Sentences with phrase «low investment in public schools»

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The Education Investment Tax Credit will increase funds in two areas — donations to public schools, school districts and teacher - driven projects; and scholarships to help low - and middle - income students attend religious and other tuition - based schools, according to the NY Archdiocese.

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

A new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

«An early investment in people becoming the leaders that our schools need will result, we are confident, in a higher degree of effectiveness for novice principals and a lower degree of turnover in the first two to five years of the principalship,» says John Youngquist, director of principal talent management for the Denver Public Schschools need will result, we are confident, in a higher degree of effectiveness for novice principals and a lower degree of turnover in the first two to five years of the principalship,» says John Youngquist, director of principal talent management for the Denver Public SchoolsSchools.11

The Mind Trust's $ 2 million investment will help launch new public charter schools in Indianapolis that will use technology to customize student instruction, help high school dropouts attain diplomas and incorporate academic rigor and social - services support to ensure low - income students excel.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

However, parent and families» decisions about schools happen in the context of State over-investment and policy in favor of public school choice programs and under - investment in other public schools with high proportions of low income and Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino children.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Of course, many voucher supporters also oppose initiatives to fully fund programs for at - risk children or increase investments in low - performing public schools and programs for families to help low - income students.