On the political economy of school deregulation

Education

Allocative inefficiency in education

Education

On competition and school efficiency

Education

Allocative inefficiency and school competition

A substantial literature indicates that the public school system in the United States is inefficient. Some have posited that this inefficiency arises from a lack of competition in the education market. On the other hand, the Tiebout hypothesis suggests that public schools may already face significant competition. In this paper, the authors examine the extent to which competition for students influences public school inefficiency in Texas. They use a Shephard input distance function to model education production and use bootstrapping techniques to examine allocative inefficiencies. Switching regressions estimation suggests that school districts in noncompetitive metropolitan areas are more than twice as allocatively inefficient as school districts in competitive metropolitan areas.Competition ; Education

Using reflection to guide literacy instruction in the multi-level classroom

The article describes a teacher\u27s use of reflective practice to guide the implementation of the literacy block in her multi-level classroom, which included instruction by grade level and by performance level. A reflective journal proved to be a valuable tool as the author struggled with planning for action, problem-solving, decision making, and confronting living contradictions (Whitehead, 2000) between theoretical beliefs and instructional practice. The personal reflection process included daily and weekly written reflection and collaborative reflection. Collaborative reflection occurred with colleagues, a mentor, and a university advisor. Schon\u27s (1989, 1995) concepts of reflection-onaction, reflection-in-action and reflection-for-action were incorporated. The use of The Four Blocks Framework (Cunningham, Hall, & Sigmon, 1999) assisted with the integration of multi-grade (Mason & Bums, 1996) and multi-age (Veenman, 1995, 1996) concepts which resulted in multi-level literacy instruction

Guidelines for Integrating Deer and Timber Management in northern New York

To research selected aspects of deer resource dynamics that have been identified as key components in the redefinition and/or implementation of deer management strategic plans and programs in northern New York

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Climate Assessment Activities: Development and Strategic Use in Diversity Action Plans

This project report describes climate assessment activities in support of the development of a college-level diversity, equity, and inclusion (EDI) action plan. Elements of the climate assessment activities are described along with their purpose and rationale for inclusion. Recommendations are made for libraries to design and deploy their own EDI assessment activities with the goal of developing robust action plans supportive of inclusive excellence