Sentences with phrase «more equitable funding system»

This will help guide our lawmakers to make the necessary changes to create a more equitable funding system.

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.

Other states have developed more equitable funding systems from which PWC can model its reform.

Not exact matches

«There has to be a more equitable plan that accomplishes our shared goals of cleaner air, reduced congestion and sufficiently funding our mass transit system,» Markowitz said.

This faith - based charter compromise could lead to a renewed urban school system — one based on equitable funding, more diverse options, parental choice, and comprehensive transparency and accountability.

In arguing for the elimination of the local school board, Chester Finn and Lisa Keegan («Lost at Sea «-RRB- state, «[State - level child - centered funding] would create not only a more equitable system, but also more effective schools.»

California's new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) 1, signed into law in 2013, promised a new school finance system that would provide both more local control and a more equitable school finance system.

If we want our school funding system to be more equitable, we must make it less local.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

CHICAGO (August 31, 2017)-- Advance Illinois applauds Illinois» new, more equitable school funding formula that puts kids first and ends an era of the state having the most inequitable school funding system in the country.

But there's no need to wait for a court decision to have a more equitable system of educational funding.

After the smoke has cleared, the Texas system of funding public schools will either be more equitable or less equitable.

«One State, One Future is really just a first step, as E4E - Connecticut teachers are looking to continue this conversation on school funding with legislators, parents and community members to create the momentum for the more equitable system students in our state so desperately need and deserve.»

• The Local Control Funding Formula has a dual goal: to create a new school accountability system and to establish a more equitable distribution of fFunding Formula has a dual goal: to create a new school accountability system and to establish a more equitable distribution of fundingfunding.

Educators for Excellence - Minnesota is advocating for the legislature to make the funding system more transparent and equitable.

is advocating for the legislature to make the funding system more transparent and equitable.

The goal should be an equitable, predictable, and consistent system for how our state allocates more than $ 2 billion in education funding.

The Commission outlined a series of reforms to mitigate the injustices in our education system, including a more equitable distribution of funds, improved curriculum to prepare students for the 21st Century economy, access to early childhood education and a well - rounded delivery of support services for students from a variety of backgrounds.

NAM: In your view, will Gov. Brown's proposed Local Control Funding Formula be effective in returning the state to a more equitable system?

At the same time, states are increasingly focused on developing more equitable K — 12 education financing systems, including reducing funding disparities between districts and providing additional funding for high - poverty school districts.

Under the section labeled «community control,» M4BL called for an end to state and mayoral takeovers of school systems in favor of local, democratically elected boards, more equitable school funding and a de-emphasis on standardized testing.

California California's approach combines a more equitable system of funding with locally designed accountability plans that hold all schools and systems responsible for improving the learning opportunities and outcomes of all students.

The CPS budget crisis will not come to an end without a more equitable system for funding schools in Illinois.

After a year - and - a-half of work, «most board members said they were satisfied that the document meshes with and advances the state's larger comprehensive effort for school improvement combining new academic standards, more equitable funding and a locally driven accountability system.»