Sentences with phrase «state school choice»

A state tax on commercial leases would be added to the potential funding sources for state school choice programs.

Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»

In many states, the costs of the 529 change are likely to be sizable, especially compared to current state school choice program expenditures.

Not exact matches

(Reuters)- A U.S. judge blocked Obama administration guidance that transgender public school students must be allowed to use bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by a group of 13 states led by Texas.

It is for this reason that parents should be given the right to send their children to schools of their choice, provided certain minimal standards of safety and competency are satisfied, and should not be required to utilize state educational facilities.

The drafters of this new law, in pursuit of a democratic outcome, concluded that the state should promote freedom of choice in education, including prominently the choice of religious schools.

Indeed, in every «Blaine» state in which the legislature attempts school choice reform through statute, lawyers will have to persuade their state supreme court to interpret these old provisions in a manner that respects the legislative and popular will.

But in doing so the State must not interfere with parental responsibility, nor hamper the reasonable liberty of parents in their choice of a school for their children.

Four years ago, when Janice Moodie and Arron Oberholser were high school seniors looking for college scholarships, San Jose State wasn't their first choice, it was their only choice.

Guidance Materials: The Department of Education is required by Statute 18.1003.453 to provide on its website links to information regarding the nutritional content of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture and provide examples of wellness classes that offer nutrition education for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition department.

In an e-mail, Esaian stated: «We are committed to providing healthy choices for our schools, but we also have to balance our nutritional choices with the demands of parents and students; there are also economic and budgetary realities that we must consider.»

As I stated in another comment, I agreed with her petition in principle (I understood it to be that we should know what's in our kids» food at school), just not in her choice of the phrase «pink slime».

Hollinsclough school is a great choice for us as they provide a normal state school education, while also actively supporting parents who wish to Home Educate their children and they truly tailor their approach to suit individual requirements.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

It's an interesting choice of locales for Cuomo, who is running on an anti-Albany plank, since it's an old - school hangout for elected officials and a favorite meeting spot for Republicans (the state GOP tends to get together there quite frequently).

Bob McManus: «Cuomo, and even some charter - school advocates, are projecting Albany's just - adopted budget as a modest win for the state's hard - pressed school - choice movement.

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State Senator Eric Adams on Monday called for the removal of a member of the education panel evaluating Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's choice for the next city schools chancellor.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol.»

The Greens have called for Foundation Aid to be fully funded immediately, for the school aid formula to be reformed so it is more need - based, and for the state to support school desegregation programs such as intra - and inter-district public school choice, consolidation, and incentives (such as magnet schools).

«The governor has no doubt that the people of Kaduna State have seen who is committed to building schools, roads and hospitals, and bringing investors and will make the right choice in their own interest.

Mr. Cupoli, the Assembly's choice, is a former Chief economist at SEMATECH and Professor of NanoEconomics at SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, a school that Mr. Cuomo and state officials have touted as an example of a successful partnership between a public university and private business.

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.

«In every corner of the state, New Yorkers, after carefully examining the difficult choices made by their school boards, voted «yes» in near record numbers on school budgets to ensure students and education programs did not suffer further harm,» NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi said.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serSchool districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serschool boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

Indeed we believe this choice should be available to all schools who think it is right for them, not just those defined as outstanding, which risks perception of elitism,» the NAHT stated.

Charters will now be able to switch authorizers between the state Board of Regents and the SUNY Charter Schools Institute; SUNY is particularly friendly to charters and considered the authorizer of choice for charter networks.

In the coming months, the city and state education departments are expected to rule on an issue that may have huge repercussions for parental school choice and religious freedom.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol,» said Howie Hawkins, the Green nominee for Governor.

The Governor also touched on familiar themes such as his education plan which included more overall funding for schools, expanding school choice as well as the state's voucher program and pre-K.

[61] Paladino favored what he called «school choice», saying it would «put some competition in the marketplace» against the New York State United Teachers.

Since the majority of schools have remained public, school choice — which allows parents to choose between schools in the state sector — appears to have contributed to the decline in achievement rather than privatisation.

The comments come the day after a state - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take thestate - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take theState Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the job.

MANHATTAN — Protesters demanding Mayor Michael Bloomberg's choice for School Chancellor be rejected rallied Sunday, a day before the State Education Department was expected to seal Cathie Black's appointment.

Further, she supports spending more money on charter schools, vaguely stating that parents need choices until we get this «thing» turned around.

Those 80 per cent of us who can't afford to pay for the education of our children twice - through fees as well as taxes - have no choice but state schooling.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Critics of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial choice for schools chancellor are calling into question the independence of a state - picked panel that will convene Tuesday to determine whether she is qualified for the job.

Not convinced that these preferences are universal, Rebecca Sear of the London School of Economics and Frank Marlowe of Florida State University in Tallahassee studied partner choice in the Hazda forager tribe in Tanzania.

Federal policy should encourage school choice, require baseline achievement standards to receive Federal money and promote academic innovation by the states.

Requiring private schools that receive public money to report student test scores improves academic achievement and ultimately enhances school choice, a Michigan State University scholar argues.

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.

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A number of state - based initiatives that favored parents and parental choice were reflected, albeit sometimes only partially, in the final legislation, including new requirements for school choice and supplemental services for children trapped in chronically failing schools.

Thirteen states and many more school districts have adopted some kind of choice plan in the past five years.

Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.

I'd love for Florida to be the first state in the nation where every parent has a choice in truly customizing his or her child's education at the teacher, school or district level.

As the debate over school choice heats up once again, in the halls of Congress and in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.»

For example, a quarter of a state's grade is based on having public - school choice and charter schools.

Participating students were not generally required to take exams — certainly not state exams — and even if they were, the results were not released by schools in ways that would inform parental choices or lead to administrative actions for chronically low performing schools.

Parliamentary under secretary of state for the school system, Lord Nash, commented: «The 52 new schools will provide much - needed places and encourage innovation, driving up standards and ensuring even more parents have the choice of a good school place for their child.»