Kathy Christie
Kathy Christie
cases control conversation districts lead local mean might others questions smaller student support time
Any time you have a conversation about how you reconfigure districts, those questions are going to be a consideration. In some cases the idea is that consolidation will lead to more fairness. In others it's that smaller districts might mean more local control and better support for student needs.
research schools size
There's a lot of research out there on the size of schools ... but very little on the size of districts.
compared formulas gives incentives race state states tweak
It shouldn't be a race to the moon. This shouldn't be about one state being compared to another, but we all know that's what happens. And that gives states incentives to tweak their formulas so that they look better.