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'We walk away from these kids in every regard. We never fix these schools,' said a disgusted Rep. Richard K. Armey (R-Texas). The date was May 23, 2001, and the [...]

In April 2003 the Colorado legislature created a school voucher program that has the potential to become one of the largest in the nation. Initially the number of children eligible [...]

INTRODUCTION Voices of moderation rarely shift the terms of any discussion, but this is our goal regarding the debate over school choice. This debate is filled with numerous claims by [...]

INTRODUCTION "There are two human inventions which may be considered more difficult than any others--the art of government, and the art of education; and peoples still contend as to their [...]

Some have suggested that the solution to citizen decline in confidence in government is to make public organizations more responsive to citizen demands. But governmental responsiveness can take at least two forms: one focuses on the self-interest of individual citizens and the other focuses on longer-term community interests. This article examines the relative strength of these two sides of responsiveness. Based on the responses of more than seven thousand citizens in an urban community in the Midwest, we found that in many cases community is a moderating influence on self-interest in terms of how citizens view civic investment in public education. These findings suggest that if government can elevate public discourse to focus on schools as civic investments, they will be more successful in engaging the community for the benefit of public education., In the wake of declining confidence and trust in government, there has been a growing realization of the profound importance of the relationship between citizens and their communities regarding the [...]

For over 30 years, the distribution of educational opportunities and the equality of education funding across communities has generated considerable interest among policy makers, the public, and the courts. This article takes advantage of national data sets to examine funding equality across school districts in 49 states for fiscal years 1992 and 1995. It presents rankings of each state's funding equality and explores factors that may be related to the level of equality within states and to changes across years. The analyses suggest that, overall, within-state equality improved slightly between 1992 and 1995, although most states' relative rankings changed little during the period. States with fewer school districts relative to students tended to have a more equal distribution of education dollars than states with more districts. States with higher proportions of revenues provided by state governments generally showed a more equitable distribution of resources than states in which districts were more dependent on local revenues., Public education is the largest area of state and local government spending in the United States, accounting for almost one-fifth of direct state and local government expenditures in 1996 (Statistical [...]

Objective. This study examines the links between conservative Protestantism and attitudes toward state-sponsored lotteries. Methods. Hypotheses are tested using data from a telephone survey of Texas residents (N = 823) conducted in February, 1997. We estimate logistic regression models to gauge the net effects of religious variables and a range of sociodemographic covariates on opposition to the state lottery. Results. The vast majority of respondents support the state lottery in Texas. Consistent with our hypotheses, antilottery views are most common among (a) Baptists and members of other conservative Protestant denominations, (b) persons who report attending religious services at least weekly, and (c) persons who 'strongly agree' with biblical inerrancy, as well as (d) those who 'strongly disagree' with inerrancy. Overall, religious variables are among the strongest predictors of lottery opposition. Conclusions. Clearly, religious conservatives are much more likely than other Texans to oppose the state lo ttery. However, antilottery sentiment is somewhat tepid even in this important segment of the population. Consequently, any effective resistance to lotteries, and perhaps other forms of gambling, will likely involve coalitions of conservative Protestants and other antigambling constituencies., Introduction Although state lotteries were commonly used to raise money for educational and public-interest projects during the early years of the Republic, a series of lottery scandals, and the development [...]

Eli Broad is worth 4 billion bucks. He launched two companies onto the New York Stock Exchange and vaulted himself onto Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. A world-class [...]

It's the newest wrinkle in a decades-old debate. Schools, in order to educate kids, need an idea of what a good education is and enough money to pay for it. [...]

THE TOP 10 LISTS. Districts with the most school buildings * New York City 1,207 * Los Angeles 635 * Chicago 597 * Miami-Dade 350 * Houston 293 * Detroit [...]

WASHINGTON EDUCATION LOBBYISTS skirmished with lawmakers last week over a G.O.P. resolution urging Congress to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $400. Despite bitter partisan bickering, 10 of the 22 [...]

Research has documented the correlation between dollars spent and student achievement: Test scores rise when districts use money to reduce class size and hire experienced teachers. There are two myths [...]

The private sector continues to play an increasingly important role in financing the Nation's aggregate social welfare programs. This note provides estimates of private spending for social welfare programs in [...]

Sister M. Angela Shaughnessy knows religious schools play by different rules than those in the public school system. In a 1996 address to parochial school officials in New Orleans, the [...]

A new challenge is now befalling music education: The pool of new music teacher educators is drying up. The luxury of higher education institutions to simply send out a position [...]

When the taxes on his Cleveland townhouse were lowered substantially in a countywide reappraisal even as prime real-estate prices continued to climb, Doug Clifton, who as incoming editor of The [...]