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Supplies are small but have a large impact. About $400 in teacher-requested supplies leads to 2 to 9 more students scoring basic or above on standardized exams, and a 14% reduction in teacher turnover.
Test scores (Management Science, 2022) · Teacher turnover (M&SOM, 2025)
Schools fill budget gaps by working with nonprofit organizations. The thing is, wealthier schools tend to have more partnerships and form them more quickly than poorer schools, making equity worse not better. Some leadership teams manage partners directly, and others observe while teachers and staff do it. When schools rely on district or community leaders, or even parents, to help manage nonprofit relationships, they have more time and resources to support their formation.
Little’s Law (Management Science, 2024) · Partnering without principals (Educational Administration Quarterly, 2026) · Time logics (Production and Operations Management, 2024)
Implementing cell phone bans is complicated. Are backpacks or existing lockers enough, or does a district need to buy pouches or cell-phone-specific lockers?
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Lockers or pouches? Put in your enrollment and dismissal window, and see how much you'd need to buy.
How many nonprofit partnerships can your schools operate each year? Includes a district view for comparing schools with different resources or capabilities.