Yet there is far more to making
school choice work for all families — and it goes beyond expanding, promoting, and defending options.
Michael DeArmond explains how city leaders can make
school choice work for all families, in this essay prepared for the PIE Network 2014 Policy Summit.
Efforts are underway in many major cities to make
school choice work for families through district - charter partnerships.
Detroit hasn't set the conditions to make
school choice work for families and kids.»
Professor Richard Murnane, the student - selected faculty speaker, reflected on five decades of education and the five challenges currently facing all educators around the world: make equality a reality for all children; use money so it affects students» daily experience; create schools that prepare children for the future; make
school choice work for the most disadvantaged; and create school accountability systems that improve education for all our children.
What considerations are not being addressed as part of a larger discussion on how
school choice works for these families?
Today, parents in Lafayette, La., talked about why
school choice works for their families.
Not exact matches
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for productive lives, making it easier
for busy people to make healthy
choices by integrating movement into their daily lives — at home, at
work, at
school, and on the go.
Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system
for working Americans, parental
choice of
schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
, and by
working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in
schools, funding
for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual
choices.
Christian education is in the world and
for the world... man must
work out his salvation in the concrete situation in which God has placed him; not by protection but by contributing to the whole human community of which he is an integral and inseparable part... parents, who have the first and the inalienable right and duty to educate their children, should enjoy true freedom in the
choice of their
schools, etc..»
They could wear what they wanted (as long as it abided
school dress codes) and to find what they found
worked for them as a personal wardrobe
choice.
Many opt
for online courses in graduate
school, as it allows
for a long - distance education from the college of your
choice, and eases the balance of
work, home and
school life.
We love ice cream and treats — but I prefer to have our family choose the ingredients that
work best
for us, and not have another parent or
school make that
choice for us.
After -
school care may be a good child care
choice for a
work - at - home parent's family, even if one of the reasons to
work at home is spending more time with family.
The Kid Collection covers topics
for littler students like being nervous
for the first day of
school to praising hard
work as well as subjects
for tweens and teens like peer pressure and making good friend
choices.
If you have to go right back to
work or
school, or you just want to breastfeed some of the time and bottle feed some of the time, then partial breastfeeding or partial weaning may be the right
choice for you.
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.
Unfortunately, many kids have no
choice but to be home alone, since they may have to wait
for a parent to get home from
work after
school.
Yesterday's New York Times contained an interesting article on a new trend towards healthier
choices in some
school cafeterias across the country (others, like the ones I featured in a recent blog post on
school «junketerias», have their
work cut out
for them!).
«They are also penalised by the negative culture in too many
schools towards requests
for flexible
working and the punitive financial impact of accessing their pension before 68 mean teachers have little
choice but to
work until they drop.»
Every single day Klein makes the
choice to NOT protect reproductive rights
for the women of New York, to NOT give
working families access to great healthcare they can actually afford, and to NOT give our children desperately needed
school funding, which by the way, they are owed by law.
«He has been called to Washington to be a very important voice
for what goes on in classrooms across this country, and therefore, even though it was not our first
choice for John to leave, a, on such short notice or, b, in the middle of the
school year, we are deeply gratified that the president and secretary... think so highly of the
work that John has done with the board,» she said.
Senator Flanagan is a committed champion
for expanding
school choice and access to great teachers, and we look forward to
working with him on behalf of students and parents across the state,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.
And while Carvalho was de Blasio's first
choice for the job, the mayor insisted that there are great educators in the city's
schools who will «do great
work,» while the city continues its search
for a new chancellor.
These rugged - looking canvas bags can be a great
choice for taking to
school or
work and are close to the size of a traditional medium - sized backpack.
«Scholarships give our students the gift of freedom: to make career
choices based on purpose and passion, rather than the price of education; to use time to study, explore science, and volunteer to help others, rather than
working to make ends meet; and to succeed because someone who never met them saw enough potential to invest in their dreams,» said Catherine Lucey, MD, vice dean
for education at UCSF's
School of Medicine.
«Homemade Granola is not only a wonderful and healthy
choice for breakfast but also
for those last - minute and on - the - go snacks at
work,
school,... even those 3:00 in the afternoon cravings.
It will control your blood sugar levels to stop you craving sweet stuff later on, it'll help you to focus at
work or
school and it will help you to make healthier
choices for the rest of the day.
These are a perfect
choice for running to my girls»
school when I'm late after
work!
Meaning he has watches that are $ 150 - $ 300
for the gal in high
school, college, or a newbie to the
working world, and then he has pieces that can cost upwards of $ 800... the
choice is completely up to you.
It's not that bad of a
choice if you are looking
for your old
school mix this holiday season, but it could use some
work too.
«Local councils have been
working hard to not only fulfil their duty to ensure every child has a
school place, but to make sure as many as possible get their first
choice — it isn't just about a place
for a child, but the right place.
The Catholic
schools in this city have provided genuine
choice for children from low - income and
working - class families
for more than 150 years.
Students compile a collection of their best
work from the
school year or last semester, and include explanations
for their
choices.
Refurbished computer systems are a great
choice for schools working to extremely tight budgets, while trying to provide first rate technology to enable young people to reach their academic potential.
A comprehensive
choice and ESSA guidance package could connect the dots
for SEAs and LEAs on all the authorities in the statute that could be integrated into a comprehensive vision
for school choice, and describe how they can
work together: Title I, DSS, Equitable Student Funding Pilot, Magnet
Schools Assistance Program, Charter
Schools Grants, and the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant.
So over the years, my students have written and illustrated children's books
for schools in Uganda, published magazines on topics of their
choice, blogged poems from their autobiographies, and showcased their best
work in online portfolios.
«Unless we are willing to provide more flexibility and
choice in the last two years of high
school, and more opportunities
for students to pursue program options that link
work and learning, we will continue to lose far too many young people along the path to graduation,» he says.
It includes planning
for school programs, employment and
work training opportunities,
choices about participating in the community, and building social relationships.
Meanwhile, Jabbar's finding that most
schools compete in less - than - impressive ways rings true, but that is largely a product of the incoherent incentives in K - 12
choice settings (see here
for an extended discussion) rather than evidence that «competition doesn't
work» — which seems to be the take of some observers and outlets.
Bennet, Boasberg and Denver's reformers have proven that embracing charter
schools and expanding
choice works for DPS, says Osborne.
Reality: While it's true that younger students, whether they be elementary
school students or freshmen at your high
school, need a more fundamental set of skills
for both academics and behavior, students of all ages can
work to know themselves better, relate better to others, and make responsible
choices.
In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our
schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle
schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve,
working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our
schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter
schools, encouraging public
school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.
Choice makes it unnecessary
for parents who dislike a
school's instructional program to fight the parents and teachers
for whom the program
works.
While it didn't ultimately become law, it's stoked the conversation about educational
choice in the state and how we can empower families to find
schooling options that
work for their kids.
School choice and supplemental educational services were not high on the political priority list under the first Bush administration, but it does not follow that these two vital provisions
for parents can not be made to
work.
In the first version of its «Public
School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.&
School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should
work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public
school for their children.&
school for their children.»
It led champions of market - oriented reforms — and so also allowed skeptics — to adopt a ludicrous standard
for judging whether
school choice «
works.»
School choice will never
work optimally
for the families that need it most until every community that supplies
choices also supplies kindred sources of assistance.