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Mark J. Chin; Lena Shi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
In the U.S., state politicians directly influence legislation and budget decisions that can substantially affect public education spending and students. Does the political party of elected officials matter for these outcomes? We use a regression discontinuity design to analyze close house and gubernatorial elections from 1982 to 2016 and find that…
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, Politics of Education
Edwards, Brian – EdSource, 2011
California entered 2010-11 with a longstanding imbalance between ongoing spending and income. To help close that gap, state policymakers suspended Proposition 98, the minimum funding guarantee for K-12 schools and community colleges. In total, revenues for K-12 schools are down nearly 10% this year compared with 2007-08. Yet more cuts loom as the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Resource Allocation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid