Sentences with phrase «equitable funding levels»

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In arguing for the elimination of the local school board, Chester Finn and Lisa Keegan («Lost at Sea «-RRB- state, «[State - level child - centered funding] would create not only a more equitable system, but also more effective schools.»

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.

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.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

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).

«Strong charter laws feature independent, multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.

Not only would the LCFF allocate dollars in a more equitable way (with no district receiving less than it received in the 2012 - 13 school year) and allow districts the flexibility to address local needs, but Carranza argues that the LCFF is an important step toward raising the overall level of funding that California directs toward education.

As I stated on the day that the funding was announced by Gov. Deal's office, if we expect our charter schools to perform at the highest levels, they must be undergirded with equitable funding on a par with all other public schools.

a school finance formula based on individual student needs, which provides adequate and equitable funding for public schools, and is funded through a balanced tax policy at both the state and local levels.

Justice for the poor can be delivered by funding climate adaptation and mitigation activities in developing nations with at least US$ 160 billion per year, by a commitment to reduce overconsumption, wherever it exists, to equitable, sustainable levels and by eliminating developed countries» subsidies on fossil fuels and shifting them to renewable energy.

A key requirement is Commonwealth seed funding for the provision of satellite and outreach Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) that Indigenous people will access, and which provide the comprehensive services needed to fill the service gaps, boost use of MBS and PBS services to more equitable levels, and reduce preventable admissions and deaths.