Issues Guide: Education

From Maryland 2002-2003: A Guide to the Issues

By Christopher B. Summers, Paige Holland Hamp
Published on Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Despite a significant increase in public school spending over the past decade, Maryland students have not shown significant improvement on standardized tests. What is more, many minority students are leaving school without mastering even the most basic of skills. Read More »

Pay Maryland More From Fuel Tax

Originally published in The Baltimore Sun

By Christopher B. Summers, Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
Published on Friday, September 07, 2001
MARYLAND'S WORSENING traffic congestion will be a top issue in the next gubernatorial election, as will Gov. Parris N.Glendening's recent initiative for an additional $500 million for transportation over the next six years that has been approved by the legislature. Read More »

Don't Throw Money at Schools

Originally Published in The Baltimore Sun

By Christopher B. Summers, Jennifer J. Garrett
Published on Tuesday, March 06, 2001
If your child brought home straight Ds and Fs, would you reward him or her with more money? Not likely, but that's what's happening in Maryland public schools.  If per-pupil expenditures are any indicator of student performance, then Maryland public schools have grossly failed to demonstrate this. Maryland, with a per-pupil expenditure of $7,034, exceeds the national average of $6,189 by 12 percent. Read More »