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Finance Budgeting in Education - Comprehensive Guide Creating a school budget is probably the single most labor-intensive project a school district's business office undertakes every fiscal year. …

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Finance School Finance Management: Your Guide to K-12 Finances Funding for K-12 schools has faced financial challenges for decades. Federal funding for US schools was on a steady decline when the American …

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Child Care How to Manage Illness in Your Preschool The importance of mitigating the spread of illness in your preschool has never been more acute. With the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic hovering over …

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Child Care How to Promote Diversity in Child Care As adults, we can actively seek out knowledge and information that makes us better equipped to form meaningful connections with other people from …

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Finance Success Stories: Online Donation Collection Educators are facing an unprecedented situation. We know plans, meals and logistics are in a state of flux. Vanco is here to help. Your RevTrak Web …

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K-12 Enrollment 21 Tips for Creating the Perfect Online Student Registration System Coordinating the student registration process and making sure parents walk away with the right IDs, books and class schedules for students can be …

Finance A Simple Summary of PCI DSS | Vanco Do you hear people talk about PCI DSS compliance but never explain it? We have to admit, Vanco has been guilty of this, but we are making things …

Music Education 10 Benefits of Music Education | Vanco March is Music in Our Schools Month! In celebration, we put together a list of some of the benefits of music education. Here are our favorite.

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Fun Ways to Initiate New School Staff The week or two before school starts is a chance to renew old acquaintances, as teachers and staff members who have worked together for any number of …

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6 Tips for a Successful Professional Development Day 1. Send an Agenda in Advance Send a meeting agenda ahead of time and ask if there is anything not on the schedule that should be included. This gives …

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AP Exams Advanced Placement Trend Debate: Public vs Private Schools The number of schools offering Advanced Placement courses and the number of students taking them were at an all-time high in the 2016-17 school year. …

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Music Education Finding the Right Repertoire for Community Orchestras Community orchestras may not be as widespread as other community arts organizations, such as theater companies, but they can make important …

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Music Education 6 Ways to Attract Students to School Music Programs You’re in charge of a K-12 arts education curriculum, and you’ve navigated those tricky waters of obtaining funding for your programs. …

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Music Education Private Lessons and the Need to Win The drive to be Number One has become more and more ingrained in the lives of children – or more likely, their parents. It’s gotten to the point that …

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Music Education The 10 Most Popular Musical Instruments to Learn According to a study by the University of Southern California, students who learn how to play musical instruments, experience faster brain …