State Budgets
Special Education
How Will Schools Pay for Compensatory Services for Special Ed. Students?
States’ efforts so far suggest there won’t be enough money to go around for all the learning losses of students with disabilities from COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Education Funding
Why This Scholar Says The Last Decade Was One of Public Education's Most Brutal
Law professor Derek Black argues that public schools have yet to recover politically and financially from the last recession.
Law & Courts
Why the Pandemic's Recession May Fuel Legal Push for More K-12 Aid
Advocates argue the need is greater than ever and that failure to press school funding lawsuits in this moment would be a missed opportunity.
School Choice & Charters
Briefly Stated
Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed
A collection of stories from the previous week that you may have missed.
Student Well-Being
Fewer Kids, Less Money: How the Pandemic Puts Districts in a Bind
Enrollment snags, head-count problems, and more home schooling could end up costing districts millions in funding based on the annual tally of how many students actually show up.
Education Funding
Education Finance Takes Center Stage Amid Fiscal Uncertainty
The latest Quality Counts 2020 installment offers guidance for school leaders who need a clear picture of where they stand on school finance and what they can do to stay afloat during the economic downturn driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
Education Funding
Nation Gets a 'C' on School Finance, Even as Economic Downturn Takes Hold
Wyoming once again takes the top spot in Quality Counts' annual ranking of the states on school finance, while 22 states receive grades between C-minus and D-minus.
States
7 Issues Facing K-12 Budgets as COVID-Shocked Legislatures Reconvene
Competing priorities and no good choices about where to make deep cuts confront state lawmakers struggling to deal with the fiscal crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
School & District Management
How COVID-19 Will Balloon District Costs This Coming School Year
A new analysis says the nation's schools will need to spend $41 billion more in the 2020-21 academic year as the fast-moving recession driven by the coronavirus pandemic boosts costs for everything from remote learning to school meals.
Education Funding
Devastated Budgets and Widening Inequities: How the Coronavirus Collapse Will Impact Schools
The recession brought on by the pandemic will make inequalities in schools worse.
Budget & Finance
Here's How Many Teaching Jobs Could Be Lost in Each State in a COVID-19 Recession
There could be an 8.4 percent reduction in the U.S. teaching corps, according to a new analysis by the Learning Policy Institute.
Federal
How Much Federal Money Do Schools Need to Survive the Coming Financial Blow?
The federal CARES Act will not be enough to spare school districts from painful budget cuts. How much would it take?
Federal
Opinion
Schools Are Staring Down a Fiscal Tsunami. Here's What States Need to Do Now
The $13.5 billion in federal K-12 funding can’t just go toward stabilizing schools. It needs to go toward mobilizing them, writes Harvard researcher Thomas J. Kane.
Education Funding
Draconian Cuts to Schools Could Come As Soon As This Summer
Coronavirus' financial wallop on schools will come sooner than predicted as unemployment hits record levels.