Pennsylvania Education Finance Symposium November 20, 2008

1. Pennsylvania Education Finance Symposium November 20, 2008

2. National Update

3. Resource Gaps

4. Education Justice Molly Hunter, Esq.Education Justice MHunter@edlawcenter.org 60 Park Place, Suite 300Newark, New Jersey 07102 Education Law Center Standing Up for Public School Children

5. National Update

6. Pennsylvania Kids

7. Collaborate, Engage

8. Cost Studies

11. Revenues?

12. Corridor of Shame Source: Bud Ferillo, Corridor of Shame

15. Resource Gaps • Preschool • Buildings • Teaching Quality • Money

20. Preschool Gaps

21. Preschool Participation by Poverty Status Age 3 Age 4 Source: NHES 1991 and 2005.

22. Preschool by Income: 2005 Source: NHES 2005

23. Preschool Participation by Ethnicity Age 3 Age 4 Source: NHES 1991 and 2005.

25. Gaps in Buildings

26. 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

27. 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)

28. 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

30. Teaching Quality

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. Source:Reported inAll Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching, Craig D. Jerald, The Education Trust. 2002

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. North Carolina PovertyInexperienced Teachers SOURCE: Clotfelter et al 2006

38. More Urban Teachers Lack experience Not certified Failed certification exam SOURCE: Lankford, Loeb, Wyckoff 2002

39. Teachers Transferred 27 to 21 class size Salary + $7,306 68% to 21% poor New York City Region SOURCE: Lankford, Loeb, Wyckoff 2002

40. Funding Gaps

41. High-Poverty DistrictsLess Funding ILLINOIS - $2,235 U.S. - $ 938 MINN. $1,629 No Adjustment for Need SOURCE: Ed Trust 2008

42. High-Minority DistrictsLess Funding U.S. - $ 877 N.J. $ 2,633 No Adjustment for Need SOURCE: Ed Trust 2008

43. Thank You Molly Hunter, Esq.Education Justice973.624.1815, ext. 19 MHunter@edlawcenter.org 60 Park Place, Suite 300Newark, New Jersey 07102 Education Law Center Standing Up for Public School Children