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Posts Tagged ‘Achievement’
Washing My Hands
Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Economics, Reform, Taxes, Waste, tagged Achievement, Education, Innovation, Liberty, Private Schools, Public Goods, TABOR on November 4, 2009 | 19 Comments »
TABOR, Education, and Growth
Posted in Development, Economics, Taxes, tagged Achievement, Colorado, Costs, Education, Growth, Labratories of Democracy, Maine, TABOR on October 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There’s an interesting post on the Economist blog today about TABOR, and how it has worked in Colorado and how it might, or might not, work in Maine. Colorado’s TABOR mandated that taxation and state spending could grow no faster than inflation, adjusted for changes in state population, without approval by voter referendum.
Charter Schools, Affluence and Achievement
Posted in Reform, tagged Achievement, Charter Schools, Education, Schooling on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Journal has an interesting article on a new study that adds fuel to the education reform fire. The study, which the journal calls the most comprehensive to date, found that: New York charter applicants are more likely than the average New York family to be black, poor and living in homes with adults who [...]