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An Analysis of Non-Instructional Expenditures, Staffing, and Management Practices in the Baldwin County Public School System
This project was initiated by the
school system in preparation for a tax renewal vote, in case there were any questions regarding the efficiency and effectiveness
of central office operations.
Changing Trajectories: Building Paths to Careers and Institutionalizing Collaborations
This report integrates best practices in career technical education with a plan for engaging businesses
and the school systems in the Huntsville area to collaborate in developing career technical and vocational education exercises.
Based on the work of the Southern Regional Education Board and using an example of a highly successful engagement between
businesses and schools in Hamilton County, Tennessee, the plan integrates best practices with a change model for local
professionals to engage educators in developing relevant, progressively sophisticated curricula leading to careers in the
Huntsville area.
Lost in Space:The Challenge of Deploying Vocational Education for the Future of the Huntsville Area
This report identifies significant obstacles to providing successful career technical education in
the Huntsville area. One of the key obstacles, for the county system, is the geographic distribution of students.
The report considers how this factor inhibits the adoption of best practices in career technical and vocational education
and recommends altering the physical deployment of vocational education to better serve students.
Funding Recommendations for the Literacy Council of Central Alabama
This report was done to assist the Literacy Council of Greater Birmingham in developing effective, efficient
strategies in pursuing and coordinating grant funding efforts for literacy in the five county area.
One Size Does Not Fit All- Research and Recommendations for Gender-Responsiveness in Alabama's Criminal Justice System
Report for the Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System, written with Marci Edwards,
with direction from the Commission.
Completed in June 2005, this survey contains current salaries reported by 165 Mississippi municipalities.
This chapter is a case study on the use of performance information to improve results in Texas state
government. It provides a number of statistical observations regarding improvement and a recommendations from
lessons learned. See PowerPoint of major issues.
This presentation initiated the bugeting process for the City of Ruleville, in the Mississippi Delta.
The same PowerPoint was used to introduce a budgeting exercise at the Mississippi Municipal League's meeting, entitled the
Town of Frugalis.
The Institute conducted a survey of city clerks to find out what kinds of accounting software were being
used by municipalities, how much they cost, how often they used technical assistance, and whether they had an Internet connection.
Government Reports
The Comptroller of the Treasury is required by law to provide the State Funding Board with an assessment
of the "reasonableness" of the state's economic forecast. No one had ever established a standard for determining what is "reasonable"
until I was assigned to write the report. For the first time since the law was enacted, a standard was established in this
report.
This report was done at the personal request of Mr. William Snodgrass, Comptroller of the Treasury, State
of Tennesse. It was written as a briefing paper for former Governor Ned Ray McWherter, who was advising President Clinton
on block grants and welfare reform. This synopsis was drafted within two weeks of the request.
Academic Work
This is a paper I presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Sciences Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana, March 18-20, 1993. James S. Fishkin has argued that three tenets of American liberalism create an insoluble trilemma
that can be mitigated through policy cycles. In this paper, I argue that if one admits self interest and adds a dose of intergenerational
politics, the "solution" is quite clear and readily apparent in contemporary politics. My attitude toward liberal tenets caused
quite a stir among the few attendees (Friday afternoon in the French Quarter is not a good time to present a paper.).
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