Publications & Resources
- Newsletters
- May 15, 2025
New forms of teacher pay take hold
Research has long documented that a strong teacher can have profound effects on student math and reading scores. And yet, school systems have tended to focus on quantity over quality. But prioritizing teacher quality is possible. And it doesn't mean throwing out the traditional pay scale or resorting to unpopular merit bonuses. A few school systems are paving the way.
- Webinars & Presentations
- May 15, 2025
EdSource Roundtable – Five years after Covid: Innovations that Drive Results
In this roundtable hosted by Ed Source, Marguerite Roza shares new ROI analysis and describes financial challenges facing California districts post-ESSER.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Apr 29, 2025
30-Min Webinar: Federal and other financial risks for K12 in the months ahead
In this 30-minute webinar, we look at how federal changes may impact the K-12 financial landscape.
- Newsletters
- Apr 08, 2025
How to cure an ESSER hangover
While the ESSER tap was flowing, districts promoted many of their best teachers into non-teaching roles of administrators, coordinators, interventionists, coaches, and student support staff. With those funds gone how districts pivot-- focus on quality over quantity--matters for students.
- Articles & Publications
- Mar 26, 2025
In K-12, the ESSER hangover is here.
In this analysis published by Brookings, Marguerite Roza shows how after the ESSER fueled hiring spree, districts are struggling to afford their larger, better-paid workforces, and students may be left with less effective teachers.
- Newsletters
- Mar 13, 2025
Layoffs happening in schools. Yes, SCHOOLS.
News of federal layoffs is everywhere. Meanwhile, districts are making their own massively consequential decisions right now, including layoffs of school personnel.
- Articles & Publications
- Mar 10, 2025
Going through the motions: The role of school boards in budget deliberations
This brief offers a descriptive baseline analysis of what school board financial deliberations look like and what opportunities and barriers affect their role in financial decision-making.
- Webinars & Presentations
- Feb 27, 2025
30-Min Webinar: A tough budget season this year: What you need to know
In this 30-minute webinar, we share what you need to know about this spring’s challenging budget season, including how changes in federal funding could impact schools.
- Newsletters
- Jan 29, 2025
NAEP truth bomb: Some states see academic progress. Many do not.
The 10-year trends for each state suggest a reset is needed in many to ensure that investments are delivering more for students.
- Newsletters
- Dec 19, 2024
Looking to avoid closures? Districts have options
Small schools can be financially feasible - but there are tradeoffs.
- Articles & Publications
- Dec 19, 2024
Don’t want to close under-enrolled schools? Here’s how to make the math work.
Small, under-enrolled schools can be financially viable if they are staffed differently than larger schools, writes Marguerite Roza on the Fordham Flypaper blog.
- Newsletters
- Nov 14, 2024
Should schools brace for big cuts in federal funds?
How will the election impact school finance? Here's what we think is on the ed finance horizon and what’s worrying us.
- Articles & Publications
- Nov 07, 2024
Big-City Districts Are Beset by Financial Dysfunction – and Kids Pay the Price
Financial dysfunction is plaguing many city school districts. What can help? Strong district leadership, state guidance, and brutal honesty about what's really going on. Marguerite Roza and Cicco weigh in at The 74.
- Newsletters
- Oct 24, 2024
Is it true? ESSER boosted spending more in wealthier schools?
Larger higher-poverty districts got more ESSER per pupil than their peers. But, many of those districts then deployed relief funds in ways that disproportionately boosted spending in their wealthier schools. How did that happen?
- Articles & Publications
- Oct 23, 2024
No Silver School-Spending Bullets: 5 Lessons from ESSER to Help Drive Continued Learning Recovery
Marguerite Roza and Maggie Cicco share what we've learned from ESSER about making money matter more in schools, in an analysis published at Education Next.
- Newsletters
- Oct 18, 2024
Our special ed analysis has people talking
Special Ed is consuming a growing share of public school dollars. Is it helping? We owe it to students to regularly scrutinize these dollars to see if we can do more to maximize the outcomes for them.
- Articles & Publications
- Sep 13, 2024
A Financial Analysis of Public Funds Invested via ESAs, Vouchers and Tax Scholarships
This real-time financial analysis tracks state funding going into private options, to quantify how many public dollars are flowing through ESAs, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships. FY23-24 and FY 24-25 analyses available.
- Newsletters
- Aug 29, 2024
Which districts could return relief dollars to the Feds?
The Sept. 30 ESSER deadline is fast approaching. Which districts might miss it?
- Newsletters
- Aug 15, 2024
Schools have more staff than ever. Are kids benefiting?
Most districts now have more staff than ever before. Per usual, Edunomics Lab asks: Is it working? Are students benefiting?
- Webinars & Presentations
- Aug 08, 2024
30-Min Webinar: The Big Hire: Massachusetts’s school staffing changes
In this 30-minute webinar, we share findings from a new Edunomics Lab analysis of how staffing has changed in Massachusetts schools between 2020 and 2024.
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