NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Roseann Liu and David Backer About School Finance

About this episode

Christopher Saldaña interviews Roseann Liu and David Backer about K-12 school finance research and the importance of understanding education funding for equity.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Roseann Liu and David Backer about their approaches to K-12 school finance research and why understanding the human dimensions of education funding is essential for achieving equity.

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Saldaña

Guests: Roseann Liu, David Backer

Topics covered

• K-12 school finance
• education funding
• equity in education
• research approaches
• human dimensions of funding

Keywords

• school finance
• education equity
• funding research
• K-12 education
• human dimensions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin‑Madison, National Education Policy Center

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