A Think Twice Review of:

Review of Resource Realities: A Comparative Analysis of Charter and District School Funding in Washington, D.C.

Think Twice - Jan 21, 2025

Publisher/Think Tank - Bellwether

Author(s) - Krista Kaput, Titilayo Tinubu Ali, and Jennifer O'Neal Schiess

A recent Bellwether report explores how much public financing charter schools receive and whether they are funded fairly compared to traditional public schools, specifically in the District of Columbia. After finding disparities, it offers a series of recommendations to reduce those disparities, but upon review these findings and recommendations are not well-supported.

Reviewer(s) - Clive Belfield; Queens College, City University of New York

In his review of Resource Realities: A Comparative Analysis of Charter and District School Funding in Washington, D.C., Clive Belfield of Queens College, City University of New York determines that the report's oversimplistic analyses account for the unfounded conclusions.