Sentences with phrase «on equitable funding»

School board president Wendy Falb said the lack of progress on the equitable funding of public schools in Michigan is troubling.

An outgrowth of decades - long debates on equitable funding of public schools is an effort to ensure that schools provide «adequate levels of funding» for all students in a state (Augenblick, et al., 1997).

As the fight for economic and educational justice continues, an important lawsuit on equitable funding for...

As the fight for economic and educational justice continues, an important lawsuit on equitable funding for charter - school students is moving through New York's courts and faces a critical moment.

This faith - based charter compromise could lead to a renewed urban school system — one based on equitable funding, more diverse options, parental choice, and comprehensive transparency and accountability.

The fact that overall funding progressivity remains low despite two decades of reforms suggests a troubling lack of progress on equitable funding of public schools.

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Funds are disbursed to organizations and initiatives that are driving critical work on the frontlines to meet immediate relief needs and organizing for the building of an equitable Puerto Rico.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Secretary of the Senate Angelo Aponte briefed reporters at the Capitol today on the chamber's new guidelines for the use of taxpayer - funded media — including everything from bulk mailings to Websites — and insisted the majority is striving for an equitable distribution of resources.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

Also, many countries have social insurance taxes, typically impose on the basis in employment income, that fund universal pensions, health care and other social services, in which the distributions of benefits may be more equitable that the taxes that pay for them.

The statement from Mujica meditates somewhat on how to define equitable funding and having Cuomo provide his own definition.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo argued Wednesday that a state - funding mechanism for pre-kindergarten is more equitable for districts across the state than a competing proposal from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to fund his program with a tax on the city's highest earners.

In a letter sent to hedge fund and opportunistic fixed income managers, Trustees of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS) called on its hedge fund managers and opportunistic fixed income managers who invest in distressed debt and might therefore, at present or in the future, hold Puerto Rican municipal obligations, to «negotiate in good faith to find a just and equitable solution to» repayment of the municipal debt at the center of Puerto Rico's economic crisis.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

The report «The effects of cancer treatment on reproductive functions; guidance on management» recommends that a national policy on sperm, egg and embryo storage is needed and that funding bodies develop equitable funding protocols for patients.

The video of Nixon's appearance on The Today Show was distributed in an email to reporters by Billy Easton, the executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which has long pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to honor the terms of a lawsuit equitable education funding.

The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schools.

Meanwhile, education advocates on Tuesday began their lobbying efforts with a rally calling on more equitable funding for high - needs schools across the state.

Members of the Radical University Professionals (RUP) staged a rally at Peace Park across from the SUNY New Paltz campus on Tuesday, demanding equitable funding for the SUNY system and a fair contract for professors.

Members of the Radical University Professionals staged a rally at Peace Park across from the SUNY New Paltz campus on Tuesday, demanding equitable funding for the SUNY system and a fair contract for professors.

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Even when students and their families have been successful in school funding litigation based on state constitutions, many state lawmakers have resisted and evaded court mandates to provide equitable or adequate funding.

Allocating funds based on the number and characteristics of students that attend a school, instead of more typical methods of district - based budgeting and funding personnel, has the potential to facilitate public school choice by helping to ensure district schools of choice receive equitable funding.

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

The individual school option provides equitable services funding to a private school based on enrollment of eligible children.

The equitable - services provision for private schools, within - district funding allocations, and within - state allocations all rely on measures of poverty to distribute funding through Title I, and as such, could be impacted by the Community Eligibility Provision.

These cities vary widely in terms of providing publicly - funded transportation for students, prompting new questions on how student transportation can be an enabler of, rather than a barrier to, equitable access to high - quality education in urban areas.

State leaders must find a way to distribute what education funding we do have based on student need, rather than the type of public school, so that every Connecticut child receives equitable support for their public education.»

Our Western NY Advocacy Manager Duncan Kirkwood went on Time Warner Cable's Capital Tonight to discuss the Brown v. New York case and the fight for equitable funding.

What could we do to shine a spotlight on what is going on in the classrooms, what great work these schools are doing, and the fight for equitable funding for all students?

75 percent believe public charter and district students should receive funding on an equitable basis;

While North Carolina continues on a path of disinvestment in public education, equitable and adequate school funding is perhaps more critical than ever now that children from low - income families make up the majority in the United States» public schools, according to a report released by the Southern Education Foundation earlier this year.

This is smart politics by the Coalition: turning Labor's argument for equitable funding on its head by arguing Gonski is far from equitable.

New Haven clergy came together to call on state lawmakers to come up with a solution for equitable school funding.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

Findings were based on a two - year study of four districts pursuing more equitable funding practices to address their achievement gaps: Atlanta Public Schools; New York City Department of Education / Empowerment Schools; Portland, Ore., Public Schools; and Lane County District Number 4J in Eugene, Ore..

Location: Middle Tennessee / Nashville Priority: Appropriate and Equitable Resources and Supports Topic: Teacher and student voice on reducing discipline disparities Summary: The funding for the Oasis Center, MNPS, and PASSAGE builds on the previous grant cycle of work that focused on educating current MNPS teachers on cultural competency, and implicit bias in order to promote the equitable treatment of students in MNPS schools.

«One State, One Future is really just a first step, as E4E - Connecticut teachers are looking to continue this conversation on school funding with legislators, parents and community members to create the momentum for the more equitable system students in our state so desperately need and deserve.»

I shall not presume to give the solution to these funding inequities, but it is plainly apparent that an over-reliance on property taxes makes it decidedly more difficult to provide an equitable quality of education across all populations.

The improvement in Texas student achievement on national tests in 2008 was fueled in part by the 12 - year span of improved and equitable funding that was provided to all Texas schools.

This includes public charter schools of every mission and type — we must advocate for students attending public charter schools to receive equitable funding and help address the thousands of children on a waiting list to attend a public charter school.

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We advocate for equitable funding systems that ensure sufficient resources are distributed based on student need.

Although Adamowski doesn't actually have the authority to «offer regional out - of - district» options to Windham students, funded by Windham taxpayers but not accessible to all students in an equitable manner, he is doing so anyway; Although Adamowski is not authorized to do so, he is eliminating bilingual education and putting a Band - Aid in its place; Although Adamowski doesn't have the authority to do so, he forced TFA on Windham; Although Adamowski doesn't actually have the authority to do it, he is interfering with other, non-Education Boards and Councils in the Town of Windham; Although Adamowski doesn't have the authority or power to do it, he has usurped the Board of Education completely and they have sat by and let it happen; Although Adamowski has no business interfering, he is trying to get charter reform that includes either mayoral control of the BoE or an appointed BoE in Windham.

Though he acknowledges independent charters align with CMOs on many issues, and cites equitable funding as an example, he says for now that independent charters have to carve out their own space, and create their own national voice.

At the same time, states are increasingly focused on developing more equitable K — 12 education financing systems, including reducing funding disparities between districts and providing additional funding for high - poverty school districts.

«Strong charter laws feature independent, multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.