"Quality Counts 2019: School Finance," is the second installment of "Education Week's" annual evaluation of the nation's K-12 school system. This report in the series focuses on an issue of immediate practical concern to every school leader, policymaker, parent, and member of the public: money--how much there is for schools, how it's distributed, and taxpayers' complex views about the way it is spent and what they get for it. Articles in this issue include: (1) Charting the Continued Friction between K-12 Spending, Equity (Alex Harwin and Sterling C. Lloyd); (2) Just How Much does Money Really Matter? (Daarel Burnette II); (3) Ed-Finance Researchers' 'Wish List' (Sterling C. Lloyd and Alex Harwin); and (4) Public Conflicted between a Desire for K-12 Funding and Paying for It (Daarel Burnette II). [To view the first installment of this series, "Quality Counts 2019: Chance for Success," see ED592465.]