Pennsylvania Education Finance Symposium

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Pennsylvania Education Finance Symposium November
20, 2008
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National Update
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Resource Gaps
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Education Justice
Molly Hunter, Esq.Education Justice MHunter_at_edla
wcenter.org 60 Park Place, Suite 300Newark,
New Jersey 07102
Education Law Center
Standing Up for Public School Children
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National Update
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Pennsylvania Kids
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Collaborate, Engage
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Cost Studies
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Revenues?
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Corridor of Shame
Source Bud Ferillo, Corridor of Shame
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Resource Gaps

• Preschool
• Buildings
• Teaching Quality
• Money

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Preschool Gaps
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Preschool Participation by Poverty Status
Age 3
Age 4
Source NHES 1991 and 2005.
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Preschool by Income 2005
Source NHES 2005
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Preschool Participation by Ethnicity
Age 3
Age 4
Source NHES 1991 and 2005.
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Gaps in Buildings
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Investment Increases with Fewer Low-income
Students
Enrollment School year 2001-2002
9, 361
7, 105
6, 302
4,800
5, 179
School Districts by Percent Eligible for FRL
Source McGraw-Hill Construction National Center
for Education Statistics
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Disparity Increases with Household Income
Census 2000 Public School Enrollment
11,500
7,922
6,045
4,140
4,824
Median Household Income by Zip Code
Source McGraw-Hill Construction U.S. Census
Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF3)
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Minority Districts Fall Behind
Enrollment SY2003-04 (in Thousands)
7,102
6,452
5,172
5,612
School District Types by Race and Ethnicity
Source McGraw-Hill Construction National Center
for Education Statistics
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Teaching Quality
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Minority Students Inexperienced Teachers
Teachers with 3 or fewer years of experience.
High and low refer to top and bottom
quartiles. Source National Center for Education
Statistics, Monitoring Quality An Indicators
Report, December 2000.
Teachers with 3 or fewer years of experience.
High and low refer to top and bottom
quartiles. Source National Center for Education
Statistics, Monitoring Quality An Indicators
Report, December 2000.
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High-Poverty Schools More Low-Scoring Teachers
Teachers scoring in the bottom quartile on
SAT/ACT. High-poverty schools have 2/3 or more
students eligible for reduced-price lunch.
Source Education Week, Quality Counts 2001,
January 2001.
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Source Reported in All Talk, No Action Putting
an End to Out-of-Field Teaching, Craig D. Jerald,
The Education Trust. 2002
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African American Middle Schools Out-of-Field
Teachers
Teachers lacking a college major or minor in the
field. Source Richard M. Ingersoll, University
of Pennsylvania. Unpublished data from 1999-2000.
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Latino High Schools Out-of-Field Teachers
Teachers lacking a college major in the field.
Data for high school core academic classes
only. Source Richard M. Ingersoll, University of
Pennsylvania. Unpublished data from 1999-2000.
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North Carolina PovertyInexperienced Teachers
SOURCE Clotfelter et al 2006
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More Urban Teachers

• Lack experience
• Not certified
• Failed certification exam

SOURCE Lankford, Loeb, Wyckoff 2002
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Teachers Transferred

• 27 to 21 class size
• Salary 7,306
• 68 to 21 poor
• New York City Region

SOURCE Lankford, Loeb, Wyckoff 2002
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Funding Gaps
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High-Poverty DistrictsLess Funding
2005
ILLINOIS - 2,235
U.S. - 938
MINN. 1,629
No Adjustment for Need SOURCE Ed Trust 2008
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High-Minority DistrictsLess Funding
2005
ILLINOIS - 1,623

U.S. - 877
N.J. 2,633
No Adjustment for Need SOURCE Ed Trust 2008
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Thank You
Molly Hunter, Esq.Education Justice973.624.1815,
ext. 19 MHunter_at_edlawcenter.org 60 Park
Place, Suite 300Newark, New Jersey 07102
Education Law Center
Standing Up for Public School Children