Nonprofit Looks To Expand School Choice In Wyoming

Those options include online learning, homeschooling, traditional public schools, charter, magnet and private schools.

“My concern is and always will be for these kids and the kids in our public school system, in the classroom, the local library and at their kitchen table, whatever option they choose”, he said. These events are planned to coincide with National School Choice Week, the largest celebration of opportunity in education in US history.

St. Paul’s provides educational opportunities for children from ages 2 to 6. The event was part of the National School Choice Week, which is celebrated in 50 states. Like I said charter schools are public schools.

“It should be important to parents they spend an very bad lot of time at school, in the informative years”. There is home school, independent study, charter schools. I’m not here to advocate that we sacrifice one school or degrade one system for the other.

Ryan Cantrell, regional advocacy and political director of the American Federation for Children, said 5,700 scholarships of about $4,100 each have been awarded to parents whose children attend schools of their choice.

Broad-based school choice can also reduce the need to purchase a house in a high-performing school district.

Armed with this information, parents, educators, lawmakers and philanthropists can make better decisions about how parental choice and transformational education reform fits into the nation’s overall educational strategies. This process is called open enrollment, or public school choice. And although you may not get a small town feel at Minot’s Public High school, the range of courses you are able to take is much larger. He said the school choice bill could also create unfair advantages on the playing field. Let’s talk about how we can help our students through increased access to early childhood education, better resources in our school, teachers who are both well trained and well compensated, and standards that evaluate traditional schools and public charter schools equally. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and together, we must do everything possible to prepare them for success.