Slides 5, 6, 10, 12, 15: Union-Chadds Ford

Upper St. Clair

Hampton Township 

Slides 7, 8, 11, 13, 16: Chester-Upland

Antonucci, Mike. “Current Spending Statistics of Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems for 2005-06: District Rankings for Pennsylvania in Enrollment, Full-Time Equivalent K-12 Teachers, Per-Pupil Spending, and Spending on Compensation.” Education Intelligence Agency. April 2008. 15 Jan. 2009 <http://www.eiaonline.com/districts/Pennsylvania.pdf>.

This source provided a wealth of quality information on each school district in the state of Pennsylvania. It provided the amount of money spent per student, and the total number of students enrolled in each district. It provided additional information on how these numbers have changed in between 2001-02 and 2005-06, but those percentages were not used in this presentation.

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Council of State meeting. 1807. 15 Jan. 2009 <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Education#For_state_education>.

This source provided some lovely insights into why education is important, and some of the criticisms as well.

United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Service. National School Lunch Program. July 2008. 15 Jan. 2009 <http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf>.

This source helped define what ‘economically disadvantaged’ means.