4 New Studies Bolster the Case: More Money for Schools Helps Low-Income Students
August 13, 2019
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat
Does money matter in education? The answer is increasingly clear.
A 2018 overview of the research on education spending found that more money consistently meant better outcomes for students — higher test scores, higher graduation rates, and sometimes even higher wages as adults. It was enough for Northwestern economist Kirabo Jackson to say the question was “essentially settled.”
Since then, the research hits have just kept on coming.