How does Arkansas School Spending Compare Nationally?
by Josh B. McGee Last week’s blog discussed the sources of Arkansas school funding and some of the basics about how the state’s funding formula works. As a quick review, Arkansas has a student-based funding formula that provides districts with a foundation amount for...Funding Arkansas’s Schools
by Josh McGee Today’s blog is the first in a series about Arkansas school funding. Our goal is to provide straightforward, data-driven explanations of things like: How the Arkansas K-12 funding system works; How our education funding compares to other states; How the...District Funding Equity
Over the past few months we’ve written several posts about school spending. Most recently, we showed that there appears to be essentially no relationship between spending and test score growth. Of course the aim of education is broader than just test score growth, but...More Money, More Growth?
We’ve been thinking a lot this week about school-level expenditures, and if the expenditures relate to student academic growth. We think that growth is the best reflection of the effect that a school is having on student learning. Spoiler Alert: there is...Comparing Traditional School and Open-Enrollment Charter School Expenditures
Back in May we dug into the brand-new school-level spending data in two blog posts. In our first post we showed that Arkansas’ schools spend most of their money on people (76%) and instruction (56%). We also showed that schools with higher poverty levels, as measured...Subscribe by Email
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