Ending discrimination against rural and small schools in the federal formula for distributing funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
"We cannot be satisfied until every child in America--and I mean every child--has the same chances for a good education that we want for our own children."
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, speaking in Flint, Michigan, June 15, 2008
Why is the education of a disadvantaged child in a very poor rural community worth only half as much to the federal government as the education of a disadvantaged child in a very poor urban community?
The federal government provides funding to local school districts to combat the negative effect of poverty on student achievement. It provides $2,424 to the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) School District for each of the 33.6% of its students who are disadvantaged. It provides $1,246 to the Philadelphia (Mississippi) School District for each of the 41.3% of its students who are disadvantaged?
Part of the answer is Number Weighting
Part of the answer is how much the state spends on education
.None of the answer is acceptable.
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Springfield, Massachusetts: Small City, Big Losses Under Number Weighting
The Massachusetts Second congressional district spans the southern border of the state from the Connecticut River Valley on the West to the Blackstone River Valley on the east. These valleys are the birthplace of the American industrial revolution, where water power and machine tools transformed an agrarian economy to the citadel of tool and dye [...]
