Tag: Charters

Schools that run on less

This editorial in the Wall Street Journal cites a study by Ball State that found charter schools receive on average 19 percent less revenue than district schools. Many are showing it is possible to design models that run well on less.

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Guest Post: To save money in tight financial times, one teacher says -- Decentralize!

During this Great Recession a system that was already being squeezed is following the instinct of centrally-managed systems to harden. This may be the precise wrong thing to do. In this post a teacher-manager of a school argues more discretion should be given to the ‘users’ of the system to figure out how to best meet learning goals with the resources available.

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