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Rural Policy Matters: April 2009

Last Updated: May 05, 2009
 

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Gross Disparity: Some Poor Pennsylvania Students Get Much More Title I Funding Than Others
A recent analysis of Title I funding by the Rural Trust finds that two of the four formulas that are used to provide extra funding for poor students provide much more federal funding per eligible student to some districts than to others with similar or higher poverty rates....

Lack of Sleep Linked to Poorer Academic Performance, Behavior
Rural students with long commutes face a number of documented barriers to school success that put them at significant disadvantage, especially if their families struggle economically or depend exclusively on the bus for school-related transportation....

Governor Refusing Education Stimulus Funding
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is threatening to refuse $700 million in federal stimulus funding meant to help schools and other state agencies avoid budget cuts and layoffs....



Arizona Court Strikes Voucher Program
The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld an appellate court decision striking down two private school voucher programs as unconstitutional.....

Obama Administration Files Amicus Brief in Arizona ELL Case
The politics surrounding Arizona’s long-running Flores English-Language Learner (ELL) lawsuit continue to heat up in advance of its hearing before the United States Supreme Court.....

South Dakota Judge Rules Funding Not Unconstitutional
A South Dakota judge has found that the state’s funding system needs improvement but is not unconstitutional.....

Georgia Attorney General Rules School Group Illegal
The organization that brought a school finance lawsuit in Georgia has been declared illegal by the state’s attorney general in an opinion solicited by the governor....

Rural Trust Joins in Friend of the Court Brief in Missouri Lawsuit
The Rural Trust, along with Missouri School Boards Association, Education Justice at the Education Law Center and the National School Board Association have filed a friend of the court brief in the Missouri Supreme Court earlier this year.....



Percentage of Rural School Districts with Reading Performance Above State Median, Per NCLB
Figures from the New America Foundation show student reading performances based on different locales, per NCLB....




Improving Adolescent Reading Will Take More Than Top-Down Technocratic Solutions
A new report outlines a process for improving reading achievement in middle and high school grades. We offer a synopsis of the study and a broad overview of additional issues we think should be considered....