Sentences with phrase «school choice programs actually»

Researchers found little evidence that school choice programs actually boost student achievement.

Rather than simply providing an alternative to neighborhood public schools for a handful of students, the theory says, school choice programs actually benefit students remaining in their neighborhood schools, too.

Not exact matches

A heavy regulation program that some major backers of school choice believe represents the «ideal» approach is actually designed to give us the worst outcomes.

Aside from the fact that this is a false choice (competition can actually improve public school performance and school choice programs can save money), the wording is blatantly designed to push respondants toward Approach A.

We adopted the standard definition of school choice programs, developed by others, before we actually collected the studies and data, to guarantee that we weren't engaging in «specification searching.»

Looking at longitudinal studies in Milwaukee and Louisiana, she describes them in a way that will leave the impression that the results were negative for school choice: «In both cases, programs were used primarily by black students and generally did not exacerbate segregation in public schools; however, students using vouchers did not gain access to integrated private schools, and segregation in private schools actually increased.»

Aside from the fact that this is a false choice (competition can actually improve public school performance and school choice programs can save money), the wording is blatantly designed to push respondents toward Approach A.

The residual funding that remains in the public schools is the key to understanding how school choice programs can actually benefit (rather than harm) public schools.

The provision barring religious schools from participating in the program limits the amount of choices town tuitioning students actually have.

Their board members include Dick DeVos, heir to the Amway fortune who has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of seed money into school choice groups, and his wife Betsy DeVos, who actually runs AFC and is known for her conservative Christian right - wing ideology and for having poured millions into promoting voucher programs across the country.

, Anderson's remedy for the high schools will be in largely opening them up, with a new district - wide choice program that actually will add schools.

And unlike the school closures of a year ago that roiled the community, Anderson's remedy for the high schools will be in largely opening them up, with a new district - wide choice program that actually will add schools.

The public charter schools actually showed a regression in proficiency in reading and writing for students between Grades 3 and 5 while all other choice programs as well as traditional urban schools demonstrated growth in proficiency.

If Mr. Talton could provide two random assignment control - group studies of the attitudes of parents who have actually used a private school - choice program showing anything less than substantial improvement in satisfaction with their child's school, I offered to buy him a steak dinner.

Beyer said the new proposal limits school districts» «ability to raise property taxes for a student they are not actually educating, who would be in the choice program.»