School Districts Can Stretch the School Dollar

Autor/in	Petrilli, Michael J.
Titel	School Districts Can Stretch the School Dollar
Quelle	In: School Business Affairs, 78 (2012) 9, S.10-12 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-651X
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Budgeting; Resource Allocation; Budgets; Personnel Selection; Salaries; Technology Integration; Stakeholders; Teacher Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Ressourcenallokation; Finanzhaushalt; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Lehrverpflichtung
Abstract	Many districts continue to face budget challenges of historic proportions. Decisions made in the coming months will carry significant repercussions for years to come. The path of least resistance is to slash budgets in ways that erode schooling. In this scenario, important reforms are left behind, overall services are diminished, innovations are scrapped, and the system settles for doing less with less. Worse still, cuts are made in ways that make the system unsustainable for the long term, virtually guaranteeing a multi-year cycle of educational erosion and decay. A more proactive and thoughtful approach has the potential not only to protect the existing quality of schools, but also to unlock commitments, policies, practices, and habits such that available education dollars can be used differently to serve students better. Rather than hope for revenue increases that are unlikely to materialize, smart leaders can turn the present budget crisis into an opportunity. Most of the school dollar goes toward instructional staff and the people who manage them. Rethinking whom the district hires, what they do, how the district pays them, and how to incorporate technology--that is where the big payoff is. Local officials need to reconsider the core business of schooling--and get key stakeholders to buy into a new, more cost-effective, more productive vision. This article provides a roadmap that could lead to a more efficient, more effective kind of school system. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). 11401 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Tel: 866-682-2729; Fax: 703-478-0205; e-mail: asboreq@asbointl.org; Web site: http://www.asbointl.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10