Sentences with phrase «despite federal education funding»

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«However, despite the fact that 99 percent of this federal funding would go to traditional public schools, union leadership has tried to kill this education reform legislation because it increases the cap on public charter schools, which don't necessarily have to be unionized.»

In the final report of a three - part national assessment of Chapter 1, mandated by the Congress in 1983, an independent research team says that, despite an overhaul of the program's authorizing legislation in 1981, the services it funds and the kinds of students it serves have remained relatively stable since the federal government began financing compensatory education in 1965.

Despite these economic challenges, only 22 percent of federal education funds are directed toward rural school districts.

Districts then had nearly unfettered control over how these funds were spent; activities merely had to comport with four major federal education statutes, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — laws that, despite many years and billions invested, hadn't adequately improved oureducation statutes, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — laws that, despite many years and billions invested, hadn't adequately improved ourEducation Act — laws that, despite many years and billions invested, hadn't adequately improved our schools.

Despite admitting there are some instances around the country where the implementation of Gonski funding has improved outcomes in schools, Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham said the government does not believe increased funding automatically improves educational and student outcomes.

Despite the Federal Government's teacher education reforms and the push for evidence - based teaching, less than 2 % of ARC research funding is directed to educational research.

Washington — Despite vigorous lobbying by higher - education groups, the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee last week approved a bill directing the bulk of federal vocational - education funds to secondary schools.

Despite promises to fully fund IDEA federal special education funding has continued to decline, leaving to states and local school districts that are struggling to meet the requirements of this important federal law without the necessary federal funding.

Despite these advantages, federal education technology investments, including funding for badly needed professional learning, declined significantly over the past decade.

The problem to be solved in their eyes is not why increasing federal and state funds targeted to low - performing schools and students over 50 years has been generally ineffective, but how our educational institutions for K - 12 can address low achievement despite the fact that the various education interventions, strategies, policies, and regulations that policy makers in the U.S. Department of Education have imposed have mostly failed to move theducation interventions, strategies, policies, and regulations that policy makers in the U.S. Department of Education have imposed have mostly failed to move thEducation have imposed have mostly failed to move the needle.

Worse yet, funding has continued to go to the federal Department of Education despite its poor showing for all the federal money it was given to distribute to the states and local school districts.

The session focused on how the Kentucky Education Association (KEA), state Department of Education, school districts and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) are reforming education in Kentucky despite not receiving the first round of federal Race to the TopEducation Association (KEA), state Department of Education, school districts and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) are reforming education in Kentucky despite not receiving the first round of federal Race to the TopEducation, school districts and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) are reforming education in Kentucky despite not receiving the first round of federal Race to the Topeducation in Kentucky despite not receiving the first round of federal Race to the Top funding.

Despite recent policy initiatives and substantial federal funding of individually oriented relationship education programs for youth, there have been no meta - analytic reviews of this growing field.