Sentences with phrase «to support school choice»

Between the primary and general election, just two of the approximately 95 legislators in both chambers who supported school choice were defeated.

Moreover, tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations can help support school choice for lower - income families, and personal - use credits can help middle - class families.

Conservatives overwhelmingly support school choice and broad educational opportunity.

I also have another point of view: I'm a public school parent who strongly supports school choice.

Some school choice advocates have responded with surveys and other research showing black parents support school choice.

There are many reasons why various advocates representing different constituencies support school choice policies.

And for those most likely to have school - age children, 55 and younger, 81 percent support school choice.

He also supported school choice through both vouchers and the expansion of charter schools.

So private schools support school choice and are interested in participating, but can they accommodate more students?

In terms of just who is making that choice, an overwhelming number of African - American families support school choice, including charters.

I think it's interesting that so many «reformers» ostensibly support school choice... but only when parents choose the choice said «reformers» support.

Supporting school choice options with which our members agree does not change our focus as an association.

The organizations that support school choice typically are without a reputation for - or an organizational focus on - low - income, urban, and minority issues.

It is difficult enough to convince legislators to stand up to the government education industry and support school choice without them worrying that the law will be found unconstitutional.

For example, look at all the elected officials who support school choice.

Reality: The most recent national poll conducted by Democratic polling firm Beck Research for the American Federation for Children found 70 percent of voters support school choice, and 65 percent support opportunity scholarships otherwise known as school vouchers.

K12 has hired lobbyists from Boise to Boston and backed political candidates who support school choice in general and virtual education in particular.

Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, recently argued in a Nov. 20 column in The Monitor that the Texas Legislature should support public schools by not supporting school choice.

I assume Jay still supports school choice because he thinks it will lead to improved student outcomes — more learning.

She has founded and led national organizations that lobby for reform legislation and support school choice candidates for office.

77 % of Latinos, 67 % of whites, 56 % of African Americans, 75 % of Republicans, 62 % of Independents, and 54 % of Democrats support school choice.

January 12, 2016 by Brett Kittredge New polling shows that 78 percent of Mississippians support school choice, and the ability to give parents the right to use the tax dollars associated with their child's education to send their child to the public or private school which best serves their needs.

The independent expenditure group supports school choice for low - income children by offering them scholarships to leave their designated school district for private or parochial schools.

So, how does supporting school choice through ESAs entail «hate» for district schools?

Advocates point to historical and contemporary unequal access to education as another reason to support school choice programs that free children from poor or struggling zip codes and allow them to attend better schools in other areas.

It's why so many of us still support school choice — yes, partly to empower parents and allow schools to innovate and differentiate, but also to create market incentives that drive schools of all stripes to get better.

Klipsch, an EdChoice board member who bragged to the Catholic Business Exchange that his PAC had created a Republican super-majority in the state which supports school choice, was the treasurer of the Mike Pence for Indiana Political Action Committee.

A 2016 survey showed that 88 percent of low - income families in the U.S. supported having a charter option in their neighborhoods, and that specifically, 82 percent of African - American parents support school choice as a right for families, regardless of where they live.

The plan also supports school choice, backing the education investment tax credit that has stalled in Albany, but is strongly supported by the Catholic church.

Root said the teachers» union supports school choice.

My hypothesis is that cities with similar degrees of choice - friendly policies and politics can have different outcomes, depending on the civil society organizations that have developed to support the school choice sector.

I've met inspiring regional leaders like New Mexico State Representative Monica Youngblood and New York Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, who are on the front lines in their communities supporting school choice.

In practice, the administration has primarily supported school choice via the bully pulpit.

If the president or Congress wanted to cap a federal tax credit at $ 20 billion — the amount Trump proposed using to support school choice during his campaign — the Florida program also shows how such a cap could be implemented.

«The president is so wildly unpopular among Democrats that his support for some of these policies — which we've been working on for literally decades — had made the politics of supporting school choice much harder than it needs to be,» said Derrell Bradford, the vice president of 50Can.

A new poll released today shows that Mississippians throughout the state continue to support school choice opportunities and want to see these options available to all students.

A new survey shows that almost two - thirds of Americans support school choice despite a constant onslaught of attacks from the media, teachers unions, and similar organizations.

Much of this conversation has centered around Devos» controversial past as a supporter, lobbyist and financial donor to causes that directly support school choice and school vouchers, and how she might further this cause as the next education secretary.

Kerry supports school choice, including charter schools.

But not only that, they want school choice options to be available to all students and they want their elected officials to support school choice too,» said Grant Callen, President of Empower Mississippi.

Groups that support school choice issues, such as vouchers, were big financial supporters of Republicans across the country and in Wisconsin.

Please support school choice.»

Legislators arrived in full force at this year's event to celebrate the EITC program and support school choice expansion.

The majority of Garden State residents support school choice, which has received bi-partisan politcal support.