Sentences with phrase «seek public education options»

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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

With some of the best online charter schools in the country being free, offering electives some public and private institutions don't have, and being easily accessible from anywhere you are, charter schools are proving to be the an increasingly popular educational option for students seeking their general education.

Ultimately, the board discussed various options and concluded to leave the wording that the board would «stand opposed to internal and external initiatives that seek to reduce public education in Los Angeles to an educational marketplace and our children to market shares, while not investing in district - wide programs and strategies that benefit every student whom we are sworn to serve.»

«The Charter School Sector continues to expand as parents seek high - quality public education options.

DeVos has previously said she is not seeking to dismantle public education, but that she wants to give parents options and bring much - needed competition to education.

OCI seeks to change the education policy conversation from one where labor, public, charter, and independent school sector leaders argue about which type of school is best able to serve children, to one where parents choose the best quality educational options for their child — no matter what form it comes in.

Lisa Graham Keegan is currently the principal partner at the Keegan Company, where her major projects include serving as a senior advisor to National School Choice Week, a celebration of all excellent education options for students, and as the executive director of A for Arizona, a joint project of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that seeks to rapidly increase the number of «A» quality public schools in the state.