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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All Children are Equal (ACE) Act in House Education & the Workforce Committee Considered as an Amendment to the Student Success Act Action Likely Week of January 23
Urge Your Member of Congress on the Committee to Support ACE The All Children are Equal (ACE) Act which addresses inequities in the formula for distributing Title I funds to public schools, will likely be considered as an amendment to a bill that will be before the committee sometime during the week of January 23. [...]
