Recent Research: Education

Policy Tip Sheet No. 7 - Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grants

May 25, 2011

Texans face the daunting challenge of balancing the state’s biannual budget. The Republican-controlled legislature and Gov.

Research & Commentary: Digital Learning

Bruno Behrend
Bruno Behrend
April 14, 2011

Government budget shortfalls and the proven success of digital learning are causing many states and school districts to consider using new technology to make K-12 education more efficient.

Public Education Is Being Redefined

Brandon Dutcher
April 8, 2011

On March 15 in Oklahoma City, the past met the future.

Carrying signs that read “Stop the War on Workers,” “Collective Bargaining: Backbone of the Middle Class,” and “Don’t Dismantle Public Education,” hundreds of Oklahoma schoolteachers rallied at the state capitol. They expressed concern over school spending, pension reforms, and legislation making it easier to fire bad teachers.

Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations and the Disadvantaged

April 7, 2011

Congress and the president stress the importance of providing higher education opportunities to traditionally disadvantaged groups.

Budget Impact of the Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program

Joseph Bast
John Merrifield, Ph.D. and Joseph L. Bast
April 1, 2011

The Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program (TSGP) is a very concise piece of legislation, apparently intended to address the state’s looming biannual budget deficit by reducing enrollment and associated

How Teachers in Texas Would Benefit from Expanding School Choice

Joseph Bast, Herbert J. Walberg
Joseph L. Bast, Herbert J. Walberg, Ph.D.
April 1, 2011

Teacher unions often lead the opposition to legislation that would expand the ability of parents to choose the schools – whether public or private – their children attend.

Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances

March 28, 2011

Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising Taxes

The Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative History

HB 1893: Opening Doors To Better Teachers And Better Education In Arkansas

Stuart Buck
March 22, 2011

 

Arkansas’s children deserve good teachers. Good teachers drive student achievement. But teachers in Arkansas are currently licensed under a set of bureaucratic requirements that have never been shown to improve educational quality or benefit students. These bureaucratic requirements can keep potentially good teachers away.

House Bill 1893 improves the teacher licensure process in Arkansas by opening the schoolhouse doors to more potentially good teachers. The bill will help education in Arkansas in three ways:

Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations, State Authorization

Marc Oestreich
March 10, 2011

The U.S. Department of Education will begin implementing two new regulations on for-profit colleges in July 2011.

Policy Tip Sheet No. 5 - Iowa Preschool Funding Subsidy

Marc Oestreich
March 10, 2011

Iowans are currently funding a universal statewide preschool program at more than $3,500 per child.