Sentences with phrase «recent school cuts»

«It's probably not enough,» said Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education, which has fought recent school cuts.

Not exact matches

The school used the Penn Wharton budget model to analyze the revenue impact of the House's most recent version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday and is set for a vote by the full House this week.

The area is historically underfunded and underserved, with recent budget cuts requiring the district to eliminate almost all electives, move to a four - day school week...

New Democrats feel their best shot at re-election cuts a straight path through Kenney's social values, policies and past comments against same - sex marriage and abortion, as well as his more recent comments that parents ought to be informed that their kids are in school gay - straight alliances.

A recent presentation about sustainable school catering in Turin suggested schools ought to be aiming to reduce meat - based meals by 50 %, through measures such as cutting down on certain meats; introducing vegetarian meals twice a week; and offering alternative veggie meals if children ask for them.

Fernando Dominguez cut the figure of a young revolutionary leader during a recent lunch period at his elementary school.

School officials also told police that, because of recent staff cuts, they would not have enough personnel to supervise lunchrooms if the campus is closed, Keller said.

Yesterday's New York Times contained an interesting article on a new trend towards healthier choices in some school cafeterias across the country (others, like the ones I featured in a recent blog post on school «junketerias», have their work cut out for them!).

The NRA has given more than $ 7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an AP analysis, but few have shown any indication that they'll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month's massacre at a Florida high school.

On the other hand, in another excerpt regarding their Valley Energy project in the Town of Wawayanda, CPV's press release declares: «The project will also provide more than $ 30 million in local tax revenue, with the majority going to the local school system, which has been hit hard, in recent years by budget cuts.»

Korn also notes that declining state aid and further action by school districts have cut about 10,000 teaching jobs in 700 school districts in recent years, mostly by eliminating unfilled positions.

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

Smith's remarks on this start at about the 5:30 - minute mark, when Mika Brzezinski notes a recent Times editorial that pointed out how low - income school districts are disproportionately hurt by Cuomo's $ 1.5 billion education funding cut — all but $ 270 million of which is included in the framework agreement announced yesterday.

Flanagan said his conference will remain focused on restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, a statutory formula that has distributed cuts across school districts in recent years, as the state has grappled with budget deficits.

Hill noted that while the discussion in light of Mayor Bloomberg's proposed cuts on recent budget cuts has focused on after - school programs, three daycare service providers — the Washington Heights Day Care Center, Quo Vadis Daycare, and La Familia Day Care — may be forced to close.

In recent years, the city's school district has made several decisions to help close budget gaps, including cutting about 200 staff positions.

«The agreement worked out among the governor, Speaker Silver and Majority Leader Skelos — a stark contrast with the political deadlock in Washington — will bring more fairness to the state tax code and help ensure that children in our public schools will begin to see restorations from the devastating education cuts of recent years,» he said.

It is being pushed as easier to implement, and gives credit to local governments and schools for often deep cuts made in recent years.

When Cuomo first announced the bond act, school groups gave the proposal a lukewarm reception, arguing that any additional funding would be better spent to restore recent cuts in aid that have forced some districts to lay off teachers and eliminate programs.

Troublingly, in recent decades kids more and more have been sequestered indoors, as fearful parents discourage unsupervised roaming and schools cut back on recess to make more time for test prep.

Cut back on the beef, dairy, sweets and savory snacks, but feel free to munch away on more fruits, vegetables and cereals, if you'd like a more climate - friendly and healthy diet, according to recent research conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

In recent years we've seen states cut funding for public universities at the same time those schools are taking on additional students, which has furthered the need for federal financial assistance to offset this shift in costs.

Thus, the NAACP's recent call for a charter school moratorium stands as the unkindest cut of all.

However, looking at this objectively, while BESA's recent «Resources in English Maintained Schools» research shows that 2011/12 has seen budget cuts of 1.8 per cent in primary education and a 2.7 per cent drop in secondary education, schools still have significant funds to spend, particularly when compared with budgets ten, five or even two yeaSchools» research shows that 2011/12 has seen budget cuts of 1.8 per cent in primary education and a 2.7 per cent drop in secondary education, schools still have significant funds to spend, particularly when compared with budgets ten, five or even two yeaschools still have significant funds to spend, particularly when compared with budgets ten, five or even two years ago.

It said school budgets are «already stretched to breaking point by successive cuts in recent years».

Kevan Collins, chief executive of the EEF, said: «Teaching assistants have been much maligned in recent years and many schools have scaled back on their employment to cut costs.

In addition ~ the budget cuts of the Great Recession caused schools to further pull back in areas like art ~ sports and extracurricular activities and ~ as a recent survey points out ~ the sequester has had an impact as well.

In a recent school finance decision forced by plaintiff claims that public schools were inadequately and inequitably funded, a state of Washington judge, John Ehrlick, cut a Gordian knot that had for years tied up state legislatures from New York to Ohio and back to New Jersey.

Recent examples, however, indicate that more and more school districts are resorting to chopping entire programs rather than institute less - drastic cost - cutting measures.

Those efforts emerge as a priority in the 2010 legislative season, even as many cash - strapped states face the prospect of tough spending decisions — including school budget cuts — on top of the midyear cuts they enacted in recent months.

Meanwhile, the first significant budget cuts in recent memory forced public school districts to tighten their belts in unprecedented ways.

A recent report by the National Audit Office said that schools face cuts of 8 % in real terms by 2019 - 20.

Even before new cuts bite, a recent survey showed that over 50 per cent of school leaders expect budget pressures and lack of funding to be their biggest challenge in the next academic year.

The planting of trees and bushes near schools to cut air pollution — so - called «barrier bushes» — has been the subject of a growing debate in recent years.

Efficiency Examining the idea of efficiency in a school setting, Stephen Morales, chief executive of NASBM wrote in a recent article: «The notion that a drive for greater efficiency is an attack on precious education resources is a result of a narrative perpetuated by a perception that efficiency translates directly into cost cutting, reduced resources and capacity, and ultimately a drop in a school's ability to improve children's life chances.

Four of the five states with the biggest cuts in general school funding since 2008 — Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin — have also cut income tax rates in recent years.

So, TREE has joined with more than a dozen grassroots organizations that support strong public schools across Tennessee to demand accountability from the TDOE in the wake of confusion created by the latest release of «quick scores» and associated raw «cut scores» from recent TCAP tests.

For one, given the recent draconian budget cuts that have descended on public education from coast to coast, many central offices have been gutted to the point that meaningful support to school principals and teachers seems next to impossible.

As recent research by the School Cuts coalition of unions has shown, class sizes have been increasing as a result of government underfunding.»

Our research shows that while a small number of schools were able to avoid the worst effects of recent budget cuts, belts continued to tighten at schools with more economically disadvantaged students.

However, decades of school reform research «has shown that school improvements tend not to deepen at single schools or spread across schools without substantial support from district central offices,» as Mike Copland and Meredith Honig, University of Washington researchers, point out in their recent Education Week commentary, «Don't Cut Out the Center.»

Three other corporate education reform industry groups, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc. (ConnCAN), the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), and Achievement First, Inc. (the charter school management company with strong ties to the Malloy administration,) have spent nearly $ 100,000 more in recent weeks in a lobbying program designed to persuade legislators that it is good idea for them to cut funding for their own public schools, while increasing the taxpayer subsidy for the privately run charter schools.

These federal programs are essential to support long ‐ standing federal commitments and help offset the recent budget cuts, which have forced school districts to cut academic programs and have disproportionately hurt our neediest students and schools.

A coalition of school districts last month notified the state that it would file new litigation, alleging that recent education cuts are unconstitutional.

The school funding law is based on what the Legislature has put into state statutes before significant budget cuts that were made during the recent record drop in state revenue.

This lack of federal investment, in combination with the recent education budget cuts at the state and local level has made it increasingly difficult for schools and early education programs to continue to provide the services that young children and youth with disabilities need and to which they are legally entitled.

The report also notes that nearly two decades of revenue caps have taken a steady toll on school resources, and recent steep cuts in support for K - 12 education in the 2011 - 2013 biennial budget are likely to accelerate that trend.

The economic downturn and the recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act confront many district and school leaders with the confounding paradox of managing both recession - driven budget cuts and new stimulus funding intended to improve the achievement of underserved students.

Given recent reports concerning «orphan» schools, stuck between the hard place of an LA cut to the bone and a MAT whose appetite to risk is much reduced, just what will happen to these schools and moreover the pupils?

As recent research by the School Cuts coalition of unions has shown, class sizes have been increasing as a result of Government underfunding.