And it’s not just the state funding in disparity. The school’s PTA is a huge contributing factor as well. My wife is a special ed teacher and spent a decade working in a district with a high minority population. The PTA at the schools she was in frequently had a budget of a few hundred dollars to spend on students for the year. A couple of years ago, she was recruited away to a nearby district and the school she is in is quite affluent and almost all white. The PTA there just pulled in over $80K from one fundraiser, and they have multiple fundraising events per year. The PTA pays for extra teachers and teacher aides to keep class sizes smaller, pays for music and art programs, STEM programs, playground equipment, teacher appreciation, facilities maintenance, you name it. The school theoretically gets the same amount of $ per student, but in reality, the schools are not funded equitably.
They can throw all the money they want at “minority” schools; it’s not going to make a lot of difference in graduation rates, college entrance, or test scores. Spend the $$$ where it does the most good.
The percentage is only 49% white. This is the “minority” majority that some people are talking about.https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/20/01demographics.h34.html
HouseApe over 5 years ago
And it’s not just the state funding in disparity. The school’s PTA is a huge contributing factor as well. My wife is a special ed teacher and spent a decade working in a district with a high minority population. The PTA at the schools she was in frequently had a budget of a few hundred dollars to spend on students for the year. A couple of years ago, she was recruited away to a nearby district and the school she is in is quite affluent and almost all white. The PTA there just pulled in over $80K from one fundraiser, and they have multiple fundraising events per year. The PTA pays for extra teachers and teacher aides to keep class sizes smaller, pays for music and art programs, STEM programs, playground equipment, teacher appreciation, facilities maintenance, you name it. The school theoretically gets the same amount of $ per student, but in reality, the schools are not funded equitably.
zippykatz over 5 years ago
They can throw all the money they want at “minority” schools; it’s not going to make a lot of difference in graduation rates, college entrance, or test scores. Spend the $$$ where it does the most good.
devernw Premium Member over 5 years ago
The percentage is only 49% white. This is the “minority” majority that some people are talking about.https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/20/01demographics.h34.html