Sentences with phrase «whether public school choice»

It also raises questions about whether public school choice, as presently constructed, can have anywhere near the impact its supporters have long hoped.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

The coming debate will be over whether the solution is to create a more sweeping form of public school choice or to revive private school vouchers to create the alternative the public system has so far squelched.

(A major reason for the failure of «public school choice» under NCLB is that nobody knew for sure before August or September whether their kids had the right to change schools that year.)

For years, reformers of left and right have dueled over whether the best way to shake up poorly performing public schools is to provide parents with the opportunity to switch to private schools (through vouchers) or to allow parents to move their children to better public schools (through public school choice).

Colorful combatants in Washington and across the nation — like jaunty roosters embroiled in a cockfight — remain locked in battle over school choice and whether to further de-center public institutions.

In the United States, the school - choice debate centers on whether parents should have the right to send their children to the public school of their choice rather...

When first explaining that a «school voucher system allows parents the option of sending their child to the school of their choice, whether that school is public or private, including both religious and non-religious schools» using «tax dollars currently allocated to a school district,» support increased to 63 percent and opposition increased to 33 percent.

Whether district - run, state - run, or charters, all of these schools operate under a system of public choice without attendance zones.

Since students in Cleveland could choose to attend a private school, a public magnet school, or a charter school, the Court reasoned that the existence of magnet and charter schools should be considered in assessing whether students have a genuine choice among secular and religious schools.

We found that opposition to vouchers declined by 7 percentage points between 2016 and 2017 when we asked respondents whether they favored giving «all families with children in public schools a wider choice by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with the government helping to pay the tuition.»

School choice attempts to level the playing field between students of different backgrounds by making it possible for all families to have access to a city's high - quality public schools — whether students live near these schools or not.

Kids are assigned to have the choice of attending a public school, and researchers test whether that choice leads to better results (not whether the schools they could attend are better than the schools they could leave).

The principal question is whether the degree of public school choice at the school district level is associated with racial imbalance between school enrollment and the school - age population of the geographical catchment areas of the district's schools.

Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high - quality public schools, increased parental choice, or a material increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.

Instead they provide direction for continued need to address low performing schools, whether they are traditional public schools or schools of choice.

The principal question is whether the degree of public school choice at the district level is associated with within district racial imbalance between school enrollment and the school - age population of individual schools» geographical catchment areas.

One of the biggest debates raging in education policy today is whether schools of choice are serving their fair share of the hardest - to - educate students or abandoning them to traditional public schools.

Legislation advancing education choice tears down barriers and empowers parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Now that the Trump administration has made school choice a cornerstone of its education policy, we thought it would be worth exploring how charter schools work, who runs them, how they're funded and whether they work better than the traditional public schools they're often competing against.

But the Trump agenda goes further by calling for federal dollars to follow low - income students into the school of their choice, whether private, public, or home school.

But in cities with multiple public school options, how can civic leaders create a choice system that works for all families, whether they choose a charter or district public school?

Education choice policies empower parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Whether it is a private school, public school, charter school, or any other form of education a parent chooses, school choice provides parents with new choices and introduces competition into the system -LSB-...]

Education choice allows tax dollars to follow students to the schools or services that best meet their needs, and parents have the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

The proposed expansion of school choice in Wisconsin comes at a time when President Barack Obama and Republicans are promoting charter schools and teacher accountability, while skeptics question whether choice programs have proven to be any more effective than traditional public schools.

So putting aside the question of whether vouchers actually help the kids who use them, we wondered: Does research show that school choice, and specifically vouchers, help public schools get better?

Americans recognize the value of choice in education — whether that choice means traditional public schooling, homeschooling, or anything in between.»

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Whether it is a private school, public school, charter school, or any other form of education a parent chooses, school choice provides parents with new choices and introduces competition into the system by driving both success and innovation.

We hope that we can continue to partner with the district in innovative ways to turn around low - performing schools — whether it's an equitable Public School Choice process or other reform initiative — and to pursue our common goal of ensuring that every student in Los Angeles receives a high - quality public education.&Public School Choice process or other reform initiative — and to pursue our common goal of ensuring that every student in Los Angeles receives a high - quality public education.&public education.»

In 2016, $ 121 billion in federal Pell Grants and new student loans followed 11 million college students to accredited public, private or religious schools of their choice, whether Notre Dame, Yeshiva, the University of Tennessee or Nashville's auto diesel college.

Explore the 61 educational choice programs available across America and find out whether your state has other public and home school choice options, too.

We have a lot of choice in public schools, in fact in Lubbock, Texas we have almost 29,000 kids and almost 14,000 go to a school of choice, whether it's within our district, or district to district, or private school, or charter school, or homeschool.»

Higher performing schools whether private, public, public Charter, virtual or magnet schools should have opportunities for all families regards of income, race, religion, sexuality or learning ability should be provided the opportunity to attend schools in their community or their school of choice.

The Rhode Island League of Charter Schools celebrates the successes and valuable learning opportunities charter public schools provide for many students, but recognizes the decision of whether a traditional or charter public school is best for a child is a choice left up to each Schools celebrates the successes and valuable learning opportunities charter public schools provide for many students, but recognizes the decision of whether a traditional or charter public school is best for a child is a choice left up to each schools provide for many students, but recognizes the decision of whether a traditional or charter public school is best for a child is a choice left up to each family.

Democratic and Republican candidates supporting school choice were successful across the state, showing that Florida's families believe it is their right to choose the best high quality school for their child, whether public, private, charter or virtual.

We assist students and their families in exploring the range of options available, taking into account specific programs and curricula, school cultures, geographic locations, specialized programs, the choice of public or independent, and whether they prefer boarding or day schools.

It's the opinion of this and other school choice supporters that public education exists to fund the best possible education for every child, whether that's at a district school, private school, parochial school, home school, or other service provider.

Today, in Indiana, all schools are schools of choice, and all parents have the freedom to find the best learning environment for their children — whether that's a traditional public school, a public charter school, or a voucher participating private school.

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To Betsy DeVos, school choice is not simply the inherent right that every parent has to choose their child's educational setting, it is all about requiring taxpayers to pick up the tab for that parent's private individual choice, regardless of whether the parent chooses a public school, a charter school, a nonprofit private school, a religious school or even a fly - by - night online virtual school.

In an environment where public schools face criticism for not being agile or forward - thinking enough, it's worth debating whether this kind of thinking has contributed to the rise of competition and choice.

Going from country to country, it is clear that more competition — whether through public or private school choice measures — leads to higher test scores for public and private schools alike.

We can debate the point whether or not charters are public schools, but I think the more important question is whether charters are providing viable school choices that families want.