Publications
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Research & Commentary: Picking Education Winners and Losers
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Recent studies of government and philanthropic funding methods have led to criticism of these entities’ lackluster ability to sponsor successful schools. -
Research & Commentary: South Dakota School Funding
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2006, two-thirds of South Dakota’s public school districts sued the state for more money, claiming the legislature didn’t provide enough for the system to ensure all South Dakota students receive a “free and quality education. -
Research & Commentary: School Turnarounds
Publication -Research and Commentaries -How to turn a failing school into a successful one has stumped educators and policy analysts for decades. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Budget Cuts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2010, states cut higher education budgets by a total of $1.2 billion. In 2011, the cuts are expected to reach $5 billion. -
Research & Commentary: Reform Unionism
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As school choice and competition measures eke into the American education system, the implications are becoming clear to the nation’s three million public school teachers and the unions to which many of them belong. -
Research & Commentary: School Funding Lawsuits
Publication -Research and Commentaries -With state and local governments tightening their belts in response to falling tax revenues caused by the bad economy, school districts facing cuts are increasingly resorting to lawsuits to force governments to give them more money. -
Research & Commentary: Online Learning and Related Technology
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Online K-12 education is growing rapidly as lawmakers authorize state-run or -approved virtual education options such as single classes from myriad operators and entire virtual schools. -
Research & Commentary: Teacher Evaluations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Taxpayers and state governments are increasingly acting on the principle that teachers should receive evaluations of their work, to measure their effectiveness and ensure better education for students. -
Research & Commentary: High-Stakes Tests and Cheating in Atlanta
Publication -Research and Commentaries -An investigative report from Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s office charges 178 Atlanta Public Schools teachers and administrators with falsifying students’ state standardized tests. -
Research and Commentary: Blaine Amendments
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Thirty-eight states have Blaine Amendments to their constitutions, which prohibit public dollars from supporting religious private schools. -
Research & Commentary: National ‘Common Core’ Curriculum Standards
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Common Core State Standards Initiative, supported and created by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, sets grade-by-grade content requirements for K–12 in English language arts and math. -
Research & Commentary: National and State Standardized Tests
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As Congress gears up to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, the largest federal law on education, and various school districts display the fruits of the act’s mandated testing, experts have begun to weigh in on the merits and disadvantages of national and -
Corrections to Fiscal Note for Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Program
Publication -Policy Briefs -Texas Representative Sid Miller introduced HB 33, the Taxpayers’ Savings Grant (TSG) program, at the start of the legislature’s 2011 Special Session. The Texas Legislative Budget Board (LBB) released its fiscal note on the bill on June 6. -
The Indiana School Scholarship Act (House Bill 1003): Commentary and Analysis
Publication -Policy Briefs -CLICK BELOW FOR FULL-TEXT PDFThe Indiana School Scholarship Act (ISSA), signed into law by Gov. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 7 – Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grants
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Texans face the daunting challenge of balancing the state’s biannual budget. The Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Rick Perry have vowed not to increase taxes, seeking instead to control spending. -
Research & Commentary: Digital Learning
Publication -Research and Commentaries -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
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On March 15 in Oklahoma City, the past met the future. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations and the Disadvantaged
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Congress and the president stress the importance of providing higher education opportunities to traditionally disadvantaged groups. At odds with this agenda, however, are federal regulations that are being put in place affecting for-profit colleges. -
How Teachers in Texas Would Benefit from Expanding School Choice
Publication -Policy Briefs -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. -
Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States
Publication -Books -Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States is an edited and revised version of a publication prepared for the Center on Innovation & Improvement, for which author Herb Walberg, chairman -
Budget Impact of the Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program
Publication -Policy Briefs -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 costs in he state’s public K-12 schools at a time of -
How Teachers in Texas Would Benefit from Expanding School Choice
Publication -Policy Briefs -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. -
Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States
Publication -Books -Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States is an edited and revised version of a publication prepared for the Center on Innovation & Improvement, for which author Herb Walberg, chairman -
Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising TaxesThe Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative HistoryThe language in the Texas Constitution governing the use of the ESF reads in part as follows:If an estimate of anticipated