A new report from the Albert Shanker Institute, “Does Money Matter in Education?” confirms what educators have long known: money matters in education, and even more so for students in underfunded communities. The study, a comprehensive review of decades of research, finds that increased investment in schools leads to better student outcomes, while funding cuts harm them.
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sizeable percentage of students rule out certain states for higher education due to the state’s politics, according to the results of a new poll from the Art & Science Group LLC. Which state did most students rule out in the poll? Texas.
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The Charles Butt Foundation has released the latest results from its annual survey of Texas teachers, and the findings are as dire as you’d expect.
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Read MoreGiven the recent approvals of four new charter schools by the State Board of Education this summer, we want to revisit the important research that has informed Texas AFT’s continued insistence on a charter school moratorium in this state. First, let’s start with the national education policy think tank Network for Public Education (NPE), which has released many relevant...
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