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Educational facilities include not only classrooms but also athletic facilities and playgrounds, and even libraries off school property. RAND studies have examined the role that educational facilities have on influencing education, academic achievement, and child health and well-being.

Journal Article

Geolocating Growth of Suspect "Boarding" Facilities in Xinjiang China

GEOINT analysis shows steady construction progress in both 2017 and 2019 of suspect facilities in southern Xinjiang.

Jul 14, 2020
Journal Article

Geolocating Explosive Growth in Preschools in Western China Due to 'Re-Education' Policies

Twenty facilities that imagery analysis, press and professional journals suggest house Uighur children have been identified in this first study of geolocating China's detention infrastructure targeting Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups.

May 1, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Organizational Landscape of Schools: School Employees' Conceptualizations of Organizations in Their Environment

Based on my analysis, I extend theory on the role of neighborhood organizations in creating overlap and connection between the school and the community and extend work on organizational members' sense-making about the organizational field.

Jan 24, 2020
Report

Will School Renovations Impact Students, Teachers, and Communities?

Baltimore will renovate or replace more than two dozen public school buildings. How could these changes affect students, school staff, school conditions, and the surrounding community?

May 23, 2018
Report

Sustaining Pennsylvania's State System Universities

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is facing considerable challenges, such as demographic shifts, limited state funding, and strong competition. Options are available to address the system's long-term sustainability and viability, but major changes would be needed.

Apr 25, 2018
Commentary

Help Syria Avoid a 'Lost Generation'

Young Syrian refugees are brimming with potential, but lack the educational and livelihood pathways through which to channel their energy and aspirations. As the international community looks for ways to end the violence in the region, it must not overlook the plight or the potential of these children.

Jul 17, 2015
Commentary

Don't Let Education Be a Casualty in the Syrian Civil War

At least half of Syrian refugee children aren't in school. Those who are face risks to the quality of education they receive, a risk they share with host-country children. But by making long-term investments, the international community can help ensure education isn't another casualty of the war.

Jan 21, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Middle School Student Attitudes About School Drinking Fountains and Water Intake

Students have negative attitudes about school fountains. To increase overall water intake, it may be important to promote and improve drinking water sources not only at school but also at home and in other community environments.

Sep 1, 2014
Commentary

Germs Go Back to School, Too: Five Ways to Protect Your Kids

With kids working and playing in close contact and sharing supplies and equipment, schools can be hotbeds for infection. Each year, K-12 students miss about 60 million school days due to colds and the flu combined. But these five approaches can help reduce their chance of spreading infections and getting sick.

Aug 25, 2014
Report

Evaluating Delaware Stars for Early Success: Year One Report

As a first step in a larger study of Delaware Stars, a voluntary quality rating and improvement system for early learning and care programs, RAND researchers reviewed prior literature, examined existing data, and interviewed key stakeholders.

Jun 9, 2014
Report

Strategic Priorities for Improving Access to Quality Education in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq: Arabic-language version

Describes the strategic priorities and recommendations RAND arrived at by assessing the status of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's in-process reform of its K-12 education system.

May 7, 2014
Report

Report

Strategic Priorities for Improving Access to Quality Education in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq: Kurdish-language version

Describes the strategic priorities and recommendations RAND arrived at by assessing the status of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's in-process reform of its K-12 education system.

Apr 23, 2014
Report

How Kurdistan Can Improve Access to Quality Education

There are many ways to strengthen ongoing education reform in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: build new schools, improve teacher training, expand opportunities for high-performing students, redesign the teacher evaluation system, reward high-performing schools, involve parents and the public in promoting education, and more.

Apr 4, 2014
Report

Report

Sustaining the Qatar National Research Fund

An examination of what must be done to ensure sustainability of the Qatar National Research Fund, its achievements in its first five years, and recommendations for actions to respond to the new responsibilities mandated in Decree-Law (24) of 2008.

Aug 22, 2012
Report

Report

Launching the Qatar National Research Fund

The design and implementation of the Qatar National Research Fund — the first research — funding organization of its kind in the Middle East—and descriptions of its first two programs, along with some early results and lessons learned.

Aug 21, 2012
Journal Article

Journal Article

Closing Schools in a Shrinking District: Do Student Outcomes Depend on Which Schools Are Closed?

This study examines an anonymous urban district that, faced with declining enrollment, chose to make student achievement a major criterion in determining which schools would be closed. The district targeted low-performing schools in its closure plan, and sought to move their students to higher-performing schools.

Mar 1, 2012
Commentary

Commentary

Public Libraries Are Needed Now More Than Ever

What Pittsburgh attraction provides $3 of economic output for every public dollar invested? The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. If you find this factoid unlikely, it is because the research that discovered it received an astounding lack of attention, write Susan Everingham and Sally Sleeper.

May 29, 2009
News Release

News Release

School Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities Are an Untapped Resource in Fight Against Childhood Obesity

April 19, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds School Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities Are an Untapped Resource in Fight Against Childhood Obesity.

Apr 19, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Methods for Gauging the Target Populations That Community Colleges Serve

For many community colleges, expanding enrollment demands coincide with shrinking resources, confronting policymakers with multiple competing constituencies of discouraged college-goers.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Creating the Evidence Base for the MLA Partnership

The Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA) Council is the lead strategic agency for museums, libraries and archives in England.

Jan 1, 2006

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