Posted on 10/18/16 in Education & Training
Talk to an educator or policymaker about elementary and secondary education in the United States and before long you’ll hear it referred to as “K-12.” The United States is not alone in maintaining a public education system that runs from kindergarten through grade 12, thus making kindergarten the foundation for the rest of a student’s academic life. However, there seems to be a difference of opinion within the United States about how strong that foundation should be. Nationally, there has been a clear trend toward making the base year of education as strong as possible by offering a full day of kindergarten.... read more
Posted on 10/06/16 by Victoria Jackson in Education & Training
Art often grapples with issues affecting society, so it is no surprise that the theme of student debt is now making its way into music and other art. References to college financing in art help show... read more
Posted on 10/05/16 by Wendy Patton in Democracy & Government
Senate Bill 329, which would give legislative committees the power to eliminate whole agencies in the executive branch, streaked through the Senate in two days. It is a blitzkrieg attack on public services. It would... read more
Posted on 09/30/16 by Amy Hanauer
Policy Matters’ Amy Hanauer pays tribute to social justice champion Alvin Schorr. [image:1] Photo courtesy of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. I recently had a chance to remember one of our founding... read more
Posted on 09/01/16
Update November 16, 2016: This blog post discusses the state’s plan to eliminate layering of early learning and childcare funding streams effective September 6, 2016. That decision was delayed, but the state plans to move... read more
Posted on 08/31/16 in Education & Training
Drug company ads are required to include a long list of possible side effects. Investment firm advertising includes disclaimers warning investors of risks. Many products and services are required to provide information to help consumers make... read more
Posted on 08/05/16 by Zach Schiller in Revenue & Budget
Ohio’s budget office recently released new estimates of how much revenue the state will take in this fiscal year and they were down. One cause: A set of new tax breaks approved by the General... read more
Posted on 07/27/16 in Basic Needs + Unemployment Compensation
Ohio is a state where too many people are hungry. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ohio has the seventh-highest rate of food insecurity in the country, with almost 17 percent of Ohioans classified... read more
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