From 2002 to 2023, public school staff increased by 15 percent even as student enrollment rose by just 4 percent.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is making an admirable move to commute the death sentences of all 548 people on death row in California.

Public school funding has risen drastically in the last couple of decades, but dollars are increasingly going toward ...

Identifying open enrollment’s effects on families, taxpayers, and districts requires detailed open enrollment data. Improving ...

A K–12 finance agenda aimed at transparency, sustainability, and productivity can help state policymakers navigate the decade ...

While broader shortcomings in the First Step Act should be addressed through legislation, the Bureau of Prisons rule changes ...

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Anyone who drives the New Jersey Turnpike at rush hour knows the feeling. Traffic slows to a crawl. Brake lights stretch for miles. What should be a short commute becomes an hour of stop-and-go ...

Public education is changing rapidly, and K-12 finance systems must adapt to a new era with fewer students and more competition. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, public schools have ...

Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Tier 3 reform is working With over $7 billion in unfunded liabilities remaining to tackle, it would be poor financial stewardship to fundamentally ...

A new Reason Foundation analysis of every state in eight key, standardized financial metrics to assess long-term solvency and short-term liquidity finds New Jersey is the most fiscally distressed ...

Beneath the surface of America’s bustling cities, suburbs, and school systems lies a story of growing concern—one of mounting fiscal pressures that threaten the long-term delivery of public services.