Edunomics Lab is a Georgetown University research center exploring and modeling complex education finance decisions to inform education policy and practice.

A Workshop on District Finances Post ESSER

The ESSER cliff will be worse in higher-poverty districts, bringing unintended equity implications.

New analysis by Roza and Silberstein, published by Brookings, shows high-poverty communities will see sharper impacts to their school budgets when ESSER ends.

Districts have more staff than ever. And fewer students. What happens next? Learn about trends we see in states and districts, and options for addressing challenges ahead.

NEW & UPDATED: Our Expenditure Dashboard now tracks ESSER 1, 2, and 3! Explore federal relief spending by district or download an entire state’s data.

With 18 months to go before the massive ESSER experiment ends, Katie Silberstein and Marguerite Roza take stock of how school districts have spent their funds so far.

Research & Focus Areas

Edunomics Lab provides timely, relevant and actionable analysis of education finance policy and resource allocation strategy and decisions. Our research and modeling projects are designed to give policymakers and education leaders the evidence-based resources they need to effectively deploy finite resources for the betterment of education.

Compensation, Benefits & Pensions

District Resource Allocation

Educational Productivity

Financial Transparency

Higher Education

Innovation & Technology

K-12 Financial Landscape

NERD$

State Finance Policy

School-Level Resource Use

Student-Based Allocation

Training in Ed Finance