Connnecticut public schools woefully underfunded by state - Courant.com

Connnecticut public schools woefully underfunded by state - Courant.com: "In Connecticut and nationally, courts have consistently ruled that underfunded schools amount to constitutional violations of children's right to an education.

In New York, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Washington and many other states, courts determined that there is a causal connection between students' poor performance and inadequate school funding.

Unlike the modern corporate education reformers, who vilify teachers and educational experts, courts value their firsthand knowledge of school conditions and the resources needed to give all students an equal opportunity to learn.

When shown evidence of conditions in schools, courts consistently find what CCM contends — without adequate funding, schools cannot provide an adequate education."

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U.S. officials tell state to use same standards to grade charter schools - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

U.S. officials tell state to use same standards to grade charter schools - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Under Pennsylvania law, every charter school is considered its own district. So by using the grade span methodology, about 59 percent of charters made AYP -- a figure that supporters touted, comparing it with the 50 percent of traditional schools that hit the target.

Yet only 37 percent of charters would have made AYP under the individual school method. Delisle ordered Pennsylvania to re-evaluate charter schools' AYP status using that standard by the end of the fall semester.

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