Sentences with phrase «spending on public schools»

From 1993 to 2002, state spending on public schools increased 8 percent per year, for a total of over $ 2 billion.

Would it prefer to devote any new spending on public schools to higher teacher salaries or smaller classes?

That money could be better spent on public schools and universities.

When respondents are told the correct figure, support for spending on public schools shifts sharply downward.

As noted, people tend to underestimate the amount of money spent on public schools.

I can see the intuitive appeal of using money the government would otherwise spend on public schools to allow families to escape to private schools of their choice.

Thus the money these states spend on public schools is directly related to the actual cost of services those schools provide.

Our recent national survey of American adults («What Americans Think about Their Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one margin.

The final budget is expected to increase spending on public schools by about $ 100 per student; set aside money for the state's Florida Forever land conservation program; and increase spending on financial aid programs for college students.

Under the program, the parents of participating students will receive a portion of funding the State of Nevada spends on public school students — between approximately $ 5,100 and $ 5,700 per year — to pay for non-public school education and related expense.

As a result, spending on public schools fell to a national low of $ 11,019 per student in 2012 — 13.

The two - year lag between 2004 — 05 and the time we conducted our survey should lead respondents to overestimate actual expenditures, as spending on public schools tends to increase over time.

The results are striking: Americans dramatically underestimate the amount spent on the public schools in their district, even when prompted to consider the full range of uses to which school spending is devoted.

And while that figure may sound large without any context, it's less than 3.5 percent of the roughly $ 25 billion that the state of Florida currently spends on the public school system.

The budget froze spending on public schools, which is better than the $ 127 million cut proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.

Yet Peters is a huge Malloy supporter who has strongly endorsed Malloy's reform program in its entirety, including increased standardized testing, VAM, and increased spending for Charter Schools while cutting spending on public schools.

The sweeping schools plan by Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee would boost spending on public schools instead of cutting it by $ 127 million over two years as GOP Gov. Scott Walker has proposed.

TRENTON — Taxpayers who want to know how much their home towns spend on public schooling can find that information in a guide released today by the state Department of Education.

Despite millions spent on public schools, private voucher schools and charter schools every year, why does Wisconsin continue to have the largest gap in academic achievement between black and white students in the country, by certain measures?

Specifically, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of income received by the middle class is associated with an increase of $ 64 per - pupil spending on public school kindergarten - through - 12th - grade education.

Apparently in response to the failure of past tuition tax credit efforts, the proposal reserves 50 percent of the tax credits for organizations spending on public school districts, 40 percent for private and religious schools, and 10 percent to special education in either private or public schools.

More than half of Americans say that spending on the public schools in their community should increase, compared with 38 percent who say it should stay the same and only 10 percent who say it should decrease.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Free state college tuition for middle - class students, an expanded child care tax credit and $ 1 billion in new spending on public schools are among the highlights of a state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

At the same time, the amount of money the state spends on each public school student has decreased by about 4 percent, according to a memo released this week by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau at the request of Sen. Janet Bewley, D - Ashland.

The state's education chief is seeking a $ 613 million increase in state spending on public schools and changes to the funding formula that would have generated $ 26.8 million more for Madison this year if it had been in place.

With respect to education, the strong economic recovery and the passage of Proposition 30 has allowed us to increase spending on public schools and community colleges from a...

Graduation numbers are a controversial issue for New York state, which ranks below the national average in that area although its spending on public schools is among the nation's highest.

The public's strong preference that more be spent on public schools is based, at least in part, on faulty information.

Choice advocates fired back, disputing the methodology of those studies and insisting that the vast majority of «gold standard» research has found that school choice produces «equivalent or superior academic results, usually for a fraction of what is spent on public schools,» in the words of the Cato Institute's Neal McCluskey.

Figure 2 shows that when not provided with information about current spending levels, 79 percent of Democrats say that spending on public schools in their local district should increase, as compared with 50 percent of Republicans.

Part of the explanation for this is the widespread ignorance on the part of the general public about just how much already is spent on public schools.

Deciding how much to spend on public schools is only the first step; school districts must also determine how to use whatever resources are made available.

Except that it's not really: 80 percent of that spending is controlled by government and spent on public schools and universities.

According to the 2008 national survey by Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) at Harvard University, most of the public has an inaccurate picture of how much is spent on public schools and how high teacher salaries are.

STANFORD — Education researchers William G. Howell of the University of Chicago and Martin R. West of Brown University have released newly compiled evidence from the 2008 Education Next / PEPG survey which shows that if the public is given accurate information about what is currently being spent on public schools, their support for increased spending and confidence that more spending will improve student learning both decline.

In the letter, the coalition stated «We oppose this and all private school voucher programs because public funds should be spent on public schools, not private schools.

Nothing in the North Carolina Constitution states that all money spent on education must be spent on public schools.

«We could send children to private school in our city for a fraction of what we spend on public schools,» he said.

Public funds should be spent on public schools, not private schools state the coalition of public policy, education, religious and civil rights organizations in the joint letter.