Many Schools Are Still Inadequate, Now What?
Is court involvement in school spending essential to reform, or can we use education funding to drive reforms that promise better outcomes for students?
Fraud in the Lunchroom?
Federal school-lunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty
Federal school-lunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty
Accountability Overboard
Massachusetts poised to toss out the nation's most successful reforms
Massachusetts poised to toss out the nation’s most successful reforms
“The Cartel” in New Jersey
New Jersey is #1 in spending per public school student. Where does the money go, and why so much? The answers may be found in some of the bizarre and dismaying facts and stories recounted in a new education documentary entitled “The Cartel”.
Golden Handcuffs
Teachers who change jobs or move pay a high price
Teachers who change jobs or move pay a high price
The Phony Funding Crisis
Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend
Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend
Florida’s Online Option
Virtual school offers template for reform
Virtual school offers template for reform
Making Mountains Out of Molehills? Let the Reader Decide
A recent “Policy Memorandum” from the Economic Policy Institute by EPI researcher Monique Morrissey is sharply critical of our article “Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys.” Morrissey has a number of critiques of our articles, but the main one, as the title suggests, is that our metaphors are inappropriate, and there is nothing at all “peculiar” about the structure of retirement incentives in teacher pensions.
A Little Context Needed for Complaints about School Revenue Shortfalls
The general public is woefully uninformed as to how much is spent on K-12 public education and, by extension, how much that spending has grown. Why would this be the case? No mystery, really.
The Preschool Picture
Focus funds on kids in need
Universal preschool will be a boon for middle-class parents. How it will help poor kids catch up is not so obvious.
May 2009 Rally for DC Voucher Program
Photos: Images from the May 2009 rally for the DC Voucher Program held in Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.
The coming crash in school revenue?
Everyone knows that school spending has been rising at a steady clip for just about forever. But is the Era of Big Spending coming to an end?
Courts and School Spending
Podcast: Michael Rebell talks with Education Next about the role courts can play in ensuring educational adequacy
Breaking Down School Budgets
Following the dollars into the classroom
Following the dollars into the classroom
New Education Next Forum: Is There a Connection between School Spending and Student Achievement? Should Courts Decide?
U. S. Supreme Court decision puts issue on front burner for states. Read the full article, Many Schools Are Still Inadequate, by Eric Hanushek, Alfred Lindseth and Michael Rebell.
Educating the Public
How information affects Americans' support for school spending and charter schools
How information affects Americans’ support for school spending and charter schools
What Is Good for General Motors
For years, our public schools have paid as little attention to personnel costs as General Motors has.
For years, our public schools have paid as little attention to personnel costs as General Motors has.
Language Barriers
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
Charter Politics
Why some places have more students in charter schools and others have fewer
Why some places have more students in charter schools and others have fewer
