Our data and reports can be found at: http://schoolfinancedata.org/
A few years back, Mark Weber and I decided (for a variety of reasons) that we needed to regain control over our school finance indicators work. We needed to find competent collaborators who would support our desire to continuously improve the quality and integrity of the indicators and our communication of them. We also needed to find an appropriate outlet. The William T. Grant Foundation had provided us with significant support to develop an open source data system and a set of indicators to improve the conversation around school funding equity and adequacy.
We found exactly what we were looking for through Matt Di Carlo at Shanker Institute, with whom I have collaborated on a few prior projects, most notably: https://www.shankerinstitute.org/resource/does-money-matter-second-edition
I started this work back in the mid to late 2000s around the time I transitioned from Kansas to New Jersey. I’ve written previously about my concern over other “indicators” reports that are out there and the need to improve and add clarity and consistency to the conversation.
Here in April of 2019, I explain the mindset behind the development of our new (in the past few years) school finance indicators data system (SFID):
Matt Di Carlo helped bring this all together into a clea
Matt Di Carlo helped bring this all together into a clear, concise set of indicators to be presented as the body of our new reports.
Below is the summary of our newest update:
The publication of this annual report and accompanying database is motivated by two CONTINUE READING: Getting School Finance Indicators Right – School Finance 101