reviewers: Mark Weber and Bruce D. Baker., "December 2017.", Includes bibliographical references (32-41 pages and 47-49 pages), Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed August 2022)
Research suggests that public schools serving advantaged students are more likely than other public schools to benefit from private fundraising. The reviewed report fails to conclusively demonstrate two key claims: that schools serving wealthy student bodies are more likely to have private fundraising groups, and that larger shares of white students are associated with increased private spending. Nonetheless, the report's approach of calculating per-pupil spending to estimate the magnitude of spending by private undraising organizations could be useful to scholars and policymakers interested in understanding the potential impact of school-specific fundraising organizations. These groups could also find report's recommendations helpful, especially those concerning tracking and equalizing funds raised., reviewed by: Maia Cucchiara., "March 2022.", Includes bibliographical references, (page 9)., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed July 2022)
Advocates for increased privatization of public schools have long contended that private schools could provide equal or better outcomes at lesser costs. To bolster that argument, this EdChoice report asserts that voucher and voucher-like (tax credit scholarship and education savings account) programs have saved state and local treasuries some $12.4 to $28.3 billion dollars as student "switchers" use those programs to leave public schools and enter private schools. However, the reports's cost-saving estimates of private school choice programs are based on unfounded assumptions. In particular, the report uses speculative methods for estimating the number of switchers across programs and for determining resulting variable cost fluctuations. Such lax accountability standards mean that the number of switchers and estimated fiscal savings are based on conjecture. Consequently, the report's findings do not provide a sound base for policy decisions., reviewed by: Luis A. Huerta and Steven Koutsavlis., "March 2022.", Includes bibliographical references, (pages 10-14)., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed July 2022)
Summit Public Schools, a charter school organization operating schools in California and Oregon, published Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools in September 2021. The report claims that Summit alumni graduated from college at nearly double the national average and self-reported high levels of well-being, fulfillment, and workplace satisfaction. It also reports that alumni from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds now make more than $60,000 per year on average working full time. However, although the study may provide some information useful to Summit's internal decision-making, its serious methodological issues (e.g., survey research methods, response rates, sample bias, sample representativeness, and uses of comparative data) prevent it from having any implications for practice or policymaking in general., reviewed by: Audrey Amrein-Beardsley., "May 2022.", Includes bibliographical references, (pages 10-16)., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed July 2022)
For decades, politicians have struggled to make educational opportunity more widely avail able and less tied to where a child's parents can afford to live. The reviewed Bellwether Education Partners' recent report attempts to examine the availability of low-income rental units in school districts to understand whether districts in the largest 200 metropolitan areas are accessible to families in poverty. While the report's focus on the intersection of housing and education policy for students' opportunities is commendable, it suffers from significant methodological shortcomings. These concerns and others severely limit the report's utility for informing social policy., reviewed by: Erica Frankenberg., "March 2022.", Includes bibliographical references, (pages 10-12)., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed July 2022)
Climate variability and change is causing perturbations to natural systems (agriculture, water regimes, forestry, ecosystems, coasts and oceans, temperature extremes, etc.) and human systems necessitating that communities, states, and nations around the world take action to enhance their resilience to climate impacts. Adapting to climate change requires decision makers to have information in hand that is relevant to solve their problems, that is, information that is salient, credible, and legitimate. The NOAA Western Region Collaboration Team (NOAA West) is a collaborative body representing the mission interests of NOAA's six line offices in the eleven states of the Western U.S. As part of its responsibility, the team works to address regional challenges by connecting people and resources to better understand regional impacts from changing climate conditions through cross-NOAA and regional partner information exchanges and interdisciplinary collaborations., Alison Meadow [and six others], Includes bibliographical references pages 17-18., Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 2020)
Cover title., "A report published by the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado Law School in conjunction with the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado."--Cover., Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-58) and end notes (59-67), Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Cover title., "A report published by the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado Law School in conjunction with the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado.", Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In a sample of 300 victims, data were collected on the extent of damage, emergency responses, equity of relief, and physical, health, and psychological problems reported by respondents., "January 5, 2000."--P. [24], Includes bibliographical references (p. [23-24])., Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption; (viewed August 2014), This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMS-9632458.
The Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) designed this study to address four related key questions, which are a subset of the wider dialogue on natural gas: 1. What are the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with shale gas compared to conventional natural gas and other fuels used to generate electricity?; 2. What are the existing legal and regulatory frameworks governing unconventional gas development at federal, state, and local levels, and how are they changing in response to the rapid industry growth and public concerns?; 3. How are natural gas production companies changing their water-related practices?; and 4. How might demand for natural gas in the electric sector respond to a variety of policy and technology developments over the next 20 to 40 years?, Jeffrey Logan, Garvin Heath, and Jordan Macknick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory ; Elizabeth Paranhos and William Boyd, University of Colorado Law School ; Ken Carlson, Colorado State University., "November 2012.", Technical report, NREL/TP-6A50-55538, Bibliography: pages 221-235., Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover; (viewed January 2013), Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308, Prepared under Task No. WWWJI.1010
Mode of access: World Wide Web., Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 2010)., Includes bibliographical references (p. 10).
