Publications & Resources
- Newsletters
- Apr 10, 2024
Is it too late to protect what’s working as the cliff hits districts?
Next year's school district budgets will be locked in this spring. After that, influencing spending for 24-25 gets a lot harder.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Mar 19, 2024
30-Min Webinar: Six months remain on ESSER. What’s left to do? What worked? What didn’t? What happens when it’s gone?
We take stock of what districts did and didn’t accomplish with the money, what's left to do, and what happens when the money is gone during this 30-minute webinar.
- Newsletters
- Mar 14, 2024
Winding down ESSER. Is it working? What’s left to do?
Just 6 months remain on this massive federal program. While there's still work to be done, we can already see it's legacy taking shape. Here are a few highlights...
- Newsletters
- Mar 05, 2024
Bringing communities along during painful budget choices
For leaders facing tight budgets, there are better and worse ways to handle the next several months.
- Articles & Publications
- Mar 03, 2024
Closing schools: How much money does it save, and is it worth it?
School closure decisions are never easy. In this EdSource commentary, Roza and Dhammani outline several factors districts should consider in order to bring transparency to the process and ensure all students are served well.
- Articles & Publications
- Feb 28, 2024
School Boards Face Their Most Difficult Budget Season Ever
How can school board members bring their communities along in challenging financial times? Marguerite Roza and Laura Anderson weigh in at The 74.
- Articles & Publications
- Jan 29, 2024
State Revenues Outlook
This analysis provides estimates of year-over-year changes to state General Fund revenues.
- Newsletters
- Jan 18, 2024
Did the feds just extend the ESSER deadline?
In early January 2024, the U.S. Dept. of Education sent a letter to states with the latest on the ARP ESSER extension. Here's our take on what it all means.
- Newsletters
- Jan 09, 2024
How legislatures can ensure school funds do more for students
K-12 funding is the biggest line item in most state budgets. Here are five policy levers that states can pull to help districts maximize the value of every dollar for students.
- Newsletters
- Nov 30, 2023
Who decides what to cut? Technically school boards do
School boards face tough tradeoffs as they decide what to keep and what goes away when federal relief funds dry up. Here's what we've been learning about how boards engage in making financial decisions.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Nov 15, 2023
30-Min Webinar: What happens to K-12 nonprofits and vendors when ESSER ends?
In this webinar we look at what nonprofits and vendors should know about the end of ESSER and market changes in the coming years.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Nov 02, 2023
30-Min Webinar: Mayday… Mayday… Who Will Answer the Distress Signals Appearing in Some Districts’ Data?
This webinar looks at ways to read the distress signals in district data, raise the alarm, and take steps to help “Mayday” districts.
- Newsletters
- Oct 26, 2023
Mayday…Mayday…Distress signals are appearing in some districts’ data
A quick look at a district's data can show whether it's chipping away at learning losses, how quickly ESSER is being spent down, what’s happening to enrollment and more. In a few districts, some of the numbers amount to a distress signal.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Oct 26, 2023
30-Min Webinar: The ESSER Cliff: What state and district leaders in CT, MA, NH & RI should know as ESSER funding ends
This webinar shares an analysis of the pending ESSER cliff in districts in 4 New England states and key factors in protecting what matters most for students & district financial health.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Oct 24, 2023
The Fiscal Cliff: Exploring the Impacts on Equity
In this webinar hosted by the National Comprehensive Center, the Edunomics Lab team explores how the end of ESSER funds may affect equity
- Webinars & Presentations
- Oct 16, 2023
Where and how does inequity creep in?
Marguerite Roza gave this presentation as part of panel on "Understanding Educational Opportunity Gaps," at the University of Virginia School of Law's launch of the Education Rights Institute.
- Articles & Publications
- Sep 29, 2023
A Financial Analysis of Public Funds Invested via ESAs, Vouchers and Tax Scholarships
This real-time financial analysis tracks FY 23-24 state funding going into private options, to quantify how many public dollars are flowing through ESAs, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships.
- Newsletters
- Sep 21, 2023
The ESSER cliff will be worse in high-needs districts
High-poverty districts got more ESSER (which means the cliff will be steeper) and have spent their funds more slowly (leaving more to spend in the last year) than more affluent counterparts.
- Articles & Publications
- Sep 14, 2023
The ESSER fiscal cliff will have serious implications for student equity
In this analysis published by Brookings, Marguerite Roza and Katherine Silberstein show that high-poverty communities will see sharper impacts to their school budgets when ESSER ends.
- Articles & Publications
- Aug 09, 2023
Recipe for High-Impact Research
In this blog published by IES, the Edunomics Lab team shares lessons learned about making research more useful for practitioners, including designing visualizations and other tools around user needs to make data accessible, actionable, and impactful.
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