Recent Research: Education

Research & Commentary: Michigan Common Core

Joy Pullmann
April 24, 2013

The Michigan legislature is considering in its 2014 budget a measure that would prohibit the state department of education from using public funds to implement Common Core, national education stand

Research & Commentary: Common Core Science Standards

Joy Pullmann
April 16, 2013

A consortium of consultants and science educators has released its final draft of what it plans will become national education standards for K-12 science.

Research & Commentary: President Obama’s Universal Pre-K Proposal

John Nothdurft, Joy Pullmann
April 12, 2013

Included in President Barack Obama’s 2014 budget is a proposal to expand federally funded pre-K, to be paid for by raising the federal cigarette tax from $1.01 per pack to $1.95.

Making Texas Public Education More Efficient: Taxpayer Savings Grant Program

Joseph Bast
March 8, 2013

This Policy Brief summarizes past research and presents new analysis showing how a proposal called the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would enable the state of Texas to comply with

Research & Commentary: Maine Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
February 18, 2013

Maine legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Research & Commentary: South Carolina Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
January 31, 2013

South Carolina legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Research & Commentary: Reducing School Violence

Joy Pullmann
January 28, 2013

A wave of political rhetoric and action immediately followed the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting that ended 27 lives, in which a mentally ill young man used his mother’s legally acquired guns

The Leaflet - States to Tackle Income Taxes

John Nothdurft
January 25, 2013

States To Tackle Income Taxes