Sentences with phrase «school choice position»

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The movement has formally gone from a position of opposition to vaccines to one of parental choice — although surely schools, with responsibility for children's wellbeing, should advocate vaccination.

At 11:30 a.m., Lhota will hold a press conference with charter school parents to condem de Blasio's «anti-school choice positions,» corner of First Avenue and East 120th St., Manhattan.

De Blasio noted that in Houston, Carranza — who was de Blasio's second choice for the position — was praised for leading a successful effort to reopen schools two weeks after Hurricane Harvey, which included securing transportation for students living in shelters and offering counseling for students and staff.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

The heaviest will be her decision to send her son James to a private, fee - paying school, a position she herself described as «indefensible» and «intellectually incoherent», given her position on the left and her criticism of Tony Blair and Harriet Harman for making the same educational choices.

But with so few permanent positions available and industry's preference to hire young scientists who are more trainable, (Germans, who typically do not finish schooling until their early 30s, are at a disadvantage in this regard), mid-level scientists are often left with little choice except to go abroad, says Müller.

She believes that her below perfect position will make it impossible to attend her choice Ivy League school.

And when they do talk about education, both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Duke focus on support of parental choice, school prayer, and the teaching of values — all positions Mr. Bush takes, too, albeit without the...

In this study we investigate whether district officials in a position to influence policy and practice have begun to respond to competitive pressure from school choice in new ways.

«Position A: Government should give parents more educational choices by providing taxpayer - funded vouchers to help pay for private or religious schools.

All you need to know about NEA's position on charter schools is actually contained in the original 2001 policy, which states that charters should not exist «simply to provide a «choice» for parents who may be dissatisfied with the education that their children are receiving in mainstream public schools.»

Making STEM a Part of Everyday Life U.S. News & World Report, 5/6/14» «How do we, starting in the middle grades, give kids more exposure to the world on a systematic basis, so that by the time they arrive in high school, they are in a position to know how their interests and strengths align with careers so they can make intelligent choices about their career pathways?»

He sent Chelsea to a nice private school, but he changed his position on choice completely.

For new teachers, this could quickly change the profession in areas where a growing number of choice schools offer a large share of the new teaching positions.

When they insist that ideas like school choice, performance pay, and teacher evaluations based on value - added measures will themselves boost student achievement, would - be reformers stifle creativity, encourage their allies to lock elbows and march forward rather than engage in useful debate and reflection, turn every reform proposal into an us - against - them steel - cage match, and push researchers into the awkward position of studying whether reforms «work» rather than when, why, and how they make it easier to improve schooling.

As educational choice programs enlarge the demand for private schooling, the private schools that follow Smarick's advice will be better positioned to grow to meet that demand.

Overall, 43 percent of the uninformed American public support «a [universal voucher] proposal that would give families with children in public schools a wider choice by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition,» while just 37 percent oppose the idea, with the remainder taking no position on the issue.

It is unfortunate that voters who have exercised school choice through the housing market are in a position to deny new options to families of lesser means.

The positions Trump has mentioned — pumping $ 20 billion in federal dollars and convincing states to divert another $ 110 billion into school choice; repealing Common Core; reducing or eliminating the Department of Education — remain fairly ambiguous goals that, in some cases, raise more questions than they answer.

That means school choice can «sort» children into different types of schools: the most informed and committed parents colonise the better ones, which may then rely on their reputations to keep their position in the pecking order.

Of course there are many different ways of defining freedom and equality, and in a sense the schools of choice movement can be said to promote equality: those with few choices because of their poor economic position will be less constrained by economic circumstances and thus become more «equal» to others.

Insofar as school boards offer choice, which we would expect to be a popular position for them to take, a race - blind lottery could be a fair, practical, and constitutionally acceptable way to allocate spaces in oversubscribed schools.

Never mind that the bulk of DeVos's school - choice work places her only somewhat to the right of the Obama administration's pro-charter-school positioning, close to centrist Democrats like Senator Cory Booker.

Union Voice In «Brighter Choices in Albany» (features, Fall 2009), New York's anti-union charter spokesmen misstated New York State United Teachers» (NYSUT) position on charter schools.

In most parts of the state, the heterogeneous interests of local school districts preclude collusive responses to school choice policies, and districts have consequently adopted a variety of strategies to take advantage of their competitive position in the education system.

Policy debates encourage single - minded positions: either school choice policies are good or they are bad.

Johnson sees the portrayal by Patrick and others of a dysfunctional public school system as a rhetorical ploy to advance narrow private interests, and he hopes that the Senate can keep the bill from coming to a vote where legislators can be pressured into a «for us or against us» position on school choice.

I saw how important it was for parents to be in a position where they could advocate for their child's education and use school choice for their benefit.

Note: there are school - choice advocates who are not in positions of public school leadership, and we'll be inviting them to join us in the coming days, too.

«Broadening a family's school - choice lens» is an interesting position to take for someone employed by a pubic school district — particularly one that is struggling to stay afloat amid the endless proliferation of school choice schemes.

Saltsman has taken a position with theAmerican Federation for Children, a Washington, D.C. - based group focused on promoting school choice, according to an Associated Press report.

What would be your position on school choice, including charter schools and their expansion, private schools, vouchers, and investment in inadequately staffed and facilitated low - income schools?

Proponents of parent trigger laws contend that parents are best positioned to advocate for their children's education and will make informed choices about the school options that are presented to them.

It is no wonder, then, that Ms. DeVos, a woman who attended an elite private Christian school, comes to the education secretary position with a history of promoting school choice, vouchers, and charter schools.

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

Fordham backs up its position by pointing to the results of a survey of private schools that don't participate in choice programs.

In support of their position, staff members referred to research that «clearly indicated» that reducing class size would be more effective in improving student achievement than providing school choice would be.

Gov. Kitzhaber's position on private school choice is not certain, as no such proposal has ever reached his desk.

Gov. Snyder has been a vocal supporter of public school choice; however, his position on supporting private options is not clear.

At this time, Success Academy Charter Schools founder and CEO, Eva Moskowitz, Tony Bennett, who is the former Education Commissioner of Florida and Indiana; former DC School Chancellor, Michelle Rhee; the Chairman of the Congressional School Choice Caucus, Rep. Luke Messer from Indiana; Betsy DeVos and Kevin Chavous from the American Federation for Children; and Ben Carson are all thought to be on the short list for this position.

In December 2000, sensing where the Court might be heading, NEA lead counsel Robert Chanin stated at a Manhattan Institute conference on school choice, «If and when the Supreme Court agrees to hear one of these cases, it is my hope that the Court will reaffirm the position taken in 1973 in Nyquist.

After growing rapidly at the state level for almost a decade, the school choice movement is positioned to occupy a national platform it has never previously enjoyed thanks to the election of Donald Trump and his nominee to be Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos.

Even if states remain in the driver's seat, Abe Feuerstein, a professor of education at Bucknell University who opposes the expansion of vouchers, still sees room for DeVos to use her new position to push state lawmakers to adopt robust school - choice laws.

«Students at our public schools of choice have been treated like second - class citizens for far too long, and these proposed reforms signify Governor Malloy's position that all public school students should have access to the excellent educational options they deserve,» said Patrick Riccards, ConnCAN's CEO.

With our unique position in the school choice marketplace, Families Empowered can help your new or expanding school gain insight into the marketplace.

As a school - choice advocate, she is well - positioned to put her stamp on the expansion of charter schools and other effective - but often controversial - education reforms.

Georgia lost its leadership position on school choice but fortunately last November voters here sent a different message when they reinstated the idea of an alternate authorizer, meaning a new State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia that began its work this spring.

At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, this year, he challenged his political party to reassess its position with respect to traditional public schools, private schools, public charter schools, and other educational choices.

AEI offered Mike a position as a research fellow, and he spent three years honing his skills as a researcher and becoming an expert on school choice (the first of which he was simultaneously writing his dissertation, not something he recommends to anyone).

In this webinar you'll learn how to build a social strategy that positions your school as the right choice for families.