School-Finance Reform / Targeted Spending
Money matters for outcomes when it's targeted at low-income students.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Increase and target per-pupil spending.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics say money doesn't move outcomes.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Jackson-Johnson-Persico (QJE 2016): +10% per-pupil over 12 years raised attainment +0.31 yrs, wages +7%, poverty -3.2pp - concentrated in low-income districts.
4 · Liberty check
Public investment in opportunity vs. taxpayer cost.
5 · The real tradeoff
Evidence favors targeted spending.
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