Smart Money brings together research
on education finance policy and on the uses of school and district resources, thus providing a uniquely comprehensive analysis of school finance systems.
Her calculations of dollar implications and cost equivalent tradeoffs have prompted changes in
education finance policy at all levels in the education system.
Education finance policy researchers, Lawrence O. Picus, Allan Odden, and Michael Goetz, apply their evidence - based approach to estimate the national and state - by - state costs of PreK - 3rd approaches.
Focusing on
nationwide education finance policies, his work also analyzes the impact of school finance reforms and tax and expenditure limits on school district funding, as well as the effect of recessions on school district revenues.
APA specializes
in education finance policy and is the firm that was hired by the State of Michigan to conduct the adequacy study, which was released in June 2016.