Published Articles & Media
Blog
With Federal Relief Dollars on the Way, Districts Face Big Decisions
Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?
School Spending
When it Comes to School Funds, Hold-Harmless Provisions Aren’t “Harmless”
Funding crunch is a chance to revise, remove arcane, inequitable grandfather clauses
News
New Financial Data Spotlight the District Role in Distributing Dollars Across Schools
Opportunities ahead for education leaders
News
Training School Leaders to Spend Wisely
Many are underprepared for the big job of allocating education dollars
Blog
Dear Districts: These Are the Glory Days. Are You Ready for Tomorrow’s Financial Pain?
Just like the years leading up to 2008, the last few years have yielded stronger growth in funds for schooling. And just like in 2008, there are signs of trouble ahead.
Blog
Let’s Not Miss the Opportunity In Weighted Student Funding Pilot
ESSA gives school districts the opportunity to change the way they leverage federal dollars to support disadvantaged students.
Blog
The Challenge of Paying for a New Kind of Learning
Completion-based funding policies could be an easy sell to state lawmakers, but they’re a short-sighted, and ultimately self-defeating, approach.
Blog
With New Data, School Finance is Coming Out of the Dark Ages
A sleeper provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act will serve up a motherlode of never-before-available school-level financial data.
Blog
Productivity is sometimes seen as a dirty word in education. But it doesn’t have to be.
How is a school system supposed to improve productivity when so much of what matters can’t be centrally managed and scaled across schools?
Blog
What Should States Do About School Districts In Financial Trouble?
Communities rarely embrace tough trade-offs. We need to lean on school boards and superintendents to take their fiduciary responsibilities seriously.