"Advice from the Principal's Desk: 5 Pillars of School Leadership" is a fresh, new take on school leadership from award-winning former school administrator and professor of education Dr. David Franklin. In the book, you'll find the tools and strategies that veteran school administrators need to succeed in their roles. You'll learn how to…

Several decades of research have suggested a meaningful relationship between time and learning, where the amount of time students spend engaged in learning is strongly associated with their level of achievement. Among schools that have expanded the day and/or year, researchers have found that such a strategy can be quite effective, especially with…

Discusses four key retrenchment strategies for social work. Suggests a silver lining in that human services may be left with a clearer definition of priorities, better monitoring, and more effective organizations. (JAC)

Argues for the preservation of school athletic programs. (WD)

Offers 12 ideas for making quick, short-term cuts in expenditures when a budget crisis occurs. (JM)

Reviews institutional responses to and budgeting requirements of retrenchment. Presents and discusses nine guidelines for community colleges dealing with retrenchment, related to action rather than reaction, participatory budgeting, reexamination of priorities, consistently derived comparisons, financial projections, outcome measures, planning…

Presents and discusses some ideals and some ideas that should be considered by communication programs that want to persist through hard times. (SR)

Although school enrollments are on the rise generally, some schools with declining enrollments must contend with staff reductions. Suggests six actions in the event of a reduction in force: (1) Keep the board informed, (2) discuss plans with the union, (3) respond to people's concerns, (4) inform the community, (5) get community leadership…

Based on the view that athletics are a valuable part of the school program, this article suggests where budget cuts in the athletic program might be made. (Author/JM)

Reviews the problem of rising periodical subscriptions costs for libraries, and argues that subscribers must take a stand by refusing to subsidize greedy publishers. Guidelines for increasing the effectiveness of serials budgets by decreasing the number of subscriptions are suggested. (CLB)

Describes how a journalism instructor/newspaper advisor and her students fought a proposal (part of massive course cuts) to cancel a national-award-winning journalism program. Notes early warning signs, and suggests preventive measures to preserve programs. (SR)

Offers colleges and universities some strategies when reallocation of funds is necessary. Discussion focuses on the use of facilitating teams to help department chairpersons, active promotion of reallocation in funding proposals, use of analytical databases in decision making, use of program audits, taxation policies, decentralization of decision…

Intended for two-year college presidents, deans, or other administrators, faculty, and board members, this publication provides an outline for guidelines for program phase-out. The decision to phase out a program is first considered, as are ways to analyze the reasons for three typical situations that form the basis for phasing out a…

As a result of funding cuts to education, some school districts have begun to provide funding for programs through the development of private foundations. Outlines considerations for the establishment of a foundation. (MD)

Discusses federal cuts in immunization programs and the probable consequences. (WD)