The courts found the district in violation of the IDEA and ordered the district to pay full tuition for Jarron at a private school for up to four years with no financial cap. The school district agreed it violated some of Jarron Draper’s rights by providing him at times with poor educational support, however, the school argued that most of the violations were either void due to the statute of limitations or not proven according to school documents. The school system also argued that it is not fair for the student to be educated in the private school sector and that the financial damages were disproportionate to the harm he actually incurred. The plaintiff’s side argued that the school was basing their argument on an expert witness who did not even know Jarron and never met him. In addition, the school district did not follow adequate assessment protocols ( every three years), they continued failed interventions even when Draper showed no improvement and when the school had the chance to help remedy the problem they hired a football coach without adequate training to support
The аttorneys for Martha Lum based their аrguments on three main issues: 1) Since Martha’s parents were tax payers and supported and mаintained the public schools of Mississippi, she wаs entitled to аttend the school of her
“The intent behind closing these gaps is to break the connection between race or family income and achievement while at the same time continuing to improve the performance of the top students. ”(28) Gaps between race and wealth have always been issues in schools. Historically, children living in poverty are more likely to score lower on tests than those
The court case Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education identified that schools in Louisville, Kentucky were using voluntary integration plans in their public schools (Smith, 2008, p. 303). The main complaint was filed by a white mother who wanted her child to be transferred to a kindergarten in a school closer to home. Her complaint to the schools was denied because of the need to keep the color ratio matched to the racial guidelines (Greenhouse, 2007). Many other complaints similar to this one existed as well since many parents were concerned about the distance their children had to ride to school and how long it was taking. The Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 case was brought to court by a nonprofit created by parents in order to fight the school assignment plans used in the schools of Seattle.
These results should not be surprising. When the goal is to reduce property taxes, there is a good chance politicians will decrease taxes and school funding overall as adding offsetting taxes would seem at cross-purposes with the reduction in property taxes. However, when the goal is to increase equality and help all students succeed, politicians will seek out additional funds to support schools currently near the bottom. At the least, they won’t reduce overall funding in support of equality. Moreover, almost 25 years after reform, Michigan schools are still funded unequally (and won’t be equal for another 20 years at the current rate).
The Waynesboro Middle School’s vision is moving the accountability result from a “D’ to a “C”. The data are collected from the 2013-2014 Mississippi Department of Education Accountability results. The action is put in place based on the student data. The action plan is a four step process that includes: hiring quality teachers, improving retention rate, professional development, and providing resources. Developing a teachers’ abilities to educate students is at the core of successful professional development.
Families were appalled that they were denied the opportunity to transfer their children to a different elementary school in the district, even with the clear statistics that they were not getting the same quality of education as other students were receiving. Fortunately, the final court decision read that the school
I was amazed to read that in the affluent school, some of the children mention they will rather not be rich. Rich meant that they could not work and they will rather work since they liked working. In the executive school, I was bothered by the comment that a teacher stated. A teacher associated low-income children with discipline problems. I think that teacher generalized an observation he
Americans, when they think of Civil Rights probably think of the Civil Rights Movement. During the civil rights era African Americans fought to be treated as equals by fighting segregated schools, for their voting rights, and for their basic right that every American has today. To say that education is our civil rights movement of today is inaccurate. Antonio Alvarez’s narrative “Out Of My Hands” focuses on a financially struggling family, but proving that they can succeed. David L. Kirp’s article “The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools” reinforces the idea that even though a community might be poor, that doesn’t have to reflect the quality of education students receive.
According to “How Schools Spend Their Money” by Jay P Greene, funding should follow the state priorities regarding education in the public school system; including that education spending should go to low income students, core subjects, and lagging students. However, money should be going towards: more advantaged students, extracurricular activities, and AP/ Honors. First of all, money shouldn’t be going toward the low-income students because they aren’t as willing to learn and aren't showing evidence that they’re striving to get better like advantaged students. Evidence shows in the research by CAPE, that students in lower income schools, tend to have 4 times more witnessed disrespect for teachers, 4 times more absences/tardies, and are
School Funding Inequality “One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so” (Christine Gregoire). Everyone deserves an equal education regardless of where they live or who their parents are. Children are facing the consequences of decisions they can’t make. The current way public schools are being funded is not working effectively, students are suffering and there needs to be a change.
Over half the public schools in the south are poor and are overwhelmed by the consequences of poverty. While the program itself can deem quite expensive, the long-term effects make it worth the investment. Education in Mississippi is suffering due to the lack of government support and community
All of my education life, I’ve attended co-ed schools with male and females. Though before all this co-ed schools became known schools were separated. It was boys in one school and girls in another. Though, there are pros and cons to whether both, separating/ not separating schools I think that, schools should not be separated. There are many reasons as to why schools shouldn’t be separated.
Schools that are already poor often tend to have students have have a harder time learning therefore the don’t do well on their standardized
School funding is also based on the school population size. Why should newer schools with high income students get to have a lot more resources then the other schools with low income students. Why is it that lower income schools aren’t given the same resources to help the students? These students with low income do have the same opportunity as the higher income new schools. A lot of those students don’t have access to internet or even have a ride for transportation.
