Sentences with phrase «away from public school districts»

The shift of funds away from public school districts creates further stresses on traditional public schools.

A controversial proposal before Congress that would redirect federal Impact Aid funding away from public school districts and toward education savings accounts (ESAs) for students in military families is drawing criticism from the very families it is intended to benefit.

NAACP has already released a national statement about charter schools, saying they do not believe it is the direction we should be headed towards, particularly because they increase segregation and take resources away from the public school district.

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The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

Even though the public would have the state take control of local districts when fraud is identified, public opinion is shifting away from federal direction to local control of the schools.

Also, instructional per - pupil spending has increased in all affected public school districts, contradicting the belief that school choice programs take money away from public school students, the report says.

Another district, Cambridge (Mass.) Public Schools, is trying an entirely new model: This fall it moved away from its long - held K — 8 configuration with the creation of a lower school and an upper school, with sixth - through eighth - graders in the upper school still housed within four of the city's elementary buildings.

School unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuSchool unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuschool districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American students.

Whether a district becomes an authorizer or not, charter schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public school for children who used to attend district schools, taking dollars away from those districts.

Charter schools in North Carolina are taking money away from traditional public schools and reducing what services those school districts can provide to their students, according to a new research paper co-authored by a Duke University professor.

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Dora posted an analysis of the initiative by local education expert Dr. Wayne Au, who points out that charter schools are undemocratic, take funds away from struggling public school districts, and — contrary to assertions in the initiative's language — are not better than traditional schools.

And administrators for the statewide CESA and CESA 2, which cover the Madison district, pointed out that authorizing charter schools would have them directing public dollars toward charters and away from the local public schools that belong to and fund CESAs.

These board members then allow charters to enter their districts, and begin siphoning students and public funding away from the public schools.

By moving away from the school district concept of education, it allows for states to serve a more - effective role as regulators — and thus, democratic control of public education as a system of funding the best school options for every child is maintained.

Conservatives insist the program gives children in struggling school districts an alternative, but opponents see it as vote of no confidence in public education and complain it pulls precious state dollars away from public schools.

He said the provision of the law requiring students to have recently obtained an IEP from a public - school district kept many potential applicants away.

But, opponents say the new rules will lead to an expansion of charter schools that will draw money away from traditional public schools and lead to more segregation in school districts.

Administrators and school boards were willing to walk away from the entire school finance bill when the language included in the legislation indicated that traditional schools must equitably share their funding with public charters in their districts.

The districts must fund the schools, which is sometimes viewed as draining money away from public schools.

Rural districts rely heavily on public schools, and many in those areas fear a voucher program could take away resources from their schools.

The bill, which did not move, would have forced the District of Columbia to direct its local funds away from its public schools to pay for students to attend private schools.

Meanwhile, another Republican legislator, State Representative Rosa Rebimbas (R - 70th District) is pushing another ALEC concept, School Vouchers, which are designed to shift scarce public funds away from public schools and give the dollars to private and parochial schools.

It is critical that PA lawmakers who are committed to improving educational opportunities for minority students in low - income districts SUPPORT increased state funding for our public school and OPPOSE school privatization schemes that would drain resources away from the students who need them the most.

«We get what we pay for and when we are taking $ 70 million away [from school districts], I'm very, very concerned about the future of public education, when we have made such gains and strides,» Dunlap said.

That's because nearly 700 students from Eastpointe actually attend school in Lakeview, a public school district five miles away in St. Clair Shores.

Opponents of charter schools, which include many school districts, say they worry that an increasing number of such schools will drain vital dollars away from traditional public schools and create a divided system in which select students attend charter schools and students with special needs fill the traditional schools.

«There is a tipping point for LEAs,» cautioned Cowell, explaining that in school districts where there are high concentrations of charter schools, students» educational experiences in traditional public schools could be compromised as funds are siphoned away from those budgets and into the coffers of charters.

K12 has done everything within its power to increase profits while mismanaging public education resources taken away from district schools.