School Spending
EdStat: $1,220 per Pupil Was Spent by School Districts on Teachers’ Pension Benefits in 2017
Pension costs, excluding Social Security and retiree health insurance, have grown from $520 per student in 2004 to $1,220 today.
School Spending
The Tangled World of Teacher Debt
Clashing rules and uncertain benefits for federal student-loan subsidies
School Spending
EdNext Podcast: Unmasking School Spending
As of December 2018, school districts nationwide will be required to report exactly what they spend on each of their schools. Will that information kick off a new wave of school finance research and reform? Could it become one of the law’s most important legacies? Marty West discusses the change with Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University.
School Spending
The School Administrator Payoff from Teacher Pensions
The “stewards” of the system benefit the most
School Spending
Public Schools and Money
Strategies for improving productivity in times of austerity
School Spending
What We’re Watching: Teacher of the Year Gets Laid Off
Sacramento's teacher of the year just lost her job as result of budget cuts in a district that mandates layoffs according to seniority, not performance.