WASHINGTON (Reuters)-a lot of bad public school teachers and educators are not paying as much as rich school just a few miles away, according to a survey of 13,000 school district is a U.S. Department of Education released on Wednesday. "
The Ministry found that more than 40 percent of schools with low-income students spend less per pupil than other public schools in same district.
"A lot of public schools serving children on low incomes are not getting their fair share of State and local education funds," said Secretary of education Arne Duncan on a conference call with reporters, adding the survey covering the school year 2008-09 "asserts a fact unfavorable."
The Data collected as part of the 2009 economic stimulus plan, which flooded the States with money and education required extensive reporting how dollars flowed. New Jersey schools not included in the survey because of the country including federal funds in the calculation.
"The net result is this: in too many places, a money title fill gaps instead of closing the budget gap of achievement," said Duncan.