{"product_id":"what-brain-research-can-teach-about-cutting-school-budgets","title":"What Brain Research Can Teach About Cutting School Budgets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Karen Olsen has put budget topics into perspective so that school administrators can make decisions based on what is best for children, not what is easiest and most efficient for adults. This book is a powerful guide in helping our principals see through the fog of mandates, policies, and red tape and get to the priority of students!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Terri Patterson, Director of Elementary Education\u003cbr\u003eWaco Independent School District, TX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This book boldly asserts that brain research should be applied wherever human brains are working. Not only can and should brain research inform how and what we teach in the classroom, it should be brought to bear in boardrooms and the school budgeting process as well.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Linda Jordan, Associate Professor\u003cbr\u003eHope College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMake objective budget-cutting decisions that will truly impact student achievement!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn tough economic environments, budget cutting is a daunting but necessary task for many school administrators. Karen D. Olsen takes an exciting, unique approach by applying brain research to budgeting. Now educators can make the decision-making process more objective by using analytical thinking in school budgeting rather than responding to emotion, tradition, or outside influences. Providing a strategy-builder chart, this book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers action items for putting the strategies into practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps leaders determine where money should be reinvested or reallocated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides specific tips for working within a group decision-making setting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes more than 30 analytical charts to aid in gathering needed information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Brain Research Can Teach About Cutting School Budgets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers principals and district leaders a methodical process for taking subjectivity out of the budgeting process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248338030936,"sku":"9781412980494","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412980494.jpg?v=1777818632","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-brain-research-can-teach-about-cutting-school-budgets","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}