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Heneman, Herbert G., III; Kimball, Steven M.; Worth, Robin; Arrigoni, Jessica S.; Marlin, Daniel – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2019
Twenty-five Wisconsin school districts were located that had undertaken compensation reforms after state law drastically curtailed collective bargaining for teachers. Document reviews and interviews determined (a) the impetuses for pursuing compensation reform, (b) change process characteristics, and (c) the specific compensation reforms.…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Educational Change
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Seelig, Jennifer L. – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2017
This paper examines the effects of declining student enrolment and population loss on one rural school district in the United States, as well as the district's strategies to mitigate these effects. In the state of Wisconsin, the relationship between student enrolment and school funding destabilises rural school districts experiencing population…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Rural Schools, Competition, Population Trends
Zeman, Gail M. – School Business Affairs, 2012
A year ago at ASBO International's Annual Meeting and Expo in Seattle, Washington, school business officials from four states presented a powerful double-session panel on the status of changes in teacher contracts and educational funding in their regions of the country. The presenters have since updated their comments with new information and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Salaries, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
Miller, Susan – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010
In late 1999, philanthropist Susie Buffett wanted to make the smartest possible investment to improve public education in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. She and her then-foundation president, Dan Pedersen, spoke with Superintendent John Mackiel regarding how he would choose to use private funds to enhance opportunities for Omaha's 46,000…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Private Sector, Program Development, Neighborhoods