Sentences with phrase «school choice system in»

The school choice system in Hartford gives parents the sense of being able to choose where their children go to school, but when they select a school, only to have that school transformed after the fact, that choices is thrown away.

Deming (2014) found that non-experimental estimates of school impacts were unbiased predictors of lottery - based impacts of individual schools in a public school choice system in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Indiana has one of the most robust school choice systems in the country and its education system is booming.

Data collection for this investigation combines a number of sources about the state of education and special education in New Orleans and builds on the research of education scholars who have studied school choice systems in New Orleans and beyond.

Not exact matches

She contends that educational choice will create a «two - tiered system in urban districts, with charter schools for motivated students and public schools for those left behind.»

I love that we can make that choice and I also love that we have a formal school system (one which I work in) that is there and available for everyone who can't make the choice you have be it financial, lack of interest or knowledge or whatever.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's choice to lead New York City's school system, Alberto M. Carvalho, said that he had changed his mind and would not leave his job as superintendent of the Miami - Dade County system, leading to cheers in a packed meeting room of his school board.

On April 11, New York schools reported some widespread problems with the computerized tests for students in grades 3 - 8, such as students not being able to log in and «system error» showing up as test choices.

Other announcements expected include reform of the system for diagnosing and helping children with special educational needs to give parents more choice in how they are schooled; reforms to the family justice system to speed up care proceedings so no cases take more than six months; and promised changes to the adoption system to make sure parents and children are matched more quickly.

The inability of the two sides to agree on an appeals process had been the reason why talks on a new evaluation system for 33 schools in the restart and transformation models had broken down and the reason that the mayor gave for saying he had no choice but to close those schools.

«Teens are ignorant of the risk of using e-cigarettes, so it has become their new drug of choice,» says Campbell - Heider, associate professor and chair of the Department of Family, Community and Health System Sciences in the UB School of Nursing.

In Louisville, Kentucky, educators employed Opportunity Mapping and decided to retain a school choice system that achieves racial diversity.

Gross illuminates the Catholic struggle to create an alternative school system in sober, academic language free of the hysteria surrounding much of the contemporary debate over school choice.

«Many Options in New Orleans Choice System: School characteristics vary widely,» by Paula Arce - Trigatti, Douglas N. Harris, Huriya Jabbar, and Jane Arnold Lincove

But in this «free choice» system, schools are able to look at student preferences overall to limit disappointment.

In contrast to district - based service systems, in which the central office or its chosen contractors provide all services to schools, the essence of the charter school service system must be diversity and choicIn contrast to district - based service systems, in which the central office or its chosen contractors provide all services to schools, the essence of the charter school service system must be diversity and choicin which the central office or its chosen contractors provide all services to schools, the essence of the charter school service system must be diversity and choice.

In three new articles published in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment systeIn three new articles published in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment systein Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment system.

Avis Glaze, former superintendent of the Ontario education system, correctly observed that Canada does not have charter schools, but others mentioned that the large number of religious schools that are both government - funded and subject to state regulation give Canadians even more choice than exists in the United States.

If parents might pick bad schools in a choice system, the solution is to impose regulations that prevent schools from being bad and prohibit those that are nevertheless bad from participating.

There's lots of choice in school systems like Charlotte - Mecklenberg and Seattle.

Our measure of the current level of choice in the public school system has no statistically significant relationship with charter support within school districts.

But as that system is slowly replaced by one marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, parental choice, and the «portfolio management» mindset, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government's role in public schooling) are needed.

The strategies of that era — including high academic standards for all students, measuring academic progress, improving teaching, and introducing school choice to a monopoly system — found reinforcement in federal law with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.

Osborne attributes increases in student achievement to expanding school choice and charters, as well as an equitable school choice system.

DC and Milwaukee are both citywide programs, but DC is unique in its robust system of public school choice — roughly 35 percent of the control group in our study attended charter schools, for example.

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.

Even voucher advocates would agree that, because private school choice is costly under the current system, parents who go private are likely to be more socially advantaged than parents who remain in the public schools.

Charters and vouchers, for example, have not succeeded in extending school choice to many more millions of kids because the structural rigidities, ingrained practices, and adult interest groups that dominate the system haven't let that happen.

«Many Options in New Orleans Choice System: School characteristics vary widely,» which he co-authored with Paula Arce - Trigatti, Huriya Jabbar, and Jane Arnold Lincove

Other people have avested interest in the public school system and resist the competition for students and funds that comes with private school choice.

Equally important is well - informed choice, a powerful principle in our economy and in higher education, but one that is severely constrained in K - 12 public education, particularly for low - income populations that are most likely to be assigned to low - performing schools under the nation's residence - based school system.

After five years, school choice is beginning to have visible effects in Michigan's education system.

If states continue to implement the standards in ways that undermine systems working to improve education in their state (like teacher evaluation, school accountability, school choice, etc.) more and more states will feel the pressure to abandon the standards.

In short, a system of school choice would prove more satisfying for educators because it could foster the creation of cohesive learning communities based on common beliefs about teaching and learning.

A recent series of articles by the Orlando Sentinel highlighted problems at some schools that participate in the program, describing Florida's choice system as «so weakly regulated that some schools hire teachers without college degrees, hold classes in aging strip malls and falsify fire - safety and health records.»

In our recent article for Education Next, «Choosing the Right Growth Measure,» we laid out an argument for why we believe a proportional growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability systemIn our recent article for Education Next, «Choosing the Right Growth Measure,» we laid out an argument for why we believe a proportional growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability systemin the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability systemin state and district accountability systems.

[3] Just as voucher holders may benefit from a real estate broker to find housing in a high - opportunity neighborhood, low - income families in school choice systems with limited information about high - performing schools could benefit from an adviser who connects them to educational opportunities.

For much of the past few years, reflecting general concerns about the quality of public schooling, discussions of magnet schools have centered on their potential for providing intensive instruction in such subjects as science and mathematics, serving as models of effectiveness, and increasing family choice within the public system.

Under the current system, in which choice is costly, private school choice can be expected to produce social biases that mirror some of the concerns of voucher critics.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

WASHINGTON — The State of Mississippi has a duty to eliminate the vestiges of segregation in its higher - education system that continue to hamper the college choices of its black high - school graduates, lawyers representing the Bush Administration and a group of black residents told the U.S. Supreme Court last week.

Milwaukee has the most extensive system of school choice in any American city.

Choosing Schools «most unique contribution is to evaluate systems of school choice in terms of how they could serve various public interests - namely, the degree to which a system of choice can promote equity, student achievement, and social capital (or social connectedness).

(The Christian Science Monitor) Professor Richard Murnane and alum Rick Hess weigh in on if the US can embrace school choice and a strong public school system at the same time.

Many strong believers in school choice, myself included, were convinced that the competitive pressure exerted by charters would lead to a renaissance in the traditional system.

When I started writing The Urban School System of the Future in 2009, I didn't foresee the extent of the complications associated with parental choice in cities with expansive networks of accessible schools.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Comparing districts with and without systems of choice, Schneider, Teske, and Marschall find little evidence of increasing inequities where choice is available; the academic performance of all schools appears to increase with even limited choice in a district; and parents become more engaged when allowed to choose their schools - thus enhancing the community's social capital.

In multi-ethnic societies, including Turkey, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Guatemala, the paper shows that imposing a dominant language through a school system — while sometimes a choice of necessity — has frequently been a source of grievance linked to wider issues of social and cultural inequality.