Sentences with phrase «in wealthy districts»

For decades, Illinois has suffered under a system that rewards students living in wealthy districts and leaves low - income students behind.

It doesn't happen often in wealthy districts, but it does happen elsewhere.

Many parents, teachers, and students in wealthy school districts think nothing of throwing the terms «failing school,» «low - performing», etc. at anyone from Windham, Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven — any child from these districts is deemed to be inferior and second - class... it is very hard for the targeted students to overcome these prejudices and for students in wealthy districts to let go of their pre-conceptions.

While different states weigh and conduct the components differently, they, like New York, tie teacher performance only to student growth, not raw test scores, so as not to disadvantage teachers whose students hail from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds versus teachers in wealthy districts.

He also claims that New York's education budget is too high, without noting that because of the wide disparities of income in the state, children in wealthy districts benefit from much higher spending and students in poorer districts have to make do with far fewer resources.

With Republicans in charge of Albany things like the MTA payroll tax were kept at bay and resources like state school aide disproportionately stayed in wealthy districts, including many on Long Island.

A study by the New York State Association of School Business Officials found that spending in wealthier districts for special needs students was almost double the spending in more impoverished districts.

Teachers in the wealthier districts get better technology training, better professional development, and higher pay.

Across the board, student groups in poorer districts are less resourced than peers in wealthier districts and will receive more new funding as a result.

Or are the kids in poor districts generally worse off than their peers in wealthier districts?

Or will those lucky enough to live in wealthier districts, like Park City's, be the only beneficiaries?

When Rodriguez v. San Antonio ISD was filed, students in poorer districts received only two - thirds of the state funding that was received by students living in wealthier districts.

Children from low - income families that can not afford private schooling or homes in wealthier districts are trapped in underperforming schools.

In 23 states, students in the poorest districts receive fewer dollars per pupil than students in wealthier districts.

About half of low - income students in the state live in more suburban districts and even in the wealthiest districts still fail at two to three times the rate of non-disadvantaged students.

A study by the New York State Association of School Business Officials found that spending in wealthier districts for special needs students was almost double the spending in more impoverished districts.

Here in Connecticut, schools in high poverty areas continue to have much larger class sizes than in wealthier districts.

Teachers in high - poverty schools report fewer computers and less training on how to use technology with students compared to their colleagues in wealthier districts — leading to decreased confidence for these teachers when it comes to using educational technology.

Not exact matches

The Washington, D.C., region is home to five of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., yet almost one - fifth of the District's population is living in poverty.

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The city is home to many wealthy residents, and housing costs in the District are out of reach for many.

Kozol interviewed a parent from a wealthy school district in Ohio.

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From the very poor to the ridiculously wealthy... How can I maintain my efficiency as a large district, and cater to the wide spectrum of taste diversity while -LCB- insert any reformer's agenda platform here -RCB-, and stay in my tiny little budget?

Early on the Pubs (who spent almost $ 12M in this district most donated by the wealthy beneficiaries of that tax cut) pushed the tax cut.

«From the pending ethics investigation against him to his decision to ignore his district in favor of his wealthy donors, people were fed up with Chris Collins and his cronies,» Zellner said.

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

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 Governor prioritized education spending in his budget proposal, including growth that is twice what would be allowed under the cap.9 To truly prioritize education the State should reform the Foundation Aid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest districts.

The FBI, the U.S. Attorney's office and the Manhattan District Attorney were looking into whether NYPD brass received gifts and expensive trips in exchange for favors from wealthy businessmen with ties to the mayor.

While voters are nearly evenly divided between the two candidates on most issues, Hayworth is viewed as stronger on taxes and the federal budget deficit in a district that favors repealing health care and retaining the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

He said the swoop on its law offices, located in Panama's banking district, had begun on Tuesdayon the basis of the news reports about the offshore businesses it created and in some cases ran for wealthy clients around the world.

State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox knocked President Barack Obama's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest earners, saying that he has failed to heed the message of the GOP victory in ninth congressional district.

His $ 157,000 haul was notably low for the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who represents one of the wealthiest districts in the country.

«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.

Stefanik defeated a wealthy Democrat, Aaron Woolf, by more than 20 points in a district the president carried just a couple years ago.

Port Washington is five times wealthier than, for example, the Onondaga or Solvay districts in Central New York.

Military veteran Rachel Reddick was trounced by wealthy philanthropist Scott Wallace in Pennsylvania's 1st District.

He said the disparity between districts is mostly due to the ability of wealthier areas to raise more in property taxes.

Unshockingly, the wealthiest school districts in the state have the best academic performance record.

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

Critics, including education activists, say potential changes in might jeopardize a steady steam of funding in the future, and gradually widen the gap between wealthy and poor districts.

Harvey Weisenberg, the longtime assemblyman for the 20th district — which includes everything from the wealthy Five Towns to impoverished North Park — was retiring, and he encouraged Kaminsky to run in 2014.

Supporting wealthy «outside - the - district» candidates is the Democratic party allowing themselves to be sucked in by the conservative agenda of «might makes right.»

The schools in the Syracuse City School District have about $ 11,000 less funding for each student than wealthier schools in the state, according to a WSKG news article.

The Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) has created a widening gap between Syracuse and the wealthier school districts in New York, even though was implemented in the 2010 - 11 school year during the recession in order to alleviate the hole in the New York state budget, according to New York State United Teachers, a teachers» union in the state.

The existing Foundation Aid Formula does not properly calculate the local contribution and has too many floors, ceilings, phase - ins, and add - ons that distort the final aid distribution, driving too much funding to wealthy districts.5 The Executive Budget imposes an additional calculation on top of the existing distributions and increases funding to all districts including those that are affluent and not in need of further State support.

Sen. Liz Krueger, whose Upper East Side Senate district is one of the wealthiest in New York, has teamed up with Democratic donor / New Roosevelt Initiative founder Bill Samuels to propose using cash generated by the proposed casino expansion to pay for a publicly - funded campaign system.

The coalition is also organizing supporters to make calls in these districts, urging voters to call their respective senators and urge them to support extending the temporary PIT hike on the state's wealthiest New Yorkers rather than voting in favor of budget cuts.

Martins, who first unseated Democratic incumbent Craig Johnson in 2010, represents a potential swing district this year, facing wealthy Democrat Adam Haber.