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.