Education

Implementing Budget Reform in the Boston School Department

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

A new budget director appointed to oversee the fiscal operations of the Boston public school system must cope with a pressing crisis: the refusal of the mayor and city council to provide further funds to finance the school department's rapidly...

Deciding to Use Force in Grenada

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In late October 1983, United States military forces landed on the Caribbean island-nation of Grenada—the first time U.S. forces had intervened in their own hemisphere in a generation. The United States' immediate concern was the safety of...

Cornwall County School District

Publication Date: January 02, 1985

In 1985, the school board of Cornwall County, New York, was confronted with the recurring issue of maintenance and cleanliness. There was tremendous variety between schools, some were well maintained while others remained covered in graffiti and...

Ronald Reagan and Tax Exemptions for Racist Schools (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In January 1982, the Reagan administration reversed a Nixon-era policy, the effect of which would grant tax exemptions to racially discriminatory schools. The change was developed by lawyers at the Treasury and Justice Departments, who believed...

Ronald Reagan and Tax Exemptions for Racist Schools

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In January 1982, the Reagan administration reversed a Nixon-era policy, the effect of which would grant tax exemptions to racially discriminatory schools. The change was developed by lawyers at the Treasury and Justice Departments, who believed...

Paul A. Samuelson

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case offers a third portrait, one of an American Keynesian, to supplement those on John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman. Outlining his historical, national, economic, and educational background, and his experience with applied economics,...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (C: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (Abridged: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

The Case of the Segregated Schools (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In 1982, the Treasury Department announced that the Internal Revenue Service would reverse a twelve-year-old policy and no longer deny tax-exempt status to schools that practiced racial discrimination. The argument, advanced by Reagan appointees...

MBTA: Agenda Setting (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...