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Emily Rauscher; Greer Mellon; Susanna Loeb; Carolyn Abott – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Targeted school funding is a potentially valuable policy lever to increase educational equality by race, ethnicity, and income, but it remains unclear how to target funds most effectively. We use a regression discontinuity approach to compare districts that narrowly passed or failed a school funding election. We use close tax elections in 9 states…
Descriptors: School District Spending, Financial Support, School Funds, Outcomes of Education
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Nicks, Robert E.; Martin, Gary E.; Thibodeaux, Tilisa N.; Young, J. Kenneth – Education Leadership Review, 2018
There has been much debate by and among federal and state education agencies, state legislatures, courts, and educators regarding the identification of school district expenditures that best facilitate effective and efficient schools. The issue of equitable funding is far from being resolved (Education Week, 2017). Contradictory studies associated…
Descriptors: School District Size, Expenditures, Standardized Tests, Scores