The economic efficiency of public school districts was explored by utilization of the concept of economies and diseconomies of scale. An optimum size relative to costs was discovered by analyzing the data with curvilinear least squares regression and also with the differential calculus. (Author)

Size of school district does not appear to be a determining factor in economy and improved education in Rhode Island. (Author)

State aid equalization arrangements fail to alleviate discrimination against lower socioeconomic status children, and merely reinforce the unequal delivery of school services. (RA)

"The nation's largest CAI operation in a public school system concluded its first full year of operation in June, 1969. The results indicate a very definite success for education's most closely watched use of technology. Three major criteria for success of such a project are 1) acceptance of CAI by the schools and their pupils, 2) per pupil costs…

Examines trends in costs of conventional library operation and costs of electronic devices which may pervade libraries of future. Library costs in 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, library automation, total library operating expenditures for university and college libraries, and rate of adoption of electronic techniques are covered. Sixty-three references…

Discusses the services of the San Francisco Public Library with respect to the effects of Proposition 13 and inflation, and describes the roles of the Main Library, the Business Branch, the Chinatown Branch, and the Communications Center. (CHC)

Focuses on ways in which parents of school-age children can offset the rising costs of college, including encouraging students to get summer and part-time jobs, putting savings toward students' education in accounts in students' names to save taxes, investigating cooperative work/education plans, and investing in mutual funds. (DB)

The court decisions, as well as state constitutions and statutes in many states, clearly point out that, whether the faculty is organized or not, the state legislature has the final voice in the appropriation of monies to higher education. (Author)

Highlights two schools that have reduced their energy usage, one through such methods as weatherization and solar water collectors, and the other through switching from burning oil to burning wood pellets. (JM)

The author studies the question of whether adult students from outside an educational district constitute a burden on resources. He also examines the issues of differential fees and reciprocal arrangements among districts. (SK)

Data suggest that voters did recognize the implications of substantial reductions in government expenditures in Proposition 13 and voted to tolerate them. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)

Undertakes an empirical analysis of five states that have, in the 1970s, adopted school finance reforms that have included particularly stringent fiscal limitations. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)

Investigates the effects of including an income factor in a power equalization aid formula. Some evidence indicates that a power equalization formula with recapture and with an income adjustment may substantially achieve the objective of making education expenditures independent of the wealth of the local district. (Author/IRT)