Sentences with phrase «equity in their school districts»

Participants will learn where they can focus their efforts to improve equity in their school districts, and leave with tools to engage their communities in this challenging but vitally important work.

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As you pointed out in your Sept 20, 2011 post (http://www.thelunchtray.com/school-lunch-prices-on-the-rise-nationwide/), Paid Meal Equity forced many school districts to raise prices on families regardless of the school meal program's financial solvency.

It's about forcing the city to comply with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity which sued over inequitable distribution of funding among wealthier and poorer school districts back in 1993.

(Released February 17, 2017) This report examines how 10 high need school districts on Long Island are impacted by the proposed 2017 Executive Budget in relation to how much they are owed under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity statewide settlement of 2007.

The rally, organized by the Rise and Resist and the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) in recent weeks, is part of a statewide push to fulfill the 2007 Campaign for Fiscal Equity court ruling that mandates education funds be distributed to New York's school districts to ensure all schools can provide students with a «sound basic education.»

«That means that we can now focus our efforts in the coming years on getting New York City schools the Campaign for Fiscal Equity money they are still owed and building equity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» MulgrewEquity money they are still owed and building equity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» Mulgrewequity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» Mulgrew said.

The Fiscal Equity suit resulted in an agreement between the state and its schools, in which the state committed to a plan to fund high and average need districts.

they chanted, demanding the state honor a settlement in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that requires it to provide more aid to under - funded school districts.

Hartford's Equity 2020 committee, the advisory panel that city school leaders formed months ago to consider school consolidation, got its first glimpse of what the district's consultants have been working on in recent weeks — three possible scenarios to help shrink the school system starting in the 2017 - 18 school year.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

But equity is a big challenge for the Buffalo Public Schools, which is at a disadvantage in this arms race because — unlike the suburban districts — it doesn't have the ability to levy taxes.

It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs students comparable to those in district public schools.

They also claim that the city's Department of Education doesn't hold the charter chain accountable and fails to abide by state education law requiring equity in capital spending at co-located district and charter schools.

K - 8 Science Supervisor for Jersey City Public Schools, the district opted to run a contest to underwrite the focus on equity and the current interest in the formation and support of school Maker Spaces.

The district had claimed in court that when the elementary grades were returned to resegregated neighborhood schools, safeguards would be installed to ensure that equity was monitored, and that programs would be implemented to foster student integration.

All participants are required to design action projects in which they identify an issue of equity in classrooms, schools, or the district and develop a research - based intervention to address it.

The study, «Resegregation and Equity in Oklahoma City,» authored by Jennifer Jellison of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, examined the assumptions underlying the Supreme Court's 1991 Oklahoma City - based Dowell decision, a landmark decision that for the first time sanctioned a return to segregated schooling by stating that districts may be released from a desegregation order if they had met certain conditions.

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Kankakee School District 111 Race, Equity, and Leadership in Schools 2017 participant

The return to resegregated neighborhood elementary schools in Oklahoma City, after 13 years of busing for integration, has not led to the gains in achievement, parent involvement, and equity the school district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

Researchers studying spending differences between districts have established 0.1 as an acceptable level of equity, and we follow this convention in our analysis of between - school spending differences.

In contrast, placing equity into the accountability context would put state policymakers in the role of telling districts or schools how to spend their money, forcing all schools to spend the same amount of money on the same thingIn contrast, placing equity into the accountability context would put state policymakers in the role of telling districts or schools how to spend their money, forcing all schools to spend the same amount of money on the same thingin the role of telling districts or schools how to spend their money, forcing all schools to spend the same amount of money on the same things.

As progressives, it makes sense that union leaders would support equity in general, but there's no good reason for why that moral impulse should stop at school district borders.

Over the past 35 years, reforms adopted in most states have dramatically improved the equity of funding from one school district to another.

Through two courses designed and taught by Teitel — Leading for Equity and Diversity in Integrated Schools and the newer Coaching for Equity and Diversity in Schools and Systems — HGSE students partner with K — 12 schools and districts to tackle the intense and complex work of school integSchools and the newer Coaching for Equity and Diversity in Schools and Systems — HGSE students partner with K — 12 schools and districts to tackle the intense and complex work of school integSchools and Systems — HGSE students partner with K — 12 schools and districts to tackle the intense and complex work of school integschools and districts to tackle the intense and complex work of school integration.

Where the courses diverge, though, is in the experience level of the students: Leading for Equity acts as almost a primer for students who have little to no experience with school or district improvement work, whereas Coaching for Equity is designed for students who, like Han, have experience and who can act as guides or coaches for schools beginning to navigate such work.

But in 2002, a group of 160 school districts filed Coalition for a Common Cents Solution v. State claiming that Iowa's school finance system violates the state constitution on both adequacy and equity grounds.

There has been modest progress toward equity of noncategorical funds across districts and schools in Texas over the last decade (see Figure 1a).

New Jersey's second - largest categorical program is Parity Remedy Aid, a court - ordered program that targets additional funds to the so - called Abbott districts — the plaintiffs in the Abbott v. Burke school finance lawsuit — to create more equity between them and the state's wealthier and academically more successful districts.

In San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case on equity of school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bodieIn San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case on equity of school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bSchool District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case on equity of school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bschool finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bodiein 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bodies.

The Equity Center, a group of low - wealth districts in the state, last month released a plan to revamp the state's school - finance system at a cost up to $ 10.5 billion over five years.

Key players in Texas» school - finance debate have offered sharply different views on the need for new state spending to achieve court - ordered equity among rich and poor districts.

At the same time, litigants attempted to bring «equity cases» in federal courts designed to eliminate spending variations among school districts due to heavy reliance on the local property tax.

In September 2005, approximately 18 months after the School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&raquIn September 2005, approximately 18 months after the School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&raquin Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.»

Until CMOs can benefit from the billions of dollars of school bonds raised by districts, they will need «equity - like» investments from philanthropy in order to expand and effectively serve more students.

He represented districts attempting to reform Michigan's school finance as early as the late 1960's, and his work inspired legal arguments used in equity cases elsewhere in the nation...

In addition, we should stop framing the equity goal as closing gaps between groups inside particular schools and districts.

Performance increases have not been achieved by ignoring equity; rather, New Orleans has become one of the most equitable urban school districts in the country.

Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.

Dr. Kathleen E. O'Connor, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Kankakee School District 111 Race, Equity, and Leadership in Schools 2017 participant

The 2015 - 2016 Civil Rights Data Collection is a survey of all public schools and school districts in the country that measures student access to courses, programs, staff and resources affecting education equity and opportunity for students.

The deputy chief of equity for Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, Calif., discusses improving school ecosystems for underserved stuSchool District in Oakland, Calif., discusses improving school ecosystems for underserved stuschool ecosystems for underserved students.

A team of school leaders selected to participate in CORE Districts» Executive Leadership for Improvement & Equity (ELIE) Program is...

For a high - poverty urban district like LAUSD, where declining birth rates, reduced immigration, gentrification and the expansion of charters have left neighborhood schools scrambling for resources, education researchers believe that community schooling offers the first meaningful bang for its buck in delivering equity for its highest - needs students.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

With a focus on equity, innovation, and quality, Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. serves as Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, the largest public school system in the Commonwealth of PennsylSchool District of Philadelphia, the largest public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylschool system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

In this brief, the Gardner Center uses the work of the CORE Districts as a case study to explore deeper learning and its importance to educational equity and the goal of college and career and civic readiness for all public school youth.

Lawmakers, who were unable to agree on a finance - equity bill by the April 1 deadline set by the state supreme court, began a new round of discussions last week after District Judge Scott McCown froze about $ 2 billion in state school aid.

East Brunswick, NJ — Calling the issue of pay equity «the most revolutionary thing that's come about since labor organized,» a researcher with the New Jersey Education Association last week said the association will probably test the concept in a suit designed to set a precedent for the state's school districts.

NSBA looks forward to working with Congress and the Administration in addressing the flexibility states and local school districts need to ensure equity and excellence in public education; such as the development of innovative programs that address the unique needs of each school district and respective community, programmatic flexibility and compliance for rural districts, and recruitment and retention of highly effective teachers and leaders.