State Budgets/Funding
Learn about how much money states spend on K-12 schools and their funding priorities
Education Funding
Big Disconnect Between How Much Money K-12 Gets and How Fairly It's Spent
The nation and many states are doing a better job in finding the money for public schools than assuring that it’s spent in an equitable manner across all districts, federal data show.
Education Funding
How Each State Performed on School Spending and Equity (Map and Rankings)
Examine the grades and scores that states earned on school funding and equity in Quality Counts 2019: School Finance with this interactive map, grade-summary table, and top-to-bottom ranking.
Education Funding
Map: How Much Money Each State Spends Per Student
View the state-by-state landscape on how much actually gets spent on K-12 education.
States
Here's How 7 States Are Faring in the Battle Over School Funding
The prospects were bright earlier this year for dozens of states to overhaul antiquated formulas and take other big steps on K-12 funding. It’s proven a tricky task.
School & District Management
Recession-Proofing Tips for Districts
Marguerite Roza, a Georgetown school finance professor, provides five tips on how districts could prepare for the next recession, which many economists predict is right around the corner.
States
Texas Republicans Eye Cash Rewards for Districts
Legislative leaders are preparing a proposal to set aside $800 million a year for school districts that demonstrate strong outcomes. Skeptics call it unfair and say it wouldn’t work.
Equity & Diversity
Ex-Microsoft CEO (No, Not That One) Giving Big to K-12
Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie have quietly committed more than $250 million to education-related efforts, but their philanthropic strategy differs from other tech billionaires.
Education
Alaska Governor, a Career Educator, Proposes a Slash and Burn K-12 Budget
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who spent his career as a teacher, principal and superintendent of a rural Alaska district wants to now cut more than a third of the state's K-12 spending.
Education Funding
Education Donors Shift Priorities, Survey Suggests
Philanthropies may be moving away from big new investments with a K-12 academic focus and toward areas like social and emotional learning and wraparound services, Grantmakers in Education finds.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Asked to Swallow Concessions to Get Pay Hikes
Politicians in some states are using the push for higher teacher pay as a way to press other demands, such as expanding charter schools and vouchers, and tying teacher pay to test scores.
States
Interactive
These Governors Are Calling for Teacher Pay Raises
Amid threatened teacher strikes and budget surpluses, more than 20 governors this year have recommended that their state boost teachers’ pay, according to an Education Week analysis of State of the State addresses.
Education Funding
Which States Are Poised to Tackle Outdated K-12 Funding Formulas?
Buoyed by budget surpluses and prodded by teacher activism and legal challenges, legislators and governors are gearing up to tackle long-outdated K-12 funding formulas.
Teaching Profession
Stark Choice for States: Bank Surpluses, or Spend Them on K-12
Public school advocates have a long wish list even as state policymakers weigh whether to fatten "rainy day" funds instead of pumping surplus cash into schools.
Federal
Shutdown's Impacts Starting to Trickle Down to Schools
More than four weeks into the longest-ever federal government shutdown, school district officials in some communities are mobilizing to blunt the impacts on students, families, and their own operations.