Public Education
Massive spending in NYC school districts fails to improve student performanceNew York City taxpayers are paying up to $63,000 per student each year in some school districts â even as many of these children are failing state math and reading… Read More
Public Education
Absenteeism and academic struggles mar Illinois public school stats(The Center Square) â Illinois public schools are aiming to improve academic proficiency numbers in the 2024-2025 school year. According to the Illinois Board of Educationâs most recent Illinois Report… Read More
Public Education
Even with ESA increase, Arizona Department of Education underspent in FY 2024(The Center Square) â Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced today that the total state education spending for 2024 came in under budget, challenging claims that the ESA… Read More
Public Education
Lowest-spending Virginia school districts surpass top spenders in some subjects(The Center Square)Â â Recent data on school district spending gathered by the Virginia Public Access Project appear to support the conclusion of a late-February Reason Foundation study assessing the relationship… Read More
Public Education
Report: Maryland electric school bus program resulted in millions of dollars in âwasteful spendingâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An investigation into a Maryland school systemâs electric bus initiative found that it resulted in millions of dollars in âwasteful spendingâ due to issues with… Read More
Public Education
WA school leaders make case for more spending despite court-ordered funding bumps(The Center Square) â The Washington Association of School Administrators launched a new website last month that makes the case for increased state spending on K-12 education, even as the… Read More
Culture
State funds $50M agricultural lab at West Virginia State(The Center Square) â West Virginia is sending $50 million to West Virginia State University to build a new agricultural lab. The lab will house laboratory space for both the… Read More
Public Education
Budget conundrum in public education caused by enrollment declines in big citiesPublic school enrollment is decreasing in Americaâs largest cities, but spending and staffing rates have continued to grow. A new report from the Manhattan Institute compiled… Read More
Public Education
NYC’s proposed billion-dollar budget increase ignores dropping enrollment and taxpayer burdenWith federal pandemic relief funds set to expire, the New York City education establishment is scrambling to fill the gaps with billion-dollar increases to local and state aid. âWe inherited… Read More
Public Education
Americaâs annual K-12 spending nears $1 trillionThe nationâs public education spending continues to rise, yet students continue to struggle with academic basics post-pandemic. The Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the U.S. Department of… Read More
Opinion
How federal âscienceâ spending helps radicalize college students(The Daily Signal) â Americans are watching as hordes of anti-American and anti-Israel activists have seized public spaces, occupied university buildings, denied access to reporters, and clashed with police and counterprotesters (all while demanding … Read More
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
Government, 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