Sentences with phrase «high poverty districts»

Another important part of the equation involves «progressive» school funding policies, with sufficiently high funding levels and higher rates of funding for high poverty districts.

«Students from higher poverty districts looked different than those from lower poverty districts,» she said.

Students In High Poverty Districts More Than Twice as Likely to be Taught by Non-Effective Teachers

I believe Congress and the state of California need to take a hard look at the challenges that high poverty districts like Oakland face, because our District is hardly unique.

NEA's poll revealed that just 23 percent of all their members and members in high poverty districts believe their districts are well prepared to implement the new standards.

Nationally, 49 states report a shortage of special ed teachers and 90 percent of high poverty districts report a difficulty in attracting highly qualified special ed teachers.

Extending that average to the national statistic on principal turnover (22 %) results in «$ 36 million on just hiring costs, not on - boarding, and not training» for high poverty districts nationwide.

Baker acknowledges the controversy over whether reducing class sizes actually improves student outcomes, but asserts that classes should not be allowed to increase beyond 30 kids in a class in high poverty districts.

The federal government is, however, a standard setter, research analyst, guardian of civil rights, and funder for high poverty districts (a role that harkens back to the 1960s), including the school lunch program.

Holyoke Public Schools is the lowest performing school and highest poverty district in Massachusetts.

The workforce is predominantly white, and the vast majority of the state's staff of color work in Illinois» highest poverty districts.

Often these high poverty districts neighbor wealthier school systems where children have access to greater resources.

In 1998, in New Jersey's school funding case, called «Abbott,» the state's highest court ruled that preschool is an essential component of a constitutionally adequate education and mandated universal full - day preschool for 3 - and 4 - year - olds in the 31 highest poverty districts in the state.

Holtz: Yes, I believe the current state funding formula is «adequate;» however, I believe we could focus more of our efforts within the current funding formula on rural transportation costs along with additional support for our high poverty districts.

«For a high poverty district like Greenville, MAEP underfunding is devastating,» said Matt Williams, of the Mississippi Center for Justice.

I teach in a racially diverse, high poverty district in the western part of the state, just outside of Pittsburgh.

825 in the U.S. — meaning the highest poverty districts received on average $ 825 less per student than the lowest poverty districts.

In these high poverty districts, is a greater proportion of the state allocated money reserved for standardized testing?

But without significant sustained additional state investment, kids who are in kindergarten now will graduate before there is adequate funding in our high poverty districts.

With regards to other sources of local revenue, the lowest - poverty districts receive $ 871 per student, compared to $ 562 per student in the highest poverty districts, further contributing to the inequality.