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Ohio Parents Urged to Start School Search for 2014-2015
School Year Right Now, As 'School Choice Week' in Ohio Wraps
Up
'School Choice Week' in the Buckeye State featured a
record-breaking 180 events
If Ohio parents want to choose new schools for their
children for the upcoming (2014-2015) school year, they need
to start researching the schooling options available to
their children right away. That's the message from
organizers of National School Choice Week, which this week
featured 180 events across the Buckeye State and a
history-making 5,500 events nationwide.
School Choice Week focused attention on the importance of
empowering parents with the freedom to choose the K-12
schools that best meet their children's individual learning
needs. The effort's president, Andrew Campanella, said that
the longer parents wait to exercise the options available to
them, the less choices they'll have.
"The process of beginning to research new schools for your
children for 2014-2015 should begin right now," Campanella
said. "Seats in great schools are already filling up for the
next school year, so parents can't afford to wait until the
spring or the summer if they want to select a different
school for their children. The winter is the time to start."
Campanella said that parents should start the school
selection process by making a list of desired attributes
that they hope to see in the ideal school for their child --
such as student achievement in key subject areas, parental
involvement at the school level, class sizes, the theme of a
school, or the qualifications of school personnel -- and
then visit schools that match the criteria developed by the
parent.
"It's important that parents visit the schools that their
children might possibly attend, and ask as many questions as
necessary of teachers, principals, and other parents," Campanella
said. "Selecting a school for your child is a very personal
decision. Every child is unique and different, and there is
no 'one-size-fits-all' approach to educating children."
National School Choice Week raises awareness of the need for
effective education options for parents, including
traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet
schools, online academies, private schools, and
homeschooling. The goal of the effort is to inform and
educate parents about the school choice options available to
them, while providing a platform for families to demand even
greater opportunities.
For a list of the specific types of school choice programs
and policies in Ohio, visit
www.schoolchoiceweek.com/states |
