In sum, if we think in analytical terms about the demand
side of school choice, there are logical reasons for having certain expectations about what would happen if choice were expanded.
This focus on the demand
side of school choice and information use by «consumers» should be of interest to designers of school choice programs.
This data makes points for
both sides of the school choice question.
The issue has put the nation's two premier civil rights organizations on opposite
sides of the school choice fence.
The case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer (No. 15 - 577) has been closely followed by groups on
both sides of the school choice debate.
Not exact matches
Although his own
choice was clearly on the
side of the historical approach, there were elements in his thought which paved the way for a marked shift in focus
of the Chicago
School.
There was another part
of me though: the pragmatic
side, the
side that had been influenced by whatever was taught at business
school, and reminded me every once in a while that writing was probably not the most practical job
of choice.
I mean, I grew up on the south
side of Chicago and my
choices were UI, UIC, Northwestern and the Directional Illinois
schools.
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.
They found that subjects given the opportunity to select a course
of action based on their own opinions (for example, giving a speech for or against teaching psychology in high
school) persisted longer in a subsequent puzzle - solving activity than participants who were either given no
choice or pressured to select one
side over another.
On both
sides of the sea, standards, assessments, accountability, and
school choice were surfacing as ideas, and becoming policies and programs.
One
of the most notable «laboratories
of democracy» was Texas, where governors on both
sides of the aisle pursued a reform agenda, starting in the early 1980s, centered on higher academic standards, standardized testing,
school accountability, competition, and
choice.
Making
school choice work requires engaged and mobilized families who can help address the human
side of choice and competition in
schools.
If vouchers are found constitutional only if charters are available and secular private
schools open themselves to voucher recipients, the result could profoundly affect the future
of school choice in ways neither
side anticipated.
One way to do that is to compare different types
of school choice policies operating
side - by -
side within countries.
In 2017, we witnessed a significant elevation
of private -
school choice as an issue and an unprecedented wave
of attacks — even hysteria — from the other
side.
Given this one -
sided history, it's easy to understand why opponents
of school choice are eager to deny it purchase in Washington State and prevent the virtuous cycle from taking hold there.
Some
of these are the same people who have made once - esoteric educational questions — like
school discipline, collegiate Title IX policies governing due process,
school choice, teacher evaluation, and determination
of testing subgroups — into hero's journeys defined by bitter battles between those fighting «for the kids» (their
side) and the forces
of malice (the other
side).
Friedman's system also allowed for
choice on both
sides of the market: Just as parents got to pick where to send their kids,
schools had the right to accept some applicants and reject others.
Universal
school choice that provides access to quality educational options, as Paul Hill
of the University
of Washington observes, will «depend on the supply -
side, that is, on the success
of arrangements that promote the creation
of a wide variety
of school options, expose all
schools to performance pressures through competition, and permit constant replacement
of weak
schools by promising new ones.»
«I believe that parents should have the
choice of where their children go to
school,» added Rebecca Sanders, 22,
of the Upper West
Side, who works at a Manhattan charter
school.
But making
school choice work also requires engaged and mobilized families who can help address the human
side of choice and competition in
schools.
The information components
of school choice systems, e.g., the ability to compare
schools online and to see
side - by -
side information on
school performance, do not appear to have much influence on
school choices that generate racial imbalance.
Thank you to all members
of the
Side by
Side community for making this the best
choice school program in Connecticut.»
School Choice Means No Choice Depending on which side of the coin you stand on, the growing debate over school choice in America is either causing you a lot of celebration or a lot of co
School Choice Means No Choice Depending on which side of the coin you stand on, the growing debate over school choice in America is either causing you a lot of celebration or a lot of co
Choice Means No
Choice Depending on which side of the coin you stand on, the growing debate over school choice in America is either causing you a lot of celebration or a lot of co
Choice Depending on which
side of the coin you stand on, the growing debate over
school choice in America is either causing you a lot of celebration or a lot of co
school choice in America is either causing you a lot of celebration or a lot of co
choice in America is either causing you a lot
of celebration or a lot
of concern.
He appears to have a
side business that promotes
school choice and indicates a clear preference for the greener grass at fancy private
schools while the Minneapolis Public Schools struggles with shrinking enrollment and the accompanying loss of f
schools while the Minneapolis Public
Schools struggles with shrinking enrollment and the accompanying loss of f
Schools struggles with shrinking enrollment and the accompanying loss
of funding.
Whatever anyone thinks about charter
schools or district
schools, education reformers or teachers unions, Democrats or Republicans, or any other false
choice that has divided our politics and our district, let's stipulate that everyone on all
sides of this debate are good people who care about kids.
In the
School Choice Debate, Both
Sides Are Right
School reformers and backers
of traditional public
schools are talking past each other
They will need to extinguish fires in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alaska, Indiana, Wisconsin and elsewhere, as
school choice and other education reforms have been embraced by many on both
sides of the political aisle.
Many
of my colleagues on the other
side of the aisle, and their strategists, have embraced so - called «
school choice» as part
of their rebranding efforts, to appear more caring... This new effort even has a warm and fuzzy name: the Growth and Opportunity Project.
Critics
of school choice say that lesson, so obvious to Vlachos, should have already been learned on this
side of the Atlantic.
When this data is used to see which teachers transfer, it is unclear the extent to which the patterns are driven by teacher preferences or
school preferences, since the matching
of teachers to
schools is a two -
sided choice.
But this week, after one
of Raleigh's most outspoken
school choice backers, former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, suggested charter leaders file a class - action suit against every county in North Carolina over funding, leaders on both
sides seem farther apart than ever.
Given the
choice of commuting a long way to a high - performing
school on the other
side of town and transferring to a
school in the neighborhood, low - income parents tend to choose the latter.
Combatants on both
sides of that fight could claim a measure
of validation from the new research: Advocates
of school choice who argue that it isn't fair to judge voucher programs based on test results from a student's first year in private
school, given that it takes children time to adjust to a new environment, and critics who say vouchers drain funds from public
schools without improving student achievement.
The atmosphere
of school choice in Wisconsin is the subject
of study by people on many
sides of the education reform debate in this country.
Also on
choice, she got Trump to put
side a lot
of money in his proposed budget for
school choice, so we may just be at the beginning
of that train.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Leon County Judge George Reynolds
sided with the State
of Florida in a long - running case against Florida's education reforms, including programs relating to
school choice.
Leon County Judge George Reynolds
sided with the State
of Florida in a long - running case against Florida's education reforms, including programs relating to
school choice.
«It permits taxpayer funds to be paid to religious
schools only upon the private individual
choices of parents,» Keele wrote in
siding with the state.
«I was the nerdiest, shyest person in the world,» he told an audience
of middle
school students and their parents at the West Side High School Fair, organized to help families make an active and informed high school c
school students and their parents at the West
Side High
School Fair, organized to help families make an active and informed high school c
School Fair, organized to help families make an active and informed high
school c
school choice.
The vast majority
of political and ideological support for
school choice resides on the right
side of the political spectrum, and the vast majority
of opposition comes from the left.
On the flip
side of the coin, a
choice system such as the one now in place in Milwaukee can be a great supporter
of truly alternative
schools.
But on the positive
side, Dei Rossi and other experts support the additional, no - cost option that publicly - funded charters provide to parents who otherwise would have no
choice but to send their children to their traditional district's neighborhood
school, regardless
of its quality.
Giving parents an option has made life more difficult for
schools on the losing
side of those
choices — while easing it for districts and charter
schools with the ability to attract students.
On the flip
side, opponents
of charters and other taxpayer - supported forms
of school choice are predicting the destruction
of traditional public
schools under DeVos» leadership.
There is no shortage
of school choice proponents willing to let the NAACP off the hook for
siding with union bosses against parents desperate for quality education
choices for their children.
It's a quirky, action - packed
side - scrolling action game: You have a life meter (instead
of the quarter - eating, maddening, «one hit and you die» style
of many old
school shooters), you pick your primary weapon, and you bounce around the screen like some kind
of crazy ninja, flinging enemies around and filling the screen with bullets (or fire, or whatever your weapon
of choice is).
Similarly, law
schools and students themselves often portray their career
choice in the dichotomy
of public interest versus private gain — sometimes with the idea that one
side is virtuous and one
side is bad.