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Articles: Business & Finance

College Admissions Becomes An Industry

Student Counsel
The process has become so competitive that some students are hiring teams of experts, tipping the scale even further away from lower-income students.
Christopher Griffin
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
college readiness
counselors
high-stakes

Saving Millions Through Strategic Financial Planning

Administrator Profile
Mohsin Dada, assistant superintendent for business services, used a competitive sale to buy the districts latest bond.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
funding
student achievement

ARRA Funds Empower Schools to Power Down

Feature
The Recovery Act has given a boost to shovel-ready, energy-efficiency projects in districts across the nation.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
funding
green schools

HISD's Major Turnaround Effort with Apollo 20 Project

News Update
HISD applies innovative methods from successful charter schools and applies them to its 20 lowest performing schools.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
21st-century learning
data driven decision
funding

People Watch

News Update
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010

DOE Asks Students "How Safe Do You Feel in School?"

News Update
New federal grant program will produce climate surveys assessing how comfortable students feel in schools.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
bullying
drug prevention
LGBTQ
safety

Kentucky Opens its Largest School

News Update
Warren County (Ky.) Public Schools opened the state's largest school to address the district's growing size.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
bonds
green schools

LA Unified Opens Most Expensive School Complex

News Update
LAUSD builds $578 million school complex.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
bonds

Making Your Schools Future-Proof

Feature
Administrators plan ahead by implementing flexible technology now to prevent major overhauls later.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
budgets
cloud computing
consortium
technology plans
whiteboards
wireless

The Price of a Good Education

Feature
Do per-pupil expenditures equal school success?
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
assessment
budgets
salary
superintendents
teacher

Longer School Year Helps Turn the Tide

District Profile
Balsz (Ariz.) Elementary School District, the first school district in Arizona to adopt a 200-day calendar, is reporting impressive academic improvements after only one year.
Mary Johnson Patt
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
achievement gap
global competition
grants
salary

Letters

Letters
Feedback from our readers.
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
safety
salary

High School Counselors Take it on the Chin

Student Counsel
A recent survey finds guidance counselors receiving low marks from graduates.
Christopher Griffin
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
college readiness
Student Counsel

School Safety Takes a Back Seat

From the Editor
School districts across the nation are making budget cuts in a previously taboo area—safety.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
drug prevention
finance
safety
school climate

DA's 10th Annual Salary Survey: A Salary Recession for School Administrators?

Feature
In addition to the 2009-2010 salary survey data from Educational Research Services, DA shows how administrators are feeling their share of pain given the economic stranglehold on district budgets.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
funding
salary
superintendents
teacher evaluation

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