Posted on October 18, 2016 · A bipartisan group of state representatives hammered private
school choice proponents at a heated legislative hearing on Monday, signaling an enduring uphill battle in the Texas House for proposals that would use taxpayer dollars to help parents send their kids to private or parochial schools, or educate them at home.
Not exact matches
This, argue
proponents of single - sex
schools, suggests that parents should
at least be given a
choice.
Proponents of the former ruled the education roost throughout the 19th century, but in the 20th century a child - centered doctrine, developed by John Dewey in the gardens surrounding the University of Chicago's Laboratory
School, then refined at Columbia University's Teachers College, gained the high ground, as «inquiry - based» and «problem - solving» became the pedagogies of choice, certainly as propounded by education - school profe
School, then refined
at Columbia University's Teachers College, gained the high ground, as «inquiry - based» and «problem - solving» became the pedagogies of
choice, certainly as propounded by education -
school profe
school professors.
To voucher
proponents, that student performance
at private
schools is ultimately on par with that
at public
schools shows vouchers are working as intended, giving families an equal but different
choice.
It should be noted that SB 886
proponents from the charter and «
school choice» lobby gave
at least $ 182,500 to legislators and...
Rep. Skip Stam (R - Wake), one of the most notable
proponents behind the
school voucher law, said yesterday
at the
school choice breakfast that he wants to expand the program further from its $ 10 million starting point.
But
proponents of
school choice say the new limits — $ 4,700 this year and $ 4,800 next year for students in grades K - 8 — are still too low to pay tuition
at many private
schools.
Gov. Bryant, who has been a longtime
proponent of
school choice, made similar comments
at the Neshoba County Fair this past July.
But many of the
school -
choice proponents, who had long made the case that their favored reform works, had an explanation
at the ready.