money matters in education
Teachers tend not to focus heavily on this aspect of education, which provides school buildings, curriculum materials, and salaries for staff.
What is school funding?
This term refers to the skills, knowledge, talents, and experiences that an individual or population possesses and creates value to their organization or country.
What is human capital?
In 2017, this amount of money was generated for public education revenues in the United States.
What is 705.3 billion?
The total public education expenditures in the United States reached this amount in 2017.
What is $705.3 billion?
This concept refers to providing the same level of services to all students, regardless of their specific needs or circumstances.
What is equality?
In addition to salaries, benefits, and teaching materials, school funding also covers specialists such as these professionals who help improve students’ well-being and learning.
Who are school counselors and school nurses?
In 2018, young adults with this level of education earned a median annual income of $65,000, which is about 19% more than those with a bachelor’s degree.
What is a master’s degree or higher?
This type of tax is the primary method used by local governments to fund public schools.
What is property tax?
Between 1960 and 2016, total student enrollment in U.S. public schools grew from 35 million to slightly over this number of students.
What is 50 million?
Since 1995, 45 states have been involved in school funding litigation, with more than half of these cases resulting in changes that improved funding for poorer districts. As of 2020, the number of states involved in active litigation is ______.
What is 12?
This 1966 report concluded that family background, not schools, was the key factor in student achievement, sparking debate about the role of money in education.
What is the Coleman Report?
In 2016, about 80% of men with this level of education were participating in the workforce, the highest rate among all educational groups.
What is a college degree?
This level of government contributes the smallest percentage of funding to public education, accounting for about 8%.
What is the federal government?
In 2017–2018, this state had the highest average public school teacher salary at $84,384.
What is New York?
This type of private school choice program allows businesses or individuals to receive state-offered tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations that fund private school tuition for students.
What are tax-credit scholarships (TCS)?
Research has consistently shown that increasing school funding, particularly in this area, leads to the greatest improvement in student achievement.
What is teacher quality (effectiveness)?
According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, if 1.2 million students who drop out each year earned high school diplomas instead, states could save this amount in healthcare costs over the graduates' lifetimes.
What is $17 billion?
In the 1970-1971 school year, this government level contributed more than 50 percent of school revenue, surpassing the state and federal levels.
What is the local government?
This category includes services such as school counselors, school nurses, and speech pathologists.
What is student support?
This legal principle was significantly altered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020, ruling that states could not exclude religious schools from receiving taxpayer-funded scholarships.
What is the separation of church and state?
Studies show that increased spending on education leads to large improvements in students' eventual educational outcomes, particularly for this group of children.
Who are low-income children?
According to a study by Lochner and Moretti, a 1-year increase in educational level can reduce crime levels by this percentage.
What is 11%?
The historic 1647 law in Massachusetts first established the concept of taxing property to fund local schools, a practice that continues today.
What is the Massachusetts Law of 1647?
Teachers in the United States earn approximately 23% less per week than their nonteaching peers with similar education and skill requirements, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
What is the teacher pay disparity?
This was the 1986 event in California that resulted in a tax revolt, limiting the ability to fund public schools through rising property taxes.
What is Proposition 13?