Sentences with phrase «poverty school districts enroll»

Today, high - poverty school districts enroll half of America's schoolchildren.

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And although charters enroll only 5 percent of America's K - 12 students, to the cash - strapped, high - poverty urban districts that have been targeted for charter expansions, that number represents a shift of roughly $ 38.7 billion per year in lost tax dollars and mass closings of neighborhood schools.

The district schools still enroll a majority of Newark children, including a higher percentage of those living in extreme poverty or with learning disabilities, but now they're less equipped to serve them.

Rossmiller said he could see DeVos changing the rules for federal money sent to public school districts for students living in poverty to allowing that money to follow the student if they leave a public school and enroll in a private school — a hallmark of Trump's education agenda.

Meanwhile, compared to high - poverty districts, few, if any, Commonwealth charter schools enroll the same percentage of children from low - income families, children with special needs, or children learning English as a second language — the very students who struggle most with standardized MCAS tests.