Burbio School Tracker 6/18: Starting Line
This week we look at Superintendent turnover percentages in some large states, profile grants with impending deadlines for the 2024-25 year, and...
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.
Burbio School Tracker 6/5: 2024-25 Budgets
This week we look at 2024-25 budgets for some districts that received the most dollars-per-student of soon-to-be-expiring federal aid. We also look...
Dennis Roche
Jun 5, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 5/28: Sizing the State Grant Market
This week we break down the K-12 state grant market by category, review regional differences in key board meeting discussions, and map the percent of...
Dennis Roche
May 28, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 5/14: 5% and Below
This week we look at some clear differences in topics discussed in school board meetings across separate states and regions, highlight Early...
Dennis Roche
May 14, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 4/30: Superintendent Turnover
This week we introduce a new dataset that documents when K-12 district Superintendents change, profile upcoming start dates for new Superintendents,...
Dennis Roche
Apr 30, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 4/16: 31 States
This week we look at references to staff cuts in school board meetings, examine state-level CTE grants, review updated ESSER III spending percentages...
Dennis Roche
Apr 17, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 4/2: Proposed, Not Approved
This week we look at proposed state-level grant programs for 2024-25, changes in priorities in post-Covid strategic plans, mentions of social media...
Dennis Roche
Apr 2, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 3/19: 47 Out of 50
This week we compare pre- and post-Covid student enrollments for districts that received the most ESSER III dollars per student, the state-level...
Dennis Roche
Mar 19, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 3/05: Endgame
This week we break down the cohort of districts with the most available ESSER III funding heading into the 2024-25 budget year, chart trends from...
Dennis Roche
Mar 5, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 2/20: Momentum
This week we look at recent trends in school board meeting discussions over the last nine months, examine ESSER III spending by district size, and...
Dennis Roche
Feb 21, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 2/05: Deadlines
This week we look at the role that deadlines play in state-sevel funding grants, plus take a look at unspent ESSER III funds in districts across 23...
Dennis Roche
Feb 5, 2024
Burbio School Tracker 1/17: Money From Other Places
This week we profile state-level K-12 funding sources that come from non-education departments, examine ESSER III spending rates from among the many...
Dennis Roche
Jan 17, 2024