Tag: Educational Performance
Updated on August 28, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
SAME BAD ARGUMENT, DIFFERENT TAX It is a long held view among many elected officials that the only thing preventing exemplary achievements for students in state run schools is insufficient funding. If funding goes up without any apparent results, it simply means funding has not gone up enough. Recently, individuals of this mindset in South …
Updated on February 6, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE ABBEVILLE DECISION IS JUDICIAL IMPERIALISM IN SUPPORT OF DISCREDITED POLICY The South Carolina Supreme Court issued a momentous decision on November 12. In a case that’s been going on for years, three out of five justices ruled that the state has failed to meet its constitutionally required obligation to provide a “minimally adequate” education …
AS EVER, THE EASY ANSWER IS THE WRONG ONE A new study by the Cato Institute reinforces the findings of SCPC and other researchers: more money doesn’t produce better results. The Cato study examines SAT scores from 1972 to 2012 in each state. Student SAT participation rates and demographics are controlled for using an improved …
Updated on February 25, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE TROUBLE IS: MORE MONEY ≠ BETTER PERFORMANCE Last week Governor Haley unveiled her K-12 Education Reform Initiative for South Carolina. The governor’s new plan is consistent with most education improvement plans introduced in South Carolina in recent decades: it ignores the single most effective reform that could be enacted, school choice. Rather than pushing for …
Updated on February 3, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
‘NULLIFYING’ COMMON CORE WON’T MAKE IT GO AWAY, BUT A BILL NOW IN THE LEGISLATURE WOULD GIVE TAXPAYERS SOME SAY IN THE MATTER The first step toward removing Common Core requirements from the South Carolina education system – strangely enough – would have nothing directly to do with Common Core. A bill prefiled for …
Updated on August 22, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE REASON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IDEOLOGY It’s a tale of two legislative sessions. In one state, lawmakers passed significant tax reform that lowers tax rates across the board, took a meaningful step towards school choice, and expanded Second Amendment rights. In another state, lawmakers talked a big game about government restructuring, reforming the …
Before lawmakers try to “equalize” education funding among school districts, they’d better examine the premises of the proposed plan. The South Carolina School Boards Association has recently released a new education funding plan that would cost nearly $1 billion in new education spending each year. Specifically, the South Carolina Education Finance Restructuring Act would attempt …
At issue, of course, is the law Now Child Left Behind (NCLB), now in its tenth year. To understand what the news is all about, you need to understand what No Child Left Behind means for your child’s school.
Tag: Educational Performance
ANALYSIS: Imposing a Statewide Property Tax
Updated on August 28, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
SAME BAD ARGUMENT, DIFFERENT TAX It is a long held view among many elected officials that the only thing preventing exemplary achievements for students in state run schools is insufficient funding. If funding goes up without any apparent results, it simply means funding has not gone up enough. Recently, individuals of this mindset in South …
Category: Budget, Education, Research, Taxes & Regulation Tags: Educational Performance, K-12 education, Property Taxes, School Choice
The S.C. Supreme Court’s New Role: Education Czar
Updated on February 6, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE ABBEVILLE DECISION IS JUDICIAL IMPERIALISM IN SUPPORT OF DISCREDITED POLICY The South Carolina Supreme Court issued a momentous decision on November 12. In a case that’s been going on for years, three out of five justices ruled that the state has failed to meet its constitutionally required obligation to provide a “minimally adequate” education …
Category: Commentary, Education, Education, Research Tags: Educational Performance, K-12 education
Study: More Money, No Improvement
Updated on April 3, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
AS EVER, THE EASY ANSWER IS THE WRONG ONE A new study by the Cato Institute reinforces the findings of SCPC and other researchers: more money doesn’t produce better results. The Cato study examines SAT scores from 1972 to 2012 in each state. Student SAT participation rates and demographics are controlled for using an improved …
Category: Education Tags: Educational Performance, K-12 education, School Choice
Gov. Haley’s Education Plan: More Money
Updated on February 25, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE TROUBLE IS: MORE MONEY ≠ BETTER PERFORMANCE Last week Governor Haley unveiled her K-12 Education Reform Initiative for South Carolina. The governor’s new plan is consistent with most education improvement plans introduced in South Carolina in recent decades: it ignores the single most effective reform that could be enacted, school choice. Rather than pushing for …
Category: Commentary, Education Tags: Educational Performance, K-12 education
Rejecting Common Core – and the Structure that Made It Possible
Updated on February 3, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
‘NULLIFYING’ COMMON CORE WON’T MAKE IT GO AWAY, BUT A BILL NOW IN THE LEGISLATURE WOULD GIVE TAXPAYERS SOME SAY IN THE MATTER The first step toward removing Common Core requirements from the South Carolina education system – strangely enough – would have nothing directly to do with Common Core. A bill prefiled for …
Category: Commentary, Education, Independence from DC, Reform & Restructuring Tags: Common Core, Educational Performance, K-12 education
Reforms Pass in North Carolina … But Not Here
Updated on August 22, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE REASON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IDEOLOGY It’s a tale of two legislative sessions. In one state, lawmakers passed significant tax reform that lowers tax rates across the board, took a meaningful step towards school choice, and expanded Second Amendment rights. In another state, lawmakers talked a big game about government restructuring, reforming the …
Category: Commentary, Education, Taxes & Regulation Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Corporate Taxes, Educational Performance, Income Taxes, K-12 education, Reform agenda, Sales Taxes, School Choice
More Money = Better Outcomes?
Updated on January 28, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
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Before lawmakers try to “equalize” education funding among school districts, they’d better examine the premises of the proposed plan. The South Carolina School Boards Association has recently released a new education funding plan that would cost nearly $1 billion in new education spending each year. Specifically, the South Carolina Education Finance Restructuring Act would attempt …
Category: Commentary, Education, Research Tags: Educational Performance, K-12 education
Ditching No Child Left Behind – all of it
Updated on February 25, 2012 by South Carolina Policy Council
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At issue, of course, is the law Now Child Left Behind (NCLB), now in its tenth year. To understand what the news is all about, you need to understand what No Child Left Behind means for your child’s school.
Category: Education, Independence from DC Tags: Educational Performance