A new report from the Education Trust (EdTrust) claims that additional funds intended for low-income students in Ohio often don’t reach the schools with the greatest needs. According to the EdTrust, Ohio has made some significant progress in improving equity across districts in student funding: “By 2006…Ohio districts with the highest poverty rates received $883 more per pupil in state and local funds than the districts with the lowest poverty rates.” The EdTrust’s analysis of the state’s largest 14 school districts, however, finds some funding inequities between schools within districts. For instance, the study found that within 11 of the 14 districts, the average teacher salary was higher in schools with lower rates of low-income students than in those schools with higher rates of low-income students. The report also examines differences in class size and spending per pupil on teacher salaries.

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