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Life After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector?
(Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2013-06-01)
Few school choice evaluations consider students who leave such programs, and fewer still consider the effects of leaving these programs as policy-relevant outcomes. Using a representative sample of students from the citywide ...
Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization along an Elevation Gradient in the Wuyi Mountains, China
(PLos One, 2013-01-14)
Soil organic carbon (SOC) actively participates in the global carbon (C) cycle. Despite much research, however, our understanding of the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization is still very ...
The Revival of Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections: Liberalization or Potemkin Reform?
(2013-11-18)
After an eight year pause, gubernatorial elections returned to Russia in 2012. Formerly appointed governors are now being put to the electoral test, and the Kremlin is discovering the extent to which it sacrificed effective ...
Mannose-Binding Lectin 2 Gene and Risk of Adult Glioma
(PLos One, 2013-04-18)
Background and AimsThe immune system is likely to play a key role in the etiology of gliomas. Genetic polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin gene, a key activator in the lectin complement pathway, have been associated ...
Speakers and the Spotlight: Explaining Media Coverage of Leadership in the House of Representatives
(American Politics Research, 2013-05-01)
Previous scholarship has described how members of Congress struggle to attract media attention. The Speaker of the House, however, is uniquely positioned to drive media agendas. That position may be conditioned though by ...
Standing in the Gap: Research that Informs Strategies for Motivating and Retaining Rural High School Students
(2013)
Rural schools face the challenges of motivating and retaining students, often in the face of severe resource constraints. This paper synthesizes fifteen years of the author's rural research on secondary students' school-related ...
From Cave Art to Cryonics
(2013)
Encouraging servant leadership: A qualitative study of how a cause-related sporting event inspires participants to serve
(2013-10-07)
A longitudinal, qualitative case study was conducted to explore if a cause-related sporting event could inspire participants to serve others and how the event achieved this. Servant leadership theory, social leverage theory, ...
Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty
(2013-03)
This study explores the information-seeking behavior of academic education
faculty from twenty large public research universities. The investigation
includes an examination of how frequently education faculty seek ...
Tools of the Trade: The Role of Perceptions and Context in Designing and Developing Instructional Learning Aids
(2013-05)
Design principles, theories and artifacts from instruction in many fields have been analyzed from various perspectives. Instructional learning aids (ILAs) such as workbooks and job aids are components of instructional ...