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EA 741 School Business Management (4 cr.)
Instructors for this course include the following: Full time faculty - Bob Maxfield & Tom Tattan. Part-time lecturers - Tom Goulding, Bill Skilling, Maria Gistinger, Steve Gaynor

4/5/10 FYI This brand [|new book] on school finance may be of interest, not as a text but as background reading for instructors. BC

4/6/10 (At the risk of "stepping on toes" and/or "preaching to the choir", I want to share the following thought and would be interested in a discussion using the tab at the top of this page.) EA 741 obviously covers how we currently manage schools & districts from a business perspective, and how that process might be improved. Should we also be including in this course consideration of what [|Rick Hess] calls "greenfield schooling" and educational entrepreneurship? The rapid developments in technology alone are creating new roles and opportunities for educators beyond the traditional system. Also, charter schools are here to stay and our students seem to know little about how they "work". (Truthfully, my main purpose here is to get an exchange started among those of you who teach EA 741. Our work as full or part time instructors shouldn't be solitary endeavors.) BC

4/8/10 Just in case you missed this [|Det. News editorial] re proposed legislation to limit school districts "rainy day" funds. BC

4/8/10 I believe one of you shared this with me so I am merely sharing it with everyone. BC [|Facing Michigan's School Funding Crises]. Here is a 16 minute presentation that explains very clearly and concisely the school funding challenges faced by Michigan's districts. Please take a look and share it with your mentor or others who may have an interest in sharing this resource with community members or staff. It was created by the Washtenaw ISD.

5/12/10 Interview with former Sec. of Labor, [|Robert Reich], re: financing public schools, etc.

5/17/10 Recent [|Ed Week Commentary] by an economist who follows ed finance trends discusses likely developments for the coming year.

5/31/10 The Summer 2010 issue of [|Education Next] has finance articles of interest. This link is to the web site.

6/3/10 [|Ed Week blog] shares info from a new national report on state finances across the country.

6/12/10 This site introduces a new [|documentary film] that reports on the financial crimes within the New Jersey schools. You may want to check out The Cartel.

8/3/10 You may be interested in this article that links to others related to "[|Surviving the School Budget Crises]".

10/28/10 [|ASCD Info Brief] on school funding FYI

11/2/2010 The Fordham Foundation, a Washington conservative think tank, published this book on ed financing. This is an influential think tank led by [|Chester Finn], who has been involved in ed at the federal level for 30 years.

11/5/10 The free, monthly magazine, District Administration, has as its cover article "[|The Price of a Good Education]". If you don't receive this free resource, you may want to check it out.

11/09/10 The Mackinaw Center is always a source of useful info. I just ran across this part of a new series on [|myths of school finance].

11/10/10 Ever run across [|EdMoney.org]?

11/18/10 Speaking at The American Enterprise Institute, [|Sec. of Ed Duncan] reasoned that financially tough times can be viewed as an opportunity to rethink traditional structures and institute reforms. And, this link will take you to [|AEI's web site] were you can access a video of Sec, Duncan & District Supt. discussing how to stretch available dollars.

12/09/10 [|Time magazine]'s on line edition features a discussion on finances in the USA including this article "Is the Golden Age of Ed Funding Over?" And, check out this week's [|Newsweek] where ed reformer Michelle Rhee is on the cover announcing her new political action organization intending to raise a billion bucks to use to promote a reform agenda.

12/20/10 Tom Goulding shared this article from the free [|District Administration] News on districts saving money by "powering down".

12/25/10 The [|Mackinaw Center] has a series of short videos "de-bunking the myths of underfunding"

1/11/11 Ed Week has made available on line access to their latest Quality Counts, "[|Uncertain Forecast - Education Adjusts for a New Economic Reality]".

3/28/11 The [|Center for American Progress] (think tank) has just published a paper on ed budgeting that may be of interest.