a. Per pupil spending, measured as the percent difference between
dollars per student at alternative and regular schools.
Not exact matches
In comparison, an experimental study of class sizes in Tennessee finds that reducing class size by one - third increases test scores by 4 percentile points in the first year
at a cost of $ 2,151
per student per year (in 1996
dollars).
And while revenue from both state and federal sources increased
at about the same rate as that of districts throughout the state, Reading averaged almost a thousand
dollars more
per student from outside sources than the state average (see Figure 2).
The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending
at the district level; the percentage of
per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher
student outcomes
per dollar spent, and those that do not.
In 2014, researchers
at the University of Arkansas found that, on average, children in NYC charters only received 68 cents on every
dollar received by district children - a gap of about $ 7,623
per student.
We do know the projected population of 728
students will drain
at least $ 4.5 million
dollars per year out of the Leon County school system once it is completely built out.
In 2014, parents of
students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290
students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each
student.2 Those
dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average
per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of
students coming from low - income families.6
Ultimately, schools with higher numbers of
at - risk
students receive more
dollars per student.
At Winburn Middle, we spend over a thousand
dollars less
per student funding that the district average.
Thirty - six states provide fewer cost - adjusted
dollars to their highest - poverty districts than to their lowest - poverty districts, with the national funding gap
at $ 1,348
per student.
But as long as the six home districts of those enrolled
at Hatikvah must hand over several thousand
dollars per student, she understands that any partnership beyond a professional working relationship may be too much to ask for.
Rather, the LCFF defined how the state allocates K - 12
dollars by creating funding targets for a base grant
per student to be provided to all California school districts, adjusted for the number of
students at various grade levels.
The TFA teachers are hired by school principals (whose job it is to know what is best for the particular
students at their school) to teach in their school and pay several thousand more
dollars per teacher than a non-TFA teacher.
This brief authored by Marguerite Roza and Monica Ouijdani provides a state - by - state context by computing the
dollars at stake in marginally raising the number of
students per class.
Most charters,
at least here in Pennsylvania, receive considerably fewer
dollars per student than their traditional public school counterparts.
In the early years of the summer - school program, about 700,000
students enrolled
at the relatively low cost of $ 2 billion, for a
per - capita cost of $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 (all in 2011
dollars).
Notable Quotable: «When districts pay for teachers using average salaries, it creates a loophole that allows for vast differences in
dollars spent
per student at the school level.
Natalie is among the hundreds of high potential
students from low income circumstances who have earned scholarship from College Success Arizona, which provide up to six - thousand
dollars per year for educational expenses, «It is honestly a privilege to even be here
at ASU, and when I found out that I had earned the scholarship from College Success Arizona it meant a lot to me, because it's helping to cover my college expenses.
Generally speaking, town tuitioning allows
students who live in towns that don't have district public schools to receive their
per - pupil education tax
dollars to pay tuition
at a neighboring town's public school or a private school of their choice — sometimes even across state lines for families who live close to state borders.
The district still receives the same
dollar amount
per pupil, yet while
student enrollment has declined, the number of full - time staff
at LAUSD has increased, according to a report commissioned by the district.
Six hundred middle schools and high schools began using our Voces 1st Year Spanish eTextbook during the 60 - day beta test where the eTextbooks were priced
at around a
dollar per student.
There are a lot of great income - driven repayment plans that you can get your loans capped
at 10 to 15 % of your discretionary income, which is a great deal — and if you don't make a lot of money, like say you're unemployed — your payment could legally be zero
dollars per month, and that's a legit payment that counts for your
student loans.