Nice new resource from EdFund for researchers, policymakers, and advocates in education finance! Lots of information on school funding formulas, with attention to special populations ed-fund.org/learning-hub/ #EdResearch #EdPolicy

As States Seek Waivers for Education Block Grants, Some Lessons From ESSER Therriault: Federal emergency funds promoted innovation in schools but not accountability. The Ed Department must make sure that doesn't happen again.

"Federal emergency funds promoted innovation in schools but not accountability. The Ed Department must make sure that doesn't happen again." www.the74million.org/article/as-s...

Paging researchers who focus on #schoolfinance, #englishlearners, low-income students, and career pathways: @edfund.bsky.social has a new RFP you should check out! Get grant funding for your policy-relevant work--LOIs due in a month! ed-fund.org/wp-content/u... #edresearch #edusky

Edu policy peeps!

I'm co-chairing the edu section for APPAM 2026 conference with @doughesm.bsky.social @taylorodle.bsky.social and @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social - if you would be interested in reviewing submissions, please let us know! We're aiming for about ~10 per reviewer.

@appam.bsky.social

School Funding and Outcomes Explore the impact of school spending on student outcomes. Discover key research findings, policy trends, and evidence-based insights.

Beware the misguided use of scatterplots to infer causation from correlation.

"Newer, quasi-experimental research finds more consistent evidence that past funding increases had positive effects on student outcomes."

via @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social: livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...

Tomorrow on the final day of #APPAM25, the EPI Community has 3 presentations:

8:30 AM Professor Kevin Stange on the role of a liberal arts education
8:30 AM Professor Natasha Pilkauskas on SNAP emergency allotments
10:15 AM EPI alum Brittany Vasquez on how subsidized meals affect student outcomes

How Efforts to Fund Schools More Equitably Actually Worsened Racial Inequality Researchers examined three decades of school finance reforms in 40 states.

Great coverage of my new paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social in @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

"Results highlight limitations of class-based state reforms to address racial/ethnic disparities."

Arizona school funding ruled unconstitutional by state judge A judge found that Arizona isn't properly funding capital needs in many school districts.

Really interesting to see a state court find a school CAPITAL funding system unconstitutional! #edusky

www.axios.com/local/phoeni...

There's a narrative that because the bivariate correlation between education spending and student test scores is small/null, education spending doesn't matter.

But causal research has begun to show that this simple association is probably biased downward. Education spending matters a lot.

Linda McMahon Abruptly Tells States Their Time to Spend COVID Relief Has Passed Secretary Linda McMahon said the Education Department would no longer honor the extensions it had granted states.

Dept. of Ed has cut off funds to schools that spread their COVID relief funds out rather than spending them quickly. These schools had already budgeted & signed contracts for things like tutoring, construction projects, & mental health supports.

Michigan schools face $23 billion in costs for building repairs and upgrades Many Michigan schools were built before 1970, a new report shows. How can districts cover the costs to get schools up to health and safety standards?

Michigan school buildings will need $23 billion in repairs and upgrades
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/03/20/michi...

"Good data are not partisan — they are the foundation of good policy."

What the Department of Education actually does America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained

"regardless of who you are or where you come from, our nation’s public schools will serve you and educate you to a standard of excellence. Aspirations like this have driven our country’s prosperity for decades..." www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-d...

The NCES websites are still working, but Education data was one of our first rescue targets. If you are looking for NCES data, much of it is available on DataLumos. You can see what we and others have rescued on our DR Tracker: baserow.datarescueproject.org/public/grid/...

Mass public education is one of our civilization's greatest accomplishments. It's worth fighting for.

Core ED functions include: processing 17+ million FAFSAs, providing 6.4 million students with Pell Grants, disbursing 6.4 million student loans, and managing loan repayments for 43 million borrowers. None of this happens magically, without people.

Increasing the identified student percentage (ISP) threshold from 25% to 60% would take CEP away from at least 21,000 schools serving 11.4 million students.

An additional 18,000+ non-CEP schools (with 9.4 million students) would lose the ability to sign up for the program.

Why we have and need a US Department of Education This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.

Our friends at Brookings have been preparing for this moment. www.brookings.edu/collection/w...

What Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.* Abstract. This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and which and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school dis

Super happy to see this accepted! academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

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1880 per-capita school expenditures, by state #SkyMaps

I'd like to be added to this list.

Many are skeptical that capital spending matters for students.

This impressive new study by @barbarabiasi.bsky.social and others provides compelling evidence of benefits for low-income kids.
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/doe...