Sentences with phrase «school choice advocacy group»

To some, it's an unverified claim that emerged from school choice advocacy groups like Parents for Educational Freedom during recent legislative sessions.

DeVos chairs the American Federation for Children, the largest school choice advocacy group in the nation.

Similarly, the Florida school choice advocacy group RefinED contends that school vouchers, which allow parents to transfer students to private schools at taxpayer expense, make private schools part of the public school system.

Robert Enlow is president of the Friedman Foundation, a national school choice advocacy group based in Indianapolis.

The Supreme Court decision was immediately hailed by school choice advocacy groups like The Foundation for Educational Choice, founded by Milton and Rose Friedman, and the American Federation for Children, a pro-voucher school organization with ties to the conservative Heartland Foundation.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos praised the bill in 2015 when it was reintroduced and she was chair of the school choice advocacy group, American Federation for Children.

A school choice advocacy group official indicated the stark opposition to the programs has been driven by opposition to the Trump administration.

The school choice advocacy group receives the bulk of its funding from the Walton Family Foundation, established by the founders of the world's largest retailer, Wal - Mart.

Grant Callen, founder and president of the school choice advocacy group Empower Mississippi, said his organization is working to steer voters away from both amendments.

And if they received a scholarship from a state approved scholarship fund, which currently are all school choice advocacy groups, you get a voucher.

Bush's team at the Foundation for Excellence in Education pointed us to a compilation of 30 policy briefs and academic studies put together by EdChoice, a school choice advocacy group.

Jason Bedrick, policy director for the school choice advocacy group EdChoice, said teachers groups are pitting educators against families for political gain.

This week, Brandon, a former High Point - area legislator who now heads the school choice advocacy group, Carolina CAN, told members of the right - leaning John Locke Foundation in Raleigh that charter supporters need to be more «forceful» on the issue in the coming days.

«These programs are expanding, and they're not going away,» said Kevin Chavous, executive counsel for the American Federation for Children, a school choice advocacy group that just released an emotional campaign - style video promoting vouchers.