The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is the nation's largest in terms of actual enrollment.
The UUP's Basil McCrea and Sir Reg Empey both agreed that informed parental choice was important.
But the government says its plans will lead to more "good" schools, and therefore greater parental choice.
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Principal Mark Lehain said the school was "absolutely delighted" and called the ruling "a great decision for parental choice".
Parental choice has already established preferences for certain, often over-subscribed schools, he says.
Bush muted the education issue, which the Democrats thought they owned, by advocating parental choice for our worst performing schools.
Parental choice would not only help children but also aid good, dedicated teachers, who would then get the recognition and compensation they deserve.
Florida Governor Jeb Bush made parental choice his top priority, spending considerable time and political capital to pilot his plan through a not-always-enthusiastic legislature.
The tables keep schools accountable and enhance parental choice, ministers say.
Milwaukee has been experimenting with parental choice for several years.
"Parents certainly will most dearly protect the interests of their children and her imposition of a one size fits all model will deny that parental choice, " said Mr O'Doherty.
The Department for Education and Skills said, in line with its commitment to offer greater degrees of parental choice, it was working with the Steiner group to explore "different, but effective, educational principles".
Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
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However, it has prompted criticism from the DUP and Sinn Fein, as well as the SDLP assembly member and former teacher Sean Rogers who claims Alliance seems prepared to "eliminate parental choice entirely".
"There should be parental choice, " he says clearly.
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"In NARTH's view, a truly scientific response would call for more and better research to answer these questions, not a legislative ban that runs roughshod over professional judgment and parental choice, " said Christopher Rosik, a psychologist.
Unionists accuse the team who produced the report of taking a selective approach to "parental choice" - respecting it when it comes to providing a range of schools with different religious or cultural identities, but not when parents back grammar schools.
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Milwaukee has had a growing parental-choice program for several years.
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