Sentences with phrase «real dollars per student»

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The Productivity Commission is correct that dollars spent per student increased by 14 % in real terms over the last decade.

It's true that New York charters get several thousand dollars less in operating funds per student than the city's district schools do — and, even more important, they do not get separate capital funding for facilities in Gotham's extremely pricey real - estate market.

While inflation - adjusted public spending per student increased 27 percent between 1992 and 2014, an EdChoice study found, teacher wages actually fell an average of 2 percent during that time (in real dollars).

By removing real estate as an obstacle, charters were able to focus on curriculum, students and school culture — especially important because New York charter students receive several thousand dollars less per pupil than children in district schools.

What the president left out is that the performance of American high school students has hardly budged over the past 40 years, while the per - pupil cost of operating the schools they attend has increased threefold in real dollar terms.