Sentences with phrase «more money per pupil in»

Rosemary Serra, president of the Nassau County Federation of Republican Women, said New York invested more money per pupil in education than most states, but still had a below average graduation rate.

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«The truth is that New York dedicates more money per pupil to education than any other state — including over $ 25.8 billion in this year's budget,» Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said in a statement, «and we'll continue to work to strengthen our public schools and provide New York children with the education they deserve.»

Cuomo has frequently pointed to New York's highest - in - the - nation spending per pupil, and argued that more money isn't always the answer to education challenges.

Public schools in Cleveland actually have more money per pupil as a result of school vouchers, because they keep money not used to pay for the voucher.

Also, according to Greening, no school will have a reduction in money of more than 1.5 per cent per pupil, each year.

Few jurisdictions have passed significant voucher and tax - credit legislation, and most have hedged charter laws with one or another of a multiplicity of provisos — that charters are limited in number, can only be authorized by school districts (their natural enemies), can not enroll more than a fixed number of students, get less money per pupil than district - run schools, and so on.

In an ambitious study that seeks to examine state education spending down to the school level, a new analysis of K - 12 expenses in Wyoming shows that while per - pupil spending has swelled to one of the highest rates in the country, schools devoted a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educatorIn an ambitious study that seeks to examine state education spending down to the school level, a new analysis of K - 12 expenses in Wyoming shows that while per - pupil spending has swelled to one of the highest rates in the country, schools devoted a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educatorin Wyoming shows that while per - pupil spending has swelled to one of the highest rates in the country, schools devoted a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educatorin the country, schools devoted a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educators.

The average amount of money spent per pupil by U.S. public schools has more than doubled in real terms since 1970, and the number of pupils per employed teacher has declined from 22 to 15.

In 2011, the most recent year with data available, Austria, Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland spent more money per pupil on education than the United States, but those countries aside, the US spent more than most of the developed world.

The Governor Malloy and state lawmakers put together a budget that fulfills most of the promises made in last year's education reform law by increasing per - pupil funding and allocating more money for new charter schools.

The per - pupil funding increases they've granted will help close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, and the money for more charters will act as a lifeline for the 65,000 Connecticut kids still stuck in failing public schools.

Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low» per - pupil funding level and the district's steady decline in enrollment.

More money is spent per head on pupils in England than in Wales.