Student-Based Budgeting Newsletters
The Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter examines trends and developments in education finance and school choice.
Previous issues of this newsletter are below and Reason Foundation's education research is here.
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Education Newsletter: School Finance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Plus: Families considering homeschooling have a variety of options and curriculum choices, targeting education funding to disadvantaged students, and more.
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Education Newsletter: SCOTUS Delivers a Huge Win For Kids, California’s Funding Plan Shortchanges Charter Schools, and More
Plus: How states can improve virtual education policies and adapt during the coronavirus pandemic, school funding models that promote equity, and more.
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Education Newsletter: COVID-19 Increases Need for School Finance Reform, Identifying Student Poverty, and More
Plus: How education dollars are allocated, Vermont’s school funding model promotes equity, National School Lunch Program eligibility, and more.
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Education Newsletter: School Systems Adapt During Coronavirus Pandemic, Education Stimulus Money and More
Plus: When and how the U.S. should reopen schools, ensuring K-12 budget cuts don't hurt highest-need students, previewing the COVID-19 impact on state pension plans and more.
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Education Newsletter: Coronavirus and the Impact on Education Budgets, Homeschooling, and More
Plus: Charter school safety, Hawaii’s approach to education funding, teachers' pensions in Arkansas, and more.
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Education Newsletter: COVID-19’s Fallout For School Finance, Benefits of Open Enrollment, and More
Plus: How schools can best adapt during the coronavirus pandemic, and examining school finance in Arizona, South Carolina, and Indiana.
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Education Newsletter: Avoiding State Takeovers, Sending Funding to Schools, Parent Satisfaction, and More
Investors in charter school facilities bonds want the same things as parents and taxpayers.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, October 2019
In this issue: give school principals the budget authority they need, state-level education reforms, the cost-effectiveness of public charter schools in Texas, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, September 2019
Reforming North Carolina's outdated funding system, better ways exist to help California's teachers save for retirement, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, July 2019
The 2019 Weighted Student Formula Yearbook highlights best practices and shares details on how 20 districts approach weighted-student funding.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, June 2019
Not all students welcome in some Texas public school districts, fixing Title I isn't good enough, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, May 2019
Texas overhauls education finance system, study concludes Wisconsin schools of choice are cost-effective, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, April 2019
How to stop parents from cheating, federal education budget proposal, calls for teacher raises, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, March 2019
Why school districts should prepare for the next recession, education savings account program clears first hurdle in Tennessee, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, February 2019
Personalizing education funding, North Carolina's school finance system in need of an overhaul, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, January 2019
LAUSD strike, what millennial parents are getting right about their kids' educations, and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, December 2018
Empowering Atlanta's schools, updating Nevada's school finance system, claims about charter schools and more.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, October 2018
A constitutional right to education would be a win for school choice, Texas' system of great schools promotes school-level autonomy, and more.
