29 percent. That is the percentage of lottery revenue actually transferred to fund education programs in 2012, about $435 million. How is the lottery revenue distriibuted? 7 percent of lottery money was paid in commissions to retailers for lottery tickets 4 percent went to advertising marketing and other administrative expenses. The remaining 60 percent of [...]
Common Core Standards: Little to like and a lot to worry about
We’ve been hearing much about the Common Core standards of late, and for good reason. The ideas that motivated the standards and the way the changes have been implemented have raised many important questions. For example: What are Common Core Standards and why are they necessary? Have the new standards been tested and how will they [...]
Public Schools and Budget Reductions: the other side of the story
Earlier this month, superintendents from around North Carolina got together in Durham to commiserate and tell how budget reductions were impacting their schools. This morning’s meeting of the General Assembly’s Joint Education Oversight Committee offered a far different view of how public schools are faring (See presentations here). Superintendents from Allegheny County Schools, Lee County [...]
Exposing the myth of suburban schools
Let’s face it: you’ve envied them for years. Who? You know, those parents who send their children to high-powered elite public high schools in those affluent suburban communities. Their children have access to the best public schools without the high cost of a private school. According to all the experts we’re told these schools have [...]
More on K-12 budgets
Confused about the differences between the Senate and Governor’s budget for K-12 public schools? The Office of Fiscal Research produced the following chart detailing where each makes their reductions… Acording to the sheet, the Senate makes approximately $108 million more in reductions than the Governor’s office. If you’re comparing multi-billion dollar budgets, the dollar difference in cuts [...]
