Sentences with phrase «scarce dollars»

They are therefore forced to pay rent or mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

Furthermore, it isn't fair to spend scarce dollars on students who aren't prepared for college; those dollars could instead be used by needy students who are ready.

Tough choices will have to be made on where scarce dollars go.

It is a good thing and usually the competition keeps good researchers in the game and directs scarce dollars where they need to go.

From the perspective of Forward, financial support of Haredi families not only diverts scarce dollars from the more deserving Jewish poor who recognize the imperative of «egalitarianism,» but also encourages what economists term «moral hazard,» the subsidizing of economically and socially dysfunctional behavior.

Details about the plan remain vague, but it would appear that Governor Malloy has decided to side with the charter schools and begin the «money follows the child» system in which scarce dollars used to help pay for education in existing school districts would be transferred to the charter schools.

In light of the benefit growth under current law — which greatly outpaces the growth in available revenue — it is far from clear that further net increases are a wise use of scarce dollars, particularly since broad - based expansions can be quite costly.

Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts School Leader Dr. Donna Marie Cozine said: «Our school budget is spread thin, forcing us to spend our already scarce dollars on the cost of a building and its repairs.

But we must avoid squandering scarce dollars on full - day programs for children who gain little from preschool — essentially to buy the political support of their well - off parents.

Lindsay Sobel, Massachusetts executive director of the teacher leadership group Teach Plus, said the teachers she works with are concerned that Massachusetts could «open itself up to redirecting scarce dollars from their classrooms to the creation of an unnecessary new test.»

Not only is the outlook for students coming out of special education particularly bleak, over-placement saps scarce dollars that might be used for more cost - effective and less regulated ways of serving students who are slightly behind their peers.

Such studies often unleash stinging rebukes of administrators and teachers for spending scarce dollars on expensive machinery that fails to display superiority over existing techniques of instruction and, even worse, is only occasionally used.

The denial of facilities aid results in a huge funding disparity and forces charter schools to pay rent or a mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

While funding and staffing increased in the «70s, these have begun to peak as competition grows (from the elderly, new immigrants, Israel) for the scarcer dollar.

Conservation organisations want to spend their scarce dollars on conservation.»

At a time when public schools across our state are already making difficult decisions about where their scarce dollars should go, further cuts would be a disservice to families and children who have consistently demanded access to more high quality educational options and won't see additional schools of choice through this proposed budget.

«Given that we've got expertise right here in the district, I don't see a need to spend our scarce dollars to bring in more out - of - state consultants,» Juhnke said.

«At a time when public schools across our state are already making difficult decisions about where their scarce dollars should go, further cuts would be a disservice to families and children who have consistently demanded access to more high quality educational options,» he said.

Frightened administrators spend scarce dollars on test prep materials.

Because charter schools receive less in public funding than other public schools, it forces them to make difficult choices on how to spend their scarce dollars — and because many charter schools don't receive facilities funding, they also pay for their own buildings, which puts them at a significant financial disadvantage.

Additionally, all schools outside of New York City are denied access to state facilities funding and are therefore forced to pay rent or mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

Because charter schools receive less in public funding than other public schools, it forces them to make difficult choices on how to spend their scarce dollars.

This denial of facilities funding resulted in huge funding disparity and forces charter schools to pay rent or mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

If it's a rust bucket you may well be better off applying your scarce dollars to a new car, etc..

Meanwhile the explosion of fracking rigs across the landscape is causing massive environmental damage and eating up scarce dollars we should be investing in renewable energy.