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Protheroe, Nancy – School Administrator, 1998
The cost of school administration and its effect on available instructional resources has been a highly debated topic since then-Secretary of Education William Bennett popularized the "blob" designation 10 years ago. A recent Educational Research Service study challenges six misperceptions about school administration's cost, size, and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Bureaucracy, Costs, Educational Resources
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1996
Presents national data from the Educational Research Service (ERS) National Survey of school district budgets. The database of school-district budget information provides a consistent and reliable means for comparing local school-district budgets across the United States. Offers information about trends in resource allocation, personnel costs,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1995
Presents data on school district expenditures for 1984-85, 1989-90, and 1994-95, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources. Three tables…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Robinson, Glen E.; Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1987
To provide a consistent and reliable means for comparing local school budgets, data provided by approximately 1,100 administrators are assembled by per pupil operating expenditure and allocated to various functional categories. Regional variation in the sources of funding is demonstrated. Instructions for obtaining an individualized district…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1997
Presents data on school district expenditures for budget years 1996-97, 1991-92, and 1986-87, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Expenditures
