Sentences with phrase «school choice issues said»

In responding to the Idaho Education News article, the state department of education's spokesperson on school choice issues said the state no longer applies for federal charter school start - up dollars because the feds «want states to have a plan in place to close down low - performing charter schools.

Not exact matches

In short, we are mothers of color with a lot to say about issues relevant to us including politics, images in the media, schooling choices, parenting issues, and so much more.

One big reason schools have few healthy choices such as whole - grain bread and fresh fruit and vegetables is that they cost more, said Benjamin Senauer, a professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota who studies nutrition issues.

Cox, to his credit, seems to know that, and says he's using new data to target traditional Democrats, particularly in New York City, who can be swayed to the GOP side on issues like school choice and charters.

The Buffalo school board says it's close to picking a new superintendent but making the choice isn't the only issue.

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

The study, published in the September issue of Annals of Surgery online, shows that providing pricing information upfront can influence patient choice of surgical procedures and potentially lead to cost savings in health care, a sector of the economy that accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, says Eric R. Scaife, M.D., senior author, associate professor of surgery and chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine.

Observers said that House and Senate conference committee members were close to reaching an agreement on the volatile school - choice issue, which has been a major factor in the legislature's inability to adopt a reform bill.

73 percent of respondents said they would be more inclined to support the requirement if the subject choice was more flexible, and 74 per cent indicated that their school does not have enough teachers in the EBacc subjects, highlighting the current issue of teacher shortages across the country.

Trump didn't say much about school choice during the campaign and, since the election, he's been so busy — what with blasting the mayor of London and Comey and all — that he hasn't much focused on the issue.

Though some education issues are evergreen (say, the importance of highly effective teachers and strong content standards), much has changed over the last decade - plus in the world of private school choice.

That could mean some yielding by the president on issues like school choice and college ratings, McCluskey said.

Larry Sand, a former LAUSD teacher who founded California Teachers Empowerment Network, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that seeks to educate teachers and the public about union and school choice issues, said if Melvoin and Gonez are elected, he would be optimistic that the board would address its unfunded retiree benefits liabilities.

Karen Braun, a parent activist who blogs about school issues and is involved with «Stop Common Core in Michigan,» said that Austin's comments about parental ability to make choices on education for their children are at odds with the Michigan revised school code.

«He's been tentative on choice issues,» says the institute's executive director, Jim Stergios, citing Payzant's refusal to push for more charters and his slowness in expanding the student assignment system used to determine where children attend school.

Meira Levinson, a political philosopher and Harvard Graduate School of Education professor, says there's no choice: a peaceful and democratic future will depend on schools facing issues of race head - on.

There are a few bills still being considered addressing different issues of school choice, and Ritz says her main goal would be to stop the expansion of the program.

Albany, NY — Kyle Rosenkrans, CEO of the Northeast Charter Schools Network, today issued the following statement in response to Georgia Federation of Teachers President Verdaillia Turner's comment that calling Atlanta a school «choice friendly» city is «like saying Chicago is the most murder friendly city in the nation.»

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

Jim Bender, president of School Choice Wisconsin, said the bill mostly addresses administrative issues that his group identified with the Department of Public Instruction over the past year.

«In the case of MPS, so much of their strategic planning [is about] the effort to provide appropriate education services to a student body suffering from extreme poverty and other negative factors - and they have the dual issue of trying to maintain or enhance competitiveness with charter and choice schools,» Henken says.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has praised SB 3, saying, «School choice is the civil rights issue of our time.

There, the Court said it was «immaterial» that the «check or warrants first pass through the hands of parents» because once the child was accepted by a private school, both voucher programs at issue gave parents or guardians «no choice; they [had to] endorse the check or warrant to the qualified school.»

After learning of Trump's plan, he said, «While I do not support Donald Trump, his speech on school choice demonstrates that he is giving serious thought to education issues and I strongly challenge Hillary Clinton to do the same... I urge Hillary Clinton to show more openness and creativity when it comes to embracing school reform, choice and charter schools.

«In the aftermath of the decisive 2016 elections, school choice remains a bipartisan issue with strong support among key demographics across the country,» said Kevin P. Chavous, board member of the American Federation for Children.

It's time candidates in my party take back the civil rights issue of our time, stand up to the teachers» union and support our parents who want more access to school choice,» Chavous said.

Advocates for school choice said that bills advancing the issue likely will be filed this week to coincide with National School Choiceschool choice said that bills advancing the issue likely will be filed this week to coincide with National School Choicechoice said that bills advancing the issue likely will be filed this week to coincide with National School ChoiceSchool ChoiceChoice Week.

On the other hand, the other new board member, Scott Schmerelson, said, «I am opposed to any strategy that results in diluting and draining precious public school revenue or that does not fairly and equitably serve all students including English Learners, those with significant physical and mental health issues, homeless and foster youth, and those students and families for whom «choice» is not an option.»

It's not just millennials who are racking up the debt; baby boomers, either because they're taking out loans on behalf of their children or they're going back to school themselves, hold a significant portion of it, said Meta Brown, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who joined Castro and Chopra at a session titled «The Impact of Student Debt on Housing Choices: Regulatory Issues Forum» on Tuesday.