This study investigates the regulatory and financial incentives driving up expenditures and examines the fiscal accountability of school districts to taxpayers. Economist Milton Holloway reviews the economic performance of three Texas school districts and finds their accounting systems were not designed to differentiate between required spending and discretionary spending. This calls into question claims that public schools have insufficient funds to provide core instructional programs.
In the Jewish Faith, Parents Matter
In 1910, my great grandfather and namesake, Rabbi A.D. Rosenblatt, arrived in Galveston. But he didn’t stay long; he and his family moved out of Texas in 1923 because A.D. felt that the available educational options did not meet the needs of his children. My grandfather repeated this cycle in the 1950’s, settling in Galveston...