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«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.

«The Harvard Summer Institutes are widely recognized as the gold standard of academic training, but it's simply beyond the means of most school districts in our state to send their principals.»

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The state's «education tax» supports schools (as do local school district taxes in most other states) and is the largest single source of property taxes in Vermont.

Thrilling state championship win made McClatchy the most accomplished girls team in school & district history

The property tax cap is now in its sixth year, and according to David Albert with the New York State School Boards, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of theState School Boards, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thSchool Boards, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thestate's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thschool districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of the cap.

For districts that get most of their funding from the state, it will mean, he said, some school officials will have to cut programs or staff because they will be forced to plan conservatively in what they might get from Albany if a state budget goes unresolved until May 31.

The property tax cap is now in its sixth year, and according to David Albert with the New York State School Boards Association, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of theState School Boards Association, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thSchool Boards Association, most of the state's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thestate's nearly 700 school districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of thschool districts are asking for increases that are within the limits of the cap.

«It is nearly unthinkable that, in this day and age, one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States would allow racial discrimination and retaliation to flourish.

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In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

Every one of the state's 728 public school districts must run lead tests on the water coming from drinking fountains and most of the sinks in every school building.

Kingston City School District officials said this week the $ 137.5 million Kingston High School Second Century Capital Plan will have to go five years deeper into the century in order to get the most out of the state aid funding the bulk of the project.

Jan. 28: The Hempstead district is identified as the most fiscally stressed school system in New York in a report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

We are the most underfunded school district receiving Foundation Aid in New York State.»

Ultimately, after final budget negotiations last year, Ossining received an additional $ 2.2 Million dollars in Foundation Aid, yet remained one of the most underfunded Foundation Aid school districts in the state.

Buffalo parents in the District Parent Coordinating Council have filed a petition with the State Department of Education demanding the removal of School Board Member Carl Paladino for what they call «his history of racist, incendiary and destructive behavior,» including his most recent published statements about the Obamas.

Central New York is home to the most segregated school district border in the state, a report found.

Though school districts across the state are, on average, facing a 3.4 percent increase in their tax levies, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted that most can live within his proposed 2 percent cap.

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out to be our region's most expensive state race for the large, oddly - configured 46th state Senate district against Republican George Amedore, a former Assemblyman and owner of a second generation Rotterdam - area homebuilding company, who she defeated by 18 votes in a tense recount two years ago.

Here's the six school districts in Onondaga County that lost the most aid in last year's state budget because of GEA reductions.

Related story: Search our database to see what school districts in New York get the most and least state aid

They simply don't have the LEGAL authority to cut the overwhelming majority of their expenses and with the double digit cut in state aid most local school districts will receive, they will have to make up for that money by significantly jacking up property taxes... which are far more regressive and oppressive than income taxes.

The New York State board of Regents, after a lengthy closed door session, chose MaryEllen Elia, a former western New York school teacher who was most recently the superintendent of a large school district in Florida.

Most of the area school district are proposing budgets that come in at or under the state's 2 %... Continue reading →

The prediction comes from both proponents and opponents of the tuition - voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out - of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.

In Massachusetts, writes Georgia Alexakis in the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquIn Massachusetts, writes Georgia Alexakis in the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquin the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquin Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.»

As Levinson recently told the Harvard EdCast, «These are not the six most important cases or the only cases we need, but they seem to traverse a lot of important ground in education ethics, moving from the classroom to the school to the district and even the state level.»

Two Connecticut School Districts, for the Rich and Poor The New Yorker, 9/14/16 «But, from his research, [Dean James] Ryan concluded that school litigation in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»&School Districts, for the Rich and Poor The New Yorker, 9/14/16 «But, from his research, [Dean James] Ryan concluded that school litigation in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»&school litigation in most states leaves «a lot of inequality untouched.»»

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

However, given that all school districts in the United States are subject to No Child Left Behind and many states have implemented their own accountability systems, this may be the most appropriate context in which to study the consequences of meriStates are subject to No Child Left Behind and many states have implemented their own accountability systems, this may be the most appropriate context in which to study the consequences of meristates have implemented their own accountability systems, this may be the most appropriate context in which to study the consequences of merit pay.

Most every school district pays extra for a master's degree, and all the state - of - the - art research on this subject is finding exactly what we found in Florida.

In California, for example, which has the most charter schools of any state, the law stipulates that «admission to a charter school shall not be determined according to the place of residence of the pupil...» In Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquIn California, for example, which has the most charter schools of any state, the law stipulates that «admission to a charter school shall not be determined according to the place of residence of the pupil...» In Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquIn Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquin admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....»

[7] In terms of the proportion of students receiving free - or reduced - price lunch, both magnet and charter schools are less impoverished than traditional public schools in their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyIn terms of the proportion of students receiving free - or reduced - price lunch, both magnet and charter schools are less impoverished than traditional public schools in their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyin their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyin most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets only).

Over the past 35 years, reforms adopted in most states have dramatically improved the equity of funding from one school district to another.

It is my goal here to show how within an individual state (where, as most recently proposed, portability's fiscal impact would be), portability would change the distribution of Title I funds across all districts, and within a district, across schools currently participating in Title I versus those who do not.

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

Most state policies for assisting school districts in financial trouble are uneven and complex.

Do opt - outs tend to be concentrated among relatively affluent districts, or are they most common in schools that have historically performed poorly on state tests?

Lastly, in most big cities today, the state government — not the district — provides the lion's share of school funding.

Paul G. Vallas, the chief executive officer of the Philadelphia schools, has been tapped to lead the state - run district that operates most of the schools in New Orleans.

Instead of takeovers, closures, and other dire options mentioned in press coverage of the law, most states and school districts have chosen less aggressive interventions.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

The NAEP scores they focus on do not correspond in most of the cases to the relevant years in which the court orders were actually implemented; they ignore the fact that, as in Kentucky, initial increases in funding are sometimes followed by substantial decreases in later years; and their use of NAEP scores makes no sense in a state like New Jersey, where the court orders covered only a subset of the state's students (i.e., students in 31 poor urban school districts) and not the full statewide populations represented by NAEP scores.

Most enroll in other districts through the state's School of Choice program, which allows parents to send kids to other schools either within their district or outside their district if space is open.

Third, and most interesting, there is diversity in the suppliers of K — 12 public education: the Orleans Parish School board oversees a number of traditional public schools and charters; the state board of education authorizes several charters; and the Recovery School District (an entity created before Katrina to assume control of failing city schools) manages both charters and traditional public schools.

For example in the United States, Pinellas County (Florida) school district found as far back as the late 1990s that the presence of surveillance cameras was a sufficient deterrent to considerably reduce most of the violence and defacement that had overwhelmed district schools in the past.

Administrative data from states or school - district report cards tend to reinforce these findings, even in those states that are said to have the most significant problems.

To create such programs, states and districts must identify the most important elements of student performance (usually academic achievement), measure them (usually with state tests), calculate change in performance on a school - by - school basis, and provide rewards to schools that meet or beat performance improvement targets — all of which must be backed by system supports that enable all schools to boost results.

School districts in the state of Vermont range from small (4,000 students in the district) to smaller (15 students in the most rural of schools), but one thing that looms large in each community is its schools.