Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has provided funding to new charter schools through Charter School Program (CSP) grants designed to provide support for the planning and implementation of effective new charter programs. Grants are awarded to state education agencies, which then provide funding to approved charter schools through…

In the passionate debates over providing equal educational opportunity for all children, it's frequently argued that large financial inequities create challenges for many public schools, particularly those in lower-income urban areas. This study compares the revenues and operating expenditures of Michigan's urban, suburban, town and rural school…

Austin Independent School District used $16 million in federal funds to support 25 ARRA IDEA projects to reduce the student academic achievement gap, reduce disproportionality, reduce dropout, improve district processes, improve teacher quality, and evaluate programs.

This report is a summary of the 1993 Virginia General Assembly Session and its actions regarding higher education. The 1993 session considered a record number of bills and resolutions with more than 1,500 passed and signed by the governor. Approximately 150 of the items pertain directly or indirectly to higher education in Virginia and include a…

A principal typically controls less than 3 percent of the actual dollars spent to operate his school. The most significant of the principal's resources is the master schedule. The schedule, not money, is the coin of the school realm and is the primary indicator of the distribution of inschool resources. (Author/IRT)

A look at technical assistance agencies, qualitative content expertise to a client via an on-going systematic, and synergistic delivery of human, physical and/or financial resources, and its relationship to instructional media. (HB)

Author suggests a scheme of school budgeting that reverses the order of assessment--by first establishing the overall limit for school expenditures and secondly assigning funds to various school programs on a priority resource allocation basis. (Author/HB)

This review and analysis of a report by the National Institute of Education on compensatory education addresses the question of allocation of funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It describes the Title I formula and its effectiveness in allocating federal education funds, and analyzes some alternatives to the current…

As an introduction, this paper presents a statement of the objectives of the university computing center (UCC) from the viewpoint of the university, the government, the typical user, and the UCC itself. The operating and financial structure of a UCC are described. Three main types of budgeting schemes are discussed: time allocation, pseudo-dollar,…

One of the principal issues facing educators is whether school management can manage its resources efficiently to achieve results through broad-based accountability procedures such as performance or incentive contracts, in light of possible constraints such as teacher tenure. In this speech, the author suggests some propositions related to…

This document is concerned with the forces of change, which are sweeping the nation, requiring the redefining of national objectives, the redetermining of national priorities, and the reallocating of the national resources. It has become increasingly imperative that military executives competently manage the vast resources entrusted to them to…

Monte Carlo simulation techniques use multiple values in the form of probability distributions for input variables and generate a distribution of possible futures. This article explores some of the implications of adopting a probabilistic approach to planning over the more conventional deterministic approach. (Author/IRT)

Discusses public domain software and how to obtain it. Lists mail order and online sources of free or inexpensive public domain software. (CH)

Procedures and exemplary results for a resource allocation approach to determining mentally retarded clients' need status are outlined. The authors suggest this approach results in standard client characteristic data helpful in evaluating programmatic, cost, and outcome variables. (Author/CL)