public education

: TaxVox

Could Tax Incentives Help Recruit and Retain Teachers?

The “Great Resignation” appears to have reached our public education workforce, if not the entire country’s. The situation has grown so dire that schools are closing or educating children remotely for days at a time, not due to the pandemic-related health risks but because of staffing shortages.

December 1, 2021Renu Zaretsky

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Taxes and Public Education: We get what we pay for… When we want it.

How and why do our property tax dollars fund public education? It’s a tricky thing, asking taxpayers to pay for something they don’t feel they use every day. After all, some see public education as a public good that serves the overall economy and community. But others… don’t.

May 2, 2018Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

School’s Out: What If Parents Take the Tax Money and Run?

We moved last year—from Florida, a state with relatively poor public schools, to a strong school district in Michigan. Our property taxes are higher than the national and even county average, but like many families with school-age children, we are willing (and able) to pay them. We support our

June 3, 2015Renu Zaretsky