This blog introduces new SFF Center resources, including the interactive State Funding and Finance Data Map and the Education Finance 101 Blog Series, that organize education funding data and insights to help users better understand how funding systems work across states.

Join us for a hands-on look at the Strategic Funding and Finance Center’s Funding and Finance Data Map, an interactive tool designed to make school finance more visible and understandable.

ROI has become shorthand for fiscal responsibility—an expectation that every dollar spent should produce measurable gains. In an era of tightening budgets, declining enrollment, and rising student needs, that pressure makes sense. In this blog, SFF introduces a more appropriate frame: Relevant Return on Resources (R3).

In this podcast, AIR Senior Researchers Amanda Danks, Lynn Holdheide, and Cheryl Krohn break down Alternative Teaching Pathways.

Watch our webinar recording discussing ways to strengthen state funding approaches to best support multilingual learners.

This blog post provides access to a podcast with ASBO International that breaks down school finances.

This blog post provides access to a resource that breaks down the real costs behind Early Childhood Education programs and provides researched approaches to conducting these cost studies.

This blog post breaks down six of the biggest challenges our education system faces when it comes to education finance. Follow along to learn more about the impact of "The Six Es".

This blog takes the perspectives of two highly experienced education funding administrators and provides insights behind their strategies for handling federal funding.

This page provides an glossary of key terms related to strategic funding and finance, offering clear definitions to help education leaders better understand and apply funding concepts in decision-making.