So far, 19 % of schools in California have signed up to participate - join them and other supporters to plan events that highlight a variety of
school choice options from traditional public schools to public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online learning, and homeschooling.
«Senate Bill 13 was a misguided attempt by Gov. John Bel Edwards» administration to take away
school choice options from hundreds of children entering Kindergarten.»
Not exact matches
Membership in a philosophical
school entailed not doctrinal allegiance but, as Hadot puts it, «the
choice of a certain way of life and existential
option which demands
from the individual a total change of lifestyle, a conversion of one's entire being, and ultimately a certain desire to be and to live in a certain way.»
We would never, for example, forbid parents
from sending in a home - packed lunch, we typically offer kids a
choice of two entrees, and many
schools offer non-pork
options to accommodate religious dietary restrictions.
Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit
from a special program at a
school in a nearby
school district: In California, some
school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of
Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and
options that parents want.
Spellings is showing commendable backbone on
choice, warning states that they can lose Title I megabucks if they fail to provide students with escape
options from failing
schools.
Taken together, this is compelling evidence that students benefited
from having a low - performing
option eliminated
from their high -
school choice set.
By tapping philanthropist and
school -
choice advocate Betsy DeVos for education secretary, Trump has signaled that he intends to make good on his pledge to use $ 20 billion in federal funds to give students
from poor families more
options.
By reforming Title I to give states the
option to make dollars portable, following children
from low - income families to
schools or education
options of
choice, policymakers would create much - needed flexibility for
schools and families, and increase the likelihood of achieving that goal.
One
option, given the high rate of students
from low - income families in CEP
schools, is to simply consider all students in these
schools to be
from low - income families for accountability purposes, including eligibility for supplemental educational services and
school choice priority, where relevant.
In one sense, the upshot of charter laws has been much like that of private -
school choice programs: They gave families more K - 12
options from which to choose.
If a Title I
school fails to meet AYP standards for a third year, students
from low - income families in the
school must be offered the opportunity to receive instruction
from a supplemental educational services provider of their
choice, in addition to continuing to be offered public
school choice options.
Thus, states and LEAs are also allowed the
options of identifying students
from low - income families in CEP
schools through state or LEA income surveys or CEP's Identified Students (preferably updated annually), including eligibility for supplemental educational services and
school choice priority, where relevant.
As Politico noted when the program was announced in 2013, the
options available through Course
Choice are impressive in their diversity:» [Students] might, for instance, take algebra
from a math tutoring firm, ACT prep
from Princeton Review, pipefitting
from a construction trade association, French
from an online public
school... or all of the above.»
For the same reason that accepting a scholarship moved families
from the object of a conversation to the subject of a conversation about educational opportunity, these same families» decisions to leave one
school and to keep their child enrolled in a
school of their
choice for as long as the
option is available are, in my opinion, examples of «the complete
school choice journey.»
The Portfolio Network meeting is an annual gathering of innovative district, charter
school, community, and civic leaders
from across the country who are figuring out how to run and oversee autonomous
schools of
choice in ways that ensure all families have good
options and the system operates fairly.
Families that participate in
school choice programs are not the only ones who benefit
from expanded educational
options.
The week is also designed to empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children and supports a variety of
school choice options —
from encouraging increased access to great public
schools, to public charter
schools, magnet
schools, virtual
schools, private
schools, homeschooling and more.
Thomas Gentzel, executive director and CEO of the National
School Boards Association, noted that the system has evolved over many years
from one that offers limited
options into one that molds to students» diverse needs — providing a greater degree of
choice, in fact, than many private
schools.
Research we've recently conducted in «high -
choice» cities suggests that many parents, including those
from very disadvantaged backgrounds, are actively choosing a
school for their child, but too often these same parents are struggling to navigate an increasingly complicated system of public
school options.
In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of
school choice on student achievement and
school performance and highlight several
options that are currently offered by public
school districts;
from local magnet
schools and charter
schools authorized by local
school boards to public specialty
schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
«We believe parents should be trusted to make educational decisions for their own children and need a full menu of
school choice options to choose
from,» Hepworth wrote.
And all private
school choice options saw an uptick in support
from last year, while opposition decreased.
Corissa's older brother is also benefiting
from Louisiana's
school choice options.
«One thing is clear
from Education Next's poll released today: despite the wording of the questions, when looking across the board at the dominant forms of educational
choice options like charter
schools, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships, this poll finds more support for these programs than opposition.
Those who would directly benefit
from school choice programs overwhelmingly support having the
option.
School choice creates effective education
options that best fit the student's needs by releasing them
from a one size fits all education system.
Not having gifted education in a
school district also often results in parents of gifted children removing them
from those
schools for other
options: local public
schools of
choice, charter
schools, magnet
schools, private
schools, parochial
schools, and home
schooling.
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.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her
from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle
school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet
schools, which are public
schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original
school choice option.»
Expanding
school choice for all families would shift how we presently fund public education
from the «taxes - > public
schools only» model to a «taxes - > families (in the form of education savings accounts (ESAs) or flexible vouchers)- > one or many educational
options» model.
During Louisiana's celebration of National
School Choice Week parents
from across the state engaged in passionate discussions about the importance of all types of education
options for children.
We want educational
options, but we don't want the kids who are «left behind»
from «
school choice» to be forgotten.
In - boundary
schools are a primary
choice for many families throughout D.C., but public
school students living in the Wilson HS area are the only ones in the city — aside
from students at a couple elementary
schools in Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle — who overwhelmingly attend in - boundary
schools over other
options in DCPS or public charter
schools.
The second is to help all families have a greater awareness about their
options and remove many of the barriers that currently prevent some families
from accessing
school choice.
In addition to the connection between expanded
school -
choice options and increased parental engagement, which panelists echoed in their testimony, Todd Ziebarth,
from the National Alliance for Public Charter
Schools, pointed to the way that charters involve parents in decision making and
school governance as a model that could positively influence traditional public
school practices.
Our antiquated education delivery system should be allowed to evolve
from a «
school system» to a «system of
schools», with comprehensive traditional public
school choice, expanded charter
school capability, access to more
choices for special needs children, and a fully paid exit
option for students in failing
schools.
We at the California Charter
Schools Association will continue to work with our members to help educate parents and the public about how best to navigate the transition
from a command and control system of education to one where parents make well - informed
choices between an abundance of quality
options.
An integral part of the success that
choice options have had in Broward County stems
from the good relationship that Charter
Schools USA and others have with the Broward County
School Board.
Are these
choices different
from options that students can access in other
schools?
Because as parents and state lawmakers understand,
school choice simply means empowering parents to choose
from a variety of educational
options for their children, including traditional public
schools, public magnet
schools, online academies, private
schools and homeschooling.
The thinking was this could help drive more distinctive
schools — because
school choice would mean little without varied
options to choose
from.
Instead, the
school district, in collaboration with Hartford Parent University, an HPS contractor that lobbied heavily for this plan to happen, is repackagining parents» removal
from Bathelder into «
choice» of a limited set of
options.
The new lawsuit challenging the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account program claims the program violates the same constitutional provisions used to strike down the previous voucher programs — specifically, that they don't offer
choice beyond a private
school option — but Empowerment Accounts differ
from these earlier programs in important and constitutionally relevant ways.
School choice encourages parents to select from a variety of outstanding school options available to them: neighborhood public schools, charter schools, magnet and vanguard schools, religious and private schools, or homeschooling and online educ
School choice encourages parents to select
from a variety of outstanding
school options available to them: neighborhood public schools, charter schools, magnet and vanguard schools, religious and private schools, or homeschooling and online educ
school options available to them: neighborhood public
schools, charter
schools, magnet and vanguard
schools, religious and private
schools, or homeschooling and online education.
Yet, in spite of all of the drama that has occurred in the time since the ruling, a number of individuals —
from parents to politicians to members of the media — have inexplicably opined in letters - to - the - editor, blog posts and the like that the fateful decision made by four of the seven justices on the State Supreme Court would not hurt the charter
school movement in Georgia nor stifle the progress that has been made to give parents and students quality public
school choice options.
The book describes the inception and evolution of Fresno Unified
School District's efforts to «provide students the greatest number of postsecondary
choices from the widest array of
options upon graduation.»
Some of them argue
from a civil rights perspective, noting that parents with financial means are able to seek out
school options for their children and propose that opening urban
schools to parental
choice gives those
options to families in poverty.
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School choice would allow families to choose
from a number educational
options.