I assume Jay
still supports school choice because he thinks it will lead to improved student outcomes — more learning.
Not exact matches
Chicago Public
Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition support services, said students still bristle at the idea of schools controlling their c
Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition
support services, said students
still bristle at the idea of
schools controlling their c
schools controlling their
choices.
Sure, there are plenty of Republicans who loudly
support empowering parents with
school choice, but they are
still boosted by a party which expresses vocal disdain for the kinds of government
supports on which many of these urban voters depend to keep their families intact.
In my new book, The Death and Life of the Great American
School System: How Testing and
Choice Are Undermining Education, I describe how I came to repudiate my support for choice and accountability, though not for curriculum reform, which I still believe is necessary and val
Choice Are Undermining Education, I describe how I came to repudiate my
support for
choice and accountability, though not for curriculum reform, which I still believe is necessary and val
choice and accountability, though not for curriculum reform, which I
still believe is necessary and valuable.
While President Trump was
still a candidate, he vowed that his administration would allocate $ 20 billion to
support vouchers for
school choice, a likely source being Title 1 funds that currently go to about two - thirds of America's public
schools.
Choice students do not attend public
schools, but Milwaukee property taxpayers
still support their costs.
«If Albert Shanker were alive today, he'd
still be an education reformer and would
support NJ's efforts to expand
school choice for poor urban students.»
The
school choice movement
still enjoys a great deal of bipartisan
support across the nation.
Still, others point out that there is no empirical evidence to
support the economics argument that
school choice fosters productive competition among
schools.
AFC has been leading the way nationally to make parental
school choice a reality in many states through policy and political
support of candidates who stand firm on this ideal, but there's
still much more work to do.
Indeed,
school choice is one of only four issues in the Gallup poll where Democrats and Republicans both indicated approval, though there's
still a gap of
support between the parties.
If you can't join the block walk, you can
still help — call Chairman Huberty's office and tell him you
support school choice for Texas families.