Bella DiMarco

Bella DiMarco is a senior policy analyst at FutureEd, where she focuses on K-12 education policy. Before joining FutureEd, she worked at the Afterschool Alliance, contributing to research and field outreach efforts aimed at expanding access to afterschool and summer learning programs. Bella holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond, where she double-majored in leadership studies and psychology with a minor in education and society. She is currently pursuing a master’s in public policy at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

Work by Bella DiMarco

Education in Governors’ 2025 State of the State Addresses

As governors delivered their 2025 State of the State addresses, they outlined a range of strategies to improve their schools, from increasing K-12 funding and…

Chronic Student Absenteeism Varies Sharply by Grade Level

Chronic student absenteeism remains a significant challenge in the nation’s schools. While the percentage of chronically absent students has declined from its…

Legislative Tracker: 2025 State Private-School Choice Bills

Updated 3/6/2025 Private school choice is once again shaping up to be a major policy battleground in state legislatures in 2025. Lawmakers in multiple states…

The New NAEP Scores Highlight a Standards Gap in Many States

One of the most striking features of today’s troubling report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on student achievement in public and…

Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling

Table of Contents Introduction Which Children Do These Programs Serve? How Do Universal Programs Impact State and Local Budgets? How is the Money Spent?

Legislative Tracker: 2024 Teacher-Pay Bills in the States

Tracking 2024 legislation on efforts to increase teacher compensation through salary adjustments, bonuses, and other means

Mississippi School Districts Break the Mold on Pandemic-Recovery Spending

An analysis of how Mississippi’s school districts are spending their federal ARP ESSER funds to address long-standing inequities in school facilities

Legislative Tracker: 2024 State Student-Absenteeism Bills

Tracking 2024 state legislation on initiatives to identify, prevent, and address chronic absenteeism in schools