Last month, more than 1,100 public school students in Oklahoma City walked out of their high schools to protest looming budget cuts of $30 million. “I…
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Honors Student in OKC Loses Scholarship Opportunity: District Slashes School Budget and Cuts Programs But Advertises for ELL Teachers
Indiana Legislature Grossly Underestimates the Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Schools: Negative Impact on Students Goes Well Beyond Money
In a welcome development, the state of Indiana is picking up the ball dropped by the federal government and holding six hearings to determine the impact…
Montgomery County, Maryland, Proud Sanctuary Jurisdiction, Gets What It Deserves: The Biggest Tax Hike in Seven Years As Student Achievement Wanes
When Montgomery County, Maryland, Council President Nancy Floreen appeared on WMAL radio in Washington, D.C. to explain the county’s new budget, which hikes taxes 8.7 percent,…
$1.5 Billion Per Year: The Cost of Educating the Unaccompanied Alien Minors Apprehended at the Border
Beginning in 2014, a surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors (UAM) began to overrun the border. The Border Patrol apprehended 110,605 youth, almost all of them from…
Cost In Translation: A New FAIR Report on School Costs
Politicians talk a lot about the nation’s “broken immigration system.” Usually they mean we don’t let in enough immigrants to keep the narrow special interests that…