Last week, Michigan lawmakers took another step to rein in public sector employee spending, passing a bill giving municipalities, local governments, and school districts a choice: cap your employee healthcare benefits, or forfeit 10 percent of your state funding. School … read more
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, education writer Stephanie Banchero highlighted the increasing impatience among state leaders over Congress’s inability to “fix” No Child Left Behind. Reauthorization of the law, which was enacted during the George W. Bush administration and technically … read more
Today AEI’s Education Policy Studies department launched a new paper series, Private Enterprise in American Education, with the goal of evaluating the role for-profits can and should play in helping meet America’s 21st-century educational challenges cost-effectively and at scale. In … read more
As the dust settles from the GOP’s victory in the House, some are wondering what the party’s promise to “rein in big government” will mean for federal education spending and are considering the implications of state-level party shifts and budget … read more
