Sentences with phrase «undermine traditional public»

The goal of charter advocates, Castrejon said, is not to undermine traditional public education but to support a range of successful schools.

Indeed, he is clearly using the Commissioner's network to UNDERMINE traditional public schools and a unionized teaching staff whenever the opportunity arises.

Those skeptical of the charter - school movement fear that their existence may undermine traditional public schools without providing any significant improvement in education.

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He later said that the Roman Catholic Church «in no way [wishes to] undermine the traditional American principle of separation of Church and State» and that «public funds were neither sought nor expected», for school construction and teaching services at least.

Second, in moving Labour on to the centre ground, the New Labour project has seemingly undermined public support for traditional Labour values — such as a more equal society.

This steady drumbeat has undermined confidence in our traditional public schools — far more than is warranted in my opinion.

However, subsequent chain of events have made its goals crystal clear — allow the Bridgeport Public School to be decimated, undermined; and then, point to the failure of the traditional public school system in BridgPublic School to be decimated, undermined; and then, point to the failure of the traditional public school system in Bridgpublic school system in Bridgeport.

While most legislators would agree that local control of public schools is important, this bill would take all control over the creation of charter schools out of the hands of local officials and give it to an unelected state commission — while simultaneously undermining the financial structure of traditional schools which are under local control.

While her nomination gave exposure to an honest and passionate debate about charter schools as an alternative to traditional public schools, her hardline opposition to any real accountability for these publicly funded, privately run schools undermined their founding principle as well as her support.

But perhaps the most disturbing outcome of all, although one anticipated and welcomed by the pro-market ideologues, is the undermining of traditional public school districts.