Education Funding
Education news, analysis, and opinion about money, financing and budgets on the federal and state levels and coverage of philanthropy to school.
Education Funding What America Spends on K-12: The Latest Federal SnapshotAbout 93 percent of K-12 spending came from state and local sources in 2019-20—but more-recent year totals will reflect federal relief aid.
Education Funding Opinion How You Can Avoid Missing Out on COVID Relief MoneyWe’re losing the race against the clock to spend ESSER funds, but there are solutions.
Education Funding K-12 Infrastructure Is Broken. Here's Biden's Newest Plan to Help Fix ItSchool districts will, among other things, be able to apply for $500 million in U.S. Department of Energy grants for HVAC improvements.
Education Funding Less Funding, Less Representation: What a Historic Undercount of Latinos Means for SchoolsExperts point to wide-ranging implications, including how much federal funding schools with large Latino populations will get.
Education Funding Biden Budget Seeks Big Funding Increases for High-Need Schools, Student Mental HealthThe president's new budget proposal comes just weeks after he signed into law a spending plan that fell short of last year's ambitious plan.
Education Funding Fines, Budget Cuts, Spending Limits: How State Lawmakers Want to Censor InstructionAn Oklahoma legislator wants teachers to pay $10,000 or more out of their own pockets for teaching about sex or sexual orientation, for example.
Education Funding Why School Leaders Are Sweating the Deadline for Spending COVID Relief FundsSchools are concerned that supply and labor challenges beyond their control will constrain what they can achieve by spending federal funds.
Education Funding Citing Supply Chain Issues, Inflation, USDA Boosts Funding for School MealsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will boost reimbursements for school lunches as districts face COVID-related challenges.
Education Funding More Federal Aid Is Coming for Schools Struggling to Buy Food Due to Supply-Chain CrisisThe $1.5 billion USDA infusion is the second in several months to help schools purchase food amid shortages and price increases.
Education Funding School Districts Are Starting to Spend COVID Relief Funds. The Hard Part Is Deciding HowA new database shows districts' spending priorities for more than $122 billion in federal aid are all over the place.
Education Funding The Political Spotlight on Schools' COVID Relief Money Isn't Going AwayPoliticians and researchers are among those scrutinizing the use and oversight of billions in pandemic education aid.
Education Funding Here's How Schools Can Use Federal COVID Aid to Solve Bus Driver and Other Transportation WoesThe Education Department outlines districts' options for using relief money to solve nationwide problems in getting kids to and from school.
Education Funding Opinion Ed. Finance Guru Marguerite Roza on How Schools Can Best Spend COVID AidMarguerite Roza shares ways school leaders can most effectively use federal COVID aid to position students and schools for future success.
Education Funding Q&A No Federal Infrastructure Money? Not OK, Says a Superintendent With Century-Old BuildingsA massive congressional spending package likely won’t include federal funding to improve school buildings. But schools' dire needs remain.
Education Funding State K-12 Spending Is Inequitable and Inadequate. See Where Yours RanksThere's a $17,000 per student difference between the highest- and lowest-spending states. High-poverty schools suffer especially.
