Source: NASBE

When school-level expenditure data are made public beginning with the 2018–19 school year, many in the system will be caught off guard. District and school leaders are largely unprepared to engage on the issues that the new data will raise: equity, spending trade-offs, and the link between money and school outcomes. This Q&A with Dr. Marguerite Roza shines a light on the pressing need to better support district and school leaders in their work on the spending side of the equation.