Marty Strange Wins Research Award for Title I Analysis


Last Updated: October 29, 2012
 

This article appeared in the October 2012 Rural Policy Matters.

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Marty Strange is the recipient of the Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Rural Education Research Award. The award is given annually by the National Rural Education Association in recognition of education research that "addresses significant rural issues and makes notable contributions to the knowledge base of rural education."

Strange won the award for his analysis of the Title I formulas, specifically the number weighting system, which directs more funding per child living in extreme poverty to large districts, often with low poverty rates, than to smaller districts, often with very high poverty rates.

Strange is the former Policy Director of the Rural School and Community Trust.

You can read more of Strange's analysis at the Formula Fairness Campaign at www.formulafairness.com.

Read more from the October 2012 Rural Policy Matters.