New Resource for Journalists: EdBudgetProject.Org

The New America Foundation is pleased to announce a new online resource for journalists covering education, student loans, education-related tax policy, and the federal budget in general. The Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) is an independent, authoritative source of easily accessible information on the size, distribution, effectiveness, and efficiency of federal education funding. To access the website, please visit www.EdBudgetProject.org.

How it Works: EdBudgetProject.Org

Our website provides downloadable funding, demographic, and achievement data at the state and district level for all 50 states and over 14,000 public school districts in the nation. Additionally, it includes basic information and analyses on different aspects of the federal education budget, such as No Child Left Behind's Title I program, student financial aid, IDEA special education, and the National School Lunch Program. Journalists can use our resources and data to:

• Determine how much money each state and school district spends on education.
• See rankings of states by spending, achievement, school finance equity, and child poverty.
• Learn how much federal education funding a particular local school district receives.
• Compare state and school district funding and achievement with similar states and districts locally or nationwide.
• Download state and district data to carry out your own original research and analysis.
• Learn about the federal budget process and how the federal education budget affects states and school districts.
• Follow breaking education funding news, analysis, and commentary on the EdMoneyWatch.Org blog.

New America will unveil the Federal Education Budget Project at a June 12th event featuring a panel of federal budget experts who will discuss the outlook for federal education funding in 2008 and under the next Congress and administration. Speakers include:

• Bob Greenstein, Founder and President - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities;
• Ellen Murray, Staff Director - U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations;
• David Rowe, Director, Education Division - Office of Management and Budget;
• Tom Skelly, Director, Budget Service - United States Department of Education; and
• Michael Dannenberg, Director, Education Policy Program - New America Foundation.

To get in touch with our staff, please contact: Erin Drankoski, 202-997-8727, Drankoski@newamerica.net.

The event starts at 11:15 a.m. and ends at 12:45 p.m. approximately. New America Foundation's address: 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009. To RSVP for the event, please go to our website:http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/budgeting_future_children.

The Federal Education Budget Project is supported by generous grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and other charitable foundations.

About the New America Foundation: The New America Foundation is an independent, nonprofit public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation's public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. New America is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and also has offices in California.

Learn More About: Michael Dannenberg
Related Programs: Education Policy Program, Federal Education Budget Project
Topics: Education