History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
More on vouchers
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Blog by Dr. Ed Fuller/A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues
Bruce Baker, esteemed school finance researcher and a good friend of mine, has access to national and state data on private school per pupil expenditures. He kindly ran some Texas numbers for us and has them at: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/graphs-of-the-day-texas-private-school-enrollments-expenditures/ He found that the voucher proposed by Rep. Miller would NOT cover the per pupil costs for almost all private schools in Texas. I found that the voucher would not even cover the costs of tuition at most schools. See my other post here for details: (more...)
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