Sentences with phrase «in poorer school districts»

While California, thanks to wakeup calls in 1906 and 1933, has pushed to bolster schools and other vital structures, there, too, experts say, there are gaps, particularly in poorer school districts.

New report looks at «STEM deserts» in poorer school districts.

In fact, candidate Dan Malloy even said he'd take the concept of school governance councils statewide, instead of just requiring them in poorer school districts.

Wealthy districts» ability to raise more revenue at comparable or even lower tax rates has two impacts — wealthy districts are able to outspend poorer districts with comparable or lower tax rates, and homes of similar values are taxed at a higher rate in poorer school districts.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there's a need to tackle funding inequities in poorer school districts in his State of the State Address earlier this month, and Syracuse City School District administrators said they agree: The local district needs more help.

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.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there's a need to tackle funding inequities in poorer school districts in his State of the State Address... Read more»

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.

«That is the federal government's primary role for K through 12 in poor school districts.»

This past week President Obama sat down to a lovely salmon dinner with a few teachers with inspirational stories, to discuss his new program to get excellent teachers for children in poor school districts.

In 23 states, state and local governments are together spending less per pupil in the poorest school districts than they are in the most affluent school districts, putting the children in these low - income, high - need schools at an even further disadvantage.

For the past nine years, New Jersey primarily focused on implementing high quality Pre-kindergarten in its poorest school districts.

Governor Malloy is the ONLY Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest school districts.

These state aid reductions will have the most devastating effect in our poorest school districts.

The Court stated that because teacher certification is unquestionably an important component of any preschool education program, preschool teachers working in community - based programs in the poorest school districts that lacked academic credentials would be given four years to obtain certification.

Last summer, Randi Weingarten and the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter was committed to endorsing Governor Dannel Malloy's and his effort to get re-elected to the governor's office despite the fact that Malloy was the only sitting Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and unilaterally repealing collective bargaining rights for teachers in the poorest school districts.

Median income in the poorest school districts was just as extreme.

By comparison, as little as 6 % of school revenue is generated by local taxes in the poorest school districts, with state and federal funding making up the difference.

in a poor school district while struggling to save every single dime for the next 5 years so he can start finally building a heathy «useable net worth» portfolio...

Not exact matches

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

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.

More and more school districts — especially in poor areas — are turning to private contractors to plan menus, order food and oversee kitchens and cafeterias.

Here in HISD and in many districts around the country, it is not uncommon to see on high school campuses numerous, daily fundraisers conducted during the lunch hour, most of which offer foods of poor nutritional value.

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 schooIn 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 schooin front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schooin at school.

I am a teacher in a very poor school district, but I am a mom living in a middle class suburb.

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.

A committee of the state Board of Regents recommends spending $ 2.1 billion more on schools in the new state budget, saying it's time to continue an effort begun a decade ago to funnel more money to the state's poorest school districts.

«With the conceded disparate funding, compounded by the fact that taxpayers within the poorer school districts end up subsidizing, at least in part, the tax credits granted to taxpayers within the wealthier districts, I find that plaintiffs have stated a viable equal protection claim,» Lynch wrote.

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.

Syracuse is by far the poorest school district in Central New York, and one of the poorest in the state.

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.»

«The gap in per student funding between the poorest 20 percent and richest 20 percent of school districts is $ 8,733 and has grown over the course of Cuomo's tenure.»

Wealthier schools in the state spend 80 percent more on student education than poorer districts.

Schenectady Schools superintendent Larry Spring says his district, one of the poorest in the state, should be getting $ 62 million more in aid per year, if the court order were followed.

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 districtIn 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 districtin 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 districtin 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.

A lawsuit from a coalition of school districts led the state Supreme Court to order the Legislature in 2014 to increase funding to 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.

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.

Last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed sweeping changes in the state's school financing formula that would dramatically shift education funding from wealthier districts to poorer ones.

Some board members cited the large number of students of color in the city school district and the impact the comments will have on them, as well as the poor example they set.

Democratic operatives grumble Nolan's poor fundraising operation and old - school campaign tactics could sink him in this northern Gopher State district.

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.

We're thinking Success Academy Bronx 2, a charter that ranks second in math among all New York state schools, even though it's located in America's poorest congressional district.