The Comparability Distraction & the Real Funding Equity Issue
Yesterday, the US Department of Education released a new report addressing how districts qualified for Title I funds (higher poverty districts) often allocate resources across their schools inequitably, arguing that requirements for receiving Title I funds should be strengthened.
The report is here: http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/title-i/school-level-expenditures/school-level-expenditures.pdf
Related resources here:http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#comparability-state-local-expenditures
It is certainly problematic that many public school districts have far from predictable, far from
Posted on December 1, 2011
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