Not exact matches
But this article on private tuition for special education «burdens» is even worse because the burden on the
district isn't the total
cost, but the
cost for private placement in excess of what the
district would have spent if they had served these disabled students in
traditional public schools.
In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter
Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation
Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how
traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation
schools and
districts are pushing kids into low -
cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the
public and boost test scores and graduation rates.
This funding gap, coupled with the fact that
traditional districts often control access to
public school buildings, means that many charter operators fall back on a «patchwork of solutions» to cover their operating
costs, find adequate
school facilities, and transport students.
Charters will face a second - straight year of flat per student funding, rising
costs, and a glaring funding gap of nearly $ 4,000 compared to
public operating funding for
traditional district schools.
Collaborative leaders emphasized additional research will also be needed in several areas, including a full capital study to examine the
costs of charter and
traditional public schools; a review of literate and illiterate poverty, and concentration of poverty by
district; and a full transportation
costs study.
District officials say that means
traditional public schools were essentially underwriting some of the
costs for charters.
Our mission is to assist
public school districts by providing innovative educational programs to students, at no
cost, who have not experienced success in the
traditional school setting.
A
cost - benefit analysis of the alternative
school or program in relation to a
traditional public school within the
school district.