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Online Schools in Ohio: Examining Enrollment and Success

Jun 8, 2017

Who attends e-schools in Ohio? How do they perform compared with students in brick-and-mortar schools? And what do policymakers and educators need to know going forward?
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Global Risks in 2040: Q&A with Andrew Parasiliti

Jun 30, 2017

Andrew Parasiliti discusses how the RAND Center for Global Risk and Security is envisioning the world in 2040, and the security challenges that will shape it.

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How Did North Korea Get Its Nuclear Capabilities So Far So Fast?

The recent North Korean missile tests and other provocations have sent shock waves through the global national security community and heightened tensions throughout the region. How has North Korea increased its missile capabilities so dramatically in such a short period of time?

Aug 14, 2017
Report

Report

Enhancing Management of the Joint Future Vertical Lift Initiative

It is possible to achieve some degree of commonality without joint program management and identifies lessons from historical experience and how they apply to the joint Future Vertical Lift initiative.

Aug 14, 2017
Report

3D Printing: Downstream Production Transforming the Supply Chain

This Perspective describes potential uses of 3D printing in a military context to help the U.S. Department of Defense understand future impacts on the supply chain and the structural and policy changes that might be required to support these efforts.

Aug 11, 2017
Report

What's the Buzz? The City-Scale Impacts of Drone Delivery

This report examines the developing technology for using drones to deliver packages and attempts to identify the societal impacts. In particular, the author estimates the potential effects on energy consumption, aerial congestion, and other outcomes.

Aug 9, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Do High School Stem Courses Prepare Non-College Bound Youth for Jobs in the Stem Economy?

In this paper we used data from a nationally representative sample of 10th graders in 2002 to test the hypothesis that non-college bound youth who take advanced academic STEM courses and applied STEM courses in high school will be more likely to hold jobs in the STEM economy and earn higher wages in the years immediately after exiting high school. We find no evidence in support of this hypothesis.

Aug 8, 2017
Report

Report

Civic Engagement: How Can Digital Technology Encourage Greater Engagement in Civil Society?

This Perspective explores the potential impacts that digital technologies may have on the nature of civic engagement and political processes, providing an overview of the opportunities and risks associated with the use of these technologies.

Aug 7, 2017
Commentary

Cybersecurity Badge: One Big Step for Girl Scouts, Potentially Giant Leap for Women

The Girl Scouts will start offering 18 cybersecurity badges next year. In addition to exposing girls to cyber concepts and challenges, this could encourage them to pursue cybersecurity or other STEM careers in which women are underrepresented.

Aug 3, 2017
Q&A

Enhancing China's Status as a Great Power

China is investing heavily in its military modernization program as it aims to extend its power in the region as well as globally. How will China's growing ability to project power affect U.S. regional goals?

Aug 1, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Advancing Alternative Analysis: Integration of Decision Science

Incorporating decision science into alternatives analysis would help companies and regulators to select alternatives to environmentally harmful ingredients.

Aug 1, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Machine Learning Versus Standard Techniques for Updating Searches for Systematic Reviews: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Machine-learning methods can help decrease the effort involved in updating searches for systematic reviews.

Aug 1, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Russian Space Sector: Adaptation, Retrenchment, and Stagnation

The journey of the Russian space industry since the collapse of the Soviet Union offers a case study in how Russia, in spite of indications to do otherwise, chose not to break with previous models of behavior and organization.

Jul 20, 2017
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: July-August 2017

This issue highlights recent RAND research on the prevalence and burden of chronic health conditions; on the economic benefits of U.S. overseas security commitments; and on what RAND is doing to anticipate emerging global security challenges.

Jul 11, 2017
Research Brief

Research Brief

Observations and Guidance on Implementing Personalized Learning

Schools implementing personalized learning were pursuing a wide variety of approaches and students closed achievement gaps relative to national norms. Observed challenges to implementation lead to recommendations for implementers.

Jul 11, 2017
Report

Personalized Learning: Lessons from Implementation

Personalized learning focuses on meeting students' individual needs while incorporating their interests and preferences. What does this look like in schools that have implemented personalized learning schoolwide?

Jul 11, 2017
Content

Peter Norton: Entrepreneur, Art Collector, and RAND Advisory Board Member

When the Saudi kingdom hired RAND in the 1980s to advise its information technology industry on the best bets for future investment, RAND researchers consulted expert Peter Norton to back up their findings. Norton has supported RAND ever since.

Jul 3, 2017
Report

Report

Education: Digital technology's role in enabling skills development for a connected world

This Perspective explores the ways in which the growth of digital technology is impacting education and skills.

Jul 3, 2017
Blog

How the Drinking Bird Foiled a Spruce Goose Engineer

The famous drinking bird toy gave RAND's Dick Murrow an idea that might help Egyptian farmers. But Murrow, who previously led Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose design team, couldn't secure funding to get the concept off the ground.

Jun 29, 2017
Commentary

How Innovation Can Assist the Refugee 'Pathway'

New ways to collaborate and coordinate humanitarian actions are needed so that refugees, host communities, and other stakeholders are empowered to create and spread innovative solutions. These efforts should consider the entire refugee pathway, not only emergency and arrival assistance.

Jun 27, 2017
Dissertation

Dissertation

Search and Rescue in the Arctic: Is the U.S. Prepared?

Explores the U.S. capability to handle the Arctic Search and Rescue (SAR) Agreement, a landmark treaty that gives the U.S. responsibility for conducting SAR in a slice of territory that surrounds Alaska and stretches to the North Pole.

Jun 19, 2017

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