Sentences with phrase «targeted voucher programs»

But research in the U.S. has so far just looked at relatively small, targeted voucher programs.

African Americans and Hispanics slightly prefer targeted voucher programs, while whites prefer universal programs.

When respondents are told how well local students rank nationally, however, support for targeted voucher programs falls to 34 percent.

That is no longer so, perhaps in part because targeted voucher programs remain small, fragile, and underfunded.

As a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmosphere.

Not exact matches

Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation of the pragmatic - minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.

The voucher program is targeted toward poor students in big cities.

In my view, these descriptive data show how means tests and other provisions to target school voucher programs to disadvantaged students serve to minimize the threat of cream - skimming.

«These descriptive data show how means tests and other provisions to target school voucher programs to disadvantaged students serve to minimize the threat of cream - skimming,» Wolf says.

Specifically, for students who had attended public schools deemed to be failing before the students took part in the voucher program — a high - priority target for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test program — a high - priority target for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test scores.

Louisiana appears on track to enact a private - school - voucher plan for New Orleans that borrows from choice programs elsewhere in several respects, from its focus on a single city and its means - testing of families to its targeting of students enrolled in low - performing public schools.

This appears to be true in voucher programs targeted primarily at low - income urban families.

It is generally thought that targeted school vouchers, i.e., vouchers limited to students from low - income families, have more widespread support than does a universal voucher program, which would allow any family to make use of a government voucher to attend a private school.

These participation trends are not surprising, since most voucher programs are targeted to low - income urban students or students with disabilities.

The trend is toward voucher programs becoming less well targeted, with funding shifting to socioeconomically advantaged students who already have some degree of choice.

This targeted school voucher program provides funding for low - income, mostly minority students in the lowest - graded public schools to enroll in participating private schools.

This targeted school voucher program has provided public funds for low - income students in low - performing public schools to enroll in participating private schools since the 2012 - 13 school year.

Second, in what is sometimes referred to as the «Brennan strategy,» named for the architect of the Cleveland voucher program, voucher advocates need to structure their proposals as limited pilot programs targeted at low - income families with children in failing schools.

During the program's first year, only two schools in the entire state were targeted by the voucher program.

Ohio lawmakers used the 2005 legislative session to raise overall K - 12 spending slightly for the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years, while also targeting spending increases to economically needy students and expanding the state's voucher program beyond Cleveland.

Given that no study has demonstrated that targeted urban voucher programs hurt students, and several studies have shown that they are especially beneficial to low - income African Americans, I am perfectly comfortable making the call.

Williams supported a limited program targeting the city's poorest families, sometimes referred to as «charity vouchers» or compensatory vouchers by her conservative allies.

The study found that students from particular demographics were even less likely to use a voucher: just over half (51 percent) of high school students awarded a voucher used it the next year, and only 63 % of students from «schools in need of improvement» (the target students for the program) who recieved a voucher used it the next year.

The money for the vouchers would come from two federal programs that Mr. Romney would overhaul that target students deemed in need of extra support: Title 1, for economically disadvantaged students; and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

So, even though Tennessee's most popular (and most likely to become law) voucher legislation targets low - income students in Shelby County, if passed, we can expect the program to grow to other counties while gradually adding other student groups.

Hintz said he assumes he's a target for AFC since he's been an outspoken opponent of a taxpayer - funded voucher program, and of moving money from public schools to their private counterparts.

The focus of the study, titled «The Impact of Targeted School Vouchers on Racial Stratification in Louisiana Schools,» is the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), which provides state money for students to attend private schools.

Unlike some voucher programs, LSP is «double targeted,» Wolf said; in order to be eligible for the funds, a student's family must make less than 250 percent above the federal poverty level — approximately $ 61,500 for a family of four — and be enrolled in a public school receiving a letter grade of «C» or below according to state standards.

Targeted school choice programs are inferior to broadbased ones because they do not build the most politically effective constituency for school choice but, because targeted tax credits are self - reinforcing, they are much more likely than targeted vouchers to survive andTargeted school choice programs are inferior to broadbased ones because they do not build the most politically effective constituency for school choice but, because targeted tax credits are self - reinforcing, they are much more likely than targeted vouchers to survive andtargeted tax credits are self - reinforcing, they are much more likely than targeted vouchers to survive andtargeted vouchers to survive and thrive.

This voucher - style program would also decimate funding streams from the federal government that for decades have provided targeted resources to benefit students in public schools, especially those from poorer families.

Although broad - based programs are best, targeted tax credits are vastly preferable to targeted vouchers.

Comparing only state choice programs that target low - income families or children in failing schools, tax - credit programs support nearly 3.5 times more students than do vouchers, using about the same amount of money.

As the courts continue to uphold choice programs, opponents will likely shift to using regulation to strangle choice programs and turn to more targeted legal challenges, like the DOJ's threats against Milwaukee's voucher program over special - needs enrollment.

Also a statewide program, Ohio gave vouchers to more than 18,000 students in the 2013 - 14 school year.20 The state has since expanded the program to grant vouchers to up to 60,000 qualifying students.21 Unlike other voucher programs, the Ohio program is targeted to only students attending low - performing public schools.

In addition, we were able to expand our voucher program with our local veterinarians, distributing an additional 50 vouchers to pet owners that live in our targeted area.