claim: "rural schools enroll 40 percent of american children, but receive only 22 percent of federal education funding."
author: john edwards
evidence_1: jul 17, 2017 ... in terms of federal funding, rural schools serve 40 percent of families across the  country but receive only 22 percent of federal funding for schools (lemasters,  2015). many of america's inner cities also experience inadequate school funding  due to suburban flight of both businesses and wealthier families.
evidence_2: apr 16, 2015 ... communities, and parents close the school readiness gaps between  disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers. ... federal head. start  programs. percentage of 4-year-olds enrolled in special education preschool.  total 4-year-olds not enrolled in a publicly funded program. total percentage.
evidence_3: parents give higher marks to the education in u.s. private schools, with 61  percent saying it is good or excellent, 11 percent saying that it is fair, and just 2  percent saying that it is poor or very poor. overall, parents do perceive that  education is improving over time. six in 10 parents say the education their child is  receiving is ...
evidence_4: in 2014–15, the number of children and youth ages 3–21 receiving special  education services was 6.6 million, or 13 percent of all public school students. ...  source: u.s. department of education, office of special education programs,  individuals with disabilities education act (idea) database, retrieved july 26,  2016, ...
evidence_5: feb 2, 2013 ... department of education, for each and every child—a strategy for education  equity and excellence, washington, d.c., 2013. ..... to the 2008–09 school year,  the number of english-language learners (ells) enrolled in public schools  increased by 51 percent.15. the diversity of ells, with respect to their ...