Sentences with phrase «school choice reforms introduced»

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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.

The state's landmark 1993 Education Reform Act introduced not only high academic standards, accountability, and enhanced school choice, but curriculum frameworks with a subject - by - subject outline of the material intended to form the basis of local curricula statewide.

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Over the past decade, Florida has introduced a comprehensive program of school reform that has five main points: school accountability, literacy enhancement, student accountability, teacher quality, and school choice.

Private school vouchers, which provide public funds for students to attend K - 12 private schools, are one example of an education reform that introduces choice and competition.

The Governor, a former teacher, earlier today introduced his ambitious education reform plan, which will expand school choice in the state via opportunity scholarships, expand the popular Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, establish standards and enforcements for charter schools and peg student achievement to teacher evaluations — all without raising state taxes.

Necessary state budget cuts could be a boon, rather than a burden, to education if state governors and legislators adopt meaningful education reforms by introducing more competition and school choice in their states.

«Newly adopted legislation, designed to increase charter school and authorizer accountability while respecting school autonomy, has been described in media reports as the most sweeping reforms of Ohio charter school law since school choice was first introduced 15 years ago,» a draft of the grant proposal said.