Charter School Funding Disparities: Los Angeles, California

In this report, we investigate the status of the TPS-charter school funding gap a year after the full implementation of the LCFF. We use official financial documents from the California Department of Education and LAUSD to account for every dollar TPS and charter schools received in the 2019-20 school year, including in-kind services

Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities

Charter schools are public schools that operate free from some government regulations in return for a commitment to achieve a set of student outcomes specified in their charter. Nearly 8,000 public charter schools enrolled 3.7 million students in the U.S. in 2020-21. Our team has studied charter school funding across the United States since 2005, consistently finding that, in major cities, charter schools receive less funding per pupil compared to traditional public schools (TPS). We have also found that charter schools use their funding more efficiently, achieving better short- and long-term outcomes per dollar invested, relative to TPS

Charter School Funding: Little Progress Towards Equity in the City

Charter schooling has grown in popularity since the first charter school opened in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1992. Nearly 3.5 million students in the United States attended a public charter school in 2019-20. Our team has studied charter school funding equity since 2002-03 and most recently found that, in 2017-18, charter schools received, on average, 33 percent less funding than traditional public schools (TPS) in 18 cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Camden, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Houston, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, Phoenix, San Antonio, Tulsa, and Washington, DC. Each of these cities either has a large charter sector or potential for significant charter growth. In this study, we examine charter school funding equity in those 18 cities using 2019-20 data, the most recent available. We use official school district and state budget documents to capture every dollar flowing to schools, including in-kind services. We answer the following questions: What is the difference in per-pupil revenue between TPS and charter schools in major US cities in the 2019-20 school year? Do differences in student demographics explain any funding differences between TPS and charter schools? Does the relationship between TPS and charter school funding vary across categories of school revenue? Which cities are driving the results

Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities

Charter schools are public schools that operate free from some government regulations in return for a commitment to achieve a set of student outcomes specified in their charter. Nearly 8,000 public charter schools enrolled 3.7 million students in the U.S. in 2020-21. Our team has studied charter school funding across the United States since 2005, consistently finding that, in major cities, charter schools receive less funding per pupil compared to traditional public schools (TPS). We have also found that charter schools use their funding more efficiently, achieving better short- and long-term outcomes per dollar invested, relative to TPS

Charter School Funding Disparities: Los Angeles, California

In this report, we investigate the status of the TPS-charter school funding gap a year after the full implementation of the LCFF. We use official financial documents from the California Department of Education and LAUSD to account for every dollar TPS and charter schools received in the 2019-20 school year, including in-kind services

Charter School Funding: Little Progress Towards Equity in the City

Charter schooling has grown in popularity since the first charter school opened in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1992. Nearly 3.5 million students in the United States attended a public charter school in 2019-20. Our team has studied charter school funding equity since 2002-03 and most recently found that, in 2017-18, charter schools received, on average, 33 percent less funding than traditional public schools (TPS) in 18 cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Camden, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Houston, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, Phoenix, San Antonio, Tulsa, and Washington, DC. Each of these cities either has a large charter sector or potential for significant charter growth. In this study, we examine charter school funding equity in those 18 cities using 2019-20 data, the most recent available. We use official school district and state budget documents to capture every dollar flowing to schools, including in-kind services. We answer the following questions: What is the difference in per-pupil revenue between TPS and charter schools in major US cities in the 2019-20 school year? Do differences in student demographics explain any funding differences between TPS and charter schools? Does the relationship between TPS and charter school funding vary across categories of school revenue? Which cities are driving the results

Acute Effects of JUUL and IQOS in Cigarette Smokers

BACKGROUND: JUUL is an electronic cigarette that aerosolizes a nicotine-containing liquid, while IQOS heats tobacco to produce an aerosol. Both are marketed to smokers, but their effects have seldom been examined in this population. METHODS: Eighteen cigarette smokers (13 men) with no JUUL or IQOS experience completed a within-subject, laboratory study assessing nicotine delivery and subjective effects after controlled (10 puffs, ~30 sec interpuff interval) and ad libitum (90 min) use of JUUL, IQOS, or own-brand cigarettes (OB). RESULTS: JUUL increased mean plasma nicotine concentration significantly from 2.2 (SD=0.7) ng/ml to 9.8 (4.9) ng/mL after 10 puffs and to 11.5 (9.3) ng/mL after ad libitum use. IQOS increased mean plasma nicotine significantly from 2.1 (0.2) ng/mL to 12.7 (6.2) ng/mL after 10 puffs and to 11.3 (8.0) ng/mL after ad libitum use. OB increased mean plasma nicotine significantly from 2.1 (0.2) ng/mL to 20.4 (11.4) ng/mL after 10 puffs and to 21.0 (10.2) ng/mL after ad libitum use. Mean OB plasma nicotine concentration was significantly higher than JUUL and IQOS. OB increased expired CO concentration, but IQOS and JUUL did not. “Craving a cigarette/nicotine” and “Urges to smoke” were reduced significantly for all products following the directed bout. CONCLUSIONS: Among smokers, JUUL and IQOS delivered less nicotine than cigarettes. Also, in this sample, IQOS and OB reduced abstinence symptoms more effectively than JUUL. Additional work with experienced JUUL and IQOS users is needed, as their nicotine delivery profiles and subjective experiences may differ

Sensitivity to velocity- and disparity based cues to motion-in-depth with and without spared stereopsis in binocular visual impairment

YesPurpose: Two binocular sources of information serve motion-in-depth (MID) perception: changes in disparity over time (CD), and interocular velocity differences (IOVD). While CD requires the computation of small spatial disparities, IOVD could be computed from a much lower-resolution signal. IOVD signals therefore might still be available under conditions of binocular vision impairment (BVI) with limited or no stereopsis, e.g. amblyopia. Methods: Sensitivity to CD and IOVD was measured in adults who had undergone therapy to correct optical misalignment or amblyopia in childhood (n=16), as well as normal vision controls with good stereoacuity (n=8). Observers discriminated the interval containing a smoothly-oscillating MID “test” stimulus from a “control” stimulus in a two-interval forced choice (2IFC) paradigm. Results: Of the BVI observers with no static stereoacuity (n=9), one displayed evidence for sensitivity to IOVD only, while there was otherwise no sensitivity for either CD or IOVD in the group. Generally, BVI observers with measurable stereoacuity (n=7) displayed a pattern resembling the control group: showing a similar sensitivity for both cues. A neutral-density (ND) filter placed in front of the fixing eye in a subset of BVI observers did not improve performance. Conclusions: In one BVI observer there was preserved sensitivity to IOVD but not CD, though overall only those BVI observers with at least gross stereopsis were able to detect disparity-based or velocity-based cues to MID. The results imply that these logically distinct information sources are somehow coupled, and in some cases BVI observers with no stereopsis may still retain sensitivity to IOVD.UK Biotechnology and Biological 498 Sciences Research Council (BBSRC): BB/M002543/1 (Alex R. Wade) BB/M001660/1 (Julie 499 M. Harris) and BB/M001210/1 (Marina Bloj

Student Recital (April 27, 2012)

Lágrima / Francisco Tárrega Christpher Bosch, guitar Quando men vo (Musetta’s Waltz) / Giocomo Puccini from La Bohème Alison Kenney, soprano Three Irish Folk Songs / Padraic Colum arr. John Corigliano The Salley Gardens The Foggy Dew Jennifer Drake, flute Alison Kenney, soprano Flute Sonata / Paul Hindemith Sehr langsam Sehr lebhaft Jennifer Drake, flute Etude No. 10 / Heitor Villa-Lobos James Davidson, guitar Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate, K. 165 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mi Choe, soprano Sleep Now, Op. 10, No. 2 / Samuel Barber Meghan Foley, mezzo soprano Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 / Johann Sebastian Bach Dan Maloney, marimbahttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1021/thumbnail.jp