Nevertheless, the budget cites a «critical need» for
school choice options in the state, growing North Carolina's annual investment from $ 34.8 million this year to $ 44.8 million next year.
Derrell Bradford, an advocate for wider
school choice options in the state, also sees the Department of Education offering more options in Camden as a means of making the district «more desirable.»
Dardenne and Vitter answered questions about
school choice options in Louisiana and discussed their individual plans on how to empower parents with the ability to make education decisions for their children.
These Idahoans shared that they knew little about
school choice options in their community.
She not only helped expand
school choice options in Richmond, but she helped ensure that all public school students in Richmond would be eligible to receive funds thru the Richmond Promise program.
Charter schools are among the fastest growing
school choice options in the state of Florida.
«Florida is playing an important role in setting a new standard for
school choice options in the United States,» said Education Commissioner Dr. Eric J. Smith.
(Harrisburg, PA — May 3, 2011)-- Hundreds of students, teachers, parents and legislators gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to show their support for the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program and to advocate for passage of Senate Bill 1, legislation that would greatly expand
school choice options in Pennsylvania.
It shows that the number of private
school choice options in the U.S. has doubled in the last six years.
Today, more than 2 million students are taking advantage of this robust public
school choice option in over 5,600 charter schools across the country.
Not exact matches
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.
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.»
While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private
school, and charter
school options are celebrating a
school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts
school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public
school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public
schools (she has mentored
in public
schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public
schools).
Rather than having just one or two vegetarian
options, they will have a wider
choice of vegetarian foods not always available
in school meals.
The industry has taken significant measures to provide consumers with more
options and information to allow informed dietary
choices through developing reformulated products to offer low and no - sugar varieties, voluntarily displaying kilojoule information on the front of labels and restricting sales of regular kilojoule soft drinks
in schools.
You might start choosing healthy
options as your first
choice You start the day on such a good foot that the fruit salad or salad bar
in the business
school café might start to seem more appealing.
I've been overwhelmed with all of the
options (I do better with limited
choices) and, while I haven't actually visited any of the
schools in person yet (I have talked with some moms about where they are sending their kids), I haven't felt peaceful about the whole process.
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.
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.
In addition to offering whole grain cereals or breakfast bars and healthy grab - and - go
options, many
schools are trying to increase made - to - order or scratch - made
choices to the menu.
if
school administrators weren't too busy to plan and would approve parent volunteer lunch monitors then parents could fill some of the lunch room void by left by over-extended cafeteria staff and teachers, explaining to kids what lunch
options were and encouraging the healthier
choices as well as providing more prompts
in the cafeteria as students have their tray.
If your child's
school only offers one
option each day, you may be better off to include your child
in preparing a healthy packed lunch where you offer healthy
choices.
Do you feel it is possible to emphasis taste better
in American
school menus and
in other local environments, still while keeping the
choice option that is common
in the American culture?
Do you feel it is possible to emphasis taste and variety better
in American and other country's
school menus while keeping the
choice option that is common
in the American culture?
The EITC would expand
options for families seeking additional
choices in the grades before college by allowing up to $ 100 million
in tax credits for contributions to public and private
schools.
Today, parents across the city face a wide array of
school options, but
choice has ballooned
in geographic clusters that correlate directly with racially segregated neighborhoods.
Expanding
School Choice School choice programs give parents and their children options in education, which should be a common goal for all
Choice School choice programs give parents and their children options in education, which should be a common goal for all
choice programs give parents and their children
options in education, which should be a common goal for all of us.
As a mom of two
school - aged daughters, running my online business, and mentoring a team of wellness entrepreneurs, being prepped for a healthy week ahead is crucial for making good
choices and having healthy
options on hand that can be thrown together for a balanced meal
in minutes.
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 wan
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 wan
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.
The Los Angeles Unified and Compton Unified
school districts haven't adequately notified parents of their
school choice rights, and they haven't provided enough
options for the children currently attending
schools defined as
in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left...
Currently, the data show that we are
in the process of subsidizing an expansion of a substantially separate — by race, class, disability and possibly language [6]-- sector of
schools, with little to no evidence suggesting that it provides a systematically better
option for families — or that access to these
schools of
choice is fairly available to all.
«Many
Options in New Orleans
Choice System:
School characteristics vary widely,» by Paula Arce - Trigatti, Douglas N. Harris, Huriya Jabbar, and Jane Arnold Lincove
In three new articles published in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment syste
In three new articles published
in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment syste
in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of
school choice provides a variety of distinct
options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment system.
With the
school -
choice alternative, for example, parents wanting the best education for their child often need financial means and knowledge of the educational
options to make an informed
choice of another
school, resources not always available
in low - income communities.
«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.
Rather, the racial patterns we observe
in charter
schools are the result of the
choices students and families make as they seek more attractive
schooling options.
The landscape of
school choice options may be important
in that demand for public charters could be greater where parents have fewer
schooling options.
«Unless we are willing to provide more flexibility and
choice in the last two years of high
school, and more opportunities for students to pursue program
options that link work and learning, we will continue to lose far too many young people along the path to graduation,» he says.
Tom Carroll wrote
in more detail about how a tax credit scholarship program could work
in «A Federal Scholarship Tax Credit: The Only Fifty - State
School -
Choice Option.»
The law currently limits
choice to
schools not
in improvement status, which often eliminates all nearby
options.
In other words, in an environment of options and choice, the longevity of each school and each operator would be a function of their successe
In other words,
in an environment of options and choice, the longevity of each school and each operator would be a function of their successe
in an environment of
options and
choice, the longevity of each
school and each operator would be a function of their successes.
«Many
Options in New Orleans
Choice System:
School characteristics vary widely,» which he co-authored with Paula Arce - Trigatti, Huriya Jabbar, and Jane Arnold Lincove
While it didn't ultimately become law, it's stoked the conversation about educational
choice in the state and how we can empower families to find
schooling options that work for their kids.
In the last five years, Washington parents have seen some
school -
choice options disappear (Hopkinson's beef) while new
options have come onto the scene.
School choice programs seek to address this inequity by providing low - income students with access to educational
options that best meet their individual needs, giving them the best chance to succeed
in life.
Well - functioning
school choice requires a federal role
in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on
school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students
in particular
schools; and supports a growing supply of
school options through an expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
The cool response to the transfer
option in cities as different as Chicago and Portland suggests that, whatever
choices are offered, many parents would rather see money and effort directed toward improving their neighborhood
school.
During the current academic year, a limited number of districts
in five states — Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia — have been permitted to offer students a
choice of supplemental educational services a year before having to provide the
option of transferring to a higher - performing
school.
In her interview with Philanthropy Roundtable, she pointed to Florida as the great
school -
choice success story because of its «strong focus on offering high - quality
options as a fundamental part of the
choice program.»
The chart above also makes it clear that some families
in Cleveland still choose low - performing
schools, probably for reasons the Plan hasn't yet or can't address: a lack of transportation to better
options or the pull of neighborhood history that can make a low - performing
school seem like a good
choice.