"...optimal for the amount of resource being spent."
Belated reply, catching up on my reading.
This is a very interesting point.
I live in a largish school district. I've long believed, but cannot prove, that it's just too big. eg Scale matters. Everyone I've ever met who has ties to the district agrees with me.
I know the CFO. He crunched some numbers, comparing cost per student and outcomes. Although he wouldn't share the data with me (political suicide), he related that the it's a bathtub distribution.
So, I believe, but cannot prove, there's an optimal range for most organizations, and education reformers would get a lot of mileage out of correct sizing their districts.
Belated reply, catching up on my reading.
This is a very interesting point.
I live in a largish school district. I've long believed, but cannot prove, that it's just too big. eg Scale matters. Everyone I've ever met who has ties to the district agrees with me.
I know the CFO. He crunched some numbers, comparing cost per student and outcomes. Although he wouldn't share the data with me (political suicide), he related that the it's a bathtub distribution.
So, I believe, but cannot prove, there's an optimal range for most organizations, and education reformers would get a lot of mileage out of correct sizing their districts.