Sentences with phrase «spending per pupil does»

Increased school spending per pupil does not necessarily result in higher student achievement, as measured by «the nation's report card,» concludes a report from the American Legislative Council.

Not exact matches

[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]

A spokesman for Governor Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years».

A spokesman for Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years.»

Sure, some are great — but most aren't and overall, the city Department of Education doesn't begin to produce results commensurate with the $ 22,000 it spent per pupil last year.

They also do not differ significantly in their initial per - pupil spending, average class size, percentage of students receiving subsidized school lunches, percentage of students with limited English proficiency or disabilities, and the mobility of their student populations.

On average, men thought that per - pupil spending was $ 1,483 higher and teacher salaries were $ 2,065 higher than did women.

Almost a fifth (18 per cent) of teachers said they don't know what their school's main priority for pupil premium spending is.

For example, if a state's average per pupil spending exceeds the adequacy measure, but some of its districts do not, the estimated fiscal gap of zero for that state assumes it will redistribute some of its spending.

It also found that on average, primary school pupils spend 53.7 per cent of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom, as do 55.5 per cent of secondary school pupils.

The survey also found that one in five teachers did not know what the main priorities for their pupil premium funding was, with early intervention schemes cited as the most common priority for spending, identified by 28 per cent of respondents.

Ohio's SB 341 and SB 342 could save Cleveland $ 1,219 per pupil in 2020; not only do they lower projections from $ 2,476 to $ 1,257, but in 2020 the district will actually be spending less on retirement than it did in 2011.

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

First, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 injected funds to insulate district budgets from recessionary cuts for a year, so national per - pupil spending didn't decline sharply until 2010.

Would voters have decided as they did had they known how much money was actually spent per pupil?

Nationwide, nearly a third of the alternative - school population attends a school that spends at least $ 500 less per pupil than regular schools do in the same district.

If MA is a good sport, they would fight left handed - what chance does a majority - minority school system with half the spending per pupil have against the highest performing state education system in the nation many years running?

Here is something big - city school, superintendents, school boards, and teachers» unions know but don't tell: districts spend less money per pupil in the schools» serving the poorest children.

Missing from virtually all the media coverage of these developments are answers to a few basic questions: How much do we currently spend per pupil?

On average, Connecticut spends $ 4,000 less per pupil on charter school students than it does on students at district schools.

Self - described reformers argued that Newark schools spent too much for too few results, and that charter schools had shown they could do better; per - pupil spending in the public schools was about $ 24,000 when Ms. Anderson arrived, and the teachers were among the nation's highest paid.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

Berger said per - pupil spending will also increase but did not give specifics.

In a state where per - pupil spending ranked 48th in the nation in 2013, many have questioned why the letter grades don't serve as an indicator for where increased funding and resources should be allocated to bring up low - performing schools.

CA teachers did support Prop 30, which helped bring California COL adjusted educational spending per pupil from last in the nation to almost last in the nation.

Still, particularly shocking was this tidbit: «The New York City school district spends twice as much per pupil on instructional salaries as does Los Angeles Unified.»

Indeed, Utah, which spends less per pupil than Oklahoma does, now ranks 32nd in Education Week's «Quality Counts» report, while Oklahoma remains in 47th place.

And why do some schools have much larger per pupil spending gains than others?

But that doesn't mean the amount spent per pupil goes up with it.

A Utah Policy poll recently showed that 83 percent of Utahns feel it is important to increase per - pupil spending, with 55 percent saying it is «very important» to do so.

Interestingly, the researchers found that class size, per pupil spending or teacher certification differences do not explain the success of charter schools.

A school with higher personnel costs may spend significantly more per - pupil than does a school with lower personnel costs.

GSA establishes a Foundation Level of spending per pupil ($ 6,119 in 2014) and adds to local funding for districts that do not meet the Foundation Level.

But the analysis did not include many of the key factors that contribute to per - pupil spending.

North Carolina spends $ 855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation.

But in educational attainment, students in Texas are, on average, one to two years ahead of California students of the same age, even though Texas has a lower per capita income and spends less per pupil than California does (Exhibit 3).

They will argue, as they always do, that our education system is not broken — despite the fact that it performs at the same level as the Slovak Republic where the government spends half as much per pupil, and the GDP is 171 times smaller.