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Alex Spurrier; Bonnie O’Keefe; Biko McMillan – Bellwether, 2024
At their best, K-12 public school systems can be engines of social and economic mobility. Unfortunately, schools in lower-income districts -- whose students have the greatest academic needs -- often receive less funding than their counterparts in more affluent districts. Discussions about closing these funding gaps usually zoom all the way out to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Metropolitan Areas
Linea Harding; Carrie Hahne – Bellwether, 2024
In 2022, Tennessee overhauled its education funding formula to improve outcomes for the 1 million students in the state. The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (TISA) was designed to simplify the existing funding formula and more equitably allocate resources to schools. Bellwether's case study, "After the Policy Win: First-Year…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Program Implementation, Educational Finance
Krista Kaput; Titilayo Tinubu Ali; Jennifer O’Neal Schiess – Bellwether, 2024
Understanding how the District of Columbia (DC) funds District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) students and DC public charter school students is essential to ensuring all students receive the support they need as COVID-19 pandemic-era federal funds expire. The recent rise in the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula (UPSFF) and the boost in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Finance