Sentences with phrase «funding for public schools rather»

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Yesterday, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released the results of a poll conducted by a Democratic polling firm supposedly showing that American parents don't support a plethora of education reforms, including school choice, and would rather increase funding for public schools.

Although a few members have been prominent supporters of charter school expansion, the group has tended to support traditional public - school interests like greater funding for struggling schools and pay raises for teachers rather than choice proposals.

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Rather, it is to make sure that all students have equitable access to all public schools in a city, and to create funding policies and support structures that make it possible for charter schools to serve all students effectively.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.

State leaders must find a way to distribute what education funding we do have based on student need, rather than the type of public school, so that every Connecticut child receives equitable support for their public education.»

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals, which was then the state's highest court, held that a statute authorizing public aid to private schools for exceptional children did not violate, among other Constitutional Provisions on Education, Kentucky's Blaine Amendment because the funds were for children's «welfare» rather than «education.»

With little or no general public funding left to address the necessary conditions for learning, the initiative process in California gave us Healthy Start, Family Preservation and Support, First Five, mental health in schools, and vast afterschool programming, too many of which were designed as short - term grants that required annual renewals and proof of sustainability rather than the ongoing funding we know the neediest schools must have consistently.

For example, a part of the resolution informs us that charter schools «have contributed to the increased segregation rather than diverse integration of our public school system» and that weak oversight of charters «puts students and communities at risk of harm, public funds at risk of being wasted, and further erodes local control of public education.»

This latest outrage is proof that Pryor should resign and turn the State Department of Education over to someone willing to support and protect students, parents, teachers, school administrators and public schools rather than use public funds to do the dirty work for the corporate education reform industry.

Rather than holding bake sales for stage curtains, for example, they organize campaigns to create a public will to fund all schools fully so that all children have the schools and resources that they deserve.

In a forum in Los Angeles marked by subtle distinctions rather than large differences, three candidates for California's next state superintendent of public instruction called Monday for more transparency in school spending of state funds, while making guarded endorsements of the state's five - year - old school funding formula targeting funds at high - needs students.

Rather than address the fact that the State of Connecticut underfunds it public schools by almost $ 2 billion a year and the state should dramatically increase its level of support for public schools in the state, Governor Dannel Malloy went to New Britain today to announce a sham proposal that will further exacerbate Connecticut's failed school funding policies.

Rather than focus on poverty, language barriers, unmet special education needs and inadequate funding of public schools, the charter school proponents and Malloy apologists want students, parents, teachers and the public to believe that a pre-occupation with standardized testing, a focus on math and English, «zero - tolerance» disciplinary policies for students and undermining the teaching profession will force students to «succeed» while solving society's problems.

In addition, rather than appropriately fund Connecticut's education grants, Malloy's budget plan seeks to redirect existing state aid for public schools to Connecticut's poorer towns by slashing grants to wealthier and middle income communities.

And rather than protect Connecticut's public schools students, Governor Dannel Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly provided the funding and support for this outrageous injustice.

According to the News Tribune, Chief Justice Barbara Madsen said there was no reason to overturn the 1909 precedent and that the charter schools could be financed from the general fund rather than the money intended for public schools.

Neither the report nor the videos attempt to analyze the effectiveness of school funding, but rather examine the process for funding Michigan's public schools.