Sentences with phrase «poor school districts under»

And it is what fuels the controversy over state school funding generally — poor school districts under - resourced compared to districts that are rich in property valuation.

Not exact matches

Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education said «the gap between rich and poor school districts is growing under Gov. Cuomo.»

«The concern is whether schools and municipalities can continue to deliver services at the levels of spending necessary to stay under the cap and whether the poor school districts will have the hardest time,» Levy said.

South Carolina has hired Edison Schools Inc. to try to improve student achievement in the struggling Allendale County school system, a poor rural district entering its fifth school year under state control.

For each school identified as a poor learning environment and placed under preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the district shall be given the opportunity to present evidence to the commissioner that the conditions in the school do not threaten the health or safety or educational welfare of students and do not adversely affect student performance.

Critics say that charters sap resources and siphon off motivated students from under - resourced district schools, which are often already serving poor and low - performing students.

In a push to provide more children with free tutoring under the No Child Left Behind Act, the Department of Education is expanding two pilot programs that allow school districts to offer the extra assistance a year earlier than usual, and to serve as tutoring providers even if they themselves have been deemed poor performers.

Under the proposed rules, teacher colleges will be motivated to steer their graduates away from school districts and schools that report low student achievement test scores, i.e., those serving poor and minority children and new learners of English.

Under a law passed in 2015, any school district with a campus that receives a fifth straight «improvement required» rating for poor academic performance this year would be subject to the sanctions.

A decreased Title I allocation is challenging for a district because it can result in fewer district schools receiving funds under Title I. Under Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive funder Title I. Under Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive fUnder Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive funds.

As Dropout Nation has pointed out ad nauseam since the administration unveiled the No Child waiver gambit two years ago, the plan to let states to focus on just the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps) effectively allowed districts not under watch (including suburban districts whose failures in serving poor and minority kids was exposed by No Child) off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.

Due to the variations in local property tax bases, the override option fails to provide «property - poor» school districts with an effective opportunity to meet their obligations under the Education Clause, education reform legislation, and the Consolidated State Plan, much less to enhance the educational opportunities of their students.

Lawmakers were working under a June 30 deadline set by the high court to enact a constitutional school funding formula that addresses disparities between rich and poor districts.

He declared unconstitutional and «irrational» the way Connecticut funds and oversees local public schools; he found that the state government has the enforceable responsibility under Connecticut's constitution to provide all students an adequate education — not just the wealthy suburban kids who rank first nationwide in reading scores, but also the many «functionally illiterate» high - school graduates from the 30 poorest Connecticut school districts, which rank below Mississippi and 39 other states in those same scores.

Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra said that while about 43,000 3 - and 4 - year - olds attend full - day preschool in the former Abbott districts — the state's poorest — about 39,000 more children around the state are entitled to preschool under the 2008 School Funding Reform Act.

The article also references the closure of the Rochester Leadership Academy Charter School (a school under the management of the NHA) due to poor academic performance; however, given that the schools we examined exhibited slightly better academic performance than the schools in their surrounding districts, it is hard to know which is the exception and which is theSchool (a school under the management of the NHA) due to poor academic performance; however, given that the schools we examined exhibited slightly better academic performance than the schools in their surrounding districts, it is hard to know which is the exception and which is theschool under the management of the NHA) due to poor academic performance; however, given that the schools we examined exhibited slightly better academic performance than the schools in their surrounding districts, it is hard to know which is the exception and which is the rule.