Satya Marar is a policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
Marar was previously the policy director at the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance, that country's largest taxpayers' advocacy group, where he wrote and researched on energy policy, consumer freedom, public health, tax, trade and fiscal policy, and civil liberties.
He holds a bachelor of arts and bachelor of laws with honors from Macquarie University.
Marar hails from Sydney, Australia, and is currently based in Washington, DC.
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Examining How States and School Districts Allocate Funding for Poverty Concentration
Funding based on poverty concentration within a school district, rather than an individual student's economic disadvantages, has significant trade-offs that must be considered by policymakers.
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Coronavirus Pandemic and Economic Downturn Could Force Education Finance Systems to Change
The coronavirus pandemic and financial crisis may force America’s outdated school finance system to implement reforms that reduce inequities and make the most of what taxpayers spend.
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WHO’s Failures Should Be Part of the Conversation About Its Funding
The World Health Organization's actions have continually undermined many of the global public health objectives it claims to support.
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Fighting Misinformation About Vaping During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking, even during a pandemic.
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Hawaii’s Successful Experience With Weighted-Student Formula Has Improved Funding Equity
The weighted-student formula has provided a much more equitable, responsive and transparent way to fund Hawaiian schools.
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Bill Expanding School Choice in Florida Is a Big Win for Florida’s Students and Families
The greatest accountability measure for any school is that parents and kids can “vote with their feet” by taking all their scholarship dollars to another school if they’re dissatisfied.
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Rep. Frank Pallone’s Anti-Vaping Bill Would Be a Win for Cigarettes
The legislation would decimate small businesses in the vaping space—to the benefit of the cigarette industry.
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For Real School Choice in Arkansas, the State’s Open Enrollment Policy Needs Reforming
An arbitrary cap on how many inter-district transfers a school district can allow in a year is holding back Arkansas' open enrollment policy.
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Open Enrollment Policies Should be Expanded Nationwide
Open enrollment is the simple notion that families should be able to send their children to the public school of their choice and not simply the school tied to their ZIP code or assigned by school district administrators.