EDUCATION SPENDING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND PHILADELPHIA: MATTHEW STEINBERG AND RAND QUINN
Professors Matthew Steinberg and Rand Quinn are experts on education funding and education policy. In a recent studyprepared for the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education, Steinberg and Quinn found that the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) does more, per pupil, with its current resources than its closest counterparts in terms of student poverty and achievement. However, Steinberg and Quinn point out that although SDP is doing more with less, only half of the district's students are proficient in math and reading, and adequate levels of resources are necessary so all students can be successful academically."Philadelphia is a story of possibility. Philadelphia is doing more than less."
-Matthew Steinberg in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Report and Presentation
View and download a copy of the report, Assessing Adequacy in Education Spending: A Summary of Key Findings from Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.
View and download a copy of the presentation to Philadelphia City Council, Assessing Adequacy in Education Spending: A Summary of Key Findings.
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Press Release
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Press Coverage
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Study: Phila. schools do more with less than peers, November 20, 2013
"Philadelphia is a story of possibility," said Matthew P. Steinberg, an assistant professor at Penn's Graduate School of Education. "Philadelphia is doing more than less."
Study: Phila. schools do more with less than peers, November 20, 2013
"Philadelphia is a story of possibility," said Matthew P. Steinberg, an assistant professor at Penn's Graduate School of Education. "Philadelphia is doing more than less."
The Washington Post: The Answer Sheet
Surprising new research on school funding, November 20, 2013
"While the SDP is perennially underfunded and among the lowest-performing districts in the state, our preliminary findings from an ongoing study of school funding suggest that the SDP does more, per pupil, with its current resources than its closest counterparts in terms of student poverty and achievement."
Surprising new research on school funding, November 20, 2013
"While the SDP is perennially underfunded and among the lowest-performing districts in the state, our preliminary findings from an ongoing study of school funding suggest that the SDP does more, per pupil, with its current resources than its closest counterparts in terms of student poverty and achievement."