Measuring Inequity in School Funding. Diana Epstein examines the problem of intrastate fiscal inequity and surveys some of the different measures that are used to characterize a state’s level of ...

Larger questions surround what states should do to address funding inequities between school districts. Most states have adopted funding formulas aimed at ameliorating differences in the ability ...

Under this reimagining of America's school funding system, EdBuild found, more than 2 out of 3 K-12 students (69%) — and 76% of low-income students — would receive equal or greater school ...

Group differences in school achievement cannot be the result of an unequal commitment of resources to minority students, and simple increases in public school funding are not likely to close the gaps.

Revere's schools also used the money to hire reading coaches, a technology team — some even lengthened the school day. "I really think that the funding was like winning the World Series," says ...

Texas Senate introduces its version for funding public schools 02:09. With just over two weeks left in the legislative session, Texas senators have introduced their version of the sweeping public ...

Brownback acknowledged this funding difference when speaking recently to Kansas school superintendents. “I’ve been saying every year that I’ve been in office, we’ve put more money in K-12.

Between 1990 and 2010, real appropriations per full time equivalent student (FTE) declined by 26.1 percent, putting funding today at its lowest level since 1990.1 As real state spending per full time ...

Decoupling means separating choice program funding from public school funding in Wisconsin. Gov. Evers supported the idea as ...

On both the state and national levels, controversies over school funding have loomed large in conversations about the future of K-12 education. In addition to several recent high-stakes showdowns ...

With just over two weeks left in the legislative session, Texas senators have introduced their version of the sweeping public school funding bill, House Bill 2, which diverges significantly from ...