Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP)
State
Aid in New York
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The
Achievement Gap in New York Schools
The achievement gap
in New York schools. Graduation rates are on the rise. So why do white students
remain more likely to receive a high school diplomas than black or Hispanic
students?
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Slides:
"What the Commission Report Doesn’t Say" Presented by John Yinger,
January 24, 2014 at the Campaign for Educational Equity conference, "Right
Makes Might: Working Together to Ensure NY Students’ Right to a Sound Basic
Education Now and for the Future." Hosted at the New York State School Boards
Association, Albany NY.
Publications:
Wen Wang, William Duncombe, and John Yinger. "School
District Responses to Matching Aid Programs for Capital Facilities: A Case
Study of New York’s Building Aid Program." National Tax Journal 64 (September 2011): 759-794.
William Duncombe and John
Yinger. "Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs." Education Finance and Policy 2 (4) (Fall
2007): 341-375.
William Duncombe and John
Yinger. "Financing Higher Student Performance Standards: The Case
of New York State." Economics
of Education Review 19 (4) (October 2000): 363-386.
William Duncombe and John Yinger. "School Finance Reform: Aid Formulas and Equity Objectives." National Tax Journal 51 (2) (June
1998): 239-262.
Links to It's Elementary Column:
December 2013 More Trouble for the New York State Education Finance
System
November 2013 Reforming Education Finance in New
York State, Testimony before the New NY Education Reform
Commission, John Yinger, Nov. 22, 2013.
September 2012 Reforming State Education Aid in New York State