 3.
As with all 34 CECs in New York City, the district 10 CEC is comprised of 12 members, including nine elected parent leaders who have a child attending
a public school in the district, two residents and / or local business owners appointed by the Borough President, and one non-voting high school senior who lives in the district and is an elected leader at his / her school.
It is pretty sad that rather than helping the children in
the public schools in this district be able to read, write or do simple arithmetic at grade level, it is more important for our disgraced assemblyman to provide basketball nets, rather than educational safety nets.
Daniel's mother, Debbie, explains why she opted to avoid
the public school in her district.
Any child attending such a school must be offered the option of transferring to
a public school in the district — including a public charter school — not identified for school improvement, unless state law prohibits such an option, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
What's more, a solid majority (59 percent) of Americans express confidence that spending more on
the public schools in their district will increase student learning.
The results are striking: Americans dramatically underestimate the amount spent on
the public schools in their district, even when prompted to consider the full range of uses to which school spending is devoted.
Interdistrict choice allows a student living in one school district to attend
a public school in another district.
[10] Second, there is an ongoing to need to understand the implications of magnet schools for the traditional
public schools in their districts.
We estimate that private school choice and intradistrict choice (allowing families to choose any traditional
public school in their district) have the largest potential to expand the sets of schools to which families have access, with more than 80 percent of families having at least one of these «choice» schools within five miles of home.
They switch to a private school,
a public school in another district, or even a different charter school.
Students must be offered the option of transferring to
another public school in the district — which may include a public charter school — that has not been identified as needing school improvement.
As a result, OPSB would be stripped of responsibility for 107 of the 128
public schools in the district.
Among those with children in underperforming schools, just 13 percent said there was
another public school in the district to which they were interested in sending their children (see Figure 2).