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Not by the Hand of Horace Mann
How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School SystemPonenciasMayo 2014This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...
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The Future Role of the Property Tax in the Funding of K12 Education in the United States
PonenciasMayo 2014This paper reviews the role of the property tax in funding K–12 education. At present, local and state governments each contribute a national average of 44 percent of the funds spent on public...
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Charter School Location
Evidence and Policy ImplicationsPonenciasMayo 2014Robert BifulcoCharter schools are just one school choice option, but one of the options that is growing rapidly. Robert Bifulco contributes a thorough review of the literature on charter school location, pointing...
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Charter Schools and Minority Access to Quality Education
PonenciasMayo 2014John Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta MincaJohn R. Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta Minca contribute a complementary analysis of charter schools across the United States. Their sample included only districts with at least one non-...
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Community Characteristics of Homeschooling
The Case of VirginiaPonenciasMayo 2014Luke MillerIn this paper, Luke C. Miller addresses homeschooling, a form of school choice that has been increasing rapidly and in which students now outnumber those attending charter schools. Using school...
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Community Land Trusts and Limited Equity Cooperatives
A Marriage of Affordable Homeownership Models?Documentos de trabajoDiciembre 2014Meagan M. EhlenzSince 2008, many have questioned the efficacy of conventional homeownership, particularly for low-income households. Advocates champion shared equity homeownership as an alternative, including...
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(Re)Defining Successful Anchor Strategies
Documentos de trabajoDiciembre 2014Beth Dever, Omar Blaik, George Smith, and George McCarthyUniversities, hospitals, and large non-profit organizations are often referred to as “anchor institutions” because of their permanence and their physical and social ties to surrounding...
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Defining Metropolitan and Megapolitan Areas
Documentos de trabajoDiciembre 2014Gregory K. IngramPlanners, geographers, and economists use many varied areas for spatial analysis. These include: individual parcels or lots, city blocks, neighborhoods, school districts, cities, counties,...
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Tax Base Erosion and Inequity from Michigan’s Assessment Growth Limit
The Case of DetroitDocumentos de trabajoOctubre 2014In this paper we examine the degree to which Michigan’s property value assessment growth cap has eroded the tax base and created substantial differences in effective tax rates among residential...
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Assessment Growth Limits and Mobility
Evidence from Home Sale Data in Detroit, MichiganDocumentos de trabajoOctubre 2014Timothy R. Hodge, Gary Sands, and Mark SkidmoreIn 1994 a limit on the growth of property values for tax purposes was imposed in Michigan. One consequence of the taxable value growth cap was the emergence of a differential in effective tax rates...
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