Finance & Productivity
The Center’s work is based on two premises: that public schools should be measured against the goal of educating all children well, and that current institutions too often fail to achieve this goal. Our research uses evidence from the field and lessons learned from other sectors to understand complicated problems and to design innovative and practical solutions for policymakers, elected officials, parents, educators, and community leaders.
Our work on school finance explores the role of K-12 finance and resource use in education reform, including research on district allocation practices and efforts to remove barriers to efficient and adaptive uses of funds. See the projects listed below for a more in-depth look at the Center's current work in this area:
Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project
The Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project seeks to understand how money is used in public schools and suggest how funds might be used as effectively as possible.
School Finance Redesign Project
The School Finance Redesign Project (SFRP) examines how K-12 finance can be redesigned to better support student performance.
Featured Publications
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More News02/05/2010 Districts have options when it comes to teacher salary inequities
01/29/2010 Despite federal stimulus money, some state school budgets may be at risk
01/10/2010 Marguerite Roza on CSPAN
12/01/2009 The 'Master's Pay Bump': Why Ending It Shouldn't Frighten Ed. Schools
Education Week
08/10/2009 Billions of Stimulus Money Goes Unspent: Marguerite Roza on NPR's "Morning Edition"

