Where the money goes

Really interesting article in USA TODAY today about the idea of school decentralization. The idea is that more money would flow to the schools and less to the district office. Bills would be paid at the building level, which I think is a superior idea--when the teachers don't know what the electric bill is, they don't really have any incentive to turn off the computers at night or make any other efforts to conserve energy.

It also made me think of this recent article in EdWeek($) talking about how the schools down there are going to be restructured, more bottom-up instead of top-down. It's also one of the traditional arguments for Charter Schools--give the staff more say, and you'll get better results.