TEF = Tax Structures, Economic Development, and School Funding
VIDEO: Brit Satchwell talks TEF
TEF at the 2007 Fall RA
A Brief History of MEA’s TEF Initiative
It’s Time to Spread the TEF Message…
What is TEF - Powerpoint presentation
What is TEF - Powerpoint presentation (PDF format)
Supporting Information on TEF from NEA
This series of short general audience "Briefs" takes the complexity out of TEF, highlighting TEF's relevance to a wide range of issues and challenges Americans face — who's going to education a new generation of scientists, engineers, and national security professionals — and offering some sensible, achievable solutions.
Top Ten Reasons Why Taxes Don't Grow the Economy
Since Tax Cuts Don't Grow the Economy, What Does?
A Proposal to Create a National Policy Board
Economic Development Extension Service: A Model for Future Economic Growth
Understanding School Funding and the TEF Context
Why Are Revenues Up? Is the Revenue Surge Real? What Can We Do?
Time to Redifine Education Policy for the New Economy
Defining Political Action for the New Economy, Vol. 10
TEF at the 2006 Fall RA
Report to the Fall 2006 RA: Building an economic foundation for great public schools
PowerPoint Presentation from Fall 2006 RA
The Long-Term Effects of TABOR on the Michigan Economy
Tax Limitations, Education Funding Measures and Economic Growth: A Look at Michigan
The Effects of State Public K–12 Education Expenditures On Income Distribution
The Social Costs of Inadequate Education
Protecting Public Education from Tax Giveaways to Corporations
School Funding, Taxes, and Economic Growth - An Analysis of the 50 States
Public Schools and Economic Development - What the Research Shows
From the MEA Voice - November 2007 Issue
In light of the state budget crisis, now—more than ever—Michigan public schools need a stable funding source. . .
TEF is the answer
...This bold, new initiative holds the promise for funding our future.
MEA's Lu Battaglieri: Investing in education will lift Michigan's economy.
MEA Executive Director Lu Battaglieri likes to play his own version of the popular television game show Jeopardy in presentations he makes about a new MEA initiative to provide a stable funding source for public education.
In playing MEA’s Jeopardy, audience members learn about TEF—for Tax structure, Economic development policies and Funding for schools—and how investing in public education results in a far greater economic return than tax cuts and subsidies routinely handed out to businesses like candy.