OPINION: States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funding
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…
From Numbers to Insight: Leveraging ESSA’s School Spending Requirement for Fair Funding
January 16, 2020 by Ivy Morgan For decades, researchers have used federal data to show that within states, the districts with the most students from low-income backgrounds and the most students of color receive less funding…
Why Congress Should Fund the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program and Title II-A
June 25, 2018 by Lillian M. Lowery Soon, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will be deciding on a budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Among the programs to…
What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes? A Look at Teacher Salaries
June 18, 2018 by Rachel Metz The school year may have come to a close, but for some teachers across the country, things are just getting started. From North Carolina to Arizona, teachers have been making…
FY18 Spending Bill: What’s Good, Bad, and Next for Equity Advocates
March 27, 2018 by Kelly McManus Let’s be honest: There has been a lot of bad news in the last year. But last week, those of us who care about equity in public education got some…
Investing in the Development and Scaling of Evidence-Based Practices for Improve Student Success
March 27, 2018 by EdTrust Research from The Education Trust has consistently shown that, with dedicated and intentional effort, institutions can close access and…
Funding Gaps 2018
February 27, 2018 by School districts that serve large populations of students of color and students from low-income families receive far less funding…
Students of Color Face Steep School Funding Gaps
February 26, 2018 by Ivy Morgan “In the county [schools], EVERYTHING is better! Over here, we live in the ghetto; we’re not getting much. So getting school funding based on property taxes isn’t gonna do anything…