by Byron Schlomach | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog
Where’s Our School Property Tax Refund? Recently, the Naperville School District board in Naperville, IL, authorized returning $10 million to its taxpayers due to savings from the schools being closed for most of 2020. The question occurs: if a school district in...
by Byron Schlomach | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
The triangle is structurally extremely strong. Most roofs are constructed of triangular trusses. They provide for great strength with an economy of resources. Depending on the material used to construct them, trusses can be nearly indestructible. An iron or steel...
by Benjamin Lepak | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog
Cheered on by teachers’ unions, State Secretary of Education Joy Hoffmeister recently proposed a statewide Covid plan that would have seen schools in 39 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties stop in-person instruction if those counties experienced just 3 Covid diagnoses. Only 3...
by 1889 Institute | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog
The author, Kent Grusendorf, served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for 20 years (1987-2007), all but two as a member of Public Education Committee, which he chaired for four years (2003-2007). His prior elected experience was as a member of the...
by 1889 Institute | Jun 15, 2018 | Research
Average Teacher Pay Across States Before and After Oklahoma’s Pay Raise Author Calculations: Byron Schlomach Abstract This is just a table showing average teacher pay across the states and relative state rankings, especially of Oklahoma, before and after the...
