Tag: school finance

Joint Comments on Proposed Changes to the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS)

newspaper November 28, 2022 by EdTrust

Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education LBJ, Room 6W203 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20202–8240 Download the Full Letter…

How States Are Using Federal Funds to Solve Teacher Shortages

newspaper October 12, 2022 by EdTrust

New report from The Education Trust highlights promising practices used to invest in teacher recruitment and retention WASHINGTON, D.C. – As students headed back to school this fall, there were…

Nearly All States Have Significant Work To Do in Providing Transparent, Accessible Data on How Districts Spend School Funds

newspaper August 26, 2021 by EdTrust

WASHINGTON — Only one state in the nation met The Education Trust’s guiding principles for equity-oriented school spending reports last year, according to a new national analysis by the ed-equity…

Ed Trust Comments on Upcoming “Study of District & School Uses of Federal Education Funds”

newspaper February 21, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner

Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W-208B Washington, D.C. 20202-4537 RE: Docket ID: ED-2019-ICCD-0160 Download…

OPINION: States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funding

newspaper January 29, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner

You’ve heard about the funding disparities between school districts. The more hidden disparities within school districts are just as troubling. Any debate about fairness in school funding has to start…