16 research outputs found
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Prevention of School Violence through Civic Education Curricula: Year One of a National Demonstration Program, PRP 136
This report, which documents and assesses the first-year implementation process of a national program demonstrating the use of civic education curricula for the prevention of school violence in upper elementary middle schools, results from a policy research project commissioned by the Center for Civic Education in 1999-2000. Its recommendations highlight specific opportunities for strengthening this program and for expanding the use of civic education curricular materials for school violence prevention.Public Affair
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The Civic Education of American Youth: From State Policies to School District Practices, PRP 133
This assessment of state K-12 civic education policies and related requirements that exist nationwide and the factors that shape K-12 civic education policies and practices in school districts and schools stems from a policy research project commissioned by the Center for Civic Education in 1998-99. Recommendations highlight ways in which states, school districts, community organizations, and educators can improve the education students receive in the civic knowledge, skills, and virtue necessary to fulfill their roles as citizens.Public Affair
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Workforce Diversity in Texas State Government: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, PRP 110
This report on enhancing workforce diversity in the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) results from a policy research project conducted in 1993-94 under a grant from TNRCC. Recommendations identify actions that TNRCC could take to enhance its recruitment and retention of women and people of color.Public Affair
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An Assessment of We the People…Project Citizen: Promoting Citizenship in Classrooms and Communities, PRP 129
This assessment of We the People ... Project Citizen stems from a policy research project commissioned by the Center for Civic Education in 1997-98. Recommendations highlight ways in which Project Citizen implementation can be more fully developed, utilized, and expanded across the country.Public Affair
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The Transition from Public Service Employment to Unsubsidized Jobs in the Private and Public Sectors, PRP 37
This report on the transition from federally subsidized public service employment to unsubsidized jobs in the public and private sectors was produced as part of a policy research project conducted at the LBJ School in the academic year 1977-78. The study examines the barriers to transition that exist at eight Texas sites.Public Affair
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Bridging the Gap: Implementing School-to-Work Transition in Austin, Texas, PRP 103
This report on designing implementation plans and strategies to improve the transition from school to work in Austin results from a policy research project conducted in 1991-92 with financial support from a variety of Austin area sponsors, including the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Austin Independent School District, the City of Austin, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, and the Austin Area Research Organization, Inc. (AARO), an organization composed of local chief executive officers (CEOs) and university presidents. Additional financial support was received from Jobs for the Future, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, Michigan.Public Affair
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Bridging the Gap: Implementing School-to-Work Transition in Austin, Texas
his report on designing implementation plans and strategies to improve the transition from school to work in Austin results from a policy research project conducted in 1991-92 with financial support from a variety of Austin area sponsors, including the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Austin Independent School District, the City of Austin, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, and the Austin Area Research Organization, Inc. (AARO), an organization composed of local chief executive officers (CEOs) and university presidents. Additional financial support was received from Jobs for the Future, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, Michigan.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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A Space Strategy for Texas for the 1990s, PRP 102
This report on a space strategy for Texas for the 1990s is the result of a policy research project conducted during the 1991-92 academic year with financial support from the Center for Space Research (College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin), the Texas Space Grant Consortium, and the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation. In the summer of 1991, the LBJ School and the Center for Space Research agreed to undertake the development of a long-term space strategy for the state. These two University of Texas at Austin units decided it was critically important to formulate a strategic framework to address space-related economic and business development and, in so doing, to demonstrate the breadth and depth of resources at state universities that can be brought to bear on important state policy issues. This report details this strategic framework and specifies the primary objectives that should be implemented by the state's public sector, private sector, and universities in the 1990s.Public Affair
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Short-Term Surplus Funds Management for the State of Texas, PRP 17
Short-Term Surplus Funds Management for the State of
Texas is a report prepared by a team from an LBJ School
policy research project during the academic year 1975-76.
The project team worked with staff from the Texas Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to provide
research support for the Joint Advisory Committee on
Governmental Operations. It was the mandate of the
Joint Advisory Committee to recommend improvements in
the economy and efficiency of Texas' government.Public Affair
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Public Sector Productivity Programs: Background and Analysis with Special Reference to State Governments, PRP 19
This study is the product of a team of graduate student members of a policy research project on State Governmental Operations conducted by the LBJ School 9f Public Affairs. It explores a variety of issues which surround the design and implementation of productivity improvement programs in the public sector and examines · productivity efforts in the federal government and in state government, with special reference to the · State of Wisconsin. From this examination, its authors draw some lessons as to what might constitute an effective approach to productivity improvement efforts in state government.Public Affair