Schools funding gap wide in N.C.
The Education Trust (read more here about the non-profit group) has released a report looking at how states spend money on low-income students and minority students.
State officials say North Carolina's numbers are misleading because the data comes from 2004-05, before the state pumped millions into high-poverty schools.
"This year's funding gap report paints a fuller – and even more painful – picture of how funding choices made at every level shortchange low-income students and students of color," said Kati Haycock, the president of the Education Trust.
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Oh please just go to Deena Hayes for a quote on this report. She raised the bar(or lowered the bar depending on your perspective) back on Tuesday night.
We now know that atleast she will say the problem is the white parents' and their children are Slavemasters and the black children (let's face it she recognizes no other minorities) are slaves.
This woman is pure poison and has passed Dot Kearns as the most dangerous School Board member.
Posted on December 21, 2006 3:31 PM
Jennifer,
An interesting report that indicates that school funding at every level is not equitable. the report makes the comments:
"Roza’s analysis also shows that salaries are not the only problem: districts routinely assign a larger share of their unrestricted funds to lower-poverty schools, as well. Although districts distribute earmarked funds such as Title I mostly to higher need schools, they undercut the purpose of those dollars—to provide “extras” for low-income students—by sending a higher percentage of flexible state and local funding to lower poverty schools."
"The spending patterns and funding gaps within districts exacerbate educational inequalities for low-income and minority students. Sadly, these funding inequities are buried in widely accepted and outmoded district-level accounting practices,” said Roza."
So, if this is true what has your research shown is happening in GCS? What spending patterns have you identified that exacerbate inequalities in this district? What schools are getting short-changed here? That would be most interesting to learn how those inequalities happen here. Is this a shortcoming of the school administration or the school board?
"At the School District Level: Districts need to publish transparent budgets and allocation figures to provide for greater accountability of local spending patterns."
I totally agree with this quote that GCS needs to more transparent in how the spend and allocate their funds. Accountability? You bet, we need it.
Posted on December 21, 2006 7:41 PM
Jennifer,
I know that the young boy that was killed in the accident today was not riding in a public school bus, but it raises the question again as to why we don't have seat belts in school buses? It seems apparent that this youngster would have survived, if he had not been thrown out of the bus. Is this a matter of money trumping student safety again? Parents are required by law to have their children properly restrained while riding in the family car, then why not the schools?
Posted on December 21, 2006 7:59 PM