Sentences with phrase «school choice proponents willing»

There is no shortage of school choice proponents willing to let the NAACP off the hook for siding with union bosses against parents desperate for quality education choices for their children.

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Proponents of market - based education reform often argue that introducing charter schools and other school choice policies creates a competitive dynamic that will prompt low - performing districts to improve their practice.

Many proponents of private school choice — both the voucher and tax credit scholarship versions — take for granted that schools won't participate (or shouldn't participate) if government asks too much of them, regulates their practices, requires them to reveal closely held information and — above all — demands that they be publicly accountable for student achievement.

Many proponents of such a system point to our consumer market and its dizzying array of choices as evidence that competition will initiate public school reforms to meet the needs of society.

«Choice proponents contend that using public funds to subsidize private school tuition will improve achievement among low - income and special needs students, however the research has shown no conclusive evidence that this is the result,» continued Gentzel.

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.

While the changes could rope more siblings into the voucher program, school choice proponents have told StateImpact many of the state's private schools are already nearing capacity — and unless the state increases the amount of a scholarship, it's not likely more private schools will open to accept them.

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy: Be they school choice advocates or activists for revamping teacher quality or even standards and accountability proponents, many reformers have a tendency to believe that their favored solution will transform American public education.

Far from a dismissal of the public good, the vision for school choice proponents is that increased competition in the marketplace will benefit everyone.

Proponents of parental school choice programs in the state will mark 25 years of school choice this evening.

Proponents of the bill argued that charter schools will address the achievement gap for many vulnerable children in Kentucky and offer parents another choice.

«Choice» proponents will say in their most incredulous voice, «You'd leave those kids trapped in those failing schools.»

While there are clear exceptions to the generalizations I will make in this analysis, I have chosen to focus on charter schools that exemplify a trend of exclusion that compromises the ideals of the school choice system as a whole, demonstrating how the model fails to measure up to the paragon of student and parent autonomy lauded by choice proponents.