Sentences with phrase «school in poor districts»

But today many city schools in poor districts are still lacking sorely needed funds and basic resources.

One way it has done this is to establish schools in poor districts, which may receive more funding than rich ones in some states.

One of the challenges that Proposal A's bipartisan creators met was to craft a formula that increased funding for schools in poorer districts while holding harmless the funding levels of richer districts.

That means schools in poor districts have vastly less funding available than those in rich districts.

But he says schools in poorer districts do not have the resources to adapt so quickly.

At the same time, public schools in poorer districts are being asked to do more and more to help address the broader social and economic problems manifesting themselves among school populations.

But today many city schools in poor districts are still lacking sorely needed funds and basic resources because state officials say the state doesn't have enough money to comply with the court ruling that took 14 years to win.

Another way K12 maximizes its income is to establish schools in poor districts, which receive larger subsidies in some states.

The Supreme Court in February rejected a new funding formula enacted by the state in 2015, saying it was inequitable and came up millions of dollars short for schools in poor districts.

«That's good news for our children, especially in the Bronx where many of our schools in poorer districts are struggling to provide decent education.»

But Tisch noted there are schools in poorer districts that are also highly successful and should be exempted.

Schools in poor districts, especially schools for children of color, should not be auctioned off (and I use that term advisedly) to mercenary charter school operators who are not educators — and in that category I include Sharpe and his extended family; Andrea Comer; the Reverend Morrison and his wife; and — Stefan Pryor.

Because wealthy families tend to live in communities with larger tax bases and fewer needs, their children's schools have typically spent much more per student than have schools in poor districts.

Test scores are consistently disparate along socioeconomic lines, and it is well established that minority students are more likely than their white counterparts to live in poverty and go to school in poorer districts.