Not exact matches
Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff
in a court case brought by Camden and several other
poor school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding
for all
schools.
If I were running the government, I would see to it that
school districts that serve the
poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than
school districts that serve the affluent,
for in the
poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.
It's certainly a win - win situation
for these
schools, but it also creates a disturbing picture of rich kids nibbling on sushi and having enough money
for the team uniforms, while
poor kids
in a neighboring
district are not only getting eating subpar food, they're often selling candy and other junk food to raise money
for those same uniforms, further contributing to
poor health habits that may last a lifetime.
In far too many school districts, there are students who would qualify for free meals, except for the fact that their family never fills out the form, either because they forget, or they don't understand that it is important, or (more often) the child is too embarrassed to self - identify as poor in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schoo
In far too many
school districts, there are students who would qualify
for free meals, except
for the fact that their family never fills out the form, either because they forget, or they don't understand that it is important, or (more often) the child is too embarrassed to self - identify as
poor in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schoo
in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it
in at schoo
in at
school.
But the experiment does make the point, I think, that
for all the
school food improvements we've seen
in our
district (and I'm grateful
for all of them, don't get me wrong), there are still offerings that permit kids to make very
poor selections on the lunch line, selections that may well have an adverse impact on their health down the line.
In the
District, a majority of students are
poor, and many rely on the
school nutrition program
for meals.
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.
The pro-
school funding group Alliance
for Quality Education,
in a statement, accused Cuomo of «perpetuating educational racism and economic inequality»
for not including billions of additional dollars to comply with a decade - and - a-half-old court order to fully fund
schools in poorer school districts.
Take that out of the proposed $ 805 million
in school spending
for this year and it leaves only $ 105 million which will hurt all of the
school districts and be particularly devastating to those
in poorer areas that desperately need funds.
He also joined Paladino is calling
for education reform, declaring the disparity between
schools in rich and
poor districts «the civil rights issue of our time.»
In a news conference outside of the Senate chamber, school organizations called for a bump in state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer district
In a news conference outside of the Senate chamber,
school organizations called
for a bump
in state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer district
in state aid
for districts of $ 2.2 billion
in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer district
in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps
poorer districts.
«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,» Mulgrew said.
The pro
school funding group Alliance
for Quality Education,
in a statement, accused Cuomo of «perpetuating educational racism and economic inequality»
for not including billions of additional dollars to comply with a decade - and - a-half-old court order to fully fund
schools in poorer school districts.
Sanchez, who has held the 25th
District seat since 2011, said he wants to continue pressing
for improvements
in early childhood education as well as better funding
for education
in New Britain and other
poor school districts.
The Alliance
for Quality Education looked at the
school aid
in the state budget allotted to 161 of the
poorest schools among the over 700
districts in New York.
This short of the $ 1.5 billion education advocates like the Alliance
for Quality Education say is necessary to provide more equitable funding
for poorer schools deemed to be
in high - needs
districts.
Democratic Senate hopeful Chris Eachus is blaming Republican incumbent Bill Larkin's
poor attendance record
in Albany
for the financial hardship of the North Rockland
School District.
The Alliance
for Quality Education's Billy Easton says New York has fallen far behind
in carrying out an order issued eight years ago form the state's highest court saying
schools, particularly the
poorest districts, deserve billions of dollars more
in state funding each year.
Specifically, Ms. Nixon has blasted Mr. Cuomo
for underfunding
schools, accusing him of neglecting children of color
in the
poorest districts.
She is also calling
for an increase of $ 2.2 million
in Foundation Aid, which provides more aid to
poorer school districts.
«Governor Cuomo's first budget makes heartlessly large cuts to our
schools to finance tax cuts
for millionaires and billionaires and students
in poor and middle class
districts will lose the most educationally,» the group's executive director, Billy Easton, said
in a statement.
Cuomo provides $ 25
for all - day pre-kindergarten
in the state's
poorest school districts, and will give out $ 20 million
in grants to
districts who want to extend the
school day or
school year.
While a conscientious individual like him seems inherently disdainful of commercial onslaught, he also comes across rather sympathetic to a
poor Florida
school district that is desperate
for budget help but limited
in the advertisement they can purchase.
Two Connecticut
School Districts, for the Rich and Poor The New Yorker, 9/14/16 «But, from his research, [Dean James] Ryan concluded that school litigation in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»&
School Districts,
for the Rich and
Poor The New Yorker, 9/14/16 «But, from his research, [Dean James] Ryan concluded that
school litigation in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»&
school litigation
in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»»
I then assume that each
school district receives that amount
for each
poor student enrolled
in 2014 - 15: that is, I assume that no students take their vouchers to private
schools.
In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2
In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue
School District,
in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2
in which only 18 percent of students qualify
for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per
poor student
in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2
in state compensatory funds, while large urban
districts received less than half of that
for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2).
Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers
in schools with large numbers of
poor and minority students, but
in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings
for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and
districts to move effective teachers out of
schools with affluent kids and into
schools with
poor kids.
If the superintendents of failing
school districts were as adept at fixing
schools as they are at making excuses
for their
poor performance, America would have the best education system
in the world.
In Ravenswood, California, the
school district shuttered a Stanford - sponsored charter, allegedly
for poor performance.
In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that poor rural districts have been shortchanged in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban district
In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's
school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that
poor rural
districts have been shortchanged
in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban district
in a state known nationally as a leader
for providing billions of dollars
in extra aid and programs to its poor urban district
in extra aid and programs to its
poor urban
districts.
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.
Montana lawmakers have revamped the state's
school - finance system
in an effort to comply with a ruling by the state supreme court, but lawyers
for property -
poor districts contend that the measure does not go far enough to equalize spending among
schools.
«That is the federal government's primary role
for K through 12
in poor school districts.»
School districts in Washington that show consistently
poor performance should be subject to state takeover, monetary penalties, or other consequences, concludes a state panel established to devise a system of accountability
for the state's
schools.
In Texas,
for example, the most recent
school - funding overhaul was financed largely by forcing wealthy
districts to raise their property - tax rates and then distributing the proceeds among their
poorer neighbors.
One would limit the share of state money earmarked
for the state's «special needs»
school districts in poor, urban areas, while the other would bar the executive...
The Aldine Independent
School District in Texas won the 2009 Broad Prize
for Urban Education last week
for its progress
in educating an overwhelmingly
poor student population.
(
In 2006 San Miguel merged with the Jesuits» Nativity Schools; today the NativityMiguel Network operates over 70 schools for the poor in 26 states and the District of Columbia
In 2006 San Miguel merged with the Jesuits» Nativity
Schools; today the NativityMiguel Network operates over 70 schools for the poor in 26 states and the District of Col
Schools; today the NativityMiguel Network operates over 70
schools for the poor in 26 states and the District of Col
schools for the
poor in 26 states and the District of Columbia
in 26 states and the
District of Columbia.)
Evaluating ELLs
for Special Needs a Challenge Education Week, August 29, 2012 «Faced with a class action five years ago over the
poor quality of its special education services, the San Diego
school district hired Thomas Hehir, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.&
school district hired Thomas Hehir, a Harvard Graduate
School of Education professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.&
School of Education professor and a former special education chief
in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.»
Charter advocates wanted to advance a social justice message by emphasizing the impressive results being achieved by the independently run, but publicly funded,
schools, which they say are providing a lifeline
for thousands of
poor and minority students otherwise stuck
in low - performing
district schools.
For poor parents unable to afford private - school tuition or a home in a better school district, chartering at last offered improved educational options for their childr
For poor parents unable to afford private -
school tuition or a home
in a better
school district, chartering at last offered improved educational options
for their childr
for their children.
For each
school identified as a
poor learning environment and placed under preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the
district shall be given the opportunity to present evidence to the commissioner that the conditions
in the
school do not threaten the health or safety or educational welfare of students and do not adversely affect student performance.
But the current
school system is not being run
for the efficient instruction of all of our children, particularly children
in our
poorer districts.
Although they have been studying the education - finance situation since last October, when a state judge indicated that substantial changes were needed to balance the scales between wealthy and
poor school districts, nothing prepared politicians
in the state capital
for last week's events.
The only light at the end of the tunnel is the fact that the MassInsight contract ends
in just over four months, but watch
for Pryor to try and sneak through a contract extension despite Malloy's ongoing promise that he is actually committed to helping Connecticut's thirty
poorest school districts.
The superintendent said she's aware of the challenges faced
in urban
districts like Rochester:
poor attendance, low graduation rates, and students who can't afford a
school lunch,
for starters.
In writing regulations for the new law, Secretary of Education, John B. King, proposes that school districts spend as much per student of state and local funds on students in poor schools as is spent on students in the district's other school
In writing regulations
for the new law, Secretary of Education, John B. King, proposes that
school districts spend as much per student of state and local funds on students
in poor schools as is spent on students in the district's other school
in poor schools as is spent on students
in the district's other school
in the
district's other
schools.
But can money follow students even if they choose to go to a
district, such as IPS, that's been sanctioned
for poor test scores
in some of its
schools?
Poor schools can see what resources they're entitled to and use their fair share of these funds
in ways that will better serve their kids, rather than standing last
in line
for what the
district has to offer.
Table 1 presents the mean SAT scores
in Verbal and Math, plus the percentage of students eligible
for FREE lunch (not Free and Reduced because the negative influence on achievement comes from FREE lunch eligibility), percentage of students who are limited English proficient (LEP) and the percentage of students with special needs
for districts located
in the A, B, (NJ's
poorest communities) and I, J DFG's (NJ's wealthiest communities), plus those
for charter
schools (denoted by an «R» on the scatter plots).