Week of 7/4: Middle School Decline
This week we look at the nationwide decline in middle school enrollment that occurred during 2021/22, one district's test-score turnaround, an...
Burbio School Tracker
Our K-12 Spending and Policy insights newsletter highlighting key data points from our proprietary research, covering school funding, budgets, board meetings, strategic plans, enrollment, leadership, and more.
Week of 6/27: Six Weeks to Back-To-School
This week we highlight the wide variety of school start dates across the country, twelfth grade enrollment trends, and district-level observations...
Dennis Roche
Jun 26, 2022
Week of 6/20: Lunch Money
Mask mandate trends across the academic year, an example of shifts in food service delivery looming in K-12, and a snapshot of ESSER III actual...
Dennis Roche
Jun 22, 2022
Week of 6/13: Lockdown Buckets
Burbio is launching an expanded data service that breaks down 2022/23 district-level school budgets from across the U.S and provides actionable...
Dennis Roche
Jun 12, 2022
Week of 6/6: The Jump in Pre-K
This week we look at the growth in Pre-K and Kindergarten enrollment by state, and also look at the wide array of tutoring programs being implemented...
Dennis Roche
Jun 5, 2022
Week of 5/30: Protocols
This week we update our enrollment analysis with the addition of complete enrollment figures from Vermont, district-level information for Rhode...
Dennis Roche
May 29, 2022
Week of 5/23: State of the Schools
This week we look at districts' increasingly finely-tuned Covid mitigation strategies, annual reporting on progress and priorities, enhanced summer...
Dennis Roche
May 22, 2022
Week of 5/16: Mask Advisory
This week we look at districts revising policies in the face of rising Covid 19 rates, put some numbers on planned ESSER III spending on Mental...
Dennis Roche
May 15, 2022
Week of 5/9: Growth & Decline
This week we look at the Top 15 largest gains and declines across City and Suburban school districts nationwide, plus ESSER III spending and Early...
Dennis Roche
May 8, 2022
Week of 5/2: Fresh Air
This week we look at updated enrollment comparisons for 2021/22 versus 2020/21 and detail New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We also examine HVAC and air...
Dennis Roche
May 1, 2022
Week of 4/25: Post-Grad
This week we take a look at California's K-12 enrollment figures for 2021/22 versus 2020/21, as well as revised national comparisons that incorporate...
Dennis Roche
Apr 24, 2022
Week of 4/18: Charting ESSER Actuals
This week we look at current ESSER III spending reimbursement levels across the US, as well as examples of teacher retention programs.
Dennis Roche
Apr 17, 2022