But few data points can paint a picture as well as parental satisfaction, especially
in schools of choice where parents must choose to enroll their child in that particular school.
Tax - credit scholarships allow individuals and businesses to reduce their state tax liability by making a private donation to a nonprofit organization that provides students scholarships to attend
private schools of their choice.
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African American students account for 23 percent of students at charters, 17 percent at
district schools of choice, 14 percent at assigned - district schools, and 10 percent at private schools.
In this role, he oversees all 25 locally - authorized charter schools and works with a team to move the district towards a portfolio
of school of choice options.
He wants to defend the practices that he thinks benefit children, including the practice of closing
schools of choice with low test scores.
The president's proposal is just the most recent attempt to expand
schools of choice by policymakers and a growing army of advocacy groups.
One (of the many) problems with imposing testing requirements
on schools of choice is that it highlights a measure of performance that grossly under - states the benefits of choice.
And I believe nearly every negative story — well, other than the purely politically driven articles — about how some special needs kids are excluded
from schools of choice.
So it struck me as a worthy question to ask: Are charter schools and
other schools of choice serving their fair share of boys and young men?
The idea was to
create schools of choice for students, allowing them to pursue pathways they were passionate about, which could lead to interests in college and eventually a career.
Now, more than 90,000 students using opportunity scholarships are in jeopardy of losing the opportunity to attend the
quality school of their choice in which they are currently enrolled.
Add this influence to that of private firms
operating schools of choice, and public education could have a powerful engine for school improvement driven by the market.
Similarly, district
schools of choice also are tuition - free but can not operate in competition with assigned - district schools unless school boards specifically allow them.
Your diploma will bear the name of the
top school of your choice, and you may spend tens of thousands less than the rest of your cohorts.
It makes little sense to create
additional schools of choice, and thereby add to the supply of school seats, when the population of an area can barely sustain one academic program.
At the school level, enabling educators to establish their
own schools of choice would make it possible for them to agree on principles, practices, and strategies for improvement.
Satisfaction levels are the highest among private - school parents, with parents at charter schools and district
schools of choice reporting lower, but similar, rates of satisfaction (Figure 2).
Typically,
schools of choice feature a clearly defined mission and set of core values, which may derive from religious traditions and beliefs.
Still, wherever you stand on these debates, it's certainly worth knowing whether the demographics of
schools of choice match those of the larger community.
The recent board and superintendent shift has focused more resources
towards schools of choice and noticeably less collaboration with the district's teacher union.
We need to think long and hard before taking tools away from schools —
especially schools of choice — that allow their students to flourish.
And very often, these opportunities are most readily available within
public schools of choice, specifically charter schools, which are granted increased flexibility in exchange for increased accountability.
Third,
as schools of choice, not all charter schools will be equally attractive to, or effective with, kids with disabilities.