I came across an article on the Internet recently that originally appeared in USA Today on September 16, 2003. The title of the article was “U.S. tops the world in school spending but not test scores”. The article pointed out that the U.S spends more public and private money on education than other major countries.
As schools continue to struggle with balancing our budgets, the pressures of consolidation and collaboration push us to become creative to “reimagine” the educational system for K-12 students.
MSBO’s Executive Director David Martell announces the winner of the February MSBO Annual Conference drawing; talks about MDE’s Guidelines for Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting and the Governor’s state budget presentation to the Legislature scheduled for February 11.
Following are the answers to a couple of questions MSBO Financial Strategies Conference participants asked during the questions and answers period portion of Office of Retirement Services (ORS) Director Phil Stoddard’s presentation.
The 2009 Student Transportation Benchmarking survey has been released. The report details nine key performance metrics and summarizes results by region, ridership levels, and fleet size. Districts of all types responded to the survey, including rural, urban, large, small, district owned, and contracted operations.
Are demands for your time and performance making it difficult to focus on what you are trying to achieve? MSBO’s 2010 Annual Conference Keynoter Dan Thurmon will help you regain control of your accelerated life. Dan teaches and illustrates how to effectively manage multiple responsibilities.
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is looking for community sponsors to run summer food programs to prevent more than 510,000 children in Michigan from going hungry when school lunchrooms close for the summer.
The Educational Entity Master (EEM) is a directory that contains entity codes and contact information for educational systems in the state of Michigan.
Happy 100 years! This year ASBO turns 100. For a century, school business officials have relied on ASBO International for the resources and knowledge to become more effective education leaders. In honor of this milestone, ASBO wants to start building for the next 100 years.
EPA Enacted Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Requires Specialized Training
