U.S. School Districts and Funding
From the Center for American Progress, a fascinating (and sobering) look at districts across the country. The name of the study is Parallel Lives, Different Outcomes: A Twin Study of Academic Productivity in U.S. School Districts. (It's not light summer reading, to be sure.) For this report, “twin districts” have very similar sizes and they have the following in common: The proportion of students who are from low-income families The proportion of students who have limited English proficiency or are English language learners The proportion of students who receive instruction through individualized educational programs Our twin districts, however, differ in terms of per-pupil spending and revenues.