Fast track, or the phased design and construction process, differs from the traditional method in the simultaneous award of more than one construction contract as the design develops. (Author)

As more and more districts scurry to remodel outdated buildings and individual rooms, the detailed how-to-do-it sometimes gets lost in the overall planning. This article furnishes specific help in ways to remodel economically. (Author/JN)

A detailed examination of work methods, procedures, and equipment, followed by preparation of written schedules for each custodian, can cut custodial costs without affecting the quality of cleanliness in the schools. (Author/MLF)

Directors of Pennsylvania's eight formal educational consortia recently met in Harrisburg -- the first meeting of its kind in the nation. (Editor)

It is proposed that one of the best ways to sell training is by the objective results of training evaluation. (Author)

Examines school expenditures on the basis of square feet and value of school plant. (Author)

Cost-cutting ideas to help a district live less painfully with an austerity budget. (Author)

Unit cost analysis provides a rationale for distributing capital costs of physical facilities. (Editor)

It is recommended that school and classroom libraries be fulled with lots of paperback high interest low vocabulary books to stimulate reading. Economic practicalities of paperbacks are pointed out. (KW)

Outliens some of the conceptual problems encountered in a study analyzing the costs of Michigan secondary vocational education. (SB)

Combines elements of the problem solving approach inherent in methods of applied economics and operations research and the structural-functional analysis common in social science modeling to develop an approach for economic planning and resource allocation for schools and other public sector organizations. (Author)

In addition to doing his own job, a building manager can make it possible for the principal to do his job. (Author)