Sentences with phrase «ensure equitable funding»

A key strategy to improving educational outcomes and closing achievement gaps for children from low - income families is improving state finance systems to ensure equitable funding and increased access to resources, according to a new study from Educational Testing Service (ETS).

At a time when Arizona is facing challenges that include improving literacy, the high school graduation rate, the recruitment and retention of effective teachers and leaders, and ensuring equitable funding for its schools, these are critical questions.

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«Infrastructure funding allocated annually to each municipality through an established formula, will ensure a fair and equitable distribution of taxpayer dollars to benefit all New Yorkers,» said Clifton Park Town Supervisor Phil Barrett, who conceived of the idea for the S.W.A.P. Program.

As County Executive, Poloncarz pledged to create a new funding process that would be utilized for the 2013 Erie County Budget to ensure all cultural institutions throughout Erie County had the opportunity to compete for County support, with final decisions being made in a fair and equitable manner.

Part of the answer certainly lies in the policy arena — giving charter schools equitable access to funding (including capital funds), cutting unnecessary regulations, ensuring that institutions other than local school boards can issue charters in every jurisdiction.

Allocating funds based on the number and characteristics of students that attend a school, instead of more typical methods of district - based budgeting and funding personnel, has the potential to facilitate public school choice by helping to ensure district schools of choice receive equitable funding.

But most emphasized things like professional development, ensuring an «equitable distribution» of good teachers and principals, and» [m] aking education funding a priority.»

Title II is the major federal funding stream districts use to support their teacher workforce and ensure equitable access to high - quality teachers and principals for all students.

Of course, this also would mean that the Legislature would need to ensure that the proposed schools, as well as all other public schools, are supported with equitable and adequate funding.

We believe this is a good opportunity to reevaluate the way we fund education in Mississippi to ensure our funding formula is student - centered, equitable, and transparent.

Our funding formula should be student - centered, equitable, and ensure that more money gets to the classroom.

That may mean endorsing reforms to ensure more equitable local funding, or agreeing to share fundraising proceeds among schools.

Formed for the purpose of taking actionable measures to ensure equitable school funding across economic and geographic lines, PARSS has led the charge to make legislative change.

The IDRA EAC - South is one of four federally - funded centers that provide technical assistance and training at the request of school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to build capacity of local educators to ensure a more equitable learning environment for all students.

Designed to identify the level of funding needed to deliver an adequate education to every student in a state and sensitive to each child's needs, the Evidenced Based Model ensures that the distribution of education funding is equitable, and accounts for the cost of overcoming «at risk» factors.

The answer is for Governor Dannel Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly to adopt a fair, equitable and Constitutional school funding formula that provides schools with the resources needed to ensure all of Connecticut's children get the quality education they need and deserve!

An outgrowth of decades - long debates on equitable funding of public schools is an effort to ensure that schools provide «adequate levels of funding» for all students in a state (Augenblick, et al., 1997).

We advocate for equitable funding systems that ensure sufficient resources are distributed based on student need.

This will facilitate a more equitable distribution of funds across all teenage students as well as ensuring support services are still available for students if they transfer to non-school providers.

The LCFF is a much needed step in the right direction to ensure that all California schools receive equitable funds from the state.

Instead of taking massive budget cuts to public schools, California is flowing more money into schools and has taken steps to ensure school funding is more equitable.

The top issues identified by charter alumni so far include ensuring access to equitable facilities, sharing best practices, and startup funding.

Ensure that federal preschool programs, including Head Start, provide charters equitable access to funding.

To ensure the charter community is aware of and engaged in the ongoing work in DC and Sacramento to secure sustainable, equitable funding for charter school students.

We look forward to working with lawmakers to ensure we can fund students» public educations in a more equitable way going forward.»

New school funding policies must be adopted in order to ensure equitable resources for all.

MPS is a key member of the Cre8MKE, a city - wide collaborative of more than 100 district leaders, community arts and business partners, higher education institutions, funders and elected officials working together to ensure that children have equitable access to high - quality arts programs

Once supporters for ensuring Connecticut has a fair and equitable school funding formula, Governor Dannel Malloy and Attorney General George Jepson are now leading the effort to ensure that Connecticut's public school students and Connecticut's local property taxpayers don't get the help they need and deserve.

The funds that are allocated for their education would follow them to the school that serves them, and ensure equitable distribution of Title 1 funds.

Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the major federal funding stream that provides flexibility for states and districts to support professional development for their teacher, paraprofessional, and school leader workforce to help ensure all students have equitable access to high - quality teachers and principals.

Thus, while the federal government provides less than 10 percent of the national education budget, it can leverage that funding to ensure equitable access to a quality education for all children.

This year, one of the two issues they selected was equitable school funding and resources, in part because of the budget issues, so we can ensure our students who need more, are receiving more resources.

Whether it be advocating for state funding for deaf and blind students, expanding career and technical education opportunities for these students, or working to expand teacher preparation programs and licensure programs for educators who teach in the deaf and blind communities, Matthews has maintained her commitment to ensuring an equitable education for all of Kentucky's children.

@TechMedicNYC I agree, that and the two parties are closely related - there's a sense that there should be a more equitable sharing of costs and profits versus what you'd expect in a pure business transaction where on party is supplying needed funding in a manner that both ensures repayment and profit upside at exit.

The first strategy addressed by the CES is to «ensure sustainable and equitable funding for efficiency.»

That all changed at the end of 2014 when, after months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress finally passed a funding bill with bipartisan support that amended this policy to ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers have equitable coverage for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the woman, consistent with the coverage that federal employees and women serving in the military receive.