Sentences with phrase «actually increased education funding»

Nutter was furious at the broadside and countered with a video of his own, claiming he has actually increased education funding and blames the state — read Governor Tom Corbett — for the shortfall.

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As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

Education secretary Michael Gove told the Commons that payments being made to poorer students will actually increase under the scheme, which would have access to # 180 million funds - compared to # 500 million for the original.

The alignment that Kahlenberg sees between teachers unions» desire to increase education spending and the interests of students would only be a real concordance if the unions facilitated the use of those funds in ways that actually improved outcomes.

Some lawmakers continue to say that last year's General Assembly funded public education at higher levels than ever before, but if you take into account inflation and increased enrollment, per pupil funding actually dropped.

At a bare minimum, the students, parents, and education professionals deserve a special session so that the Florida Legislature can actually provide the $ 400 million it pledged for school safety, rather than shuffle all the money around in the education budget and still claim to have increased funding.