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

Registration is now open for our fall cohort, with two in-person options

ESSER money is now pouring into schools.

Will the investments help students recover academically?

On a per-student basis, school staffing levels are hitting all-time highs, while enrollment has dropped, writes Chad Aldeman.

When districts break out of deeply ingrained expenditure habits, it’s a big deal. During the pandemic, many did just that. Here are four financial practices we hope will stick around.

This new tool estimates pandemic-related learning losses and recovery costs for more than 8,000 school districts across the country.

Read our related analysis.

Use our dashboard to explore ESSER 3 spending by district or download an entire state’s data. We now have data for 48 states plus DC…

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