Sentences with phrase «share of the education dollar»

Failure to hit these targets, as well as underfunding generally, has resulted in pension costs consuming a progressively larger share of the education dollar.

They should avoid prescription and both reward and produce rigorous evidence, thus increasing the share of education dollars spent on evidence - based programs while at the same time fulfilling the federal government's unique responsibility for producing and disseminating high - quality evidence on the best ways to improve American schools.

Not exact matches

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

Any state willing to forego its share of federal education dollars is free to do so — and to exempt itself from all the rules and constraints that accompany those dollars.

With the largest single pool of federal education dollars in history flowing to states and school districts, education - related companies have been looking to gain a share of the cash, marketing themselves as uniquely equipped to help with improvement efforts.

Central Falls, R.I., where an entire high school teaching staff was recently fired, is the latest example of a growing trend: no - nonsense superintendents attempting to improve their schools by firing teachers perceived to be incompetent to secure a bigger share of federal education dollars.

The lion's share of these ARRA education dollars was appropriated through the new $ 50 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), a population - based program created to expeditiously replenish education budgets decimated by declining tax revenue.

Charter advocates argue that charters are public schools, too, serving local children, and that they deserve a fair share of local education dollars.

The PDK / Gallup found that 46 percent of adults believe the lion's share of education funding should come from states, while 23 percent said they want the federal government to kick in the most dollars.

The figure is a maximum estimate — a representation of the most dollars school districts would have to share if all of their area charter schools were eligible for capital aid, said Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Hialeah Republican who is the House pre-K-12 education budget chairman.

APLUS would allow states to opt out and spend their share of federal education dollars on any lawful education purpose they believe would best benefit students.

«As he had promised, public education receives the lion's share of new dollars in the Governor's spending plan; K - 12 schools would see a welcome infusion of $ 400 million in the coming year.

That seemed to resonate, but it obscured an agenda Melvoin's backers have spent years and millions of dollars advancing, one that Trump's education secretary Betsy DeVos shares: the school choice marketplace not just as the means, but as the goal.

Collectively, level funding through the appropriations process and the cuts of sequestration have exacerbated the need for school districts to raise taxes or use local budget dollars to cover an ever - growing share of the federal contribution to special education.

Following a speech last October in which Bill Gates announced a major shift in the education priorities and strategy of his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is moving to implement its plan to invest the biggest share of its education philanthropy dollars in education networks that come up with their own «locally driven solutions» to improve student achievement.

Supporters of Initiative 42 liked to say the state's priorities are not in the right place, meaning the legislature did not allocate a large enough share of your tax dollars to K - 12 education.

The money that comes to cities and towns to help fund public schools is based on an Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula which is grossly underfunded to the tune of almost $ 700 million dollars this year.

Under Alexander's legislation, states could opt to allocate the newly - consolidated funds to low - income parents, giving them much more say over how their child's share of federal education dollars are spent.

Although charter school companies like Jumoke Academy and Achievement First, Inc. have been unwilling to take their fair share of students who face language barriers and children who have special education needs, Malloy and Pryor have been diverting millions of dollars away from public schools to finance charter school operations.

What I would argue is that a much larger share of the federal education research dollars... should be devoted to helping states begin to use the data that they've been accumulating to start evaluating their own programs and policies.

Privately owned and operated, but funded with taxpayer dollars, Connecticut's Charter Schools have consistently failed to educate their fair share of students that require special education services and English Language Learners who aren't fluent in the English Language.

Although $ 20 million dollars of this money will be counted in the Bridgeport Public School's state Education Cost Sharing grant, not a dime will go to the academic or socio - emotional needs of a single Bridgeport Public Schools student.

But I will proudly stand by my statement that a Democrat who proposed doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest school; who refuses to de-couple inappropriate standardized tests from teacher evaluation; who diverts a hundred million dollars a year from public schools to prop up unaccountable charter schools that refuse to educate their fair share of bi-lingual students and students who need special education services; and who refused to settle the CCEJF lawsuit and develop a long - term change to Connecticut's school funding formula... DOES NOT deserve the badge of honor that comes with being endorsed by teacher unions.

Our students are being deprived of their fair share of public education dollars.

«The judge's decision means the new funding rules and other changes to Florida's education law will require school boards to be fair and share a portion of their capital improvement dollars with charter schools in their districts,» said Haag.

And since we're discussing learning here, share some of that spirit of education by donating a few dollars to The Pearl Foundation.

«LONDON — Pearson PLC, a provider of education and consumer publishing services, said Thursday it acquired Author Solutions Inc from Bertram Capital for 116 million dollars in cash, adding that it expects the acquisition to enhance adjusted earnings per share in its first full year.»

Tuttle also notes the growing number of far - flung tech companies looking to list their share in the U.S. Among these are three China - based companies with plans to raise hundreds of millions of dollars by selling American depositary shares in the not - too - distant future, including Bilibili, a nine - year - old, Shanghai, China - based anime video sharing platform; iQiyi, an eight - year - old Beijing - based video streaming service; and OneSmart, a 10 - year - old, Shanghai, China - based K - 12 after - school education provider.

The U.S. Department of Education will allocate dollars to states based their share of four - year olds from low - and moderate - income families and funds would be distributed to local school districts and other partner providers to implement the program.