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Carolyn Abott; Vladimir Kogan; Stéphane Lavertu; Zachary Peskowitz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We use close tax elections to estimate the impact of school district funding increases on operational spending and student outcomes across seven states. Districts with passing levies directed new revenue toward support services and instructor salaries but did not increase teacher staffing levels. These districts eventually realized gains in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Operating Expenses, School District Spending, Outcomes of Education
Public Policy Forum, 2002
The Forum's 16th annual report on public schooling in Southeastern Wisconsin reveals that spending increased 4% in Southeastern Wisconsin school districts to $2.8 billion last year, although the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) experienced a significantly smaller increase (2.7%). Part of this relatively small increase can be attributed to the…
Descriptors: Busing, Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Schools, Transportation