Sentences with phrase «state school choice proponent»

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.»

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The prediction comes from both proponents and opponents of the tuition - voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out - of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.

Finally, I have a recommendation for proponents of school choice: Educate policymakers, the media, and the general public on the longstanding regulatory relationship between state governments and private schools.

A long - time proponent of charter schools, Morgan was vocal in her support for the 2012 amendment to the Georgia State Constitution that expanded school choice and allowed the state to authorize and pay for an increased number of charter schState Constitution that expanded school choice and allowed the state to authorize and pay for an increased number of charter schstate to authorize and pay for an increased number of charter schools.

While the changes could rope more siblings into the voucher program, school choice proponents have told StateImpact many of the state's private schools are already nearing capacity — and unless the state increases the amount of a scholarship, it's not likely more private schools will open to accept them.

This adds to the nearly $ 10 million in state electoral spending by school choice proponents between 2003 and 2012, as tallied by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

School choice proponents, many from out of state, funneled $ 64,000 directly into candidates» coffers in 2014, through AFC and another group.

Though voucher school proponents love to talk about «choice» and «achievement,» the real story is that these schools do a serious disservice to students, families, educators, public school districts and state taxpayers and we don't want anymore of them in Milwaukee!

Proponents of the statewide school voucher program, known as the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, claim that expansion would improve the state's K - 12 educational system.

Proponents of parental school choice programs in the state will mark 25 years of school choice this evening.

Posted on October 18, 2016 · A bipartisan group of state representatives hammered private school choice proponents at a heated legislative hearing on Monday, signaling an enduring uphill battle in the Texas House for proposals that would use taxpayer dollars to help parents send their kids to private or parochial schools, or educate them at home.

The story raised some eyebrows among charter school proponents with its claim that John Austin, the president of the Michigan State Board of Education, is a supporter of school choice.

School choice proponents may have had their biggest success in Indiana, where Republican Governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation that removes the charter cap, allows all universities to be charter authorizers, and creates a voucher program that enables about half the state's students to attend public or private schools.

The state superintendent race pits two former school district superintendents and longtime educators against each other — a proponent of expanding school choices and an opponent of the state expansion of taxpayer - funded school vouchers.

State campaign finance reports show John Bryan donated generously to Rob Bryan and other, mostly Republican, school choice proponents like former Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger.

In Ohio, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank and proponent of school choice, released a study of that state's program which found: «Students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.»