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    The Next 10 Years of Ed Finance: Teacher Compensation
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    The Next 10 Years of Ed Finance: Declining Enrollment
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    The Next 10 Years of Ed Finance: Pension Debt & Reform

    The current public school pension system is fiscally unsustainable in many states, contributing to depressed wages and presenting a major threat to school budgets (despite only benefiting a minority of teachers in the workforce today). Let's talk about the +$600 billion budget cut happening to public schools.

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    The Next 10 Years of Ed Finance: Declining Enrollment

    For the first time in decades, enrollment in K-12 public schools is precipitously declining: estimated public school enrollment for 2023 was a million students short of 2019 levels; about a 2% drop. Where have all the students gone, and what are the consequences of a shrinking student population? 

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    The Next 10 Years of Ed Finance: Teacher Compensation

    If I had to choose one issue that will dominate education finance discourse over the next decade, it’s teacher compensation. Teacher compensation is related, directly or indirectly, to several challenges plaguing K-12 education: teacher shortages, teacher recruitment and retention, pension debt, resource equity, and funding adequacy. 

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    10 Year Anniversary Reflection

    10 years ago, I had an idea. Perhaps you’ve heard of the napkin-sketch-stage of innovation? On December 12, 2012, I came up with the name Allovue in order to complete an application to AccelerateBaltimore, a local seed-stage accelerator. 

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    Meet Ryan Lee: Business Development Specialist

    Business Development Specialist Ryan Lee joined Allovue after spending two years as an eighth grade teacher in Nashville. He brings a unique blend of experience in education and accounting that makes him an excellent resource for districts interested in learning more about budgeting options.

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    Engaging Budget Stakeholders with Allovue + Balancing Act

    Districts have put their ESSER dollars toward innovative and strategic investments. They have worked with their communities to identify key needs to meet and improvements to make.  As districts phase out ESSER spending, many will need to discontinue some of the programs they’ve used their ESSER grants to fund—and this will come alongside the...

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    Let's Talk About Vacancies

    While vacancies are a normal part of budgeting, "teacher shortages!" is bound to be the loudest Back to School headline this season. Some of the causes have been simmering for decades and others are new—created by the influx of temporary funds like ESSER dollars. Read on to learn how to ask nuanced questions and look at the data to understand the...

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    Meet Tyler Hall: Solutions Engineer

    As Allovue's Solutions Engineer, Tyler helps prospective districts understand how Allovue can help improve and build upon existing budget and finance processes. Get to know Tyler and how he sees work at Allovue positively impacting student outcomes through careful and intentional financial planning.

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