January 29, 2026 • Commentary
Predictions of Doom for Georgia’s Promise Scholarship are Already Falling Apart
The Promise Scholarship has probably had the most successful launch of any school choice program in Georgia history.
Topic: Education finance
November 14, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 14, 2025
This week features a review of how effective the current QBE formula is at accounting for unequal funding across school districts in Georgia.
November 13, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty
QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.
August 14, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: Georgia’s Education Funding Formula and Its Challenges
For nearly four decades, funding for Georgia public education has been provided by a program known as Quality Basic Education, and commonly referred to as QBE.
January 15, 2025 • Blog
Georgia schools spent billions in COVID-19 relief dollars, but on what, exactly?
Finding the information about who got what and at what cost is one thing, but trying to understand what it actually was is another thing.
January 8, 2025 • Commentary
Legislature has a number of education issues to tackle in 2025
From open enrollment changes to funding formula rewrite, there are a number of education issues lawmakers can address in 2025.
October 31, 2024 • Commentary
How Georgia’s tax credit scholarship program works, while saving the state money
Fifteen years ago, Georgia lawmakers adopted the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit, more commonly known as the state’s tax credit scholarship.
October 14, 2024 • Blog
6 ways to expand eduction opportunities in Georgia
Georgia’s education system should be geared toward student achievement and the best education for each student’s diverse needs.
September 19, 2024 • Commentary
Rethinking transportation for Georgia’s K-12 schools
There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students to and from their homes.
September 19, 2024
A Review of K-12 Transportation in Georgia
There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students to and from their homes. Are better options available?
March 6, 2023 • Commentary
The focus should be on what children need
Despite what Senate Bill 233 opponents claim, the money for an education scholarship account program is not taken away from public schools.
August 24, 2022 • Blog
Reforming the QBE Formula is Difficult but Necessary
If ever there was a time to focus on outcomes rather than inputs when it comes to public education, that time is now.
January 31, 2022 • Blog
What would Promise Scholarships mean for Georgia?
Letting money fund students, not systems, leads to more effective education for all.
August 18, 2021 • Foundation News
Private School – More Affordable Than You Think?
A perennial argument against programs to expand educational options is that students wouldn’t receive enough to pay for private-school tuition.
July 28, 2021 • Foundation News
Pursuing Public School Budgets
Credit where credit is due: Some school leaders aren’t complaining about the small amount of state money cut from their budgets, but are instead moving forward
May 14, 2021 • Commentary
National Charter Schools Week a Reminder Georgia Has Much to Celebrate, More to Do
As we observe the second National Charter Schools Week since the COVID-19 crisis began, it’s important to reflect on the unique role Georgia’s public charter sc
January 20, 2021 • Blog
How Should the Gold Dome Spend Your Money?
What to do with your money is the topic this week at the Gold Dome. There is even more reason than usual to pay attention. State officials expect to have […]
May 15, 2020 • Commentary
Simple Change in Law Can Save Georgia Taxpayers Over $80 Million
To meet the constitutional requirement that Georgia’s budget is balanced each year, state government must now cut 14% of expenditures as a result of revenue sho
February 25, 2019
Issue Analysis: The Economics of Building a Voucher or ESA Program in Georgia
The economics of vouchers and educational savings accounts (ESAs, also known as educational scholarship accounts) are central to their political success because attracting sufficient political support for such educational choice […]