Why coronavirus K-12 relief funding may not get to the neediest schools — and a solution to the problem

Congress has included billions of dollars in its $2 trillion coronavirus relief package for K-12 schools, but it is not clear that the money will reach the schools that most need it.

In this post, an expert on the subject explains why that is the case, and offers a solution that Congress could consider as it moves ahead with more education relief aid. This was written by Rachel Dinkes, a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research, or AIR, the world’s largest nonprofit behavioral and social science research and evaluation organization.