New York State can save money on special education by shifting to a new funding system and can improve parental satisfaction with special education programs by offering a universal voucher for disabled students. For more, see our , or vie Read More
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In a single recent 12-month period, the state's largest teachers' union spent $150 million on itself, according to a new study by the Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability. FERA understandably found it hard to resist linking the "lavish" spending habits of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) with the union's perennial demand for more state education spending. Read More
Governor Pataki and legislative Republicans are pushing for a major expansion of the STAR (School Tax Relief) program in response to growing concern about skyrocketing school property taxes. But as explained in this new by the Read More
New York state's 2006-07 budget features a record $1.3 billion increase in support for K-12 public education. State school aid is up 8 percent from the previous year, boosting the total to an all-time high of $17.6 billion. Read More
Yesterday's state Court of Appeals ruling in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) case is a victory for judicial restraint and common sense. Needless to say, it's also a huge break for Eliot Spitzer: Now he won't have to take office as governor under the shadow of a financially backbreaking judicial mandate. Read More
The average public school teacher nationwide earned just over $34 per hour in 2005 -- 36 percent more than the average non-sales white-collar worker, according to a new report by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. , by Manhatta Read More
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s historic education-reform plan aims to hold New York’s schools more accountable than ever before. But is the state’s educational-accountability system equipped to meet this challenge? Read More
Gov. Eliot Spitzer's historic education-reform plan aims to hold New York's schools more accountable than ever before. But is the state's educational-accountability system equipped to meet this challenge? That question was the focus of a major public-policy forum March 8 at the State Capitol in Albany. The event was co-sponsored by the Empire Center for Public Policy and the Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability. Read More