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States With Biggest Teacher Wage Gaps Have Cut General School Funding
State Budget and Tax| Blog
K-12 Funding Cuts Contributing to Inadequate Teacher Pay
September 11, 2018
Teachers in every state are paid less on average than other similarly educated workers, according to a new report by the Economic Policy ... Read more
K-12 Jobs Have Fallen as Enrollment Has Grown
State Budget and Tax| Blog
Many Schools Still Facing Funding Challenges as New Year Starts
August 23, 2018
School funding has been in the news a lot this year, as teachers in several states went on strike this winter and spring to protest ... Read more
Money House
State Budget and Tax| Report
State Limits on Property Taxes Hamstring Local Services and Should Be Relaxed or Repealed
July 18, 2018
Beginning in the 1970s, many states adopted new limits that sharply reduced funding for education and other important services by capping property taxes. The time ... Read more
Capital Spending for K-12 Schools Well Below 2008 Levels
State Budget and Tax| Blog
K-12 Funding Cuts Include Capital Spending to Build and Renovate Schools
June 25, 2018
Teacher strikes in Oklahoma, Arizona, and other states highlighted low and declining teacher pay — due in part to large state funding cuts ... Read more
Arizona's Cuts in Per-Student Funding Among the Nation's Biggest
State Budget and Tax| Blog
Arizona Proposal Would Finance School Funding Boost, Make Tax Code Less Regressive
May 30, 2018
Arizona teachers ended their strike after Governor Doug Ducey signed a budget giving them a 20 percent salary increase over three years. But the budget ... Read more
K-12 Funding Fell Sharply After Recession Hit
State Budget and Tax| Blog
New Census Data Show Persistent State School Funding Cuts
May 22, 2018
Update, July 26: We’ve corrected the number of states where state and local funding exceeded pre-recession levels in 2016. A significant share of states are ... Read more
Five of Six States With Lowest Comparable Funding Levels Also Cut Taxes
State Budget and Tax| Blog
North Carolina’s Deep Tax Cuts Impeding Adequate School Funding
May 10, 2018
North Carolina teachers plan to hold a “ March for Students and Rally for Respect " on May 16 – the first day of ... Read more
Top 1 Percent Will Receive More Dollars From New Federal Tax Cuts Than Bottom 60 Percent of Households in Almost Every State
State Budget and Tax| Blog
New Tax Law Disproportionately Helps Wealthiest in Every State
April 9, 2018
With people focused on filing their tax returns for last year, it’s a good time to consider the future effect of the new federal ... Read more
AZ and OK: General Fund Resources Have Fallen by Roughly One-Third as Share of Personal Income
State Budget and Tax| Blog
State Tax Cuts: A Key Factor in AZ, OK Teacher Pay Crises
March 26, 2018
Media coverage of possible teacher strikes in Arizona and Oklahoma, following one in West Virginia, has often overlooked an important contributing factor in those states: ... Read more
North Carolina Not Showing Exceptional Growth Since Cutting Taxes
State Budget and Tax| Blog
North Carolina’s Tax Cuts Haven’t Caused Economy to Surge
February 27, 2018
State tax cut proponents often cite North Carolina as a model since its economy — unlike those of most states that ... Read more

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