Question A: A more equitable state school funding formula would substantially reduce inequality in the state of Ohio in the coming decades.
Question A: A more equitable state school funding formula would substantially reduce inequality in the state of Ohio in the coming decades.
| Economist | Institution | Opinion | Confidence | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Andreas | Bluffton University | Strongly Agree | 8 | Education is one of the most expensive programs that directly affects inequality, and we could do much better. |
| Bizuayehu Bedane | Marietta College | Strongly Agree | 9 | |
| Kevin Egan | University of Toledo | Strongly Agree | 10 | All students are our future workers. We should be spending more per pupil on education in the lowest income areas to equalize opportunity. Instead we spend less. This is neither fair nor efficient. |
| Kenneth Fah | Ohio Dominican University | Agree | 10 | |
| Hasan Faruq | Xavier University | Agree | 9 | |
| Bob Gitter | Ohio Wesleyan University | Agree | 9 | Better and more equitable school funding is a necessary but not sufficient condidtion for long run economic equality. |
| Nancy Haskell | University of Dayton | Agree | 9 | |
| Paul Holmes | Ashland University | Agree | 4 | |
| Michael Jones | University of Cincinnati | Agree | 5 | While funding is important - how the money is spent is more important for student success than the amount of money spent. |
| Fadhel Kaboub | Denison University | Uncertain | 8 | While access to quality education is necessary for reducing inequality, it is unfortunately not sufficient. Education must be coupled with investments in health, infrastructure, direct job creation, and other public safety nets. |
| Bill Kosteas | Cleveland State University | Uncertain | 6 | More equitable school funding should help to reduce inequality. Whether that reduction is substantial depends on a variety of factors. |
| Charles Kroncke | Mount Saint Joseph University | Strongly Agree | 10 | Politically difficult |
| Trevon Logan | Ohio State University | Strongly Agree | 10 | |
| Joe Nowakowski | Muskingum University | Strongly Agree | 8 | |
| Mingming Pan | Wright State University | Disagree | 8 | |
| Curtis Reynolds | Kent State University | Agree | 9 | Reducing disparities in school funding would not completely solve economic inequality but would be an important first step for youth. |
| Lewis Sage | Baldwin Wallace University | Agree | 6 | Unequal distribution of educational resources reinforces and helps to perpetuate and accentuate socioeconomic difference. It would work better as part of a broader program of infrastructural reform. |
| Albert Sumell | Youngstown State University | Agree | 5 | A lot depends on what defines "substantially." |
| Melissa Thomasson | Miami University | Strongly Agree | 9 | |
| Thomas Traynor | Wright State University | Uncertain | 8 | The state school funding formula is only one of many factors that can reduce inequality. So, I am uncertain about the impact being "substantial." |
| Ejindu Ume | Miami University | Strongly Agree | 9 | |
| Mark Votruba | Case Western Reserve University | Agree | 8 | maybe not "substantially" |
| Andy Welki | John Carroll University | Agree | 9 | That is one dimension of the issue but educational funding is not a substitute for missing social infrastructure. |
| Kathryn Wilson | Kent State University | Agree | 9 | I chose "Agree" rather than "Strongly Agree" because to "substantially reduce inequality" will require more than just more equitable school funding. That said, I support more equitable school funding and think it will reduce inequality. |
| Rachel Wilson | Wittenberg University | Agree | 9 | We need to distinguish between equity and equality. School funding is one part of fixing the wicked problem of inequity. |