Sentences with phrase «most money per student»

There are exceptions, but generally speaking the districts spending the most money per student are producing the worst academic results.

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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.

Some of the lowest - performing urban public - school systems are also those that spend the most money per pupil — but despite Catholic schools» record of helping disadvantaged students learn, and despite their desperate need for financial resources, these institutions are denied any direct public support.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

EDUCATION A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 94 % of teachers spend an average of $ 479 for classroom supplies per year, with teachers who work at schools with a large population of low - income students spending the most money.

* In most states, charter school districts reported spending less money per pupil than traditional public schools on instruction, student support services and teacher salaries.

By streamlining the budget, we can send an additional $ 250 per student right into their classrooms where the money is needed most.

Most of that money — $ 6,854 per student — goes directly to schools to spend as they see fit.

Which public school district spends the most taxpayer money per student?

While some BIE schools have not been inspected for safety in 10 years, BIE spends more money on Native students than most other school systems in the nation - an estimated $ 15,000 per student per year.