By threatening to strip $15 million in magnet school funding next year, and an additional $36 million in future years, the administration is attacking student's civil rights while jeopardizing resources that drive equity.| The Education Trust-New York
The Judson Independent School District has adopted a new staffing model to help cut its budget. Trustees approved a plan Tuesday evening that reduces the…| TPR
Kansas school board chair Kathy Busch wrote a guest column for the Kansas City Star, in which she makes multiple contradictory claims about funding and student achievement.| The Sentinel
The Texas House Public Education Committee passed a sweeping school finance proposal on Thursday, along with a bill that would create a program allowing parents to use public funds to pay for private schools.| KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
Except for fourth grade math, New York’s NAEP scores in reading and math have stagnated or declined over the past 25 years. These results make it clear that current approaches, especially in middle grades, are failing students. We cannot continue with the same strategies and expect different outcomes.| The Education Trust-New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWARK, N.J. – Education Law Center’s much anticipated annual report, Making the Grade: How Fair...| Education Law Center
How much did your district get in pandemic emergency aid? When must the money be spent? Is there more on the way? EdWeek has the answers.| Education Week
ESSER dollars are expiring soon, leaving districts to get creative with resources in future years.| Education Week
The Great Recession offers some insight into how staff reductions might play out as ESSER funds expire.| Education Week
by Josh B. McGee Last week’s blog discussed the sources of Arkansas school funding and some of the basics about how the state’s funding formula works. As a quick review, Arkansas has a student-base…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Josh McGee Today’s blog is the first in a series about Arkansas school funding. Our goal is to provide straightforward, data-driven explanations of things like: How the Arkansas K-12 funding sys…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
The Missouri GOP supermajority has been defunding our public schools for over a decade, but the last five years have been at breakneck speed.| Public Voices For Public Schools
Four states this year have passed laws allowing any parent to spend public dollars on private school tuition or other education expenses.| Education Week