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Friedman Foundation: Only 12% of Idahoans Would Choose Regular Public School if Given a Choice
by Bryan Fisher/Gale Pooley, March 2008
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A Tale of Two Idaho School Districts
by John T. Wenders, July 2005
Boise spends 58% more than Meridian to produce a student that meets Expected Yearly Growth.
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How much will it cost Idaho Taxpayers to produce a High School Graduate?
How about $167,816?
by Gale L. Pooley, July 2004
A high school graduate is the end product of a K-12 education. What are taxpayers expected to spend to produce one?
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New Zealand: A Model for Improving Idaho's Public Education System
by Gale L. Pooley, July 2004
Faced with financial and academic achievement problems, New Zealand made three simple reforms that dramatically reversed the productivity of their public education system.
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Measuring the Cost of Producing Proficient Students
by Gale L. Pooley, July 2004
Everyone agrees that the primary purpose of the public education system is to produce proficient students. However, no one seems to be reporting how much it really costs to do this.
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Where Did $1.275 Billion Dollars Go?
by Gale L. Pooley, July 2004
Idaho taxpayers are spending $475 million more on K-12 public education than they were just six years ago. Student enrollment has remained relatively flat over this period.
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Charter Schools are a Great Value for Idaho
by Gale L. Pooley, June 2004
Achievement and spending data suggest that Idaho’s Charter schools are 50% to 100% more productive than traditional district schools. Charters can be a great tool in the goal of improving academic achievement in a fiscally responsible manner
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Good News Bad News for Meridian School District
by Gale L. Pooley, June 2004
Faced with financial and academic achievement problems, the Meridian Idaho School District could solve many of its troubles by approving more charter schools.
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Eliminate Sales Tax with Charter Schools
by Gale L. Pooley, June 2004
How to save $700 million in taxes by introducing public education to capitalism and choice.
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Charter Schools Save Idaho Taxpayers $5 Million in 2002-2003
by Gale L. Pooley, June 2004
When considering total taxpayer support from state and local property taxes, charter students received $1,652 less in taxpayer support than students attending district schools.
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Idaho School Employee and Student Growth
by Gale L. Pooley, June 2004
In the past 10 years the number of new employees in Idaho’s public schools has grown more than four times faster than the growth rate in student enrollment.
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