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Commentary
1.27.2023
Accountability & Testing, Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Governance

Interpreting the Covid impact on achievement

David Armor

The release of “The Nation’s Report Card” on October 24, 2022, created shock waves though out the country’s education and policy establishments.

Commentary
1.26.2023
School Finance, Governance, Private School Choice

Public dollars, private schools

Robert Pondiscio

For the vast majority of America’s children, going to school has changed little from their parents’ generation, even their grandparents’: Where you live is where you learn, in a school run by your local public school district.

Commentary
12.8.2022
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

How some states are fixing problems with early childhood education

William Rost

A FutureEd report released earlier this year analyzes the problems facing early childhood education offerings across the country and how some states have tackled them.

Commentary
12.2.2022
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Career & Technical Education, Governance

The good and bad news about declining U.S. poverty rates

Jon Baron

Recent news articles have heralded a long-term decline in the U.S.

Robert Kern image
Commentary
11.11.2022
School Finance

In memory of Robert Kern

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

We mourn the passing of Robert D. Kern at 96, even as we recall some of the great good he did—and our encounters with him.

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Commentary
10.20.2022
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Governance

Will pandemic learning loss cost $700 billion to fix?

Nat Malkus

A new study released this month by Kenneth Shores and Matthew Steinberg tackles the question of whether federal pandemic relief for public schools was provided in the right way and in the right amount.

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Podcast
10.11.2022
School Finance

Education Gadfly Show #841: Good news for a change: Most states appear to be spending their ESSER dollars wisely

  On This week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Carissa Miller, CEO of the

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Commentary
9.29.2022
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Judge “for-profit” charter schools on their results, not the tax status of their main vendor

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli

After a tumultuous reception, the Biden administration’s regulations for the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) were finalized in July.

Commentary
9.1.2022
Accountability & Testing, School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

What happens when school leaders are allowed to abandon “step and lane” pay scales

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

In 2013, the British government ended the use of “annual progression” pay scales for teachers. These were similar to U.S.-style “step and lane” models but were set at the national level across the pond.

Commentary
6.30.2022
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

ESSER is fueling one-size-fits-all strategies. Let’s use data to deliver more targeted efforts.

Marguerite Roza, Ellie Roza

States and districts face no shortage of seemingly overwhelming problems, especially the devastating learning loss among vulnerable students from extended pandemic school closures. But leaders do have money: States and districts got $123 billion in federal emergency (ARP ESSER) relief.

Commentary
5.26.2022
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Can states clean up their teacher pension messes?

Aaron Churchill

Many state teacher pension systems are woefully underfunded, impose significant costs on teachers and schools, and shortchange tho

Commentary
5.5.2022
School Finance, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Using ESSER funds for retention bonuses makes sense if targeted strategically

Dan Goldhaber

The money is pouring in, but so are the education challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically affected student achievement, particularly for poorer students and students of color.

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Commentary
5.2.2022
School Finance

Can investing in elementary schools prevent crime?

Christian Eggers

The nationwide surge in violent crime, which preceded the pandemic but accelerated in 2020, has prompted a range of policy responses, from expanding

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Commentary
2.10.2022
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance, Governance, Private School Choice, Teachers & School Leaders

What factors predict states’ embrace of private school choice?

Nathaniel Grossman

School choice is on the rise. In the last few decades, families have benefited from an explosion of educational options.

Commentary
11.18.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

In almost every state, funding gaps between rich and poor schools have been closed

Adam Tyner, Ph.D.

The conventional wisdom is that American students from poor families are mostly stuck in sorely underfunded public schools while more affluent families have access to well-resourced ones. For decades, this was largely true.

Commentary
10.21.2021
School Finance, Governance, Private School Choice

How do parents use education savings accounts?

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

Whether due to the pandemic, political opportunism, popular demand, or a combination, education savings accounts (ESAs) are enjoying much attention and growth

Commentary
9.30.2021
School Finance, Charter Schools, Governance, Private School Choice, Teachers & School Leaders

Use pandemic recovery funds to empower both schools and families

Bruno V. Manno

Covid-19 school shock disrupted our way of doing education, unbundling the familiar division of responsibilities among home, school, and community organizations. Nearly every parent of school-age children had to create from scratch a home learning environment using online technology and rebundling school services to meet their needs.

Commentary
9.23.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

There’s a fiscal cliff coming, and some districts appear hell-bent on making it worse

Marguerite Roza

We’ve been polling district finance leaders about their biggest concern in this moment, and the most common answer is financial problems down the road.

Podcast
8.5.2021
School Finance, Charter Schools, Governance

The Education Gadfly Show #781: The House Democrats’ attack on charter schools

 

Podcast
7.22.2021
School Finance, Governance

The Education Gadfly Show #779: How districts are spending federal aid

 

Podcast
5.27.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

The Education Gadfly Show #771: Same old, same old: How districts are spending federal relief dollars (so far)

 

Podcast
5.6.2021
School Finance

The Education Gadfly Show #768: Debating Biden’s universal pre-K plan

 

Commentary
4.30.2021
School Finance, Charter Schools, Governance

Don’t believe the haters. The federal Charter Schools Program deserves full funding.

Libby Sobic

In the coming weeks, the House Appropriations subcommittee that decides on education spending will consider how much money to allocate to the federal Charter School Program (CSP).

Commentary
4.22.2021
Evidence-Based Learning, School Finance

How does money matter for schools?

Adam Tyner, Ph.D.

The “Does money matter?” debate has been getting boring. The idea that increasing school spending wouldn’t make the schools work at least a little better probably never made much sense to begin with.

Podcast
4.15.2021
School Finance

The Education Gadfly Show: A victory for charter school funding in Oklahoma

 

Commentary
4.8.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?

Marguerite Roza, Chad Aldeman

District leaders may be celebrating the $122 billion in stimulus relief Congress approved for K–12 schools last month.

Commentary
3.26.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Best- and worst-case scenarios for how school stimulus dollars will be spent

Chad Aldeman

In the last year, Congress has now invested nearly $200 billion to support K–12 education. It’s an unprecedented federal infusion of money, but will it lead to an unprecedented recovery effort? It’s worth taking a moment to pause and consider the range of possibilities. Best case

Commentary
3.25.2021
School Finance, Charter Schools

Our full rebuttal to a flawed critique of “Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances”

Earlier this month on her “Answer Sheet” blog in the Washington Post, Valerie Strauss ran a lengthy rebuttal written by Carol Burris about a study that we recently published. Robbers or Victims?

Commentary
3.25.2021
School Finance, Governance

The stimulus package won’t fix schools’ employee-benefit problem

Brandon L. Wright

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series that puts the themes of 2020’s Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck into today’s context, with particular attention to the effects of the pandemic and federal relief dollars.

Commentary
3.18.2021
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

A challenging funding future for schools—made worse by the pandemic

Brandon L. Wright

Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series that puts the themes of 2020’s Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck into today’s context, with particular attention to the effects of the pandemic and federal relief dollars.

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