Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.
Figure 1 – left panel – compares nominal per pupil spending by U.S. Census Poverty rates for all school districts nationally. Per pupil spending is measured as a ratio of each school district’s spending to the average spending for all other districts in the same labor market (metropolitan or micropolitan core based statistical area or … Continue reading Illustrations: Why “Cost” Matters in School…
More serious posts on this topic: https://schoolfinance101.com/?s=public+goods In the town of Ka-Boodle by Lake Sneetchy Creek,The folks all paid taxes each month and each week.For schools and for sidewalks and fire trucks so red,And libraries full of good books to be read. But then came the Chortlers from Voucher Von Vee,Who shouted, “That money belongs … Continue reading Oh, the Thinks You Can…
Alas – I’ve found a use for OpenAI – Converting my deepest theoretical musings on school finance into Seussical prose: Oh, the Funds You Will Flum!(A Zany Zoodle on Equity, Adequacy, and Opportunity Gum) In a flibber-flap land of the Schollaroo Schools,With Sneetchy-like districts and Yoppity rules,There lived some young learners (some tall, some quite … Continue reading If Dr. Seuss Opined on…
I’ve had the pleasure of running some new models with updated data in the past few days. I recently produced a lengthy report on school funding in Florida. I’ve pointed out on several occasions recently that Florida schools have continued their rapid decline in 8th grade outcomes in reading and math. Florida is one of … Continue reading Florida School Finance Update: Here’s your manageable…
Preserving another thread from X and BlueSky: Just the facts (Public Use Graphs) Another quick picture book story time – About those unsustainable “huge” staffing increases while public schools bleed enrollments. First – those enrollments (overall) [LEA summed and School Summed enrollments from NCES Common Core] Now by Locale (aggregating urban centric locale codes): [seems … Continue reading All…
Here’s a quick summary of a thread I recently posted on both BlueSky and X. Storytime – for those who want to push some “southern” miracle in public schooling – using Mississippi as their exemplar, and implying “red state” strategies are the policy solution: First – Mississippi doesn’t catch Massachusetts or New Jersey. NOT EVEN … Continue reading On Miracles in Mississippi →
A Two-Year Plan for Reforming Florida Public Education Finance & Governance In a recent report on public education in Florida, I made the following recommendations:[1] The justification for each of these recommendations is thoroughly documented in the cited report. The next step is to lay out an action plan for policy advocacy for the next … Continue reading Short term plan to Un-Florida Florida’s…
Press Release Full Report Slide Deck Executive Summary The report that follows draws on a) literature on how and why money matters for improving school quality and the quality of education systems as a whole, b) frameworks for understanding and evaluating state school finance systems, including systems for financing schools of choice, and c) data … Continue reading Financing a High-Quality System…