Budgetary Thought For School Officials: A Budgetmaker’s Perspective

Published in 1982, "Budgetary Thought for School Officials" offers in-depth insights into the art of budgeting in education. Its revised edition delves into the mental frameworks and practices necessary for the efficient allocation of scarce resources, aiming to enhance student achievements. Targeted at educators with fiscal duties, it transcends typical budget discussion to emphasize strategic thinking and methodological execution in financial decisions. This guide equips school officials with tools for effective resource allocation, making it essential reading for those committed to improving educational outcomes. Critics praise it as enlightening and indispensable for educators.

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About the Author: Edward Anthony Lehan
Edward Anthony Lehan has held senior government positions, taught in many institutions of higher learning, and served as a consultant to numerous governments in the United States and throughout the world, including Jamaica, Thailand, India, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Oman, Jordan, Indonesia, Philippines, Turkmenistan, and Poland.

His written work includes The Practice of Municipal Budgeting: A Self-Instruction Text (1975), Simplified Governmental Budgeting (1981), Budgetary Thought for School Officials (1982), and Budget Making: A Workbook of Public Budgeting Theory and Practice (1984). As coauthor, he was honored with the Louis Brownlow Award for “Rebuilding a City: Modest Adventures in Hartford” (Public Management, May 1967). And his article “Budget Appraisal: The Next Step in the Quest for Better Budgeting?” (Public Budgeting and Finance, Winter Issue, 1996) received the 1996 Jesse Burkhead Award.

His most recent book, Budgetary Thought for Budget Officers: A Practitioner’s Perspective, provides instruction on best practices for government budget officers.
First published in 1981, this revised, expanded edition of Budgetary Thought for School Officials, first published in 1982, provides a commentary concerning the intellectual foundations of budgetary craftsmanship, applied to education. Given the contemporary stress on educational institutions, educators need models of appropriate thinking centered on the key task of rationing scarce resources. This book identifies habits of mind and supporting practices that help educators allocate scarce resources to the most effective educational techniques advancing student achievement and attainment.

This slender volume is addressed to elected and appointed educators who have finance and budget responsibilities, especially those who lead the public schools. It goes beyond expenditures, as one might expect in a book about budgeting. It is, rather, a book about mental qualities and methodical work, done to exacting standards. Its recommended approach provides educators, institution by institution, with decision-making machinery and implementation instruments that can help them.

“Budgetary Thought for School Officials is refreshing, illuminating and useful. No educator should be without it!” —Josephine Genovese, Former Chairperson, School Board, City of Rochester, NY

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