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Gordon, Nora E.; Reber, Sarah J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
How much does spending vary across US public schools? And how much do the schools that low-income students attend spend compared to schools attended by their more advantaged peers? Students are educated in schools, which are frequently segregated by race and socioeconomic status, and spending can vary across schools within the same district. But…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School District Spending, Educational Finance, Low Income Students
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Wong, Kenneth K. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Reforming the way a state distributes its funding to local school districts is a challenging task. Too often, state leaders embrace major school funding reform only when they are directed by court decisions. In this seemingly contentious policy domain, the Rhode Island General Assembly defied the odds--working in a recessionary climate and in the…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Accountability, Equal Education, School Districts