Not exact matches
Indeed, the best district for choice in the country should be one in which families are choosing between multiple
quality options without having to trade off academic outcomes, proximity, and
school model.
Each year that parents go
without high -
quality school options, their children are being denied a path to college success and active participation in our democracy.
If you don't really know whether
schools are on the left or right end of some curve of
quality, closing
schools just limits
options without improving long - term outcomes.
Of course,
school choice is no choice at all
without quality options.
«Establishing high -
quality school options in every neighborhood throughout Chicago is among our highest priorities, but we can not make that a reality
without a rigorous accountability policy that holds every public
school in Chicago to the same standard,» he said.
Despite strong public support for greater parental
options in choosing
quality schools, charter
schools have not grown
without controversy and opposition.
Just as importantly, the waiver gambit reaffirms the role of states in structuring education
without holding them accountable for how they spend federal dollars (or for providing them with high -
quality teaching, curricula, and
school options); this includes the administration's move through the waiver process to bless implementation of Plessy v. Ferguson - like proficiency targets that allow districts and other
school operators to effectively ignore poor and minority students.
Despite living in an area that that boasts one of the largest economies in the world, well over 40,000 students of Silicon Valley students come from low income families and are struggling academically
without access to high -
quality options for
school.
Whether or not you think that the kids at AF are exactly the same demographics as other urban public
schools, the fact remains that parents
without any other
quality educational
options have chosen to send their kids to a charter
school.