#807: What are schools doing with their Covid relief dollars? - 2/16/22

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast (listen on <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-education-gadfly-show/id141300917'>Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/1sXrNFbba1PWSRdxBMQRyZ'>Spotify</a>), Thomas Toch, director of FutureEd, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the ways schools are spending $123 billion in federal Covid relief. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern discusses a study of how leaders are investing in the teacher workforce, and whether that aligns with the preferences of educators. </p><p>You can find this and every episode on all major podcast platforms, as well as share it with friends.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>FutureEd’s analysis of more than two thousand local spending plans: “<a href='https://www.future-ed.org/local-covid-relief-spending/'>How Local Educators Plan to Spend Billions in Federal Covid Aid</a>.”</li><li>Marguerite Roza’s paper that explores tradeoffs in school spending: “<a href='https://edunomicslab.org/2019/10/08/would-you-rather/'>The ‘Would You Rather?’ Test</a>,” from the book <a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/getting-most-bang-education-buck'><em>Getting the most bang for the education buck</em></a>, eds. Frederick M. Hess and Brandon L. Wright (Teachers College Press, 2020).</li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Virginia S. Lovinson and Cecilia H. Mo, “<a href='https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-528.pdf'>Investing in the Teacher Workforce: Experimental Evidence on Teachers’ Preferences</a>,” retrieved from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University (February 2022).</li></ul><p><b>Feedback welcome!</b></p><p>Have ideas or feedback on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producer Pedro Enamorado at <a href='mailto:penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org'>penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>