School Funding Analysis

Rajah E. Smart, Ed.D. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Spatial Equity and Education; Director, Tennessee Educational Funding and Policy It is my privilege to announce the publication of Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of Spatial Equity and Education (JSEE), the inaugural issue of a journal built on a single conviction: place is not the backdrop against which policy happens. Place is a variable. It carries information, it distributes costs and benefits unevenly, and it echoes long

Announcing the release of TNEFP's newest research brief from the Spatial Echo Laboratory.

Nearly thirty years after Proposal A, Michigan’s funding formula still sits on a racially engineered geography that leaves some districts structurally weaker than others, even when per‑pupil revenues look adequate on paper.

The landscape of Middle Tennessee is transforming at an unprecedented rate. As Nashville, Clarksville, and Murfreesboro expand, the physical boundaries of our communities are shifting, yet the structural frameworks governing our schools often remain tethered to the past.