Through case studies of five states with varying facilities policies, Dr. Rivera's study examines the factors contributing to expanded state investment in
equitable public school facilities and how those factors can be leveraged to encourage states that make minimal investments to expand their support for facilities funding.
Not exact matches
While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more
equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned
facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high
school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising
public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.
Lastly, we continue to advocate for
equitable distribution of state
facilities aid for all
public schools.
The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost
public facilities for charter
schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing
public -
school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more
equitable funding systems for all
public school students, including those in charter
schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.
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.
When voters approved Proposition 39 in 2000, they intended for districts to provide charter
schools with
equitable access to space and
facilities, and to be treated fairly as part of the
public school system.»
While we understand the District has voiced concerns about how the ruling may create compliance challenges, our goal is to ensure that all
public school students in Los Angeles, including those who attend charter
schools, have
equitable access to safe and adequate
facilities.
Director, Bay Area
Facilities 510-344-7263
[email protected] Aron leads CCSA's
facilities policy and advocacy work in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing support and assistance to charter
schools seeking high quality
public and private
facilities options, and working to secure
equitable facilities funding for Bay Area charter
schools.
Support new
public funding to provide what is needed to build and maintain adequate and
equitable school facilities.
Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great
public schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient &
equitable funding 2) Decent
facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium