By Gary Grado – gary.grado@azcapitoltimes.com Published: February 20, 2012 at 7:16 am More » . The Goldwater Institute looked to a group of community organizers and Democratic operatives for inspiration for its latest school choice idea. The institute helped draft and is advocating for SB1204, which would allow parents of students attending failing schools to close [...]
Are Gov. Bobby Jindal’s ideas on education a school reform plan or a school choice plan? School reform, of course, can mean a lot of things, but in Jindal’s plan it is focused mainly on a tough new assessment of teacher quality, including up to 50 percent of a teacher’s performance based on student test [...]
The Senate version now heads to the House for consideration. Earlier this week, the Virginia House of Delegates passed similar legislation by a bipartisan vote of 65-35. Governor Bob McDonnell is expected to sign a final version of the bill into law. Instrumental in the passage of both plans were Delegate Jimmie Massie and Senator [...]
Print this Article Email this Article Because we have not seen any proof that the educational opportunities being offered at Little Harbour School are in any way superior to those offered at Dondero or New Franklin; Because all three elementary schools in the district are considered “schools in need of improvement” under the federal No [...]
Print this Article Email this Article PORTSMOUTH — The School Board on Tuesday night quietly passed a measure that would prevent a repeat of the school-choice controversy that divided two elementary school communities last summer. The board unanimously voted to prevent non-Title 1 schools cited as in need of improvement from being offered as a [...]
Joseph Kelley said his son Rashawn was struggling in D.C. public schools before his scholarship. “Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President Obama’s budget eliminates funding for the popular program. Jackson sounded torn about which was worse. [...]
MANCHESTER — The Manchester School District is considering changes to school choice rules that would limit parents from moving their children from one school to another. Superintendent of Schools Thomas Brennan said Wednesday his office is considering the change after the state Department of Education altered its rules. “This doesn’t mean the district doesn’t have [...]
Curtis Loftis By Curtis Loftis || More than 15,000 low-income students attend private schools in South Carolina. Their parents scrimp and save. They make sacrifices. They’ve put their children’s education at the top of the family’s financial priority list. Those parents also pay taxes. More than $8.5 million this year in state income taxes alone. [...]
Curtis Loftis By Curtis Loftis || More than 15,000 low-income students attend private schools in South Carolina. Their parents scrimp and save. They make sacrifices. They’ve put their children’s education at the top of the family’s financial priority list. Those parents also pay taxes. More than $8.5 million this year in state income taxes alone. [...]
Hillsborough School Choice Options Since the mid-1990s, Hillsborough County Public Schools have increased the options for parents to choose a school for their child besides the one assigned to them based on their address. Three times during the year, an application window opens to allow students the chance to enroll at a school of their [...]
Market dynamics work well in so many facets of American life, fostering competition which in turn spurs innovation, adaptation and often, excellence. But public education is not an area where market forces — which by definition create winners and losers — should reign. Maine’s Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen last month unveiled a plan to reconceive [...]
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by William J. Mathis, managing director of the National Education Policy Center and a former Vermont superintendent. He is a member of the Vermont State Board of Education. The views expressed are his own. School choice has again blipped onto the Vermont political screen. The federal government is bringing pressure [...]
Printer-friendly version Email story link Fewer transfers are allowed in name of more balanced schools By Jennifer Anderson The Portland Tribune, Feb 9, 2012 Christopher Onstott / Portland Tribune Seventh-grader Dylan Wells (left) might have applied for a spot at Grant High School when it’s time to start high school but now doesn’t have [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 3–> RICHMOND – Gov. Bob McDonnell, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and other Republican officials called for more “school choice,” including helping low-income students attend private schools, at a rally at Capitol Square on Tuesday. They were joined by several hundred students from Richmond-area private schools and other school choice supporters. The rally [...]
JACKSON — Cynthia Jackson is imprisoned by her zip code. She lives in Canton, works as an anesthesia technician, and is a single mother to Will, a 5th grader in Canton public schools. And there’s the problem. Will is earning good grades and wants to excel. But Cynthia knows that her son is not being [...]
Gov. Tom Corbett and the Legislature have a legal obligation to support public schools. They should focus on what they are already obligated to do, restore the funding they have removed, and refrain from making drastic changes that will inevitably impact negatively on Pennsylvania’s public school system. Public schools in Pennsylvania are doing very well. [...]
In the world of business, when one company has a monopoly on the market, there is less incentive to be effective or efficient. Healthy competition, on the other hand, fosters growth and success. The same can be applied to educational systems. Topics Students Teaching and Learning Customs and Tradition See more topics » Providing alternatives [...]
Posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:00 am School choice period opens Monday By GAYLE PEREZ | gperez@chieftain.com The Pueblo Chieftain | 0 comments The open enrollment period begins Monday for students who plan to attend a school outside their attendance area in the Pueblo City Schools district (D60). Parents who would like to have their child [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 13–> Springfield’s Kevin Haun does not understand what Dorial Green-Beckham was thinking. When the Hillcrest High School wide receiver slipped on the “Mizzou” hat Wednesday morning and announced he was heading to Columbia to play at the University of Missouri, the longtime Arkansas fan almost walked out of the Hillcrest gym. “I [...]
St. Paul administrators and school board members indicated Tuesday that they will work to ensure student diversity in high-demand schools by reserving spots for applicants from neighborhoods with low income, poor English language skills and low test scores. The unique school choice program was presented to administrators in December by an “integration/choice” committee made up [...]
This is National School Choice Week. Even the never-ending dose of bad economic news is child’s play compared to our failing government-run education system. The accelerating decline of our public school system is the shame of this once-great country. I call our public school system “Every Child Left Behind.” How bad is public education? Despite [...]
By Stephanie Snyder, Cronkite News Service Published: January 30, 2012 at 7:29 am The Alliance for School Choice’s sixth annual report, “School Choice Now: The Year of School Choice,” highlighted Arizona’s education savings account program as a model for the nation. (Graphic courtesy the Alliance for School Choice) WASHINGTON – Arizona earned high marks for [...]
By Stephanie Snyder, Cronkite News Service Published: January 30, 2012 at 7:29 am The Alliance for School Choice’s sixth annual report, “School Choice Now: The Year of School Choice,” highlighted Arizona’s education savings account program as a model for the nation. (Graphic courtesy the Alliance for School Choice) WASHINGTON – Arizona earned high marks for [...]
Download image Organizers say National School Choice Week is the just the beginning of a new level of involvement and empowerment for millions of parents nationwide; Offer 5 year-round tips for parents and citizens PHOENIX, Jan. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National School Choice Week concludes today, marking the largest celebration of education reform in American [...]
This week has marked the second annual National School Choice Week. Parents, students and advocates across the country are celebrating effective education options for all children. Last year’s town halls, legislative briefings, rallies and festivities brought school choice to the forefront of the educational reform debate, spurring lawmakers to pass meaningful legislation in seven states [...]
Print 5:00 AM By: Vince Gallagher Kingston Catholic School is participating in National School Choice Week. The mission is to empower parents to select what they feel is the best school for their children. Vince Gallagher reports. ‘); if(infobox==’True’ ShowInfoBox_l571543_1==false){ jQuery(“#player_infobarl571543_1″).trigger(‘click’); ShowInfoBox_l571543_1==true; } }; $.setup_player(Play_Conf); //info bar setup jQuery(‘#player_infobarl571543_1′).click(function() { var $info =jQuery(‘#player_info_contentl571543_1′); if($info.text()!=”){ var $content [...]
By Andrew Campanella, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Andrew Campanella is the vice president of public affairs for National School Choice Week. He is the former national director of communications at the American Federation for Children, the school choice movement’s largest lobbying and political organization, and was also a senior adviser for the federation’s nonprofit [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 8–> ST. GEORGE – Supporters of more choice in education launched a nationwide campaign over the weekend advocating that parents be more aware of educational options like private schools, home schooling, online learning and charter schools. Touted by supporters as a movement to improve education – but criticized by some as a [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 — Leading school choice organization will partner with local allies in “The Results of 2011, The Promise of 2012″ WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Alliance for School Choice, a national school choice leader, will unveil its annual School Choice Yearbook—the award-winning publication offering the most comprehensive data on the [...]
School choice makes national waves January 19, 2012 But increasingly, that desire for choice is muscling its way into one of America’s largest monopolies — the public school system. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Governors of 12 states, all of them Republicans, declared Jan. 22-28 “National School Choice Week,” according to organizers of the weeklong event. Not joining them: Florida Gov. Rick Scott. According to The Birmingham News, along with Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin have [...]
A judge upheld Indiana’s private school voucher law last week, rejecting opponents’ arguments that the largest such program in the nation unconstitutionally uses public money to support religion. Indiana Superior Court Judge Michael Keele found the state’s School Choice Scholarship program doesn’t violate the state constitution because Indiana isn’t directly funding parochial schools. Instead, it [...]
<!– –> LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The county is divided into three zones. Parents can choose which school they want their child to apply within their zone.. But then the lottery system assigns them.Families who apply Tuesday don’t have any better chance than families who turn in an application on the last day they’re accepted.This first [...]
School choice: Proposal or empty slogan? Toolbox Print Email link Submit a letter By Thatcher MoatsVERMONT PRESS BUREAU – Published: January 16, 2012 MONTPELIER — In his budget speech last week, Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin proposed education reforms that have been championed in recent years by Republicans, including the idea of allowing all Vermont [...]
National School Choice Week kicks off in Douglas County with an event hosted by a conservative coalition committed to supporting school vouchers. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation will join 710 KNUS Jan. 24, at the Douglas County Events Center with a live telecast event featuring political commentators Dick Morris, Hugh Hewitt and former Congressman Bob [...]
January 13, 2012 Updated Jan 13, 2012 at 10:18 PM EST ARLINGTON, Va. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) — Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program is perfectly constitutional. That, according to a news release issued by the Institute for Justice, was the ruling issued Friday by Marion County Superior Court Judge Michael Keele in Meredith v. Daniels. According to the [...]
BRADENTON – Parents interested in sending their child to a school other than the one to which they are assigned for the 2012-2013 school year, need to apply during the School Choice Open Enrollment Period, which runs from Tuesday, January 17 – Friday, February 3, 2012. The School Choice Open Enrollment Period is especially important [...]
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Athletes who transfer to participate in the school choice program will be eligible to play varsity sports immediately unless their former school complains the move was made for athletic advantage. Normally, athletes who switch schools without moving must sit the first 30 days of the season, but the executive committee of the [...]
Comments | Read all comments on this story. by Martin Jefferies Parents in Kent have less than a week to choose which primary school they want their children to attend next year. The deadline reminder comes as new figures reveal a fifth of the county’s primary schools are at bursting point. Of the 532 primaries in [...]
Faced with increasing competition for district students, the Los Angeles Unified school board will consider proposals that would dismantle the tradition of neighborhood schools and let parents send children to the campus of their choice. A resolution set for a board vote today would order Superintendent John Deasy to come up with a plan to [...]
Your editorial “Republicans for Monopoly” (Dec. 31) lamenting Pennsylvania’s school-choice deadlock misses the real story: The Pennsylvania House passed a massive expansion of the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program—already the largest private choice program in terms of the number of students—by 190 votes to seven. The average credit scholarship is about $1,000 because private [...]
The House has voted 105-90 to reject an education reform plan that would have expanded the state’s tax credit program and overhauled the charter school law. Jay Ostrich, director of public affairs for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, says strong teacher union pressure helped defeat the bill. “Often times what we have seen this [...]
Arizona law allows K-12 students to enroll in any public school in the district where they live, schools in other districts, or in charter schools. They can also receive private or corporate tax-credit scholarships to attend private schools. The state’s newest program, “empowerment savings accounts,” gives them funds to use on private school tuition, home-school [...]
The Friedman Foundation, a pro-school choice group based in Indianapolis, released a study Thursday saying that a good share of Idahoans would support a tax-credit education program in the Gem State. The study polled 2,097 Idaho residents, and nearly 60 percent of respondents said they would send their children to somewhere other than public schools [...]
NEW ORLEANS — A national event put on by supporters of charter schools and taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools is set for later this month in New Orleans. “National School Choice Week” officially kicks off Jan. 21 at the Lakefront Arena with entertainment including the Temptations and Ellis Marsalis. Charter schools — public schools run [...]
Print this Article Email this Article PORTSMOUTH — State Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry says schools such as Little Harbour no longer have to be offered as school choice options. Barry issued a technical advisory Dec. 19 offering guidance on the topic of school choice in New Hampshire. School choice is a provision of the [...]
The Salem School Committee is taking on multiple initiatives relative to the turnaround process in the wake of the November announcement that the Bentley School has fallen to Level 4 status. Issues were discussed at the first regular meeting of the School Committee of 2012 on Tuesday night. Stakeholders, School Meetings Planned A stakeholders turnaround [...]
ATLANTA — You’re invited to the premiere screening of a very important film about Georgia’s public school system. The Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Foundation, a free-market educational organization, will host a screening of Making the Grade in Georgia: Educational Freedom and Justice for All this week. “This documentary uncovers the desperate state of Georgia’s school system, with [...]