COST EFFECTIVENESS 3

Do more with less

Getting the same or better results for less money

Become more productive with fewer resourses, certainly not with more

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What affects do labor contracts have on the effectiveness of the school orgaization?

  1. Seniority rules that during layoffs eliminate young talented teachers while retaining mediocre more senior teachers.
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People think Technology is the strategy. It’s NOT. Is the adroit use of technology a productivity enhancer? 

Do long term strategic planning.

First, say “the strategy is ………………….”

Second, “the productivity measures are …………..”

  • Expenditure per pupil is one measure.
  • Measure student growth.
  • Measure student outcomes is key.
  • How to measure per unit quality of academic growth?
  • Learn from high perfoming charter schools. Learn how they spend their money.

Third, determine actions to be taken

  • Change the school’s budgeting system

This requires a culture change. What are the tools for culture change?

    SOURCE:

    The Education Gadfly A Bulletin of Weekly News and Analysis from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
    Volume 11, Number 11. March 17, 2011.

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2 Responses to “COST EFFECTIVENESS 3”

  1. Administrator says:
    May 11, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Last-minute charter-school provisions that House Republicans added to the budget should come out, Gov. Kasich’s top education advisor said Tuesday.
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    Robert Sommers, director of the Governor’s Office of 21st Century Education, told the state Board of Education that the administration supports expanding school choice, but not at the expense of strong oversight and accountability.
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    Both charter schools and traditional public schools alike must be accountable for student performance and public financing, he said, and poorly performing schools must be shut down.
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    He also cited the need for “more transparency about funding for charter schools.”
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    The administration’s overall education focus is on “performance and transparency and cost-effectiveness,” Sommers told the board.
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    Source: Charter school changes criticized By Catherine Candisky The Columbus Dispatch The Enquirer May 11, 2011 B5

  2. Administrator says:
    February 11, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/01/educational_productivity/

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