5.5.6.7 Other savings
Invest in skill-based professional development
Establish a teaching fellowship program
Raise teacher pay and institute differential and merit pay
Reduce faculty absenteeism
Establish robust prerefferal programs to special education
Sharing services can save money (See 8/6/11 entry below)
. …the Enquirer should be applauded for examining the savings potential of school district consolidation (Is 614 school districts too many?” July 13).
. In the spring of 2009, … Ohio based nonprofit Knowledge Works initiated an independent review of K-12 system for cost savings that could be achieved without harming academics.
. Called “Ohio Smart Schools”(OhioSmartSchools.org), the initiative involves in-depth analysis of the teacher health care and pension system, teacher contracts, education technology and governance reform, among other areas. We recently began releasing our findings, including our reports on governance reform, “Towards a New Model of Educational Governance for Ohio,” that examined the savings potential of district mergers and/or better sharing of services. We are encouraged that Gov. John Kasich intends to form a commission to study the issue and urge him to consult our report and its conclusion that, indeed, hundreds of millions could be saved annually.
. Source: Adm. excerpts of Sharing service can save school money By Andrew Benson and Greg Harris. GUEST COLUMN. The Enquirer 8/6/11 A11. Andrew Benson is executive director of Ohio EducationMatters, a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks. Greg Harris, a former Cincinnati Council member, is a public policy adviser for KnowledgeWorks.
Pay-to-play fees at Warren County’s Little Miami school district is highest in region. The BOE voted to continue its $651 per sport policy with no family cap. Source: The Enquirer 7/31/11 B5 Excerpts
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