Funding Equity
Inequities in funding are foundational to all sorts of other inequities in our schools. Yet as a nation, we continue to spend less on educating our low-income students and students of color — the very students who could benefit most from additional support in their schools.
To call attention to these inequities and spur action to turn them around, we:
- Provide data tools and analysis that highlight funding gaps between high- and low-poverty districts as well as between districts serving the most and the fewest students of color, nationally and within each state
- Spotlight — and advocate for closing — gaps that often remain hidden: those between high- and low-poverty schools within the same school district
- Fight to ensure that federal Title I dollars flow to the high-poverty schools and districts that need them most.
Important Resources
Funding Gaps 2018: An Analysis of School Funding Equity Across the U.S. and Within Each State
Funding Gaps 2015: Too Many States Still Spend Less on Educating Students Who Need the Most
State of Funding Equity Data Tool
Ed Trust Analysis: Likely Effects of Portability on Districts’ Title 1 Allocations
Ed Trust Comments on Senate HELP Committee Draft ESEA Reauthorization Bill
Close the Hidden Funding Gaps in Our Schools
Related Staff
![Ivy Morgan](https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ivy-Smith-Morgan-360x390.jpg)
Ivy Morgan
Director of P-12 Research and Data Analytics
As the director of P-12 research and data analytics, Ivy Morgan designs and conducts data and policy analyses that…
![Natasha Ushomirsky](https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ushomirsky-Natasha-0117-September-23-2014-scaled-e1659533301546-360x390.jpg)
Natasha Ushomirsky
State Director for Massachusetts
Natasha currently serves as the State Director for Massachusetts at The Education Trust. In this role, she builds relationships…