History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
What gets spent on your elementary school?
- 02-25-2010
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Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
I've been learning all kinds of nifty new ways to show data from my coworker Keegan Kyle. Check out this map of per-pupil spending at San Diego Unified elementary schools. I'm curious for your thoughts on what the numbers show. For instance, San Diego Unified is weighing whether to close elementary schools with low enrollment to help cut its costs, since smaller schools cost more to run. But are there other places where we're spending more -- or less -- that don't make sense? Is school spending equitable? The data was provided by Barbara Flannery, a parent and budget guru who put together a spreadsheet of school spending based on the budget book that San Diego Unified puts out every year. (more...)
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