Sentences with phrase «support quality school choice»

Managing Regional Director, Northern and Central California 916-250-2884 [email protected] Jeff works with school leaders, elected officials, and community members to support quality school choice for families from Redding to Ventura by overseeing collective action and advocacy strategies to address funding, authorization, facilities and other critical issues facing schools.

Since its inception 20 years ago, CSDC's mission has been to support quality school choice for underserved students by developing and financing affordable charter school facilities.

Not exact matches

«We're going to do everything we can to support the governor in advancing a bold education reform agenda that improves the quality of traditional public schools and expands choice for families,» the group's executive director, Jenny Sedlis, said in an interview.

In addition to losing quality if key choice backers were to support charters to the exclusion of private school choice, there are obvious political advantages to backing both types of choice.

In polls, parents and community members generally support reforms like school choice, charter schools, and improved teacher quality.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

Well - functioning school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

We see only slight changes in people's views on the quality of the nation's schools, for instance, or on federally mandated testing, charter schools, tax credits to support private school choice, merit pay for teachers, or the effects of teachers unions.

Schneider and his colleagues believe that consumer choice in schooling can have positive effects on education quality, and they support their belief with test score data from New York City.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tsupport • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the TSupport in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tsupport resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tsupport; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tsupport and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

They should continue to support funding for the replication and expansion of high - quality charter schools, and they should make new investments in research and support for parent information, equitable funding and facilities, and innovative, low - regulation approaches to equity and effectiveness in schools of choice.

Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.

Ravitch also falsely claims that there is «no new evidence to support» school choice despite a large and growing body of high - quality research that says otherwise.

But parents were gravely concerned with issues of school quality, and they wanted economic integration efforts that supported their choice of a high - quality school.

LFC supports a wide range of educational choice initiatives, so that high quality public, charter and private schools flourish and parents will have the opportunity to select the quality school that works best for their children, and so that teachers will have the flexibility to select the school that best utilizes their strengths and interests.

And just this month Nashville Rise parents made another splash onto the scene by using their most powerful weapon in support of quality choices by speaking against the school board's proposed resolution to stop charter growth.

Said President and CEO Al Dubin, «This grant will allow CSDC to support more charter school founders dedicated to improving the educational outcomes of the children in their communities by providing quality educational choice in a responsive, fiscally sustainable way.»

«We're encouraged that independent observers of public education share our support for legislative and school board candidates across California who support parental choice and who are working to provide high quality education to all children,» said Gary Borden, Executive Director of CCSA Advocates.

The mission of the Office of K - 12 School Choice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communChoice is to support quality public and private educational choice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communchoice programs by providing information and assistance to promote successful outcomes for students, families, institutions and communities.

In a national survey of public schools, the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality and Public Agenda (2007) found that if given a choice between two otherwise identical schools, 76 percent of secondary teachers and 81 percent of elementary teachers early in their careers would rather be at a school in which administrators strongly supported teachers than at a school that paid significantly higher salaries.

It is critical for us that LAUSD board members support parent choice, the growth of high - quality charter schools in Los Angeles and funding and facilities equity for all students,» said Corri Ravare, managing regional director, Los Angeles for the California Charter Schools Association schools in Los Angeles and funding and facilities equity for all students,» said Corri Ravare, managing regional director, Los Angeles for the California Charter Schools Association Schools Association (CCSA).

This means being thoughtful and forceful, willing to challenge one's own assumptions and strongly poke holes in myths, and even using media smartly in advancing support for school choice, teacher quality reforms and Parent Power.

It is our hope that we can collaborate with the incoming Secretary of Education to enact policies that support increased access to high - quality public magnet schools that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.»

Quality and accountability matter, particularly when one considers the Wild West version of school choice that DeVos supported in Michigan to detrimental ends — 80 percent of charters are below the state average in reading and math.

Rather than bowing to special interests that seek to roll back or limit access to educational choice, Arizona policymakers should support policies that create more quality public school options.

I commend our Nation's students, parents, teachers, and school leaders for their commitment to quality, effective education, and I call on States and communities to support effective education and school choice for every child in America.

We remain committed to ensuring every child has access to a quality school of their parents» choice and will continue to stand alongside elected officials, Democratic or Republican, who support and protect our school choice programs.»

The brief lays foundational support for school choice as a viable, effective means for children to receive a quality education and confirms the confusion and harm caused by Blaine amendments in state constitutions.

STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT FOR HIGH QUALITY: * Pre - Kindergarten — College Graduation Systems * Real Parent Power through School Governance Councils * School Choice Options * Early Child Education & Afterschool Programs * English Language Learners (ELL) Supports * Children w. Special Needs & School Based Health Care Services * Effective Teacher / Principal Preparation & Evaluation Systems * High School Drop Out Prevention Supports * Children in Foster / Adoptive Care & Alternative Education Services

* Title I — $ 1 billion increase * New private school choice program — $ 250 million (increase since it's new) * Charter schools — $ 168 million increase * Title II A, Supporting Effective Instruction Program — $ 2.4 billion cut * 21st Century Community Learning Centers — $ 1.17 billion cut * Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program — $ 190 million cut * Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property — $ 66.8 million cut * Teacher Quality Partnership — $ 43.1 million cut

The Mission of the Idaho Charter School Network is to improve student achievement and expand choice among high quality public schools by advancing and supporting Idaho's charter schools.

Around 3,000 families and educators from northeast San Fernando Valley charter schools marched in support of expanding high quality schools, securing better facilities and protecting parent choice in public education at last Saturday's «Rally in the Valley.»

Charter public school parents and advocates made their voices clear at the ballot box in support of parent choice and improved access to quality public schools for every student.

Democratic and Republican candidates supporting school choice were successful across the state, showing that Florida's families believe it is their right to choose the best high quality school for their child, whether public, private, charter or virtual.

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Great Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public oSchools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public oschools as well as many other types of public options.

We work in partnership with charter schools and the community to support, promote, and advocate for high quality charter schools that provide educational choice to families statewide.

She values quality education and supports school choice.

The first choice of most parents is to send their child to a high - quality neighborhood school; it is unclear how this bill supports that choice.

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.

Those recommendations include a greater focus on quality choices, simplifying all steps of the school choice process, improving families» access to school quality data, and strengthening the role that interpersonal networks play in supporting families as they choose schools for their children.

Learn how DCSRN helps fill an important gap of needed support in the public school choice sector and watch this video to hear from a parent how DCSRN's free services were instrumental in helping her access a quality school for her child.

Under the guise of «choice» to improve schools for low - income children, WFF has supported the unregulated growth of a privatized education industry — quantity over quality, and «freedom» over regulation.

Working with grassroots activists on the ground to provide parents buses that can inform families about the quality of choice options (along with information on, for example, what a child should know by third grade) would not only improve data quality, but also bolster support for school choice and education reform overall.

Tell Mayor de Blasio to support policies that are proven to help students succeed, including phasing out failing schools, investing in teacher quality, supporting high - performing charter schools, and broadening school choice.

This is supported by the National Association of Realtors» ® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2016, which found almost half of all buyers with children under 18 are influenced by the quality of the school district in their neighborhood choice.