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Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

Even if your school provides healthy options, it can be too easy to give in to temptation and pick a less healthy choice when you're feeling really hungry.

While charter schools and digital learning are thought to be the safest choice options for political elites to promote, tax credits are even more popular than charters, and vouchers, the most controversial proposal, also command the support of half the population when the idea is posed in an inviting way.

That feature is what lost the support of longtime social - justice warrior (and founder of the pro school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private school options, to the detriment of low - income families.Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private school options, to the detriment of low - income families.options, to the detriment of low - income families.»

Even if most of the private schools participating in a voucher program are religious, as long as some viable options exist within the public school system, the genuine choice requirement should be satisfied.

They also do not typically cluster with one another, suggesting that even a bureaucratic system can offer diverse options in a school - choice system.

-- Trump's budget, which is unlikely to become reality as proposed, would also boost funding for school choice options, even as he proposes to slash education funding overall by 13 percent.

But in 2011, reformers set ambitious goals for how many options could be afforded to parents, so even if participation is light, the range of choices that parents and children have in education should cause everyone to think twice about how public schools have been operating.

Join us on January 24 as we celebrate the school choice options available in Mississippi and draw attention to the need for even more opportunities for children.

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«But in order to ensure another leg of the school choice stool is complete and to continue ensuring working families have even more options — regardless of their income or zip code — we need to enact Senate Bill 1 and provide opportunity scholarships to our families now.

One can make a strong case that the reason there's such a push for school choice today, especially from urban parents, is from the now generation or so of students being dumped into classes without their consent, or even worse into schools implementing the latest education fad without parents having any options for their children.

Sometimes students at SIB did not choose it as their first choice, yet Diaz - Booz points out that they almost always stay in the school even though they have the option transferring after their first year.

These findings are similar to a poll of Mississippi residents that was conducted last November, showing strong support for charter schools and school choice within the Magnolia State even though both options are limited at this time.

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«Even though California's charter schools have grown to serve over 580,000 students in 1,230 charter schools, there is still an overwhelming unmet need for quality school choice options as over 158,000 students linger on charter school waitlists.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

Duane Reed, the current president of the Minneapolis NAACP, even denounced the program as «not working» in 2008, leading to a rebuttal from the former director of school of choice programs, Morgan Brown (now assistant education commissioner to Arne Duncan in D.C.), that the program is doing what it's supposed to do, «providing equal access» to school options.

Access to more school choices — including options for Houston's many suburbs, such as near Abigail's home in Channelview — would help even more students like Ayden and Jaslyn end up in the schools that are the right fit.

As upcoming EdChoice research shows, innovative options like arts - based charter schools may actually attract suburban families to re-invest in urban communities, whether by dining at local restaurants after school functions or even moving back into the city to be nearer to their school of choice.

When school choice programs are not designed to focus on quality school options, student achievement will not improve and may even regress as has been documented in Louisiana with their voucher program.

They might not know all the options available or be able to provide transportation, and there are not enough seats at the district's «highest - performing» schools, even in the choice - rich environment of Indianapolis, the capital of a state once dubbed the «reformiest» in the nation.

High school students today might be facing a different situation, and choice may not be an option, even if they don't plan on pursuing college after graduation.

Even if you don't have the funding to go to school, there are many financial aid options that can give you the finances you need to attend the college of your choice.