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Blog: Brown Center Chalkboard
The right to a free public K-12 education in the United States is enshrined in state constitutions. As a result, states play the lead role in K-12 education policy. For example, states determine how local public schools are funded (in large part, by providing significant funding to local districts), how educators are licensed to teach,…
Blog: Blog Post Archive - Public Policy Institute of California
Researchers Deja Thomas and Dean Bonner discuss key findings from the latest PPIC Statewide Survey, which examines Californians' views on the quality of K–12 public education, school funding and resources, and state officials' handling of the K–12 system.
Blog: Soziopolis. Gesellschaft beobachten
Call for Papers for a Workshop in Nuremberg on October 16–17, 2024. Deadline: June 30, 2024
Blog: Soziopolis. Gesellschaft beobachten
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Call for Papers for a Conference in Nürnberg on October 12–13, 2023. Deadline: July 1, 2023
Blog: How We Rise
The passage of the appropriations bill by the United States Congress has had major implications for future generations of New Mexicans by providing funding for the state's early childhood education constitutional amendment, which was adopted by the state legislature in 2021 and supported overwhelmingly by voters in 2022. The last step to finalizing the state's…
Blog: Conversable Economist
One of the biggest problems in K-12 education for a long time is how to help students who are already lagging behind in early grades catch up through middle-school and high-school, so that attending college, if they wish to do so, is a live possibility. As a result of the school closures during the pandemic, … Continue reading KIPP Schools and Lessons for Education Catch-up
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Blog: The Social Policy Blog
This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Ana Suárez Àlvarez and Ana Jesús López Menėndez. Click here to access the article. Family background characteristics and educational resources are crucial in shaping individuals' income. The unequal distribution of these resources is thus a potential source of inequality of income and opportunity. In… Continue reading What Role for Family and Education in Explaining Inequality? →
Blog: Verfassungsblog
Since the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the federal elections in India in 2014, the country's performance in key indicators of democratic quality has suffered. Over the course of its two terms in power, the party has sought to subvert key institutions for accountability, enact an ethno-cultural majoritarian electoral agenda, and use federal law enforcement agencies against their political opponents. While there is extensive literature on the erosion of civil-political rights in the past ten years, the effects of the BJP government on social rights like education and healthcare remain under-explored. Therefore, in this post, I explore three striking dimensions of primary educational policy under the BJP government.
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Ultimately, policies should allow funding to follow students to freely selected institutions fitting their unique needs.
Blog: Blog Post Archive - Public Policy Institute of California
Ten years ago, California implemented the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in an effort to improve student outcomes and increase equity. PPIC president and CEO Tani Cantil-Sakauye and a panel of experts—Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary Ben Chida, Assemblymember Josh Hoover, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond—discuss what LCFF has meant for K–12 education and talk about key issues moving forward.
Blog: Cato at Liberty
By borrowing, legislators push the costs down the road for future legislators and taxpayers to deal with.
Blog: Greece@LSE
Τhe education system in Greece contributes to the goals of social mobility and cohesion in many and important ways. Still, there are significant challenges in intergenerational mobility in education and persistent socioeconomic inequalities between students of different backgrounds can be observed. Additional efforts are required in order to achieve a more equitable distribution of educational … Continued
Blog: Cato at Liberty
With parents increasingly interested in new educational options and the spread of school choice making those options more accessible, organizations like Fersken Education are helping "edupreneurs" navigate the changing landscape.