- School Finance
- Education Equity
- Funding Adequacy
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Bruce D. Baker serves as Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami's School of Education and Human Development. He is Co-director and creator of the School Finance Indicators Database, establishing himself as a leading national expert on public education funding with over 25 years of research experience. His research focuses on school finance systems, educational equity, and funding adequacy , with particular emphasis on racial disparities and constitutional compliance. Baker has authored influential books including Educational Inequality and School Finance: Why Money Matters for America’s Students and School Finance and Education Equity: Lessons from Kansas , with forthcoming work on housing discrimination and school funding inequality. His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent focus on state finance system evaluations, cost modeling methodologies, and policy reform frameworks , with recent work addressing pandemic impacts, voucher systems, and federal aid structures across multiple jurisdictions including New York, Oregon, and California. AERA Fellow (2024) Cited by U.S. Supreme Court for racial inequality research #59 in Education Week/RHSU Edu-Scholar Top 200 (2025) National Education Policy Center Senior Fellow Learning Policy Institute Senior Fellow Baker provides extensive policy advisory services, having consulted on school funding design with Vermont, New Hampshire, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Virginia, Missouri, Delaware, and Oregon. His expert testimony has been instrumental in numerous state and federal court cases regarding school funding inequalities. Current collaborations include work with the World Bank on global educational adequacy indicators.











