A satire that describes a plan whereby sex transactions'' are taxed as a means of raising revenues for schools. (JF)

First of a series; provides an examination of public education's current financial plight and offers seven immediate reforms. (Author)

The Waycross (Georgia) school system retired its debt and reduced its tax rates, without reducing educational quality, by budgeting for an operating reserve, carefully reviewing programs, reducing its fiscal responsibilities for special programs, and tightening its budget management techniques. (RW)

Because of a tax-rate drop and problems associated with the state's new equalization plan, New Trier is facing severe cutbacks in its two high schools. (IRT)

Asserts that high wealth districts pay less and receive more while citizens of low wealth districts are strapped with a high tax rate that yields a low return of education, and that it is not the case that low wealth districts are mainly high income, white suburbs. (Author/IRT)

Education in the United States must change to keep pace with changes in economy. New performance standards and advanced technologies now require of all workers academic basics as well as skills in adaptability, self-management, communication, and social relations. Employers can help schools change, but it is up to school leaders to decide the new…