We computed real - dollar school budgets, based on
actual staff salaries, and found huge within - district variations in per pupil spending.
Not exact matches
The problem with totally doing away with bonuses at banks is that many of the counter
staff are on less than # 20,000 so need a bonus, but a thirteenth
salary would solve this problem because everyone would receive a proportionate boost according to their
actual responsibility (if they have performed in the first place).
In the Oakland Unified School District, the
actual amount of
staff salaries counts against individual schools» budgets.
Using
actual rather than average teacher
salaries in site - based budgeting would not solve the problem highlighted in the report, namely, that disadvantaged schools are
staffed by cheaper, less - experienced teachers who leave quickly, keeping
salary spending low (and inequitable).
Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider
actual teacher
salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often
staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower
salaries.15 Because educator
salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.
Staff - based school budgets are based on an average teacher
salary instead of
actual teacher
salaries