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Direct linkCronin, Joseph M. – School Administrator, 2010
Several New England states have been rethinking the system whereby small towns make the key decisions about school budgets and staffing under the banner of local control. Maine already has mandated a reduction in the number of local school districts from 290 to 80, allowing localities to vote on the larger districts. This consolidation, unpopular…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, School District Reorganization, Rural Areas, Case Studies
Cronin, Joseph M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal State Relationship
Download full textCronin, Joseph M. – 1980
Three big-city school systems nearly went bankrupt in the 1970s. New York City, including its schools, ran out of money; Cleveland closed its schools for long periods to conserve funds; and Chicago's schools ran out of credit. This paper narrates these crises, examines the responses of state governments and teacher and custodian unions, and looks…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Budgeting, City Government, Educational Finance
