The Right Match: A Strong Principal in Every Public School

This report has one central premise: Keeping great principals starts with hiring the right principal. Even as Chicago fights to retain principals long enough to make student learning and school culture gains more permanent, we must recognize some principal attrition is inevitable.More than 70,000 students started the 2016-17 school year with a new principal, and at least 60 schools will need a new principal each year for the foreseeable future. The stakes are high: No great public school exists without great leadership. In fact, variation in principal quality accounts for about 25 percent of a school's total impact on student learning. Yet, more than four out of every 10 public school principals in Chicago leave before they begin their fifth year. To keep great principals, we have to make the right match from the start

Youth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation

Young people ages 15 to 24 are 1.2 billion of the world’s human capital. Around the world, many of them are already making contributions to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their work should be further acknowledged and strengthened. Increasingly, youth are recognized as key participants in decision-making and development, as reflected in the growing presence of non-governmental youth organizations and the upsurge of youth advisory boards and committees to international institutions and programmes. Yet building the capacity of and creating sustained partnerships with young people are crucial strategies to achieving the MDGs that have not been fully realized by the international community. This paper aims to provide an overview of youth participation as it currently exists, to outline the ways in which youth are directly involved and affected by each Goal, to demonstrate the ways in which young people are contributing to the MDGs, and to provide ‘Options for Action’ that governments, the United Nations system, donors and other actors can harness, support, and scale-up in order to support young people in making significant contributions to achieving the MDGs. Part I outlines the existing mechanisms for youth participation in development policy. These channels can be used by governments and institutions to strengthen and mobilize young people as partners in policy formulation. Successful modes of participation should be recognized and replicated, and also adapted to the challenging political and socio-economic realities facing many youth-led and youth-serving organizations. Part II presents youth participation as it relates directly to the MDGs. Each goal is analyzed with respect to its effect on young peoples lives as well as how young people can play – and indeed are playing — a role in its implementation. Under each goal are a number of “Options for Action” that governments, the UN and multilateral organizations can use to fully harness the contributions that youth can make to achieving the MDGs. Part III outlines the synergies between the Options for Action presented in this report and the Quick Wins proposed by the Millennium Project. The Options for Action are complimentary and provide a process to implement the Quick Win actions, using young people as key implementing agents and service providers. Part III also outlines a number of youth-focused Quick Wins that can make a significant and measurable difference to the state of young people in target countries. Part IV elaborates on how youth can participate in achieving the MDGs and contains cross-cutting recommendations on youth engagement in all 8 Goals. Overall, the report demonstrates that investing in youth will provide the longest and most effective dividend towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by building the social capital needed to foster pragmatic development. Indeed, without the involvement of young people, a demographic that comprises one fifth of the world’s total population, the full achievement of the MDGs will remain elusive and their long-term sustainability will be compromised. Youth participation is currently quite varied, ranging from effective, to sometimes tokenistic, to often non-existent. There are specific ways in which youth and youth organizations can contribute to the design and implementation of MDG-based strategies, some of which are outlined in this document. Many projects are already happening, but there is much work left still to be done.Youth participation; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Poverty Eradication

Senior Recital: Rose Ortega, Violin; Emily Landry, Piano; Ye Eun (Grace) Eom, Piano; November 14, 2021

Kemp Recital Hall November 14, 2021 Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m

An agent-based model of greening a city for reducing pluvial flooding at a cultural heritage site

We present an agent-based model which explores the impact of green- ing a city for pluvial flood risk reduction, to inform planning decisions in cities. In particular we focus on the location of an archaeological site lying 2 meters below ground level in the city centre of Ravenna, Italy, which is subject to pluvial flooding. A map of Ravenna was divided into cells which could be eligible for modelled greening if they contained a car park, a street or a pedestrianised area. The number and location of cells greened varied with each run of the model. This was combined with precipitation and temperature data from Ravenna, and subse- quently estimated scores for evapotranspiration and permeability. In general, the greater number of greening measures introduced corresponded to a reduced vol- ume of excess rainwater. There was a particular effectiveness of greened streets at reducing excess runoff compared to car parks and pedestrian areas. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of ABM in the field of disaster risk management

Identificación de la ventaja competitiva y su relación con las ventas en una empresa distribuidora de pollo beneficiado en el mercado tumbesino, en el año 2016.

RESUMEN Hasta hace cierto tiempo el comportamiento de las ventas gozaba de cierta estabilidad, lo cual les permitía a los empresarios estimar a principio de mes los volúmenes de mercaderías que se venderían al final de ese periodo, pero gradualmente han ido apareciendo algunos elementos o factores que han ido frenando la demanda de muchos productos de primera necesidad que se venden cada día, tales como el pollo. La razón de esta disminución es muy dispersa, destacándose el aumento de los precios, el de los empleados generalizado, la disminución del poder adquisitivo de los clientes y por consiguiente la disminución involuntaria en el consumo por motivos de estrechez económica. La presente investigación consistió en un estudio correlacional descriptivo cuyo principal objetivo es identificar la ventaja competitiva y su relación sobre las ventas en la empresa distribuidora “El Pollito Proveedor del Norte” en el mercado tumbesino en el año 2016. La identificación de la ventaja competitiva se realizó a través de una entrevista a profundidad como estudio cualitativo y encuesta como estudio cuantitativo a los clientes de la empresa distribuidora, entre ellos mayoristas, minoristas, restaurantes y pollerías de la ciudad de Tumbes. Se planteó la hipótesis si la identificación de la ventaja competitiva se relaciona significativamente con las ventas de la empresa distribuidora, teniendo como resultado de la investigación que estás se relacionan significativamente según la medición del coeficiente de Pearson. Asimismo, la conclusión más significativa es que la ventaja competitiva de la empresa no nace en su política de precios, sino en la calidad y velocidad en la entrega del producto, lo cual es el resultado de un canal de distribución diseñado y adaptado a lo largo del tiempo, factor que les permite ir más allá de las expectativas de sus clientes, dicho factor que también actúa como determinante en el momento de la compra, más no el decisivo.ABSTRACT To some time ago the sales performance had a certain stability, which allowed them to employers estimate earlier this month the volume of goods to be sold at the end of that period, but gradually some elements or factors have emerged that have gone slowing demand for many basic products sold each day, such as chicken. The reason for this decline is very dispersed, highlighting the increase in prices, the general employees, the declining purchasing power of customers and therefore the involuntary decline in consumption for reasons of economic hardship. This research was a descriptive correlational study whose main objective is to identify the competitive advantage and its relationship sales distribution company in the "El Pollito North Supplier" in the tumbesino market in 2016. The identification of competitive advantage He conducted through an in-depth interview and survey and qualitative study and quantitative study of the distribution company customers, including wholesalers, retailers, restaurants of Tumbes. It was hypothesized whether the identification of competitive advantage is significantly related to sales distribution company, resulting from the research that you are significantly related as measured by the coefficient of Pearson. Also, the most significant conclusion is that the competitive advantage of the company is born in their pricing, but on the quality and speed of delivery of the product, which is the result of a distribution channel designed and adapted over time, a factor that allows them to go beyond the expectations of its customers, this factor also acts as a determinant at the time of purchase, but not the decisive one

Relationship between Healthy Habits and Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport among University Students: A Structural Equation Model

Background: Several studies have shown how certain types of motivation for sports can favour healthy habits or can cause risk behaviours. (2) Methods: The aim of this study was to establish and verify an explanatory model for motivational climate in sport which considers other possible influential variables related to health. This research was conducted with a sample of 490 university students from Spain. The 33-item Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire (PMCSQ-2) was used to assess perceived motivational climate. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the Questionnaire of Experiences Related to Video Games (QERV), the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A), and the KIDMED test were used to assess healthy habits; (3) Results: Findings revealed that task-involved climate and ego-involved climate were both positively associated with physical activity with the strongest relationship emerging for a task-involved climate. Furthermore, task climate was positively associated with a good adherence to aMediterranean diet. A direct relationship was found between ego climate and alcohol intake and problematic use of video games; (4) Conclusions: The findings imply that students who have greater intrinsic motivation to participate in sport and perceive a task-involved climate also report healthier habits. This highlights the importance of creating task-involved motivational climates in sport and physical education lessons.This work was supported by Precompetitive Research Projects for Young Researchers 2017—Modality B under de Grant PPJI_B-05, the project “DISPERSA” under the Grant TIN2015-67149-C3-R and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Grant P11-TIC-7486

2010-2014 Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Count Preliminary Report

The Step Into Cuba Alliance (the Alliance) is a broad coalition of local, state and national organizations and individuals working to increase opportunities for physical activity in the Village of Cuba, NM (the Village). A primary goal of the Alliance is to increase the walkability of Cuba to encourage walking as a convenient and low-cost form of physical activity. One of the areas of focus for the Alliance is US Highway 550 (US 550), a four lane, federal highway that bisects the Village and serves as Cuba’s main street. The Alliance is also working to make NM 126, leading from US 550 to the Village of Cuba St. Francis of Assisi Park, more pedestrian friendly. US 550 is a primary route connecting Albuquerque to Northwestern New Mexico and Colorado. In Cuba, US 550 is estimated to have a traffic count of about 8,200 vehicles per day.1 Cuba’s health clinic, post office and other essential services are located on US 550, and the Village of Cuba serves as the commercial center for the area. Residents from within the municipality and the outlying areas visit Cuba regularly to retrieve their mail from the post office (there is no mail delivery service in the Cuba area), shop for food and other necessities, receive medical care, and obtain social services. Many residents of Cuba live within walking distance of the commercial center. Most roadways used by residents to reach services and businesses on US 550 do not have safe sidewalks or walkways. Additionally, on US 550 there are no traffic lights or stop signs, only two crosswalks, and the sidewalks are not continuous. In winter, snow removal from the highway leads to piles of snow on sidewalks and highway shoulders, obstructing pedestrian access. The Village and the Alliance have been working with the NM Department of Transportation (NMDOT) to explore ways to make US 550 and NM 126 more pedestrian friendly. In 2011, federal funding was obtained and utilized to complete a new section of pedestrian-friendly sidewalks along US 550 on the south end of Cuba. Applications have been approved and funding has been earmarked for additional improvement projects along US 550 and adjoining roadways. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic counts represent another way in which the Alliance and the Village have focused needed attention on US 550 and its intersecting streets. Faculty and staff from the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (UNM PRC), working with an independent transportation planning consultant and pedestrian and bicycle safety expert, organized the counting effort, trained counters and participated in the counting. Community members from the Cuba area contributed to the effort by conducting the counts as volunteers and paid workers. This report provides data on the use of US 550 and intersecting roads, including NM 126, and the Village of Cuba’s St. Francis of Assisi Park by pedestrians, bicyclists and other non-motorized transportation (e.g., skateboarders). Baseline data were collected in 2010, and follow-up data collected in 2011-2014. The repeated counts document changes in non-motorized use following improvements to make the area safer and more attractive for pedestrians. Data from the counts have also been submitted to the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, a nationwide effort to create a consistent, uniform collection and analysis system for non-motorized transportation

The influence of exercise on adolescents self-concept

The present research sheds light on the importance of physical activity with regards to self-concept in Spanish adolescents and considers physical exercise, family and academic variables. An explanatory and relational study was conducted. A total of 2,134 teenagers aged between 15 and 18 years old participated in the study. A descriptive and relational analysis by means of the ANOVA Test was also undertaken. The results obtained are discussed here taking into account the relevant specialised literature. It was found that two thirds of the students sampled did exercise regularly, team sports being the most popular. These learners presented a high degree of self-concept, particularly for the social and family dimensions. It can also be concluded from this study that better physical condition and appearance are related to sport engagement, and that physical activity is related to improved self image and to fostering social and family relationships