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Thoughts on School Funding & Baltimore
There’s been more than a little opportunistic, misguided bloviating about Baltimore in recent weeks, including misguided discussions of and references to per pupil spending in Baltimore City Public Schools. The gist of most claims has been that Baltimore City Schools spend more than most other large (or large urban) districts in the country, but their […]
Will Kiryas Joel Finally Get its Way? Who really benefits from NY’s “Invest in Ed” Tax Credit?
May 15, 2015
Tuition tax credit programs establish privately governed entities that provide scholarships, typically to “lower income” families, for their children to attend private schools. The idea is to provide tax credits to corporations and individuals who give money to these tuition scholarship entities. The compelling governmental interest for these policies, as we often hear is that […]
Unconstitutional by any other name is still Unconstitutional
May 11, 2015
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Originally posted on Consortium on Education Policy & Finance:
A Review of the Kansas “Block Grant” School Finance Legislation BBaker.Hsub7.Kansas.4_9_15 Bruce D. Baker, Rutgers University In this report, I present a brief review of Kansas House Substitute for Senate Bill 7, which has been labeled the “Block Grant” funding formula, adopted as a replacement to…
The Willful Ignorance of the NJ Star Ledger
May 9, 2015
After having a series of conversations with Star Ledger reporter Julie O’Connor about her desire to write a cover story about how TEAM Academy is producing miracles in Newark, I wrote this post: https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/ed-writers-try-looking-beyond-propaganda-press-releases-for-success-stories/ The reason for this post is explained in this paragraph: Well, one reason I’m going there is that I’m sick of […]
Five Steps to Cagebusting Relinquishment and the Suburban School District of the Future!
May 4, 2015
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As I explained in my previous post, relinquishment in the form of “chartering” has taught us much about how to “fix” urban school districts. But why should urban districts be the only ones to benefit from the wisdom of emergent “disruptive” models of school organization? Here, I provide an overview/preview of what may eventually become […]
Chartering for Thee [& all that comes with it] but Not for Me?
May 2, 2015
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I’m currently in the middle of several research projects which, as they sit on my plate, are not directly related, but intersect. In one set of projects, I have worked with colleagues Preston Green and Joseph Oluwole to better understand how the increasingly complex public-private structures emerging in the charter school sector alter the rights […]
May 15, 2015
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