Public Education
Despite lowest growth in spending per pupil, Indiana student scores rank third in nation(The Center Square) â While Indiana has increased its public education spending at a lower rate than most of the country, student tests rank among the best, according to a… Read More
Public Education
New York educators bemoan âbudget cutsâ despite a billion-dollar increaseNew York educators are up in arms about Gov. Kathy Hochulâs proposed budget for 2025, even though it includes a billion-dollar increase for public education. Hochulâs proposed $233 billion budget… Read More
Culture
Lawmakers to hold hearing on âwoke ideologiesâ influencing the military(The Center Square) â U.S. lawmakers will hold a hearing Thursday on âwoke ideologiesâ influencing the military and how that may be negatively impacting national security, including recruitment of new… Read More
Public Education
Arizona to spend $40 million on tutoring to combat COVID-era learning loss(The Center Square) â Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced a tutoring program with hopes to combat the negative consequences of learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Read More
Public Education
âMission creepâ: Missouri K-12 spending has doubled to $15B even though enrollment is shrinkingOver the past 20 years, Missouri has lost 30,000 K-12 students but managed to nearly double its education budget â from $8 billion to $15 billion. Read More
Public Education
Wasteful âfreeâ lunch programs turn schools from academic institutions into social service centersMany U.S. school districts have announced the start of summer-long free school meal programs, despite the waste associated with such projects. Districts in Texas,… Read More
Public Education
Kansas K-12 spending ranked #11, but âbang for the buckâ falls to #38(The Sentinel) â Public school spending and student achievement in Kansas resemble an escalator; one side (spending) goes up, and the other (achievement) goes down. Thatâs the analysis of a… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
These states suffered an academic plunge despite spending more per student(reimaginED) â Itâs award season here at reimaginED, and weâre reviewing a trend from âthe Nationâs Report Cardâ for low-income students who tested in all 50 states between 2003 and… Read More
Culture
Legislative committee wants full accounting of COVID spending by schools(The Center Square) â A subcommittee that monitors state spending is asking Arkansas education officials for a full accounting of federal COVID relief funds given to the schools. Read More
Public Education
Taxpayers question local COVID relief spending by schools, municipalities across nation(Brett Rowland | The Center Square) â A county government in southeast Michigan is moving forward with plans to build a sports complex with federal COVID-19 relief money that could cost… Read More