We worry about
the schools our children attend.
I have just been able to become more involved with
the school my children attend, and this topic is heavy on my heart.
So what can you do if you are the parent of a gifted child and you feel that you are in gridlock with
the school your child attends?
They are mostly proud of the local
school their children attends, and they respect the teachers.
In 2011, 20 % of Swedish
school children attended free schools at upper secondary level and 10 % attended free schools at primary or lower secondary level.
Commissioner of Education Vincent L. Ferrandino of Connecticut has proposed allowing parents to choose the public
schools their children attend as a way to promote racial diversity.
School choice programs which allow parents to select
the schools their children attend deepen educational inequality and fail to yield consistent learning gains, according to nine studies of choice initiatives coordinated by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
We need to engage the energy and creativity of parents and community leaders who care deeply about
the schools their children attend.»
Today, more than 1.2 million U.S.
school children attend more than 4,000 public charter schools.
But in recent years a new concern has surfaced: What if it's not the district but rather the specific
school a child attends within a district that matters most for accessing educational resources?
ESAs are a new and promising innovation with lots of potential because they move beyond just giving parents a say in what
school their children attend.
Charter school parents are generally more satisfied with
the schools their children attend than parents of students in district public schools.
In addition, parent satisfaction at McKay schools is high: 90 percent of McKay respondents reported being satisfied or very satisfied with
the school their child attends compared to 71 percent of public school respondents.
First, there is a relationship between where the family moved after receiving the MTO voucher and the new
school a child attended.
Parents might not know a lot about
the schools their children attend, but maybe the mechanism of school choice produces good results anyway.
Even though low - income parents might care deeply about
the schools their children attend, they do not always have access to - or the ability to access - information that would help them determine the best schools in which to place their children.
«There is more flexibility when it comes to home
schooled children attending trips, outside of their studies; it is up to an individual parent to decide on the location and purpose of the trip, as well as how many their child goes on each year.
Earlier this week, Education Next released two articles that shed light on how parents who exercise school choice feel about
the schools their children attend.
In the 1960s, renowned University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman forcefully argued that parents are educational consumers who, through taxes, pay for public education and, as a result, ought to be able to choose
the schools their children attend.
Those who can choose what sort of
school their child attends by moving to a different district, or knowing enough to apply to a lottery, or prepping them for Gifted & Talented testing (many more qualify than there are seats), or paying for private school unassisted.
While students were taking the test, the adult accompanying the child answered questions about the child's family background and the current
school the child attended.
2) Parents control site policy because they are the consumers and care most deeply about policies at
the schools their children attend.
The NSCH does not ask what kind of
school children attend, so the denominator necessarily includes children who are homeschooled or enrolled in private school (and thus will not have IEPs), lowering the rate mechanically.
Among other topics, parents were asked how satisfied they were with various aspects of
the school their child attended, including the school overall, the teachers their child had that year, academic standards, order and discipline, and the way the school staff interacted with parents.
Public school parents continue to give very high grades to
the schools their children attend, with nearly 75 percent of parents giving their school an A or a B.
Others say parents should be able to direct some public funds to
any school their child attends, whether public, private, or religious.
As a result, no issue more fundamentally divides the «haves» and the «have - nots» in America than who gets to choose what
schools their children attend and who does not.
A majority of Texas
school children attend schools where corporal punishment is prohibited.
As with parental education, family income may have a direct impact on a child's academic outcomes, or variations in achievement could simply be a function of
the school the child attends: parents with greater financial resources can identify communities with higher - quality schools and choose more - expensive neighborhoods — the very places where good schools are likely to be.
On The 74, Kate Stringer reports on the results of two surveys of parent satisfaction with
the schools their children attend that were released earlier this week.
Specifically, they call for families to be given more choice over
the schools their children attend.
The program had no statistically significant impact on parents» or students» general satisfaction with
the school the child attended in that first year.
They paid my tuition at the Catholic
school their children attended.
Their work will augment the efforts of many others who are simultaneously working at all levels and in a variety of fields to make high - quality education the norm, regardless of
the school a child attends.
I invite Ms. Ravitch to talk with charter parents and visit the outstanding
schools their children attend.
Not only are these attacks bereft of reason, they sometimes veer into harassment, like doxing poor women of color who dare voice their support of the charter
schools their children attend.
Open Enrollment: Allows parents to choose which district public
school their child attends instead of being assigned to a specific school (provided the school has not reached maximum capacity number for students).
Research shows that
the school your child attends makes a vast difference in academic and life success.
Other K - 12 and undergraduate tuitions you pay are figured into our calculations of need, but in order to receive aid from us you must apply for aid at
all schools your children attend.
Australia provides significant government funding to independent schools in addition to their traditional public schools; the idea is that all parents should get to choose what kind of
school their children attend (and they do, so Australia has a huge independent school sector).
Paula Gray, Director of Human Resources --» School choice is important because a parent should have the ability to choose which public
school their child attends and not be restricted by their address or income.
While NCLB focused primarily on educational standards, more recent reforms are focusing on reorganizing school power structures and letting parents decide which
school their children attend — the ideas behind the buzzword «school choice.»
By contrast, only 43 percent of ESA parents were satisfied with district
school their child attended prior to receiving an ESA.
I have seen firsthand the disparities that exist between
the schools my children attend and the low - income schools in which I work.
Klein's animating belief, and surely what he will best be remembered for, is the notion that while low - income families may not be able to choose what neighborhood they live in, they should nonetheless be able to choose what
school their children attend.
Very few people make blind decisions anymore, particularly on an issue like
the school their child attends.
Mr Clegg will add: «Whilst I want to give schools the space to innovate, I also believe every parent needs reassurance that
the school their child attends, whatever its title or structure, meets certain core standards of teaching and care.
The most feasible way to bring about a gradual yet substantial transfer from government to private enterprise is to enact in each state a voucher system that enables parents to choose freely
the schools their children attend.»
In South Korea, 90 % of primary
school children attend such classes.
Third, in the same PDK / Gallup Poll, parents with children in school reported something they have consistently said over decades: they like
the schools their children attend.