#districts

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#close #communications #districts #happening #home

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is. ↗

— John Engler

#best #charter #charter schools #created #districts

We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#chosen #country #different #districts #fertile

As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#associated #budget #city #costs #districts

The inequalities are greater now than in '92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the 'equal level' very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#equal #extra #extra money #greater #inequalities

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#better #better job #child #dads #districts

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts. ↗

— William Weld

#afford #districts #grown #had #lot

All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. ↗

— John Walters

#districts #education #efforts #federal #federal government

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#districts #draw #requires #states

Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#attachments #beliefs #beyond #districts #enjoy