Sentences with phrase «with school choice supporters»

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While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

Howard Fuller talks with EdNext editor - in - chief Marty West about his reaction to the election results, his thoughts on Betsy DeVos, and what supporters of school choice can do now.

School choice supporters are split over the program's strict accountability provisions, however, which some say represent over-regulation by the state but which others claim are on par with the expectations for traditional public and charter schools.

I am a fierce supporter of school choice — and that includes vouchers, tax credits, opportunity scholarships and all the other devices that make private schools part of the choice equation — and I am broadly on team two, believing we have a moral obligation to empower parents with more choices and greater freedom in how they choose to educate their child.

Supporters of charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of school choice anticipate a friendlier climate with President - elect Donald Trump's selection of school - choice advocate Betsy DeVos to serve as secretary of Education.

Education Week's Politics K - 12 reported that Rob Goad, an aide to US Rep. Luke Messer, a school choice supporter, will be helping Trump with a more complete plan.

December 7, 2016 — Supporters of charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of school choice anticipate a friendlier climate with President - elect Donald Trump's selection of school - choice advocate Betsy DeVos to serve as secretary of Education.

DeVos is a «strong supporter of school choice» with «limited experience with public education,» as NPR's Eric Westervelt has reported:

That's precisely what many school - choice supporters fear — moving away from state - by - state decisions on these sensitive issues to a one - size - fits - all approach with Uncle Sam as regulator - in - chief.

We are excited for the Governor's announcement and will keep our supporters up - to - date with the latest school choice news.

On November 13 in Los Angeles, our ability to impact real time decision making was vividly demonstrated as 1,500 plus parents and charter school supporters rallied with Families that Can to defeat LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's resolution to limit parent choice.

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More than 1,500 school choice supporters rallied at the Ohio Statehouse today to encourage Ohio's elected leaders to support empowering Ohio families and students with educational options.

As supporters of public school choice policies that provide students — regardless of zip code — with the great teachers and quality schools that they need to succeed, we are proud to celebrate National School Choice Weekschool choice policies that provide students — regardless of zip code — with the great teachers and quality schools that they need to succeed, we are proud to celebrate National School Choice Weekchoice policies that provide students — regardless of zip code — with the great teachers and quality schools that they need to succeed, we are proud to celebrate National School Choice WeekSchool Choice WeekChoice Week 2017.

The story raised some eyebrows among charter school proponents with its claim that John Austin, the president of the Michigan State Board of Education, is a supporter of school choice.

School choice supporters started the New Year with a first - round victory against a lawsuit that demonstrates how desperate school choice opponents are to halt meaningful education rSchool choice supporters started the New Year with a first - round victory against a lawsuit that demonstrates how desperate school choice opponents are to halt meaningful education rschool choice opponents are to halt meaningful education reform.

Equity concerns surface in other ways, with few publicly supported, private school choice programs employing the sliding scales for family income and scholarship value that liberal voucher supporters in the «60s and «70s thought crucial.

Even if they disagree with the general assessment of the danger that vouchers pose to private schools, school choice supporters need the most powerful coalition they can muster to pass and defend school choice legislation.

In other states, the launch and expansion of voucher programs should be used by school choice supporters as an opportunity to team up with school data quality activists such as the Data Quality Campaign to push for the overhaul of existing data systems and the launch of new, more - comprehensive systems.

And given the problems faced in the charter schools sector — including news stories about charter school operators that have woefully managed their financial operations (and ultimately, the taxpayer dollars with which they are trusted), and the religiously - bigoted, xenophobic suspicions about the Cosmos Foundation charter schools — voucher supporters must step up their own efforts to defend school choice.

Supporters of voucher programs assert that the programs offer parents much - needed choice, as vouchers allow parents to shop around for a school that best meets their child's needs.14 However, this choice comes with a high cost.

With school choice becoming a tactic of school reform that has gained both ardent supporters and staunch opponents, biases can emerge in the qualitative data and the way it is presented.

DeVos was brought on as education secretary by President Donald Trump this year after a long history as a school choice advocate and, along with her family, active Republican fundraisers and financial supporters.