Aaron Garth Smith
Director of Education Reform, Reason Foundation
Aaron Garth Smith is the Director of Education Reform at Reason Foundation.
Smith works extensively on education finance policy and his writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including National Review, The Hill, and Education Week.
Smith graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earned a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, September 2015
Our goal is to give principals and school leadership control over as many resources as possible to personalize their school design.”
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Student-Based Budgeting Helps Principals Be More Effective Educators
Some school districts fear budget autonomy will distract principals but are finding it actually helps principals identify what is working and what is needed at their schools
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Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, August 2015
"Student-based budgeting isn't about the dollar amount. It's about the ability to design a school."
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Equitable School Funding Does Not Stop at the District Level
Allow funds to follow students to the school level, provide principals with actual dollars to spend based on student needs
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Home-Schooling on the Rise as Alternative to Underperforming Public Schools
California affords home-schooling parents considerable freedom to provide customized educations for their kids
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Funding Follows Results for Charter School Facilities Bonds
Transparency through academic disclosure drives school quality
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School Choice, Funding Portability, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2015
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Money Alone Can’t Buy School Equity
Texas-sized reforms needed in the Lone Star state
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Improved Accountability System Can Help Texas’ Failing Schools
Bill would create an opportunity school district to rescue students from system of mediocrity
