Sentences with phrase «much different school districts»

The focus on how much different school districts spend, in school finance litigation and legislative deliberation, he added, «appears misguided.»

Not exact matches

If I managed a single school or small district, it would be a much different ballgame and the resources available to me would be greatly lessened.

That's the conclusion of a new study from The Fordham Institute that offers three different price tags for the cost of training teachers and purchasing classroom materials to teach to the new standards.The actual cost would depend on how much schools and districts lean on technology in implementing the standards.

North Carolina is one of just seven states in the country that uses a «resource allocation» method of determining funding, which uses several different formulas for determining how much money school districts receive in state tax dollars.

Because school corporations have different assessed values — that is, how much property within it is worth — districts have to ask for different tax rates to raise the same amount.

Researchers also have taken advantage of the multiple tests administered by some states and school districts to investigate how much value - added changes when it is calculated with different tests.

Much like a financial manager who looks for diverse stock offerings that perform well, a school district's portfolio manager strives for a diverse array of schools that meets different students» needs.

While the studies showed mixed results for charter schools when compared to district schools in other states, the data coming out of Massachusetts» charter schools told a much different story.