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When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? IPSEP Working Paper No. 1

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Title: When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? IPSEP Working Paper No. 1
Language: English
Authors: Thomas Downes, Kieran M. Killeen, University of Colorado at Boulder, National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
Source: National Education Policy Center. 2024.
Availability: National Education Policy Center. School of Education 249 UCB University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Tel: 303-735-5290; e-mail: nepc@colorado.edu; Web site: http://nepc.colorado.edu
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 26
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Private Education, Supplementary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), School Demography, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Abstract: This working paper explores the relationship between local public education spending, local public school demographics, and family spending on supplemental education or private schooling. Basic to its analysis are data on school spending from the National Center for Education Statistics as well as data on family spending from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The analysis finds that spending on supplemental education or private schooling is not significantly related to local public education spending. However, such spending is significantly related to the racial/ethnic composition of school districts. Where school districts are more racially and ethnically diverse, families spend more on supplemental education or private schooling. This result is driven by the families with the highest spending, who are paying tuition for private schooling. [This paper was created with the International Partnership for the Study of Educational Privatization (IPSEP).]
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED674809
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This working paper explores the relationship between local public education spending, local public school demographics, and family spending on supplemental education or private schooling. Basic to its analysis are data on school spending from the National Center for Education Statistics as well as data on family spending from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The analysis finds that spending on supplemental education or private schooling is not significantly related to local public education spending. However, such spending is significantly related to the racial/ethnic composition of school districts. Where school districts are more racially and ethnically diverse, families spend more on supplemental education or private schooling. This result is driven by the families with the highest spending, who are paying tuition for private schooling. [This paper was created with the International Partnership for the Study of Educational Privatization (IPSEP).]