School Finance Resources

While every state has unique needs and different approaches to funding education, state policymakers face similar challenges, including declining student enrollment, the needs of different student populations, instability in state budgets, and the reduction of federal funds, and can learn from other states’ approaches.

Shifts in federal education funding—including changes to competitive grants and reductions to state formula programs—are reshaping how states support schools and students. This webinar shared key research and reflections from state leaders on navigating complex education funding challenges.

There is no one state that holds all the answers to raising student achievement. To plot a strong path forward, we should be asking high-achieving and steeply improving states—red, blue, and purple—what is actually working and how they got there.