Funding Disparities Quotes

While the public school rewards failure by throwing more government money at failing school systems, the voucher system does the opposite.

All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.

The thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expended.

When we're able to identify disparities in education, we can better determine whether federal grant programs are effectively reaching our students, allowing us to improve how to distribute and implement these funds across communities.

The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.

For too long, we financed our schools in a way that has systematically left large segments of our population behind.

The postcode lottery means that the level of care you get differs hugely around the country, and the health service simply cannot meet every demand that is put upon it.

Complex digestive conditions harm the physical and emotional well-being of many children, but GI research is severely undervalued and underfunded.

The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools.

If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.

No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants.

While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country.

Title I dollars are well spent. They are really making a difference in the education of students.

A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.