Sentences with phrase «poor urban districts»

That means poorer urban districts often don't have nearly the same resources as their affluent suburban counterparts.

That shift of students from mainly poorer urban districts to better - off suburban schools has created big financial challenges for the urban districts.

There are studies that show that kids in poor urban districts make as much progress as others during the academic year, but they slip back during the summer.

Governor Malloy calls for an increase in per - pupil funding for charter schools from $ 9,400 to $ 11,000 and that an additional $ 1,000 per - pupil would be a transferred directly for the resource poor urban districts to the big - time donor supported charter schools that have recruited students from their area.

The Abbott litigation forced the state to devote large sums of money to spending in poor urban districts, resulting in its high ranking by Education Trust.

The report is the Governor will «increase per - pupil funding for charter schools from $ 9,400 to $ 12,000» and that at least $ 1,000 per - pupil would be a transferred directly for the resource poor urban districts to the big - time donor supported charter schools that have recruited students from their area.

For instance, despite large court - ordered funding hikes to poor urban districts, the districts that were the focus of Abbott, New Jersey still received a grade of only C in equity (a ranking of 33rd in the nation) from Education Week.

In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that poor rural districts have been shortchanged in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban districts.

Fagen implemented an aggressive mix of reforms typically associated with low - performing, poor urban districts in this high - performing, affluent Denver suburb.

In an attempt to reduce property taxes in New Jersey, a legislative committee is recommending that the state completely rewrite the way it finances schools and wipe out the special - needs designation that has driven billions of dollars in extra funding to its poorest urban districts.

Many of the nation's teachers, especially in the poorest urban districts and in the 5,000 school districts classified as rural, had fallen short of that standard.

New Jersey's school - finance system should be discarded because it shortchanges property - poor urban districts and the disadvantaged students they serve, a state administrative - law judge has ruled.

According to a published report in the Connecticut Post, the «Education Reform Plan» that Governor Malloy will announce later this week will include Commissioner of Education Stephan Pryor's plan to give charter schools more public funds including money that will be shifted from helping Connecticut's poorest urban districts.

Governor Malloy and Commissioner of Education Stephan Pryor have announced a plan to give charter schools more public funds including money that will be shifted from helping Connecticut's poorest urban districts.

I think that's why I react so strongly to charades like «New Jersey can remedy educational inequity by funneling massive amounts of money to poor urban districts»; or «98 percent of teachers are effective or highly effective»; or «low student proficiency levels are the fault of terrible PARCC tests» or «charter schools cherry - pick students» (through anonymous lotteries!).