Education: Featured Research
Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2008 — Sep. 30, 2009
Effective counterinsurgency is dependent on understanding the local population. A survey of those living in Iraq's Anbar Province (once one of the country's most violent areas), reveals both the many improvements that have occurred, as well as the extent to which these Iraqis have suffered from the effects of war.
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Strategies and Models for Promoting Adolescent Vaccination for Low-Income Populations — Jun. 15, 2009
Since 2005, three new vaccines for teenagers have been licensed in the U.S. Although the majority of 13-17-year-olds have received recommended vaccines, rates remain below 2010 targets, and the coverage rates for low-income adolescents and minority youth are likely to be lower.
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Five Key Education Priorities for the Obama Administration — Apr. 8, 2009
A set of five policy briefs address key education priorities for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. Each brief summarizes the current research on the topic and the implications for federal policymakers.
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Innovation and the Future of e-Books — Feb. 27, 2009
The technological development and cultural acceptance of e-books today parallels the state, but the majority remain simply digitized versions of print books and offer no new tools. This paper examines three examples of innovative e-books in order to illustrate the potential and pitfalls of electronic publications.
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Trends and Future Prospects for the Arts Predict Changing Role for State Agencies — Nov. 18, 2008
State arts agencies — key players within the U.S. system of public support for the arts — face a wide varitey of challenges to their typical roles as grantmakers. The author concludes that future state arts policy is likely to focus more on efforts to develop the creative economy and to grow the audience for the arts.
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Benefit-Cost Analysis Rarely Captures the Full Economic Value of Social Programs — Nov. 12, 2008
This study assesses the state of the art in determining the economic value of social programs for use in benefit-cost analysis (BCA). It finds that rarely are the benefits of social programs consistently or accurately monetized and suggests ways to advance the use of BCA in evaluating social programs' economic returns.
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Quarterly Report on Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Rates Home-Based Programs — Oct. 10, 2008
A detailed review of five Los Angeles home-based programs determines how their current practices compare with the literature on best practices in corrections, and assigns scores to each for their ability to deliver quality interventions and services for offenders.
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Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc. — Sep. 5, 2008
A four-year study of the nation’s largest private contractor of public school management reveals the ways in which Edison’s comprehensive approach, which aims to promote high-quality instruction, is affected by variation in school leadership and district policies.
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Overview of Research Literature Finds Positive Effects of Education on Community — Aug. 20, 2008
A review of existing research prepared for a group of Santa Monica community and school leaders finds strong evidence of a positive correlation between education and community health, as measured through data on crime, employment and earnings, housing values and tax revenues.
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Virginity Pledges May Be Appropriate As One Component of Sex Education — Jun. 10, 2008
Adolescents who made pledges to remain virgins until they are married were less likely to be sexually active over the three-year study period than other youth who were similar to them, but who did not make a virginity pledge
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Charter School Students in Chicago Enjoy Better Graduation, College Entry Rates — May 7, 2008
Chicago's multi-grade charter high schools (those serving students in grades 7-12, 6-12 or K-12) appear to improve their students' chances of graduating and attending college, as compared with the city's traditional public high schools.
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Spirituality for Kids After-School Program has Significant Positive Effects — Apr. 29, 2008
A nonreligious after-school program, Spirituality for Kids (SFK) seeks to build resilience in children. Interestingly, it improves not just social and internal outcomes but also school-related outcomes, even though it is not an academic intervention.
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What are the Costs and Benefits of Out-of-School-Time Youth Programs? — Feb. 29, 2008
Evaluation of youth programs offered during the time that students are not in school shows that the programs that are costlier and provide more-intense resources to youth perform the best.
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A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China — Feb. 25, 2008
Different educational approaches in China and India have been successful in stimulating economic growth; the successes and challenges of both education systems offer valuable lessons for China, India, and the rest of the developing world.
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California Lags Nation in Tracking Students' Educational Progress — Jan. 29, 2008
While California has basic tracking system architecture in place to allow the state's educators to closely follow the progress of students from kindergarten to post-secondary education, officials must overcome political and financial barriers.
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Community Policing and Violence Prevention in Oakland — Jan. 8, 2008
An assessment of the first-year progress of community-policing and violence-prevention programs in Oakland funded by Measure Y found that implementation of community policing has been delayed, but violence-prevention programs have been implemented as planned.
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A Vision for the Arts in Los Angeles — May 14, 2007
The arts in L.A. are booming. But the city, major players, the public, and the arts sector lack a shared vision for realizing its full potential. On October 5, 2006, RAND hosted a Policy Forum to guide strategic thinking about the future of the arts in Los Angeles.
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