Sentences with phrase «school choice programs including»

Hear about the details of President - Elect Trump's plan to provide $ 20 billion in new funding to incentivize school choice programs including magnet schools in his first 100 days in office.

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To take a single example, last year I had the privilege of participating in one of these schools in a small university town, where in a parish of about one thousand members over two hundred persons (including a goodly number of interested «enquirers» who had heard of the program through a carefully planned advertising campaign) attended eight night sessions, held from eight until ten o'clock, with a choice among eight different courses, dealing with theological, ethical, historical, devotional, and scriptural subjects.

Does the Constitution permit governments to include students attending religious schools in a school - choice program?

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It also will include an inter-district school choice program that will allow students, regardless of their residence, the opportunity to attend public school.

The Governor also touched on familiar themes such as his education plan which included more overall funding for schools, expanding school choice as well as the state's voucher program and pre-K.

Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

In a generally well - meaning effort to impose «accountability,» some policymakers have attempted to regulate school choice programs as they regulate district schools, including by mandating state tests.

An abundance of K — 12 opportunities — including charter schools, district schools, district open enrollment, magnet schools, and private choice programs — gives Arizona parents many exit options.

School choice supporters, including hundreds of private school students in crisp uniforms, filled Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza last May to protest a congressional decision to eliminate the city's federally funded school voucher program after the next school year (to see additional images of this event please click School choice supporters, including hundreds of private school students in crisp uniforms, filled Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza last May to protest a congressional decision to eliminate the city's federally funded school voucher program after the next school year (to see additional images of this event please click school students in crisp uniforms, filled Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza last May to protest a congressional decision to eliminate the city's federally funded school voucher program after the next school year (to see additional images of this event please click school voucher program after the next school year (to see additional images of this event please click school year (to see additional images of this event please click here).

The president's first budget proposal, released in May, includes an increase of nearly $ 200 million for the federal Charter Schools Program and a package of other choice - friendly programs.

The conversation on parental satisfaction must also include those parents whose children participate in private school choice programs.

Included in the two - year state budget is a provision that more than quadruples the size of the EdChoice Scholarship Program over the next two years, ultimately resulting in up to 60,000 students having access to private school choice by the 2012 - 2013 school year.

This would include funding for a pilot private - school voucher program, new money for charter schools, and additional money for Title I that would be directed to follow students to the public school of their choice.

It includes planning for school programs, employment and work training opportunities, choices about participating in the community, and building social relationships.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

They also asserted that the program must be evaluated in light of the full range of choices available to Arizona parents, including interdistrict transfers and ample charter schools.

Louisiana has launched a Course Choice program that allows students to take online courses for high school credit from approved providers, including nonprofits, for - profits, associations, and colleges.

Given the impact of educational attainment on a variety of economic and social outcomes, a positive result could have significant implications for the value of school - choice programs that include charter high schools.

Given the statute's scope, today's debate could include countless issues, such as possible changes to Title II rules on educator effectiveness, the expansion of the charter school grant program, the introduction of a private school choice initiative, reconsideration of competitive grant programs (RTTT, TIF, i3), and much more.

Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private - school - choice programs, which include not only government - issued vouchers but also -LSB-...]

Since the early 1990s, Milwaukee has been home to an increasingly varied array of school choice programs that now includes the nation's oldest voucher program, numerous charter schools, and extensive inter - and intra-district public - school choice systems.

The administration has yet to release a proposal for how the federal government might foster more school choice in states and localities around the country, although its initial budget proposal included additional funding for charters and other forms of public school choice, as well as funding for a new private school choice program.

They are an improvement on traditional school - choice programs because they enhance the freedom of parents to purchase a wide variety of educational products and services and save for educational expenses in future years, including college.

Last week, I argued that Hitt, McShane, and Wolf erred in including programs in their review of «school choice» studies that were only incidentally related to school choice or that have idiosyncratic designs that would lead one to expect a mismatch between test score gains and long - term impacts (early college high schools, selective enrollment high schools, and career and technical education initiatives).

But as we've learned from roughly a quarter - century of experience with state - level school choice programs and federal higher education policy, any connection to the federal government can have unintended consequences for choice, including incentivizing government control of the schools to which public money flows.

Choice programs come in several flavors, including charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated; private school vouchers, which cover all or part of private school tuition; and open enrollment plans (sometimes called public school vouchers) that allow parents to send their child to any public school in the district.

(Other recently enacted private - school - choice programs, including those in Louisiana and Alabama, also include significant testing and accountability requirements.)

As the survey prompt explained, an STC program «gives tax credits to individuals and businesses if they contribute money to nonprofit organizations that distribute private scholarships» thereby giving parents «the option of sending their child to the school of their choice,» including private religious or secular schools.

The Nevada program is explicitly not targeting low - performing schools or low - income families but rather is being made available to all, including affluent families who can already exercise choice by locating in a good school district or paying tuition for a private school.

Roughly 76 percent of Indiana's private schools take part in the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program, including almost 100 percent of Indiana's Catholic schools.

Information about local district rankings increases public support for school choice programs, including charter schools, parent trigger mechanisms, and, especially, school vouchers for all students.

Still, there are a handful of examples of school choice programs that diminished achievement but improved high school graduation rates, including the Milwaukee voucher program and a set of Texas charter schools.

Publicly funded school choice has increased considerably in recent years, helped by a variety of initiatives, including public charter schools, transfer options for students under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), inter-district enrollment programs, and a variety of policies to subsidize private - school tuition.

The authors included programs in the review that are only tangentially related to school choice and that drove the alleged mismatch, namely early - college high schools, selective - admission exam schools, and career and technical education initiatives.

Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private - school - choice programs, which include not only government - issued vouchers but also tax - credit scholarships, education savings accounts (ESAs), and town - tuitioning programs for rural families.

• They included programs in the review that are only tangentially related to school choice and that drove the alleged mismatch, namely early - college high schools, selective - admission exam schools, and career and technical education initiatives.

Additionally, states can impose penalties on low - performing providers, including removing their ability to receive ESA funds, similar to what some states with other forms of private school choice programs do.

In a generally well - meaning effort to impose «accountability,» some policymakers have attempted to regulate school - choice programs as they regulate district schools, including by mandating state tests.

Title I portability proposals should incorporate language similar to that included in the law authorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to children from low - income families living in the nation's capital to attend a private school of choice.

As policymakers consider the design, expansion, or reform of private school choice programs, they should carefully examine not just a program's likely impact on short - term metrics such as test scores, but also how it might shape long - term outcomes, including college enrollment and graduation.

Louisiana's Course Choice program is limited to students attending a school rated «C» or lower on the state's accountability system and includes a much narrower array of educational services and products than ESAs.

Voucher programs that give recipients the free and independent choice of an array of providers, including faith - based organizations, have a long and established history in Arizona, including six different educational voucher programs that help more than 22,000 students annually attend the public, private or religious school of their choice.

In 2013, Alabama adopted the Alabama Accountability Act, an education reform measure that includes two new school choice programs that extend a lifeline to Alabama students trapped in failing public schools.

Recent experiences with school choice include a limited voucher program in Milwaukee, a more broadly accessible program in Cleveland, expansion into the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmation of such policies, and the introduction of a variety of private voucher programs.

Wisconsin legislators, meanwhile, expanded Milwaukee's five - year - old program of private - school choice — the nation's first — to include religious schools.

In the 2013 - 2015 state budget, money for districts will be tight again, creating a new round of challenges, which D'Andrea says will probably include merit pay, a teacher effectiveness program, the expansion of school choice, and maybe the creation of a statewide charter authorizer.

Developing a comprehensive district choice program that includes expanding the number of high - quality seats through replication and expansion of high - quality charter schools.

Fordham argues that school choice programs, including both vouchers and scholarship tax credits, should fall under the same accountability regimes as public schools because they utilize public funds.

Other studies linking high school quality to college, including evaluations of a public school - choice program in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina and of Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy in New York City have found impacts that are either transitory or not statistically significant.