TEF Series
The TEF Series is a collaborative effort of NEA and our state affiliates. (Learn more about TEF.)
These 1- and 2-pagers explain how tax structures and economic development pave the way for education funding on the state and local levels. You can use this material to inform state legislatures, craft articles to state and local newspapers, or to provide a basis for conversations in your communities about funding American public education.
- Volume 36: There's a Hole in Our Sales Tax
- Volume 35: An Alliance of Schools and Small Businesses for Strong Schools, Strong Communities, and a Strong Economy
- Volume 34: The Single Sales Factor: Tax Reform or Trojan Horse?
- Volume 33: Did Arthur Laffer Throw a Curve at Fairness and Economic Prosperity?
- Volume 32: Corporate Wealth vs. the Middle Class: What Can We Do?
- Volume 31: Let's Keep Income Inequality from Destroying Us
- Volume 30: If You Don't Have a Job and You're Not Rich, Should You Blame Yourself?
- Volume 29: 5 Reasons Why We Must Invest in Public Education to Grow Our Economy
- Volume 28: 5 Facts to Consider in Tax Increment Financing
- Volume 27: What Is the Future of the Property Tax as a Source of School Funding?
- Volume 26: 6 Reasons Corporations Must Pay Income Tax (2011)
- Volume 25: State Budget Cuts Could Put the Economy Back Into Recession (2011)
- Volume 24: Close Tax Loopholes First (2011)
- Volume 23: A Brief History of Equity and Adequacy Litigation in Education Finance (2011)
- Volume 22: Strong Unions Make Life Better for Us All (2011)
- Volume 21: Allowing States to Declare Bankruptcy Is a Destructive Idea (2011)
- Volume 20: Should State and Local Governments Be Funding a 'Brain Drain'? (2009)
- Volume 19: TELs, the Recession, and Budget Gaps (2009)
- Volume 18: Does the U.S. Have One of the Highest Business Taxes? (2009)
- Volume 17: How Public Education Enhances Business Competitiveness, Improves People’s Economic Well-Being, and Provides a Sound Return on Taxpayers’ Investment (2009)
- Volume 16: Investing In Public Education Means Economic Growth for Your State (2008)
- Volume 15: The Current Economic and Fiscal Crisis: What Can We Do? (2008)
- Volume 14: Looming Economic Crisis: What Can We Do? (2008)
- Volume 13: American Business and Public Education: Challenges and Opportunities (2007)
- Volume 12: The ALEC Study: Revival of Voodoo Economics (2007)
- Volume 11: Is the American Business Community Working Against Its Own Best Interests? (2007)
- Volume 10: Defining Political Action for the New Economy (2007)
- Volume 9: Why Are Revenues Up? Is the Revenue Surge Real? What Can We Do? (2007)
- Volume 8: Time to Redefine Education Policy for the New Economy (2006)
- Volume 7: Understanding School Funding in the TEF Context (2006)
- Volume 6: Economic Development Extension Service: A Model for Future Economic Growth (2006)
- Volume 5: A Proposal to Create a National Fiscal Policy Board (2006)
- Volume 4: What Grows the Economy? Innovation, Investment in Human Capital, and Advances in Science and Technology. NOT Tax Cuts. (2006)
- Volume 3: Since Tax Cuts Don’t Grow the Economy, What Does? (2006)
- Volume 2: Top 10 Reasons Why Tax Cuts Don’t Grow the Economy (2006)
- Volume 1: What Is TEF? (2006)
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