Sentences with phrase «rich school districts»

As house prices have recovered more strongly in well - to - do neighborhoods than in poorer ones, that's aided rich school districts more.

As political events, equity cases compelled the redistribution of spending for education, inciting a strong reaction from those property - rich school districts with the most to lose.

Last year Pennsylvania had the highest public school funding gap in the country between rich school districts and poor school districts, according to data from the United States Department of Education.

«We are dealing with an extremely rich school district,» said Donald W. Salm, principal of Beatrice Rafferty School.

«Success Academy's closest peers are the state's richest school districts like Jericho, Syosset and Scarsdale,» their website proclaims.

By Lucas Rodgers Daily Local News (Chester County) Last year Pennsylvania had the highest public school funding gap in the country between rich school districts and poor school districts, according to data from the United States Department of Education.

In Gady's estimation, part of her job as a teacher is to «allow kids [in Highline] to be on equal par with richer school districts,» and that comes down to exposure to resources beyond their classrooms and neighborhoods.

Because longer school years require greater resources, comparing a district with a long school year to one with a shorter year historically often amounted to comparing a rich school district to a poor one, thereby introducing many confounding factors.

We might not be surprised to find a student newsroom in affluent or resource - rich school districts, where journalism programs tend to be popular.

Kentucky's richest school district, Anchorage Independent, spends $ 16,160 per student.

Sixth graders in the richest school districts are four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts.

In the richest school districts, up to 90 % of the school district budget is from residents» taxes.

In the 10 richest school districts, median incomes ranged from $ 175,766 to $ 238,000.

All of the richest school districts were included in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools list, except for Bronxville, which was ranked fourth in Newsweek's Top 20 High Schools in the Northeast.