Sentences with phrase «more per student»

Under terms of what's being called a compromise» on Brown's Local Control Funding Formula, districts will receive an average of about $ 537 more per student than was proposed in May by the governor.

The Harlem Children's Zone invests $ 16,000 per student per year for expenses in the classroom, and thousands more per student for expenses outside the classroom.

Because wealthy families tend to live in communities with larger tax bases and fewer needs, their children's schools have typically spent much more per student than have schools in poor districts.

They also say they spend $ 2,000 to $ 4,000 more per student in those schools, in addition to any federal aid given to schools with high - needs populations.

Funding in some «basic aid» districts — the roughly 10 percent of districts with enough property wealth to finance schools outside of state funding — has exceeded the average by $ 3,000 or more per student.

Charters receive a great deal of private money and spend more per student than public schools do.

«And the US as a whole does spend more per student on average than other OECD countries; however, the US spends far less on medical care (in terms of government dollars), parental leave, and the social services and supports.

The United States spends more per student on education (including both K - 12 and higher education) than any other nation in the world except Switzerland.

High schools receive approximately $ 1,000 more per student than elementary schools.

At an average of $ 13,416 per pupil, these charter schools spend almost 30 % more per student than the statewide average.

In district - level analysis, the Education Trust finds that nationally districts serving high concentrations of low - income students receive on average $ 1,200 less in state and local funding than districts that serve low concentrations of low - income students, and that gap widens to $ 2,000 when comparing high - minority and low - minority districts.17 These findings are further reflected by national funding equity measures reported by Education Week, which indicate that wealthy school districts spend more per student than poorer school districts do on average.18

Orange County, at the top of the list, spends 12 times more per student than Swain County at the bottom.

Even after adjusting for cost of living and student poverty variables, they found that districts with lower productivity spent $ 950 more per student than districts with above average productivity, and the most inefficient districts tended to devote an extra 3 percent of their budgets to administration and other nonteaching expenditures.

The changes that Duff and Rojas propose would drive huge funding increases for several charter schools — including about $ 1,800 more per student for Achievement First Hartford Academy and $ 1,700 for Stamford Academy...

On average, the highest - spending counties increased their spending by 3.8 percent more per child this year since last year ($ 110 more per student).

Orange County, at the top of the list, spends more than twelve times more per student than Swain County at the bottom.

Take a town like Cheshire they get $ 77,000 which is $ 16 more per student or Milford which gets $ 45 dollars more per student or Woodbury which gets $ 14 more per student.

Class Warfare is also studded with easy - to - check errors, such as the claim that Newark schools spend more per student than New York City schools because of a more cumbersome teachers» contract.

Most Atlantic readers know that, although the U.S. spends more per student on K - 12 education than any other nation except Luxembourg, students in a growing number of nations outperform our own.

«Wyoming spends more per student than many states, and by equitably distributing those funds, we create opportunities for every student to be successful.

«California should be spending more per student than other states to allow all of its students to reach state and national academic standards,» the report said.

If a charter school wants to spend more per student, it needs to find a way to do that on its own, such as through fundraising.

Mostly white schools (90 percent or more white) spent $ 733 more per student than mostly nonwhite schools (90 percent or more nonwhite)

New York City may spend more per student than most districts in the United States ($ 19,597 during the 2009 - 2010 school year according to the U.S. Census), but one education scholar's number crunching shows that the city's schools are underfunded.

What's more, PARCC (2013) recently revealed that their paper - and - pencil option will cost $ 3 — 4 more per student than the computer - based test.

Public school students saw a 27 percent increase in real resources spent on their education, so adjusted for inflation, public schools were spending 27 percent more per student in 2014 relative to 1992.

One thing is clear: Performance is not simply a matter of money, because only Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Norway spend more per student than the United States.

The Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey last week passed a plan that would give the state's public district and charter K - 12 schools about $ 200 to $ 250 more per student this fiscal year, according to school officials.

These low - poverty districts collect more than $ 1,500 more per student than high - poverty districts.

Of course, Wisconsin's public schools spend way more per student than vouchers cost, or about $ 10,000.

In addition, the KIPP program spends significantly more per student than the public school system does, relying on private contributions to make up the difference.

Parent fundraising tends to exacerbate inequity, since schools with more affluent families are able to raise much more per student.

Some charter schools spend up to $ 2,000 more per student.

Before her family moved closer to the city, where they could afford more living space, she attended the more affluent Upper Moreland district, which is predominantly white and, according to state and local records, spends about $ 1,200 more per student than William Penn..

Meanwhile, schools are basically funded by bands of enrollment; a school with, say, 401 students will get more than a school for 399, but the school with 401 will get the same amount as one with 499 (though schools can get more per student for different reasons).

With the philanthropic money — not counting community partnerships that provide educational and facilities improvements — Partnership schools spend only about $ 650 more per student per year than the average district student, for whom about $ 11,000 is budgeted by the state.

They challenge the fact that Pennsylvania spends $ 3,800 more per student than the national average, saying that is driven by high spending districts.

When it comes to per - pupil spending, the District had the largest gap, with public charter schools getting $ 16,361 per student in fiscal 2011 and traditional public schools getting $ 29,145, about $ 13,000 more per student, according to the study.

This means that states with more property wealth could look like they face higher education costs just because they spend more per student.

We are seeing districts who already receive significant Title 1 funding over the base funding level now receiving thousands of dollars more per student with LCFF.

Kentucky spends about $ 1500 more per student than Tennessee and gets significantly better results on the NAEP year after year.

Nor is Ryan optimistic that the problem would have been ameliorated if these efforts had been more successful: «Tee - Jay» already spends in excess of $ 4,000 more per student than Freeman, with worse results.

Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public - school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K - 12 education than almost any other country.

«You challenge people by pointing out that only a third of our children are college and / or career ready after a K — 12 experience, where we spend more per student than any country in the world.

And while revenue from both state and federal sources increased at about the same rate as that of districts throughout the state, Reading averaged almost a thousand dollars more per student from outside sources than the state average (see Figure 2).

Wealthy school districts in Connecticut typically spent $ 1,227 more per student than poorer ones during the 1981 - 82 school year, according to a recent state report.

The district also provided campuses with about $ 2,500 more per student.

Because the local property tax base is typically higher in areas with higher home values, and there are persistently high levels of residential segregation by socioeconomic status, heavy reliance on local financing enabled affluent districts to spend more per student.

Because the local property tax base is typically higher in areas with higher home values, and there are persistently high levels of residential segregation by socioeconomic status, heavy reliance on local financing contributed to affluent districts» ability to spend more per student.

It did, however, note that by its calculations, New York spends more per student than any other state in the country, even as performance on standardized testing continues to lag.