Sentences with phrase «equitable funding»

What could we do to shine a spotlight on what is going on in the classrooms, what great work these schools are doing, and the fight for equitable funding for all students?

When the portfolio strategy brings tangible benefits — new schools, quality programs, and more equitable funding for schools in low - income neighborhoods — parents can become supporters.

A proposed ballot initiative for 2018 to advance better and more equitable funding of public schools.

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

«We are doing our part to provide equitable funding to our schools but we need the state's partnership, and we need the state to do more,» the mayor added.

This faith - based charter compromise could lead to a renewed urban school system — one based on equitable funding, more diverse options, parental choice, and comprehensive transparency and accountability.

We must demand equitable funding for all public schools.

Promoting Equity — Support equitable funding so that children in both rural and urban schools are fully supported and are able to meet expectations of the state's performance standards.

Today, though charters are consistently growing, the lack of equitable funding from the state does not make that growth sustainable.

A rural district will argue that it does not receive equitable funding.

They also have made a recent push around our third principle — to ensure equitable funding by allowing charters to benefit from voter - approved local tax increases.

Our schools need adequate, fair and equitable funding wisely invested in effective programs that improve outcomes for students.

Over one hundred students, parents / guardians, teachers and elected officials came together demanding equitable funding based on need rather than test scores.

This is a critical topic and connects to our recent post about equitable funding for schools.

Parents like us want equitable funding for kids — no matter what type of public school they attend.

They are ready to advocate on behalf of their schools to make sure their children get equitable funding and access to facilities funding.

In my book I propose equitable funding for education, but argue that the federal government must substantially increase its aid to achieve this end.

As for equitable funding yes it is needed As for money following the child.....

Obviously this is not the right time to be talking about funding, but we really need to be only talking about adequate funding and also equitable funding.

This will help guide our lawmakers to make the necessary changes to create a more equitable funding system.

Our major organizational goals include the fair and equitable funding of rural education as well as the provision of quality educational opportunities for rural kids.

In short, a sizable majority of states have failed to provide equitable funding.

The communities he works in need change fast, and he works to spread the message of equitable funding for charters and more quality options for the families that need them the most.

We developed this dashboard to provide insight into how new funds were allocated on April 5, and to demonstrate the impact of a more equitable funding formula.

Flanagan, in terms of an agenda, pledged to continue to push for a strengthening of the state's property tax cap as well as equitable funding in schools.

Despite the success of charter schools, many questions linger about how charters can develop a more equitable funding mechanism, establish better student performance outcomes, improve relationships with traditional schools, and overcome issues with No Child Left Behind.

The call and need for advocacy around equitable funding for schools first begins with accepting and acknowledging the bias in our government systems that for years protected, invested in and ensured that privilege is protected.

These closing arguments will be the end of a near eight - year battle for the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) against what is now known as Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (formerly Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) regarding equitable funding levels of child welfare services on reserve.

The report «The effects of cancer treatment on reproductive functions; guidance on management» recommends that a national policy on sperm, egg and embryo storage is needed and that funding bodies develop equitable funding protocols for patients.

-- CSFI GeorgiaCAN is putting equitable funding at the top of their list this year!

Nixon has been very close with the Alliance for Quality Education, an organization that has been pushing the state to fulfill the terms of a lawsuit over equitable funding for school districts.

Some of these suggestions include creating partnerships for comprehensive services (e.g. health services) that keep kids in school; providing equitable funding so schools have access to resources specific to this population; and allowing alternative accountability measures such as measuring concept mastery rather than how much time students are in their seats.

The distinction that Weingarten and Garcia are making, but that they're unable to say publicly, is that they support equitable funding across districts but not within them.

She has led several efforts to help arts funders move towards more equitable funding practices, including serving as the inaugural Equity Auditor for the 2017 MAP Fund grants panel, co-authoring Ford Foundation's Arts and Culture Scan of the South report (forthcoming), and leading Foundation for Louisiana's arts and culture strategy.

«Demand for charters has grown by 60 % to nearly 6,000 names in the past year, but we can not meet that demand without equitable funding for our students.

GeorgiaCAN is putting equitable funding at the top of their list this year!

Instead of seeking equitable funding, Congress decided that it would impose a massive program of school reform based on standardized testing.

The statement from Mujica meditates somewhat on how to define equitable funding and having Cuomo provide his own definition.

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

Later as the first African American and female superintendent of San Francisco Public Schools, she introduced a program to target additional resources and create a new equitable funding formula for schools.

Charter schools do require careful oversight through appropriately funded authorizing bodies, equitable funding via a backpack model, and the opportunity to grow based on their ability to attract students.

«Gradually, charters here have grown in both number and size, and although equitable funding remains an issue, funding has increased significantly from what it was when I started fourteen years ago.»

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

Schools in Georgia are struggling with equitable funding period.

AB2635 drives equitable funding for California's lowest performing subgroup of students not currently receiving funding under the LCFF, which are African - American students.

Here's why equitable funding for charter schools matters:

Though he acknowledges independent charters align with CMOs on many issues, and cites equitable funding as an example, he says for now that independent charters have to carve out their own space, and create their own national voice.