How Much Does a Great School Cost?
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educational research
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innovation
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school improvement
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- ISBN 9781475858891
- Weight: 254g
- Dimensions: 155 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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After examining budgets from all kinds of schools, over the past three decades, two key findings emerged: school budgets reflect school values, intentionally or not; and, there are noteworthy ways to reduce the costs of operating schools. This text addresses two ways to gain insight and shed light on the question: How much does a great school cost? Sixteen educators were asked about their perceptions of greatness in schools, innovations worthy of pursuit, and barriers to change. This examination unpacks the expenditures and revenue options in existing schools; as well as, costs associated with an envisioned New School. This account addresses both an analysis of what is and what could be, at the same time as revealing innovative ways to save on schooling expenditures, and think differently about schools as potential revenue-generating institutions. Changing mindsets is at the core of school improvement, and while greatness may be defined in different ways, the budget will reflect what matters in an institution. A great school may not cost as much as you might think, but the willingness to re-purpose funds and generate revenue, can help jump start the engines of change.
Barbara J. Smith is a passionate educator with over forty years of experience in public, independent, international and charter schools in Canada, the US and Europe. Smith, who earned her PhD in curriculum from OISE at the University of Toronto has taught teacher educators, opened three new schools and has been a school principal in DC, Virginia and currently at the Giles School in Canada.
