September 16, 2020

A collection of interesting and thought provoking quotes from plaintiff expert testimony collected as part of the 2018 lawsuit on education funding. 

March 02, 2020

Congress passed a $2 trillion stimulus package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. This emergency relief package includes $30.75 billion for the Education Stabilization Fund. Click to learn more about the federal COVID-19 stimulus package and how it might impact K-12 and postsecondary education. 

November 04, 2019

 This document from Education Trust gives state leaders an overview of the five key things they should do to re-design funding systems in order to improve outcomes for students of color and students from low-income families. 

May 31, 2017

This Delaware Business Now article includes a Q&A with Mike Griffith, a school finance analyst for Education Commission of the States.

July 01, 2016

This study looks at how much money is disbursed on the basis of students, where all students receive a fixed amount of funding, adjusted for students needs. Edunomics Lab is a Georgetown University-based research center focused on education finance.

December 01, 2015

This presentation by Mike Griffith of Education Commission of the States to the 2016 Delaware Education Finance Improvement Commission puts Delaware in a national context and outlines steps other states have taken to transition to a new formula.

June 19, 2015

Slides 1-9 of this presentation provide background information related to the unit count challenges that the Delaware Education Equity coalition has discussed. The entire presentation was prepared by the Edunomics Lab, is a Georgetown University-based research center focused on education finance, for members of the Wilmington Education Strategy Think Tank and later presented to the Education Funding Improvement Commission for context on Delaware’s system.