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Entries tagged with 'school finance'You say school finance, I say school fun-anceLast week a national report gave Texas a D+ for its school funding system. Today, Texas lawmakers said they'll study ways to improve school finance. Granted, it's just a coincidence. But it's another reminder that like most states, Texas' method... The Education Front's 2010 goalsWelcome to a new year on The Education Front. Over the next few months, I'm going to spend some time here exploring what it takes to spread success around a big urban district. We've talked about this topic in the... Straus is right to take on school funding issueThis is good news: Texas House Speaker Joe Straus put in his interim charges for the House Ways and Means Committee that he wants the tax committee to both monitor the business tax that supplies money for schools and look... School finance: It's coming back!We better get ready now. The 2011 Legislature is likely to be dominated by -- yes, once again -- school finance. This subject never goes away, does it? It's popping up again because legislators failed to put aside enough money... |