RAND Review: Rebuilding Haiti, Measuring Teacher Effectiveness, and Funding Transportation
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Winter 2010-2011 — Vol. 34, No. 3 |
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COVER STORYStill ShakyA Year After the Earthquake in Haiti, the Key to Stability Is to Build the StateBy Keith Crane, James Dobbins, and Laurel E. MillerOn the Cover: On August 25, 2010, two men remove rubble from a Port-au-Prince building destroyed by the January 12 earthquake. By some estimates, only 2 percent of the 250 million cubic meters of debris in the capital city had been cleared, for reasons ranging from lack of equipment and money to an abysmal property records system, leaving most Haitians to live and work around the piles of debris.
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Contents:
Message from the Editor
Three Chances to Set Politics Aside
News
- Ceaseless psychological losses
- Aging Anglos and Americans
- Decreasing defense dollars
- Susceptible space systems
Perspectives
Civil Civics
Leaders Gather for Post-Election Opportunity to Set Politics Aside
Power of Ideas
How Foundations Can Generate Knowledge to Spark Change
By M. Christine DeVita
Features
Learning Curve
Neither Teacher Standards Nor Payment Programs Guarantee Higher Student Achievement
Essays by Richard Buddin and Daniel F. McCaffrey
Higher Gear
To Fund Transportation, Congress Should Tax Travel, Not Fuel
By Paul Sorensen, Liisa Ecola, and Martin Wachs
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