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Our story, Part I: What really happened to school funding? |
Nov 2014
The election's over - can we talk reality now?
For a while, it was gratifying that school funding...
Director's Corner: Thoughts on schools, teachers and unions |
Feb 2009
The subtitle of a MIPFS position paper, “Why educating kids isn’t like building cars,” can get a...
"If not now, then when?" |
Jun 2020
I wrote the piece below, about the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., almost six years
While the overall spending level of the House and Senate budgets appears to be the same, the documents represent radically different priorities for funding public schools. The Senate bill reflects the work done by members of both parties over the last few legislative sessions, but with certain tweaks which reflect the priorities of the Senate Democratic majority. The House bill, in contrast, is a radical departure from the shape education budget bills have had for over a decade and reflects - sometimes openly, sometimes obscurely - the priorities of the House GOP majority. 