School Grants
Week of 10/10: One-to-One
Initiatives to provide one device for each student are reflected in multiple areas of school district spending.
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.
School Grants
Week of 9/26: "Just Two Days a Month"
This week we look at district ESSER III spending by district size, and communication to parents about the importance of daily school attendance.
Dennis Roche
Sep 25, 2022
School Grants
Week of 9/19: Dollars Per Student
This week we take a look at enrollment trends in districts getting the highest levels of ESSER III funding.
Dennis Roche
Sep 18, 2022
School Grants
Week of 9/5: Forecasting Decline
Burbio's School Budget Tracker documents detailed K-12 spending, and as part of that initiative we see discussion of district enrollments. This week...
Dennis Roche
Sep 5, 2022
School Grants
Week of 8/29: Percent Spent
This week we look at the percent of ESSER III funding spent by districts across fifteen states, plus school security initiatives
Dennis Roche
Aug 28, 2022
School Grants
Week of 8/22: Expenditure Increases
This week we look at expenditures for 118 of the largest 200 school district budgets from 26 states that are currently available for review
Dennis Roche
Aug 21, 2022
School Grants
Week of 8/15: Five Themes
With schools opening on schedule and in-person in these first two weeks of the school year, we wanted to highlight five themes that our research team...
Dennis Roche
Aug 14, 2022
School Grants
Week of 7/25: Topline Revenues
This week we look at topline FY23 school district budget changes, how school calendars are adjusting their first day of school, and other trends in...
Dennis Roche
Jul 25, 2022
School Grants
Week of 7/18: "Budget Considerations"
This week we look at some trends we are seeing in annual school budgets and highlight interesting things we wre seeing in schools across the country.
Dennis Roche
Jul 18, 2022
School Grants
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
School Grants
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
School Grants
Week of 3/28: Virtual Variety
This week we add more states to our overview of K-12 enrollment trends between the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years. Mask policy changes have...
Dennis Roche
Mar 27, 2022