Sentences with phrase «take for school choice»

What does it take for school choice to «work»?

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While I'd never pretend to speak for the GFC, its concerns run more to promoting school choice, helping marriages flourish, and calling attention to human trafficking than to taking high - profile stances on hot - button social issues.

I often hear that schools can't implement salad bars because it takes too long for the students to make their choices and that it «holds - up» the line.

Our mission is to promote, encourage and applaud children's enthusiasm for school and learning; take the mystery and anxiety out of the school finding process for parents; and provide families with comprehensive information on all of their educational choices.

For my 12th grader it is all about the administration getting the school on the Newsweek top 1000 school list by making sure the high school kids are taking the max number of AP classes and if they aren't, trying to make them feel guilty for not doing so by telling them they will never get into the college of their choice with «a schedule like that!&raqFor my 12th grader it is all about the administration getting the school on the Newsweek top 1000 school list by making sure the high school kids are taking the max number of AP classes and if they aren't, trying to make them feel guilty for not doing so by telling them they will never get into the college of their choice with «a schedule like that!&raqfor not doing so by telling them they will never get into the college of their choice with «a schedule like that!»

If your kids stay after school for sports or other activities, these healthy snacks are great choices for them to take along.

We must provide parents with more information on the performance of schools so that they can make choices for their children, and take action to help schools improve.

Instead of taking funds from SNAP for school meals, maybe put more toward SNAP and let everyone choose and prepare and bring their own choices to school.

In October, for example, after more than 80 % of the parents voted to have their kids not take the exams, Castle Bridge Elementary School canceled the new standardized multiple - choice tests.

Other announcements expected include reform of the system for diagnosing and helping children with special educational needs to give parents more choice in how they are schooled; reforms to the family justice system to speed up care proceedings so no cases take more than six months; and promised changes to the adoption system to make sure parents and children are matched more quickly.

Referring to lawsuits that would reverse approved charter co-locations, Merriman told reporters: «I have a simple question for [the mayor]: can he look every parent in the eye who expects to send their child to these schools in the fall and say to them, «The school that I will now force you to go to is going to be better than the school that I am taking away from you and is your choice.»»

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

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 the job.

These rugged - looking canvas bags can be a great choice for taking to school or work and are close to the size of a traditional medium - sized backpack.

The authors frame much of the discussion around women's choices about, for example, which high school math classes to take, what college major to enroll in, and whether to pursue an academic career.

Q: I see that for Step 2 there is a choice to take either the Yoga In Schools training or Pre - Grounded / Special needs training.

I thought Arianna's outfit was a perfect choice for class, especially since she took inspiration from the traditional school uniform.

Ballots don't come with lists of eligible choices so it's up to each member to think up a list and since the category is «under 21» it takes a bit of research for the teen / young adult performances; as is Hollywood tradition almost everyone playing high schoolers in Lady Bird or Spider - Man Homecoming are in their early - to - mid 20s.

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.

Choices for families who don't want to have to take sides in the charter wars: Some school districts have tried to see charter school operators as potential partners rather than competitors.

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.

While the Department has already spilled a lot of ink describing how to use ESSA funds, there is very little guidance for SEAs and LEAs that may want to take advantage of flexibility in the statute to use those funds to advance school choice.

As a result, the school saw an increase in canteen takings and healthier choices for pupils.

The result is the «intent - to - treat» effect of winning a lottery; it is an intent because students offered a place in their first - choice school did not always take it (for example, they may have moved out of the district).

Some education groups, as well as lawmakers, have called for more choice in how states can administer the law's accountability provisions, including greater power for school - based teams to decide what type of assessment a student receiving special education services should take.

The educational charity is now taking bookings for the next academic year and is calling on teachers and parents to make the Science Centre their first choice for school trips.

In three new articles published in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment system.

With all suggestions carefully hand - picked by Julie M. Wood and Nicole Ponsford — authors of TechnoTeaching: Taking Practice to the Next Level in a Digital World and edtech consultants — the criteria for selection included age - appropriate choices that would be fun and engaging for preschool - to middle school - age children.

62 Students prep mentally, physically for fitness contest; some question mass - producing school lunches; push for more healthful eating takes toll on bake sales; program teaches kids I - CAN make better food choices.

Competition, though, for students and parent help in an age of school choice and limited time is prompting some educators to take a lesson in customer service from the retail field.

Meanwhile, Jabbar's finding that most schools compete in less - than - impressive ways rings true, but that is largely a product of the incoherent incentives in K - 12 choice settings (see here for an extended discussion) rather than evidence that «competition doesn't work» — which seems to be the take of some observers and outlets.

Even if government accountability is not the norm for government programs, some people may still favor requiring choice schools to take the state test and comply with other components of the high - regulation approach to school choice, such as mandating that schools accept voucher amounts as payment in full, prohibiting schools from applying their own admissions requirements, and focusing programs on low - income students in low - performing schools.

Researchers and policymakers should take them into account when considering what sort of regulatory environment to construct for school choice policies.

The immediate reason for this note, in addition to thanking you for Our Kids, is to respectfully take issue with your comments about school choice at the Fordham Institute last week, which I just watched on Fordham's website.

In the first version of its «Public School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.&School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.&school for their children.»

As a new Administration takes shape in Washington, with an education leader who has long been an advocate of parental choice, the charter school movement needs to redouble its efforts to turn happy parents into active warriors for charter schools and school choice.

He also offered attractive choices for parents living near the city borders, who could take advantage of an open - enrollment policy to enroll their children in schools run by suburban districts.

Louisiana has launched a Course Choice program that allows students to take online courses for high school credit from approved providers, including nonprofits, for - profits, associations, and colleges.

Experimental evaluations take the complete population of students who are eligible for a choice program and motivated to use it, then employ a lottery to randomly assign some students to receive a school - choice voucher or scholarship and the rest to serve in the experimental control group.

For top universities involved in sponsorship, taking on a single new academy or free school was the most popular choice.

Mr Hammond said: «These announcements take the next steps in giving parents greater choice in finding a good school for their child, whatever their background.»

My advice to school choice advocates is to take Peter Greene's excellent if unintended advice and spend more time arguing for choice based on school culture and values, and less on test scores.

Because course - choice policies have the potential for an elegant accountability mechanism tied to the financing of outcomes, once students take courses back within the traditional district schools, that accountability mechanism would go away.

For example, by increasing «as the crow flies» travel distance from one mile to five miles, we more than double the number of families who could potentially take advantage of a private school or an intradistrict choice policy.

Andrew Ujifusa and Alyson Klein of Ed Week note that the plan calls for the creation of a new $ 1 billion program that will allow students to take federal, state, and local education dollars to the public school of their choice.

Upon taking office in 1999, the governor pursued a multipronged strategy of education reform: an emphasis on reading, standards and accountability for public schools, and new choice options for students.

But the real battle for school choice will take place in the states — under circumstances that can suddenly turn unfavorable to school reformers.

For an alternate take, please see «The Next Step in School Choice,» by Matthew Ladner.

The best of this work has taken advantage of the lottery - based admissions processes used by many school - choice programs, enabling researchers to draw far stronger conclusions about how schools affect student outcomes than the methods Coleman employed, which relied on simple regression techniques to adjust for differences in students» family background.

Yet many of Illich's and Goodman's arguments foreshadowed criticism later taken up by school choice advocates on the Right, where until 1996 the Republican party platform still called for abolishing the Department of Education.