Adequate Funding

Education Funding Opinion Enhanced Learning Experiences Needed
Joseph Harris, a 2013-14 Hope Street Group Fellow, discusses the need for funding for enhanced learning experiences.
Stu Silberman, March 6, 2014
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Education Funding Opinion Passed, Piloted, Pitched, and Pushed
Hope Street Group Fellow Jennie Watkins discusses the need to provide adequate funding without bake sales, car washes, and garage sales or selling candies, fruit, cookie dough, and magazines.
Stu Silberman, March 5, 2014
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Education Funding Opinion Invest in the Power of Education
Hope Street Fellow Jana Bryant discusses the need to invest in the power of education.
Stu Silberman, March 3, 2014
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Education Funding Opinion Real Life Science Inquiry Now Limited
Hope Street Fellow Pennye Rogers discusses the need for resources in her science classroom, teacher training, etc.
Stu Silberman, February 28, 2014
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Education Funding Opinion Who Is President In Your Textbook?
Hope Street Fellow Brad Clark discusses the need for adequate funding.
Stu Silberman, February 27, 2014
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Education Opinion Adequate Funding of Public Schools
Financial resources that are adequate for advantaged students are inadequate for students from impoverished backgrounds and for those speaking little English.
Walt Gardner, January 10, 2014
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Education Opinion Funding Adequacy Still Misunderstood
Equal funding for students is not the answer because non-English speaking and special education students need greater funding.
Walt Gardner, November 20, 2013
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Ed-Tech Policy Survey Says Schools Lack Adequate E-Rate Funding
A new survey from the Consortium for School Networking highlights the challenges schools face when seeking to make technology upgrades through the federal E-rate program.
Ben Kamisar, October 23, 2013
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Education Rural Students Cited in S.C. School-Finance Arguments
South Carolina's highest court hears arguments on whether the state meets its requirement to offer all students a "minimally adequate" education.
Diette Courrégé Casey, September 19, 2012
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Education Opinion Adequate Funding of Schools
Despite the guarantee of what most state Constitutions define as a basic education (or words to that effect) for all students, the commitment has largely fallen by the wayside because of the protracted recession ("Albany's Unkindest Cut of All," The New York Times, May 25).
Walt Gardner, May 30, 2012
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Federal McCain Adviser: NCLB is Adequately Funded
Sen. John McCain's education adviser, Lisa Graham Keegan, sat down today with several reporters for a rapid-fire Q-and-A session hosted by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and she laid out the most details yet about the Arizona Republican's plans for the No Child Left Behind Act. And yes, a more formal education plan is coming, she said, but not until "back-to-school" time in the fall, when people are listening.
Michele McNeil, June 12, 2008
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Federal Arizona Still Grappling With Order on Adequate Funding for ELLs
Lawmakers are considering appealing the ruling to the full 9th Circuit court or to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mary Ann Zehr, March 3, 2008
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Education Funding Explainer School Finance
Running schools—and improving them—cannot take place without the proper resources. Many think that money is biggest resource to consider.
Jennifer Park, December 6, 2007
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Education Letter to the Editor ‘Adequacy’ Movement Is Alive and Thriving
The education-adequacy-litigation movement is alive, well, and achieving extraordinary successes.
September 25, 2007
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