It comes straight out of the school of public-choice economics, which says that the public sector seeks power in the same way that private companies do.
Give at-risk and low-performing students more money to bring with them to the public school of their choice.
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We tell you how to be a cut-rate Ted Turner by buying into a shared ranch ( Living Large on Less), how to trade off the cost of a house against the cost of private-school tuition ( Public Choice) and how to get more from your greens fees ( Golf A La Carte).
In Milwaukee some 10, 000 pupils, or about 10% of the public school enrolment, go to choice schools.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin some 10, 000 pupils, or about 10% of the public school enrollment, go to choice schools.
The latest available research indicates that competitive remedies such as school choice and private management of public schools show promising results for improving student achievement.
But they were daunted by a presenter at their top public school choice, who told hundreds of assembled parents that once sibling placements had been factored in, there were 34 available slots.
At no point in this process will comparing charters or private schools and public schools reflect the largest gains of school choice.
The mainstream public school system, which offers parents no choice of school, has failed pupils precisely because unionised teachers had (and have) too much power.
That she is backing the full corporatization of public schools in Florida goes well beyond simply advocating for school choice.
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Previously only allowed to pay for college education from personal funds, the new-fangled ESA allows parents to apply public school funding earmarked for their child to the educational services of their choice.
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Enabled by a strong school-reform movement within the Democratic party, emboldened Republicans have waged an all-out assault on teachers, public education, and public unions and masked it all in the language of school choice and accountability.
If the moves in those other states are any indication, collective-bargaining is next in line followed by the expansion of school choice and the injection of more corporate money and influence into the public education system.
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Dean also touched on education, drawing gasps from the audience when he asked the legislature to help him craft a school choice bill, citing a "lack of equity" for those who are dissatisfied with their public school.
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