Called performance - or outcomes - based funding (POBF), these policies are inconsistent in their design, and in many cases, perpetuate longstanding
inequities in our education system.
As part of ESEA reauthorization, Congress should consider new ideas to address
inequities in education funding across and within districts, as well as other measures to improve school financing.
«America has been battling
inequity in education for decades but these data show that we can not let up,» said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
To have conservatives now try to minimize the real impact of race, racism and
inequity in education in the United States is unethical and un-American.
The team sought to share and understand their own experiences with
racial inequity in education, reflect on the perspectives of students of color who experience a lack of diversity within their teacher community, and research a range of factors that contribute to the gap, from teacher recruitment through school climate.
Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.
But the report found that Southern states must deal with
historic inequities in education — student performance varies widely by race and income — that hold back many parts of the region.
The Common Core helps
address inequity in education by ensuring all students are taught to the same high standards and held to the same rigorous expectations.
According to Garces, in these briefs, she summarized research findings «that reflect the consensus of the social science community on educational practices and policies that affect racial and
ethnic inequities in education.»
The Broader, Bolder Approach campaign originally launched in 2008 to call attention to the root causes
of inequity in education.
In the context of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is intended to
redress inequities in education, I object to Congress encouraging this practice by allowing these teachers to be designated as «highly qualified.»
While those of us working in the education field may be well aware of the
lingering inequities in the education system — and how they are revealed through student performance — the greater public is often misinformed about how and why achievement gaps persist.
Why do the Foundation's philanthropic efforts not
target inequity in education at the root - where the biggest differences can be made, rather than accept these conditions as immutable?
When it comes to ensuring that children in working families are prepared for success, The People's Budget tackles the
current inequities in education head on.
Roland Fryer does not want to be thought of as an exception, even though at age 30 he became the youngest African American to receive tenure at Harvard, as an economics professor, and at age 34 he received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work using economics to study — and try to find fixes for —
racial inequities in education and in American society in general.
Michael Rebell:
Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.
Democrats in Sacramento nonetheless want to throw millions of dollars at this fake problem by exempting veteran teachers from state income tax while ignoring the real
systemic inequities in education.
I am quite willing to grant that
the inequities in education in this country are not only or primarily a matter of funding.
When low scores on the 2000 PISA exams revealed
the inequities in their education system, many German states began to make comprehensive efforts to improve the quality of their schools.
She sees teaching the class as a chance to provide additional opportunities for HGSE students to focus on the significance of race and
inequities in education and to consider the practice - based approaches that might work towards more just outcomes
«Every day, my goal is to ensure that our students, future principals and teacher leaders, understand that there are
inequities in the education system that can block students from reaching their full potential», Hermanns says.
Mangala Nanda's interest in education is fueled by her frustration with
the inequity in education systems and access to education.
Hill and Jochim's notion of a governance system follows a recent trend toward neoliberal, market - based strategies as a solution to
the inequities in the education system.
How can schools and educators work to fulfill the promise of Brown to dismantle segregation and
inequity in education?
So, I will keep advocating, stirring the pot, and bringing to light
the inequities in education for our gifted children.
We need some way of comparing different schools and students and pointing up
inequities in our education system.
Our nation must do better and reverse
the inequity in education.
[1] Even if every teacher were hardworking, knowledgeable, and skilled,
inequities in education would still exist because of a range of larger, systemic problems that hinder effective teaching, both inside and outside of school.
MEDIA CONTACTS Christa Big Canoe, Legal Director, Aboriginal Legal Services (criminalization of Indigenous women; experiences of Indigenous victims of sexual violence;
inequities in education) Tel: + 1 647-227-4392; email:
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