Sentences with phrase «when wealthier districts»

It struck me how much school spending has changed since I went to school, when wealthier districts consistently spent -LSB-...]

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When he voted for that bill he said to the people of his district I approve borrowing more money from foreigners to hand it over to the wealthy so we can have an excuse to cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security after November!

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

One question... why is it a problem when DeBlasio raises money to help elect Democrats in upstate districts while the extremely wealthy NYC real estate interests ship boatloads of money upstate for the same purpose?

NYSUT, meanwhile, backed a study to determine whether any changes to the funding formula is necessary, which would also take into consideration the impact on a small school district when a resident receives a windfall through inheritance or winning the lottery — a factor that throw aid formulations out of whack in areas with few wealthy people.

The voucher program began in 2009, when a group of conservative candidates won control of the district school board and began a sweeping effort to privatize the education system in Douglas County — one of the wealthiest in the country.

Synopsis: When incumbent Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major gaffe, two wealthy CEOs decide to try to gain influence in their district by putting up a rival candidate.

Synopsis: When incumbent Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major gaffe, two wealthy CEOs decide to try to gain influence in their district by pu... [MORE]

On the contrary, local - control arguments have been most successful in court when the states themselves have wielded them as a means of resisting new obligations, such as equalizing spending between wealthy and poor districts.

When school officials in two districts serving wealthy families — Edina outside Minneapolis and Wilmette outside Chicago — took a hard look at their gender numbers, they found wide and growing gaps.

Although they have been studying the education - finance situation since last October, when a state judge indicated that substantial changes were needed to balance the scales between wealthy and poor school districts, nothing prepared politicians in the state capital for last week's events.

Indeed, a close look at MCAS results shows there is surprisingly little difference between the quality of teaching in so - called «good» schools (wealthy, suburban schools with high MCAS scores) and «bad» schools (inner - city schools with low scores) when the results are averaged across all teachers in the district and disaggregated by student demographics, specifically race and poverty.

All students are more likely to enroll in top - tier colleges when they come from wealthier districts.

When that over - $ 1,100 advantage is applied to a school or district of one - thousand students, the wealthiest top 5 percent resource advantage grows to over $ 1.1 million.

Unfortunately, when we looked at the data from California's 20 largest districts, it wasn't clear that poor schools were getting more funding than wealthier schools.

When high school students from a small, wealthy Massachusetts school district known for its excellent schools were found to have messaged each other on Facebook earlier this month using racial and homophobic slurs, school officials and law enforcement immediately stepped in.

When Rodriguez v. San Antonio ISD was filed, students in poorer districts received only two - thirds of the state funding that was received by students living in wealthier districts.

Unfortunately, carryover effects of prior funding decisions still require the use of hold harmless clauses to ensure that many school districts (including a mixture of wealthy and average wealth districts) continue to receive a least as much state and local revenue as was provided in prior sessions, even when those amounts were inequitable.

Wealthy and upper middle - class parents have the financial means to send their child to a school of their choice or move to a different district when their assigned public school fails to meet their child's needs.

In district - level analysis, the Education Trust finds that nationally districts serving high concentrations of low - income students receive on average $ 1,200 less in state and local funding than districts that serve low concentrations of low - income students, and that gap widens to $ 2,000 when comparing high - minority and low - minority districts.17 These findings are further reflected by national funding equity measures reported by Education Week, which indicate that wealthy school districts spend more per student than poorer school districts do on average.18

When Cross worked at a wealthier, nearby school district, she had an art budget of roughly $ 7,000 a year.

This becomes an issue in a given state or district when the wishes of wealthy taxpayers (those who owe enough state taxes to make STO donations and get the resulting tax credit) are not aligned with the wishes of parents.

Teachers in high - poverty schools report fewer computers and less training on how to use technology with students compared to their colleagues in wealthier districts — leading to decreased confidence for these teachers when it comes to using educational technology.