Published Articles & Media
Federal Policy
The Massive ESSER Experiment: Here’s what we’re learning.
Big investments in labor and vendor contracts, but scant information on how the spending affects students.
School Spending
Inflation Will Put Districts in a Pickle
Adding pressure to salary negotiations for teachers and staff
Blog
Punishment for Making Hard Choices in a Crisis: Federal Prison
Why every education leader should care about what happened to Julia Keleher
Blog
Maintenance of Equity: A New Provision with Big Implications for District Budgeting
An expansive interpretation could have unintended consequences
Blog
New Federal Money is Coming to Schools. There Are Other Options for Spending it Than Hiring Lots More Staff.
Try tutoring, time, technology, or other new ideas instead.
Blog
Let schools, not district offices, decide how to spend some federal aid
Pushing dollars directly to individual schools would increase transparency, public engagement
Blog
With Federal Relief Dollars on the Way, Districts Face Big Decisions
Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?
School Spending
When it Comes to School Funds, Hold-Harmless Provisions Aren’t “Harmless”
Funding crunch is a chance to revise, remove arcane, inequitable grandfather clauses
News
New Financial Data Spotlight the District Role in Distributing Dollars Across Schools
Opportunities ahead for education leaders
News
Training School Leaders to Spend Wisely
Many are underprepared for the big job of allocating education dollars