Problem+Research

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Press, The Associated. "Alaska Settles Over Rural Schools." //Education Week// 12 Oct. 2011: 4. //Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA270624680&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

- In Alaska schools aren't getting as much funding as they could be getting. - Alaska agreed to settle a 14 year old lawsuit concerning a lack of school funding. - The agreement was to fund five high priority school construction projects. - That agreement will go on for 5 years

Press, The Associated. "Problems Mount for Pensions." //Education Week// 12 Oct. 2011: 4. //Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA270624681&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w -Montana teachers are in danger of losing their retirement fund -This is caused from the decrease in funding everywhere - This will also effect schools because they won't be getting enough funding - The government will be giving $633 million dollars to the retirement fund

"Arizona lawmakers, administrators consider new school assessment methods to save money." //Arizona Capitol Times// 6 Oct. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA269480267&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w -In Arizona school funding is at an all time low at 55.9 percent -They still need to determine whether the kids are on track. -Only half of the kids were standardized -They made mandatory intervention policies for students who weren't doing well -The courts decided to fund more money into schools -Some people think regional service centers to help fund schools -They want the regional centers to only be voluntary -This will greatly help the schools in the district - The schools are thinking of laying off some of it's staff -This would give more money back to the school -The district also wants to create programs to up kids performance in class and on tests -The districts had a committee meeting -Most disagreed about the unification of the districts -The budget problem continued on touched

"Kansas districts sue state over funding cuts." //American School & University// [Online Exclusive] 3 Nov. 2010. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA241226470&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w - A Kansas district sued the whole state over funding -This problem arose when they cut the school funding -That is against the state's constitution -The district want the courts to reverse the budget cuts -The budget cuts were made in response to the economic downturn -The lawmakers cut $303 million from the schools -Even though prior to that lawmakers agreed to increase funding

"Test Scores Raise Questions About Colo. Virtual Schools; Virtual school students falling behind their peers, analysis finds." //Education Week// 5 Oct. 2011: 10. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA269924631&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w - In Colorado taxpayers pay over $100 million a year for online schools - But these online schools are failing their students - All though online schools are suffering the public are also suffering - All the kids who drop out of public school go to online schools - Those kids funding go to the virtual schools too - However most kids who go to cyberschools eventually return to public schools - When kids leave schools funding goes with them - Half of kids that leave public schools often have worse grades than when they left - Online schools produce 3 times as many dropouts than graduates - Online schools gets millions of dollars in funding to students that have dropped out - Online don't eduacate students as much as public schools do.