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Williamson, Ronald – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2010
Driven by stable or declining financial resources many school districts are considering the costs and benefits of a seven-period day. While there is limited evidence that any particular scheduling model has a greater impact on student learning than any other, it is clear that the school schedule is a tool that can significantly impact teacher…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Block Scheduling, School Schedules, School Districts
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Bohanon, Cecil E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1990
Critiques Michael Staten and John Umbeck's article ("Journal of Economic Education," Winter 1989) on the concept of inefficiency in applied economic analysis. Suggests the Staten-Umbeck article is useful in forcing a precise analysis of the exercise of welfare economics. Concludes that the term efficient is semantic and provides an…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economics, Economics Education, Efficiency
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1984
Cost control is the subject of this eight-lesson, three-test food service training manual. Lesson 1 deals with financial accountability and includes 17 handouts, ranging from sample balance to quarterly report sheets. Lesson 2 focuses on budgeting principles, and lesson 3 on labor controls. Professional purchasing, receiving, and inventorying…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Food Service
Drum, Jan; Otero, George – 1986
Information about the world and how it works is often hard to locate and difficult to understand. The objectives and activities in this teaching guide were developed to complement the "World Military and Social Expenditures" (WMSE) report in the study of global issues in secondary school classrooms. The report contains well-documented and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Input Output Analysis, Journalism
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Educational Policies and Management Unit. – 1988
This handbook offers a teach-yourself guide for teachers, administrators, and researchers on the management of educational media and materials. Management of instructional media is often complicated by overlapping functions and responsibilities of various government levels and administrative positions. The guide contains one learning module, which…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Development
Meisinger, Richard J., Jr.; Dubeck, Leroy W. – 1984
A budgeting handbook for academic administrators and faculty is presented. Economic and political influences on budgeting are considered, along with sources of funds for public and private colleges, and the chronology of the budget process. Multiyear summaries of the budget process in different types of colleges are included. Some major policy…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Administration, Cost Effectiveness