Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project

Unlike traditional school finance research, which tracks how funds are distributed among school districts, we focus on how money is used at the district and school levels, and how different uses of funds affect children’s learning opportunities. We hope to help district and school leaders see the consequences of current and possible alternative ways of spending money, and to help educators use every dollar to the maximum benefit of students. Further, we aim to explain the connections between policy at all levels and the ways in which resources are ultimately brought to bear on students.

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School Funding's Tragic Flaw
Kevin Carey, Marguerite Roza