Sentences with phrase «than school districts qualified»

In that case, they specifically noted that Legislature, still exercising their constitutional role in funding and organizing Washington schools, «found entities other than school districts qualified to educate our youth.»

Not exact matches

Many of the schools we serve are private schools, and the public districts we do serve have Free and Reduced rates below 10 % [i.e, fewer than 10 % of the kids qualify for free or reduced price lunch.]

In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2).

The study, which is scheduled to be published next year, «shows how an often - discussed phenomenon — that schools serving poor children get less qualified teachers than schools in the same district serving more advantaged children — is hard - wired...

Those who can choose what sort of school their child attends by moving to a different district, or knowing enough to apply to a lottery, or prepping them for Gifted & Talented testing (many more qualify than there are seats), or paying for private school unassisted.

To qualify as a fair match - up, the charter and district schools had to be the nearest neighboring public schools of the same type (elementary or middle) and be located less than three miles apart as the crow flies.

District school records show that charters also have better attendance and graduation rates than the regular public schools and that their teachers are more likely to fit the city's definition of «highly qualified,» meaning that they have expertise in what they are teaching.

More than half of participating large urban districts said they didn't have enough time to hire qualified staff, according to the urban schools group survey.

KIPP NJ schools are serving comparable or greater numbers of students who qualify for free lunch, have special needs or come from African American or Latino demographics than the Newark and Camden school districts.

At DC Public Schools (another district that has taken on significant reforms in recent years) while overall results are slightly higher than NPS, students at NPS who qualify for free or reduced lunch (FRL) drastically outperform those at DCPS

The Community Eligibility Option (CEO) attempts to reduce administrative burdens on schools and districts by allowing schools, groups of schools, or local education agencies with more than 40 % of students qualifying for «direct certification» of FRL eligibility to provide free meals to their entire student body, and to cease reporting data disaggregated by FRL eligibility.

Like school districts, charter schools receive a base grant for each student enrolled, plus supplemental grants for students who qualify for free and reduced - price meals or are English learners, homeless, or in foster care — and an additional concentration grant if these students make up more than 55 % of the enrollment.

More than 40 school districts in the state, including many in the Delta, lack qualified teachers.

The professional learning communities are a safe place to have that conversation,» says Ted Howard II, principal at Garfield High School, one of 12 high schools in the highly diverse district, where students speak more than 100 languages and more than a third qualify for free or reduced - price lunch.

The new group, an outgrowth of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, has identified 16 charters, 8 magnets and 4 traditional schools within the district that have more than 75 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced - price meals and more than 60 percent of students who meet or exceed standards for English Language Arts.

Title 1 funds for the 18 Madison elementary schools that qualify for them total more than $ 4 million according to the district, but the parts of those funds earmarked for «family engagement» total about $ 66,000.

Nearly 9 in 10 respondents said it was a problem for public schools in low - income communities to have fewer qualified teachers than public schools in wealthier areas, and a majority felt that shortages should not be resolved by recruiting individuals who are not fully prepared — the very thing many districts have been forced to do in response to deep shortages across the state.

These 144 school districts (comprising roughly 34 percent of Wisconsin's 422 school districts) qualified for sparsity aid based on having a membership of 745 or fewer students and a density of less than 10 pupils per square mile of the district's geographic area.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

But because a lot of Indiana schools are losing money because of a statewide property tax cap — more than 30 lost enough revenues to qualify for state help — you really need a working knowledge of how a district's budget gets built.

In contrast, the Brighton school district has more than 17,800 students, with 37 percent of those qualifying for free or reduced - price lunch.

This conclusion reflects the finding that teachers with stronger qualifications are both more responsive to the racial and socioeconomic mix of a school's students and less responsive to salary than are their less well qualified counterparts when making decisions about remaining in their current school, moving to another school or district, or leaving the teaching profession.

The now K - 12 schools serve over 900 students, 86 percent who qualify for free or reduced lunch, 93 % who identify as Hispanic or Latino, and over 55 % who are English Language learners — percentages higher than those of the geographic district.

More than 93 percent of students qualify for free - or reduced - price lunch, and four of the district's 10 schools received a failing grade from the state in the 2011 - 12 school year.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), where a person is qualified to be a resident pupil of a school authority, other than a public school authority, that provides elementary education only, and the area of jurisdiction of the school authority is the same in whole or in part as the area of jurisdiction of a public district school board, the pupil shall be admitted to a secondary school operated by the public district school board or to a secondary school operated by another board,

A qualified education professional with more than 17 years of experience in primary and secondary learning environments, and a wealth of knowledge in development and implementation of educational technology tools and applications in college classroom, school, and district settings seeking, professorship.

The average annual salary for an infant and toddler teacher is almost $ 9,000 less than that of a preschool teacher.18 Meanwhile, teachers and lead teachers in school - sponsored early education programs — specifically programs that are administered by a local school district — typically fare the best, earning an average of $ 23.50 per hour.19 However, salaries for pre-K teachers in public schools remain significantly lower than those for similarly qualified kindergarten teachers.20

Every person who qualifies for the above - explained exemption is entitled to «an additional exemption of up to $ 25,000 on the assessed valuation greater than $ 50,000 for all levies other than school district levies.»