Drawing on data from five large school districts, this report reveals that the nation’s main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission.
Traditional school finance research tracks how the government distributes funds among school districts.
Instead, we focused on how districts and schools used their funds and how these uses affected students’ learning opportunities. We helped district and school leaders structure policy and allocate funds in ways that use every dollar to the students’ maximum benefit.
Drawing on data from five large school districts, this report reveals that the nation’s main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission.
This is the first in a series of working papers on ways people working for the disadvantaged might use evidence about within-district spending inequalities.
This brief summarizes the report Strengthening Title I To Help High-Poverty Schools: How Title I Funds Fit Into District Allocation which argues that the nation’s main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered...
This working paper presents a principal-agent model in the context of public schools to help explain the factors that affect district decisions about merit pay.
This brief examines small high school costs in Denver and Seattle, analyzing each layer of district expenditures in order to get a better look at the price tag for small schools in comparison to others....
This paper, prepared for The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, February, 2005 explores the causes of school level spending variations.
This report provides a practical discussion of what is required to develop a school district management guide, along with an actual guide built on evidence-based indicators.
This working paper examines the potential fiscal impact of charter schools in Washington State, at both the state and local levels.
Under current budgeting practices it is difficult to assess how resources are distributed between schools and whether every school is afforded the same opportunities to meet its educational goals. This paper addresses one key driver...
A number of states and localities are now considering creating voucher programs. This paper focuses on the administrative costs of these programs.
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