Student-Based Budgeting Newsletters

LAUSD strike, what millennial parents are getting right about their kids' educations, and more.

By Aaron Garth Smith
January 16, 2019

Empowering Atlanta's schools, updating Nevada's school finance system, claims about charter schools and more.

By Aaron Garth Smith
December 7, 2018

A constitutional right to education would be a win for school choice, Texas' system of great schools promotes school-level autonomy, and more.

California's pension crisis hits disadvantaged students the hardest, plus developments in Memphis, Oklahoma, Nevada, and more.

Benefit spending is increasing much faster than K-12 spending overall and eating up a rising share of district budgets.

Puerto Rico's student-centered funding system gets green light.

LAUSD's fiscal crisis can't be blamed on charter schools or declining enrollment.

Houston ISD Board approves performance audit.

Los Angeles Unified School District can no longer hide the full extent of its debt.