Sentences with phrase «increased school expenditures»

We are also unable to find significant evidence that increased school expenditure, by itself, makes much of a difference.

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The level of expenditure probably increases as your gross income increases as you are likely to want a nicer car, eat out more, take more holidays or send your kids to private school.

Urbanization necessitates an increase of public expenditures on streets, sewers, schools, police, law courts, and jails.

The educational system that is supposed to provide the «human capital» needed by the market inevitably deteriorates despite increasing expenditures on schools.

School board Vice President Patricia Cooney defended the expenditure, including the increase.

Noting that «personnel costs are the major component of school district expenditures, and have been increasing at a rate above inflation for a number of years,» the Commission recommended a series of reforms to curb these expenses, including a modification of the Triborough Amendment to exclude salary steps and lanes for teachers.

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

This analysis into school's expenditure on digital learning resources gives us extensive insight into an increasing level of teacher confidence and of their recently re-structured budgets.

The 43 percent court - ordered budget increase, from around $ 13 billion in operating expenditures to something approaching $ 19 billion (not including some $ 9 billion over five years for building improvements), is the largest school finance «adequacy» judgment ever awarded.

At a time when the Government is working to reduce the current skills gap between the number of technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them, the research has revealed a significant increase in expenditure on technology, with schools currently realising an increase in their budgets of 6.6 per cent.

The annual Resources in English Maintained Schools survey of 900 English maintained schools (597 primary and 303 secondary) reveals that actual budgets and budget forecasts continue to show an increase in almost all areas of expenSchools survey of 900 English maintained schools (597 primary and 303 secondary) reveals that actual budgets and budget forecasts continue to show an increase in almost all areas of expenschools (597 primary and 303 secondary) reveals that actual budgets and budget forecasts continue to show an increase in almost all areas of expenditure.

By the school year 2014/15 this had dropped to -1.2 per cent, but their expenditure forecast for 2015/16 is back to an increase of 0.7 per cent.

Before 2009, expenditure on general school items and stationery generally recorded strong annual increases; especially across primary schools.

By the turn of the century, the observation had been made in many countries that substantial increases in expenditure on schools had failed to deliver measurable improvements in student performance.

Schools experienced increased expenditure, largely mirroring operational growth in the sector.

Primary schools are expecting a 1.5 per cent increase in stationery expenditures in 2017/18 and secondary schools a 2.1 per cent decrease — far from the 8.7 per cent decline expected for teaching aids and equipment spending.

Affluent respondents were less willing to spend more for their district schools, but even among them a clear majority (52 percent) preferred an increase in expenditures.

Sixty - three percent of the general public says it prefers an increase in school expenditures in the local district, well up from levels in 2007 when only 51 percent of the public called for expenditure increases.

In spite of increased expenditures, U.S. high school achievement levels have improved only marginally and still trail many other nations in math and science.

As schools» increasing expenditures consumed a large and growing share of state budgets, the states imposed complex rules and regulations on schools and in the last decade prescribed curriculum content and examinations.

If they're not, it's hard to justify the increased expenditure,» said [Paul] Reville, now the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

If this increase in expenditure follows the normal spending pattern in schools, we are likely to see spending on stationery continue to grow, moving back in line with long - term trends of around four per cent a year.

When we look at the increasing expenditure in all other resource areas, in 2014/15 it is estimated that English maintained schools will spend # 1,244 million.

The 900 schools that responded to the survey (597 primary and 303 secondary schools) also forecast that this expenditure will not only be maintained next year but will increase again; although by a slightly lower amount (+2.2 per cent in primary and +0 / 8 per cent in secondary schools).

BESA director Caroline Wright gives an update on schools» budgets and spending patterns, with research showing an increase in expenditure in a number of key areas

If they're not, it's hard to justify the increased expenditure,» said Reville, now the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

And he refers to the enormous increase in expenditures for Kansas City schools in the wake of a desegregation suit, and its limited results (see my review of Complex Justice by Joshua M. Dunn, «Finding the Right Remedy,» book review, Spring 2009).

Some districts have added all - day kindergarten programs in response to local charter schools or increased their expenditures on new technology.

Our analysis suggests that from 2004 05 to 2011 12, the same years covered by our achievement analysis, total public schooling expenditures per student increased by $ 1,000 in New Orleans relative to other districts in the state.

The increase in school spending represents the highest per - pupil expenditure in Wake County history, when adjusted for inflation, according to the manager's presentation.

School - district expenditure increased significantly in response to NCLB, and these increases were not matched by federal revenue.

Each district school board shall provide funding for the professional development system as required by s. 1011.62 and the General Appropriations Act, and shall direct expenditures from other funding sources to continuously strengthen the system in order to increase student achievement and support instructional staff in enhancing rigor and relevance in the classroom.

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

In this paper we take a «market - based» approach to examine whether increased expenditures improve perceived school quality and whether the current level of public school provision is inefficient.

Yet savings for secondary schools in MATs are «not necessarily translating into increased expenditure on teaching staff», said the report, which was commissioned by IT provider the Stone Group.

The report said the finding showed savings by secondary schools in MATs was «not necessarily translating into increased expenditure on teaching staff.»

Specifically, each of four evaluations of U.S. family income support programs found substantially larger test score increases per $ 1,000 of public expenditure than resulted from programs specifically aimed at improving educational outcomes by focusing on school readiness.

«However, each current voucher student who returns to a public school increases the local district's necessary education expenditures without increasing the local tax revenue for schools, obligating the state to provide increased funding to the district.»

Whereas districts had previously avoided cutting instructional expenditure, in 2011 and 2012 instructional spending fell sharply as pressures on school funding increased.

While the funding increase to make expenditures at schools of choice more aligned with traditional school district expenditures is laudable, these changes do not address the fundamental issue of funding inequity: that public schools of choice are not included in ECS and their students are therefore at risk of being treated differently under challenging funding conditions.

Many have been struggling in recent years; the latest publication of local authority school income and expenditure reveals that the proportion of schools with a deficit has increased from 6.0 % in 2015 - 16 to 9.1 % in 2016 - 17.

In an attempt to create «parity» with traditional local schools, SBE is seeking to increase the per pupil grant to $ 10,306 — an amount equivalent to the average adjusted net current expenditure per pupil.

[10] Similarly, the private sector has not proven to be more effective at improving schools, despite a rapid increase in expenditure of outsourcing services and products, including school management, curriculum, and assessments.

June 24, 2014 The LAUSD school board adopts its 2014 - 15 LCAP, which improperly includes $ 450 million in expenditures on special education expenditures as part of its prior year expenditure estimate, depriving high - need students of approximately $ 126 million in increased or improved services for 2014 - 15.

Total expenditures for public education from all revenue sources in the United States as reported to the U.S. Department of Education were $ 606 billion for the 2012 — 13 school year, marking the first annual increase since the 2008 — 09 school year and the beginning of the Great Recession.2 The 2012 — 13 total expenditure equates to an average expenditure per student of $ 12,186 nationwide.

Public school expenditures have more than doubled since 1992 (including inflation), and the percentage of those funds spent on teacher benefits has increased as well.

The budget actually allows Malloy's Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor to «prioritize» which schools can increase enrollment, and limit state expenditures on magnet schools next academic year.

Kennedy said the district expects per - pupil expenditures at both schools to rise when city funding is released in the coming months, which will help all schools increase their buying power by the fall.

School district expenditures for the state's teacher pension fund (CalSTRS) will increase by more than $ 1 billion annually until 2020 - 21.

The state Board of Education is calling on the legislature to increase charter schools» per - student expenditure from $ 9,300 to $ 10,300, the state average.