Sentences with phrase «quality educational choice»

She combines her passions for quality educational choice and data - driven decision - making to oversee a portfolio that serves approximately 6 % of the state's public school population.

Said President and CEO Al Dubin, «This grant will allow CSDC to support more charter school founders dedicated to improving the educational outcomes of the children in their communities by providing quality educational choice in a responsive, fiscally sustainable way.»

But for Washington, D.C., we believe two strong sectors — charter and traditional — offer the best prospect that families will have many quality educational choices for their children.

He believes strongly in the transformative power of education and is ready to get to work on education reform in Rochester through coalition building and engaging families to demand and secure high quality educational choices for their children.

Not exact matches

An analysis of more than 100 million individual searches on the nation's largest school - quality website finds that expanded local choice motivates families to become more informed about their educational options.

Today far too many states don't offer students the full suite of educational choices that they could to ensure that all students have access to a high - quality education that meets their distinct needs.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that school - choice plans based on magnet schools «appear most promising in meeting the educational goals of achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational programs.»

Identifying the kinds of private schools that boost these outcomes could enhance policymakers» ability to design private school choice programs that expand disadvantaged children's access to high - quality educational opportunities.

With such a model in hand, «a paradigm shift for us,» says Carroll, Brighter Choice was able to go to scale with quality and begin to make deep changes in the city's educational system.

Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of school reform: the proliferation of school choice from vouchers to tax credits, charters, and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from schools to teachers; renewed attention to national standards; and a more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures and school quality.

Legislators should strive to design educational choice policies that maximize parents» direct financial responsibility while still ensuring universal access to a quality education.

We at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have a longstanding interest in advancing quality school choices for kids who need them and a parallel interest in boosting educational achievement with the help of rigorous standards, assessments, and accountability systems.

Summary: Countries have a choice of focusing on educational quality improvements and reaping the benefits of future growth improvements or of letting the future be stuck with today's economic outcomes.

Both sought to achieve these objectives while preserving their commitment to other educational goals, e.g., districtwide commitment to high quality public schools, increased pupil assignment to neighborhood schools, diminished use of busing, greater student choice, reduced risk of white flight, and so forth.

Universal school choice that provides access to quality educational options, as Paul Hill of the University of Washington observes, will «depend on the supply - side, that is, on the success of arrangements that promote the creation of a wide variety of school options, expose all schools to performance pressures through competition, and permit constant replacement of weak schools by promising new ones.»

Other things equal, I believe giving parents more ability to exercise educational choice is a good thing, and I think this is true above and beyond other measures of performance or quality.

«Teach Choice,» the 2016 American Federation for Children National Policy Summit is May 16 - 17 in Washington, D.C. Join «the nation's voice for educational choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every Choice,» the 2016 American Federation for Children National Policy Summit is May 16 - 17 in Washington, D.C. Join «the nation's voice for educational choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every child.

Every day I read, share and learn from articles, blogs, and op - eds written by very sharp, intelligent and caring people who spend their days fighting for educational equity, school choice and better quality schools.

LFC supports a wide range of educational choice initiatives, so that high quality public, charter and private schools flourish and parents will have the opportunity to select the quality school that works best for their children, and so that teachers will have the flexibility to select the school that best utilizes their strengths and interests.

Good Morning «Teach Choice,» the 2016 American Federation for Children National Policy Summit is May 16 - 17 in Washington, D.C. Join «the nation's voice for educational choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every Choice,» the 2016 American Federation for Children National Policy Summit is May 16 - 17 in Washington, D.C. Join «the nation's voice for educational choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every choice,» our allies and supporters as we network and problem solve to provide quality educational opportunities to every child.

Expand true parent choice and opportunity by considering a proposal for racially and economically diverse, district - operated charter schools that aim to ensure high quality, equal educational opportunities in a diverse learning environment.

The mission of the Office of K - 12 School Choice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communChoice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communchoice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communities.

CINCH Learning is the choice of educational leaders who are actively choosing technology to expand the scope, quality, and richness of their educational systems.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

I believe that school choice is a solution to a predisposition of chance, and allows parents and families to find not just options, but high - quality educational options despite the zip code their children were born into.

IHEP leads the Postsecondary Data Collaborative, an initiative to advocate for the use of high - quality postsecondary data to promote student success and educational equity, evaluate and inform federal, state and institutional policies, and empower college choices.

We work to ensure that every parent and every child in our state has access to a choice of high - quality educational options — to allow parents to select the one that will best serve their child's needs.

This would provide families with high quality choices while incorporating online educational resources into the traditional learning environment at far lower cost to taxpayers.

Rather than bowing to special interests that seek to roll back or limit access to educational choice, Arizona policymakers should support policies that create more quality public school options.

Governor Pence is a longtime champion for educational choice, believing that every child, regardless of family income or ZIP code, deserves access to a quality education.

A recent study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice found a strong correlation between school choice and educational quChoice found a strong correlation between school choice and educational quchoice and educational quality.

Radford says making sure Buffalo students receive a quality education is the group's top priority and that parents should have educational choice.

«if educational responsibility remains solely on the immediate family, «choice» may take place in a world of insufficient numbers of quality schools, inadequate information about the stakes and alternatives, and large numbers of people unable to use the choice system effectively.

So with federal education law originally meant to support the public education system in order to break the «poverty - ignorance - ignorance - poverty cycle» by providing ALL children with quality education, we know «choice» can not logically get us to equal educational opportunity.

We envision a system of forward - thinking, rigorous, diverse school models that prepare students for college and career; effective district management that holds schools accountable to high standards; and a system of choice whereby families are empowered to find the right high - quality educational opportunity for their child.

Muhammed Akil, Parent Coalition for Excellent Education (PC2E) Executive Director added: «Today's so - called protest held by supporters of the troubled educational status quo was yet another example critics from predominantly suburban communities with excellent educational options for their children trying to limit high quality choices for parents in urban communities whose districts have too often failed to provide them adequate options.

«Both Lewis and Orange Jones are staunch advocates for parental choice and unwavering supporters of increasing access to high - quality educational options for low - income and working - class Black families in Louisiana,» the BAEO Action Fund Board of Directors wrote in a press release.

All across the country, school choice supporters are advancing bold initiatives that enhance quality educational opportunities.

As the nation celebrates National School Choice Week, the potential to increase access to high - quality educational options, especially for low - income and working - class black families, has never been higher.

In addition to his articles, Mike has written or edited seven books on topics ranging from educational entrepreneurship to school choice to teacher quality to the Common Core Standards.

«We firmly believe that every student in LAUSD and across California has the right to a high - quality public education and to educational choice.

American Federation for Children is the nation's leading school choice advocacy organization and works in states across the country to help secure additional, high - quality educational options for families.

Tap supplemental educational services and public school choice set - aside funds for high - quality PreKindergarten.

SFER (Students for Education Reform) is a student - led movement that champions educational equity... SFER organizes students to be a powerful force for K - 12 education policy and political change, through campus chapters that work at the national, state, and local levels to organize and advocate for great teachers and quality school choices for all kids.»

We work in partnership with charter schools and the community to support, promote, and advocate for high quality charter schools that provide educational choice to families statewide.

The American Federation for Children is the nation's leading school choice advocacy organization and works in states across the country to help secure additional, high - quality educational options for families.

As a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmosphere.

She is always eager to apply her skills to further the message about educational choices in Idaho and values growth as an integral quality to success in all aspects of life.

And choice is a powerful tool for families seeking educational equity and equal access to quality education for their children.