Sentences with phrase «school model of their choice»

Parents and community members will be able to cast their vote for the school model of their choice for 13 campuses up for bid, as identified by LAUSD.

Not exact matches

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.

UF / IFAS assistant professor of food and resource economics Jaclyn Kropp — along with economists at Georgia State University, Clemson University and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — worked with a county school food services director to develop a novel research model to study school lunch choices children make, combining lunch sales data collected at the cafeteria register with data on student absences.

High school students using PBL in American studies performed as well on multiple - choice tests as students who received a traditional model of instruction, and they showed a deeper understanding of content (Gallagher & Stepien, 1996).

When we look to test - based evidence — and look no further — to decide whether choice «works,» we are making two rather extraordinary, unquestioned assumptions: that the sole purpose of schooling is to raise test scores, and that district schools have a place of privilege against which all other models must justify themselves.

In my experience of working closely with schools, I have learnt that despite having so much choice, teachers are not concerned with what technology brand they're using or whether they have the latest model, just as long as it works.

Whereas most of the energy in the school choice debates has focused on vouchers and charter schools, relatively little attention has been paid to another important choice model that serves as many students as charters and has been in existence for longer — magnet schools.

Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that school - choice plans based on magnet schools «appear most promising in meeting the educational goals of achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational programs.»

• Aside from race, all of the attitudes in the model — regarding inequity, public school ideology, prayer, moral values, parent influence, school size, and markets — appear to have an influence, and in the direction choice advocates would expect.

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.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

One implication of these findings is that the KIPP model may include practices that could be effective outside schools of choice.

Indeed, since 1969 scholarly models of family choice have consistently stressed both values by including rules ensuring that state and participating private schools alike will share in the integration of the social classes.

While Curry said she believes Cambridge's school selection model helps improve equity, she was surprised by how time - consuming the process of making informed choices was.

The promise of a personalized education system is enormous: we are witnessing an era when new school models and structures, often supported by technology, can tailor learning experiences to each student and allow students more choice in how they access and navigate those experiences.

It became the model for the federal grants and loans that today follow 58 percent of America's college students to the schools of their choice.

David Osborne, senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, completed an analysis of D.C.'s two sectors, documenting how competition led the district sector to emulate charters in many ways, including more diverse curriculum offerings; new choices of different school models; and reconstituting schools to operate with building level autonomy, especially giving principals freedom to hire all or mostly new staff.

The no - excuses model ought to remain a sturdy pillar of the charter sector, but bona fide school choice means plenty of different options,

It is the model for the federal grants and loans that today follow 58 percent of America's college students to the schools of their choice.

Fifteen years ago, having judiciously reviewed the record and the criticisms of charter schools (Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education), Finn and Manno were willing to render a judgment, arguing then that «schooling based on choice, autonomy, and accountability can undergird a new model of public education.schools (Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education), Finn and Manno were willing to render a judgment, arguing then that «schooling based on choice, autonomy, and accountability can undergird a new model of public education.Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education), Finn and Manno were willing to render a judgment, arguing then that «schooling based on choice, autonomy, and accountability can undergird a new model of public education.»

Many large districts have embraced a portfolio model of school choice governance, which intentionally offers a wide array of public (and sometimes private) school choices to parents.

«School choice advocates place great faith in the market model, assuming that parents will be good shoppers and will move their children into higher quality, more responsive schools,» said Bruce Fuller, codirector of the study.

This most radical of choice based schools — where students and teachers never meet in physical classrooms and state funding flows on a performance - based, demand - driven model — has largely avoided the political and legal tangles that have stymied other reform efforts.

-LSB-...] especially so given that the No Excuses charter model that has become the darling of ed reformers often comes up short at improving later life outcomes, while private school choice programs seem to fare better at improving high school graduation, -LSB-...]

The American Federation for Children offers high - quality and accountable model legislation for every kind of private school choice program.

Pilot school models include dummies for (first choice) * (year of application) * (walk zone status) and exclude students with sibling priority or guaranteed admission.

Certain techniques were flagged up «no hands rule; use of mini-white boards, Kagan, learning environments that are supporting; bolstering self - esteem; positivity; curiosity; creativity; identify students to lead plenary at end of lesson at the beginning; Get class blogging — quadblogging; tallies for whole class rewards; encouraging independent learning; wait time when questioning; talk about their thinking and reasoning; conversational learning; talk with learning partners before answering any questions; pair and share; Glazer learning model structure for lesson delivery — a good mix of interaction and independent work; offering choice to pupils; cross class working; allowing time to play; list / describe / explain / evaluate; new audiences beyond the school; project based learning and philosopy; swapping age - groups; cross-curricular working; read to them every day; invite varied guests in; learning by discovery using pupils» interests; stand back and watch with purpose.

Instead of multiple - choice exams, Wheeler says she wishes the state tests could be modeled on the portfolios of class work and projects her high school - age daughter turns in twice a year.

The best and quickest path to unleash innovation is to follow a consumer model of organization theory, and ensure that money follows the consumer to the product they want — their school of choice.

By contrast, more limited school choice models tend not to result in the emergence of new options, but instead simply increase student enrollment in the schools that already exist.

LJAF's investments in K - 12 education seek to advance the portfolio model of school governance, an alternative structure that promotes a decentralized administration, more school choice for families, and increased flexibility and accountability for educators.

Despite its good intentions, the «failing schools» model of choice is flawed.

We opened our session with a simple model of how school choice, at the most abstract level, is supposed to work.

«One implication of these findings is that the KIPP model may include practices that could be effective outside schools of choice,» the authors observe.

These are much better choices than «growth - to - proficiency» models, which do not estimate the impact of schools and again mostly measure who is enrolled.

It also includes innovative new models like Louisiana's «course choice» program, which allows students to take a portion of their school funding to go to outside providers for individual classes and Arizona's Education Savings Account program, which creates a Health Savings Account - like restricted use fund that families can use to pay for education.

A model bill for the «Parent Trigger Act» and much of school choice and privatization legislation is designed and promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC, which coordinates with the State Policy Network and has become notorious for promoting «stand your ground» legislation and propagating climate change denial.

Meanwhile in Seattle (about 49,000 students), School Board President Kay Smith - Blum said the state's largest district has a variety of school models that have added choice to the sSchool Board President Kay Smith - Blum said the state's largest district has a variety of school models that have added choice to the sschool models that have added choice to the system.

Charter Schools Development Corporation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), promotes innovation and excellence in education by helping charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school models, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice within the American public education system.

We help charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

Weingarten said she does not want to use the word «strike,» but wants to use the strategy of recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma and West Virginia as a model to fight against school - choice reforms.

CSDC has a special focus on new schools, and helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

In a unique proposal that builds on the Local School Choice model embraced by UTLA and LAUSD, E4E - LA members recommend a rational middle ground: 20 % of student growth data results based on state - approved tests and 20 % from Local School Choice Assessments that schools would select or develop and the district would approve.

Recognized as a national model and the best example of public - private partnership in Pennsylvania, the EITC program has allowed more than 40,000 students to attend the school of their choice in this school year alone, and hundreds of public school initiatives would have gone unfunded without this program.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public educchoice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public educChoice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

CSDC helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build, expand and replicate their school models, turning educational visions into reality, with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American K - 12 public education system.

She has published four books: Shaping School Policy: A Guide to Choices, Politics and Community Relations (1992), Politics of Education Yearbook: The Politics of Teacher Preparation Reform (2000), College Bound (2010), and Urban Education: A Model for Leadership and Policy (2011).

Rothstein is a great choice for this one in that indeed he is an economist, but one of a few, really, who is deep into the research literature and who, accordingly, has a balanced set of research - based beliefs about value - added models (VAMs), their current uses in America's public schools, and what they can and can not do (theoretically) to support school reform.

Today, our school district is a leader and innovator in public education, offering families some of the best educational choices in Iowa as we become the nation's model for urban education.

Fordham Institute's Peter Meyer on why school choice is a critical part of moving American public education from its Model T Ford design.