Tag: funding gaps

This school district budget season feels especially high stakes because a lot is hitting district leaders at once

Good Teaching Matters, a seminal EdTrust report from 1998, looks at the state of education in the U.S. and the persistent inequities that hold students back. That message still resonates today

Amid unprecedented threats to public education and sluggish post-pandemic learning recovery, a bipartisan coalition of Michigan organizations is calling on state leaders to prioritize investments and strategies that improve outcomes for vulnerable students

She assumed that all the schools in her affluent county were well-resourced. Then she became a teacher

Seven decades after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, Michigan students of color continue to face devastating educational inequities in deeply under-resourced public schools

With school now in session, some school districts that are struggling financially — largely due to the drying up of federal pandemic funds, higher costs, and lower student enrollment — have been deciding…

Michigan has long had one of the most regressive school funding formulas, according to state and national research

Updated data from The Education Trust identifies school funding gaps within states and between districts and schools WASHINGTON – Across the country, districts with the most Black, Latino, and Native…

Those who study educational disparities know that money matters in education. And it’s not just about how much money is allocated, it’s about resource equity, that is, how effectively state…