This page provides information and resources on four campaign priority areas:
Equity and Diversity
Staff Support
Readiness for Post-Secondary Education and Employment
Student Mental Health
Explore data on these topics below! You can also visit DESE School and District Profiles - Watertown to learn about data the State collects from WPS, specifically.
Equity and Diversity
WPS Student Income (23-24), DESE District Profiles
Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed? (Updated 2023), National Bureau of Economic Research
Staff Support and Education Funding
Teacher Pay Penalty Still Looms Large (2023), Economic Policy Institute
The Teacher Pay Penalty Has Hit a New High (2022), Economic Policy Institute
Elementary and Secondary Education Expenditures, Urban Institute and How Has Education Funding Changed Over Time?
Fact Sheet: Yes, Increase the Salaries of All Teachers, Center for American Progress, 2018
Education Expenditures: Fast Facts - National Center for Education Statistics
Public Education Funding in the U.S. Needs an Overhaul - Economic Policy Institute, 2022
U.S. Public Education Spending Statistics - Education Data, July 2024
The Effects of School Spending on Educational and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016
When Public School Teachers are Paid More, Students Perform Better - Real Clear Science, 2022
Educators who work a second job, National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Post-Secondary Education and Employment Readiness
Another Look at Question 2 - Reasons to Vote "Yes" - Watertown News Guest Opinion
Education Pays, 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Connecting Higher Education to Workplace Activities and Earnings, 2023
Student Mental Health
2024 in Review, from Your Point of View -- the first piece, I'm a Teacher, Not a Therapist -- describes the factors at play when we ask educators to support student mental health in the classroom.