Sentences with phrase «adequate school funding»

In 2006, the state's highest court ruled that the state had not met its constitutional responsibility to ensure adequate school funding.

We will be demonstrating in front of our schools in the morning, and we invite parents and students to join us in our call for adequate school funding.

We should urge those in decision - making positions to support adequate school funding.

This document presents a brief explanation of the goal of school finance reforms, followed by summaries of the main bodies of evidence that illustrate how equitable and adequate school funding improves student outcomes.

On November 18, 19 and 20, participants gathered in front of their schools and worksites taking pictures with signs to raise their concerns about over-testing, school closures, and lack of adequate school funding.

But now the state faces a lawsuit brought by the Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia.

In Oklahoma, teachers stood up to legislators who called them «extortionists» for demanding adequate school funding.

Chad comes to us from the Alliance for Quality Education where he served as Statewide Campaign Coordinator, working with small cities and poor rural areas to ensure adequate school funding regardless of zip code.

Malloy not only squandered the opportunity to develop a constitutionally adequate school funding system, he used his budget authority to make the state's school funding programs even more unfair.

At EPIC, she led several large projects including a multi-method study to determine adequate school funding in the state of Washington.

Although national attention has been focused elsewhere, there have been dramatic improvements in equality of school funding over the last two decades, many spurred by a series of state court rulings demanding more adequate school funding.

In addition to this message, we advocated for legislators to provide adequate school funding, since this was a year in which the biennium state budget is crafted.

Re the Court's decision on CA's stunning lack of adequate school funding: I would like to see an article by a legal expert on why lawsuits objecting to the scurrilously low levels of CA's school funding are not upheld.

Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy was one of the original plaintiffs in the case court aimed at forcing the State of Connecticut to implement an adequate school funding formula.

Consistent with other national polls on education, the largest number of respondents to our survey said that adequate school funding was very important or important.

Most parents support fair, adequate school funding, smaller class sizes, and experienced teachers who are respected as professionals.

While North Carolina continues on a path of disinvestment in public education, equitable and adequate school funding is perhaps more critical than ever now that children from low - income families make up the majority in the United States» public schools, according to a report released by the Southern Education Foundation earlier this year.

Though the CCJEF v. Rell trial, Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled that the Connecticut provides more than adequate school funding, his actual findings of fact, found in the Appendix to his decision, confirm CCJEF's claims that public schools are woefully under - resourced.

All students deserve the kinds of resources and opportunities that will help them succeed, from rigorous academics and adequate school funding to wraparound health supports and out - of - school learning programs.

Equitable and adequate school funding are mechanisms for helping to close achievement gaps between low - income students and their wealthier peers and for helping all students reach their potential to become healthy and productive citizens.

Adequate school funding ensures that there are enough resources for each and every student.

Better pre-school programs, more highly - qualified teachers, a rigorous curriculum, and fair and adequate school funding can lead to increased student achievement.