Sentences with phrase «voucher schools than others»

Certain groups of DC students have less access to voucher schools than others.

Not exact matches

«School choice is enhanced when voucher schools or other alternatives supported on the public dime report more rather than less information,» said Cowen, associate professor of education policy and teacher education.

Polling by Education Next and others continues to find that the public prefers universal programs to means - tested approaches — responding more positively, for instance, to the notion of vouchers for all than to vouchers for low - income families only (see «The 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform,» features, Winter 2016).

In theory, the concept might appeal to those who think taxpayers who don't use public schools should get other benefits instead — and to proponents of allowing parents even greater flexibility and choice than vouchers offer them.

In the voucher program's first five years, more than $ 27 million that could have gone toward reduction of class size or other reforms for the 76,000 children who attend Cleveland's public schools was instead diverted to vouchers.

But there's no evidence that children with disabilities need additional education options more than any other youngsters in underperforming schools, or that vouchers address the underlying problems in special education.

Still other researchers with national credentials report that low - income voucher students in Milwaukee graduate from high schools at higher rates than do public school students.

Families who won the voucher lottery were told that scholarship renewal was dependent on participation in annual testing at a designated site other than the child's school.

Overall on the FCAT reading test, voucher - eligible schools gained 5.2 points more than other schools gained.

Each of these results is statistically significant at a very high level, meaning that we can be highly confident that the test - score gains made by schools facing the actuality or prospect of voucher competition were larger than the gains made by other public schools.

Could the gains witnessed among voucher - eligible and voucher - threatened schools actually be the product of some influence other than their being forced to compete against private schools?

These schools have never received any grade other than D. Thus always - D schools are not voucher threatened, but they face the prospect of becoming so.

The sometimes - D schools experienced year - to - year changes in FCAT math scores that were only 2.4 points higher than all other Florida public schools, significantly less than the gains in both voucher - eligible and voucher - threatened schools.

According to a report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the private school participation rate in the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), a highly regulated traditional school voucher program, is considerably lower than in other states.

Not only is the case for such schools strong in terms of academics, but vouchers to provide access to them are more promising than any other strategy I know for making measurable dents in poverty.

It found that, because they got a voucher, parents «were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent - teacher organizations, and other education groups» than parents of students at traditional district schools with a similar demographic profile.

Many families support voucher programs, as it allows them to use tax dollars they pay for education, but aren't able to use otherwise if they elect to attend a school other than the local private school.

The research is clear, these (vouchers) do not benefit those students, they do not benefit those schools, other than their bottom line, and they hurt public education.

Pinsky said that rather than try to influence those policies through the confirmation process, lawmakers could intervene legislatively if they saw a new superintendent adopt policies on vouchers, charter schools and other matters that he described as out of the mainstream.

Betty Mitchell, head of the school, and five of her relatives and one other woman accepted more than $ 200,000 in state voucher money, textbook publishers and even landscapers — all money intended for disabled children who didn't even attend the school.

Unless North Carolina requires the same level of accountability and transparency from the private and religious schools that receive vouchers as it requires from other schools that receive public money, it is making education policy on hunches and ideology rather than real data.

A Manhattan Institute study of a school choice program in San Antonio found that vouchers and other choice opportunities help rather than hurt the local public school system.

PESAs divert funds from traditional, inclusive public schools and have higher administrative costs than other voucher programs.

On the other hand, finding the number of students in Indiana that attended a public school for the preceding two semesters and who are from families earning up to 150 percent of free and reduced - price lunch (FRL), students in the state that have an IEP and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL, students who are zoned to attend a school designated «F» and are from families earning up to 150 percent of FRL, students and siblings of students who received a minimum of a $ 500 tax - credit scholarship in the previous year in Indiana, and students who received a voucher in the previous year in Indiana and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL — :: deep breath:: — can take more than one day and be a bit eye - crossing.

She's taking on that responsibility at a time when education policy is even more intensely politicized than usual, as President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have sought to promote parents» access to charter schools, private - school vouchers and other alternatives to public schools.

Takeovers and other methods of proliferating charters, such as vouchers, have helped push the number of charter schools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter Sschools in America over the 6,400 mark in 2013 - 14, with more than 2.5 million students enrolled, according to The National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsSchools.

Estimates show school voucher programs alone have saved more than $ 1.7 billion, or $ 3,400 per voucher per student on average, which could then be used to boost per - pupil funding in public schools, pay off debt or bolster other public programs.

Participation in voucher and education savings account (ESA) programs, which fund private school tuition and other educational expenses, has more than doubled in the past 5 years, with enrollment expansion increasing from about 70,000 to 147,000 and funds provided for the students increasing from $ 400 million to $ 859 million.

The impact of attending a participating D.C. voucher school on math achievement is a larger decrease than all other factors that the authors reviewed.

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.

Vouchers don't provide an actual choice for students living in rural areas who have few, if any, access points to schools other than their local public schools.

NSBA urges Congress to reject the implementation of a federal voucher program or other voucher alternatives and to work with us to improve, not weaken our public schools — which educate more than 50 million students.

And although the state's voucher program has more stringent academic expectations than many others — private schools must give the same state tests as public schools, are graded on the same A-to-F scale and can be prohibited from accepting new voucher students if they perform poorly — there are loopholes.

But Trump's stunning election is likely to mean a clear contrast with some key Obama administration policies, including a vigorous push for federally funded private school vouchers and a downsizing of the Education Department, which has arguably exercised more influence under Obama than at any other point.

He is making his second run for the position and opposes the Common Core State Standards and favors expansion of educational options — including taxpayer - funded vouchers — other than public schools.

At the time the Fund Education Now brief was written, the voucher was worth about $ 4,500, far less than the cost of the private or religious schools available to the children of Jeb Bush and other elites.

Some of the better - regarded voucher schools have fewer spots than applicants, McCarthy said, while others may have more spots than applicants.