Think tank research quality : lessons for policymakers, the media, and the public /
Contributor(s): Welner, Kevin Grant [editor].
Publisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2010Description: vii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781617350214; 1617350214; 9781617350221; 1617350222; 9781617350207; 1617350206; 9781607524878; 1607524872.Subject(s): Privatization in education -- United States | Education and state -- United States | Public administration -- Decision making -- United States![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 370.72 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0063122 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Bringing think tank research into the scholarly debate / Alex Molnar and Kevin G. Welner -- School choice and the benefits of competition. A win-win solution : the empirical evidence on how vouchers affect public schools / Christopher Lubienski ; The effect of special education vouchers on public school achievement / John T. Yun -- Private school supremacy and voucher achievement gains. Are private high schools better academically than public high schools? / Jaekyung Lee ; Markets versus monopolies in education / Clive Belfield -- Contracting out and private management. A school privatization primer for Michigan school officials, media and residents / Clive Belfield ; Two Philadelphia reports / Derek C. Briggs -- Vouchers save money. Freedom and saving money : the fiscal impact of the DC voucher program / Christopher Lubienski ; School choice by the numbers / Bruce Baker ; Series of reports on the fiscal impact of tax-credit scholarships / Luis Huerta -- Charter schools. Schools in eight states : effects on achievement, attainment, integration, and competition / Derek C. Briggs ; Trends in charter school authorizing / Ernest R. House ; Public charter schools : a great value for Ohio's public education system / Gary Miron -- School funding. Weighted student formula yearbook 2009 / Bruce Baker ; How much are public school teachers paid? / Sean P. Corcoran and Lawrence Mishel -- No Child Left Behind and standards-based accountability. End it, don't mend it : what to do with No Child Left Behind / Bruce Fuller ; Answering the question that matters most : has student achievement increased since No Child Left Behind? / John T. Yun -- Report cards : bad grades make headlines. The state of state standards 2006 / Kenneth R. Howe ; Report card on American education / Gene V. Glass -- Preschool. Sound an investment : an analysis of federal prekindergarten proposals / W. Steven Barnett -- Teacher quality. Evaluation of teachers trained through different routes to certification / Sean P. Corcoran and Jennifer L. Jennings ; Giving students the chaff : how to find and keep the teachers we need / Raymond Pecheone and Ash Vasudeva -- Junk social science : its patrons and its audience / Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar.