Let’s Inject Some Pesky Truth Into The High Admin Costs Narrative

Education News

As discussions of Oklahoma's education funding crisis heat up, it is inevitable that someone will start yelling about how public schools spend too much money on administration. They'll talk about a handful of superintendents in some far-flung districts that make six figures, or cite a large number of principals ensconced at urban schools. Let's stop with the uninformed anecdotes and take a look at some actual numbers, gathered directly from the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics and presented courtesy of the Oklahoma Policy Institute:

Oklahoma’s public schools have relatively low administration costs

Related topics: Education Policy

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Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

Michelle Boyd Waters is the founder of reThink ELA, where she creates research-informed resources that help middle and high school English teachers build stronger communities of readers and writers. After teaching secondary English for 10 years, Michelle has continued working alongside educators and students as a university composition instructor, writing center director, teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project, and mentor to new teachers. Her work brings together classroom experience, literacy research, and writing center pedagogy to create practical resources that support authentic reading, meaningful writing, and student voice. Through reThink ELA, she helps teachers create classrooms where both students and educators can thrive.

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