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(0)Paul Steinberg
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Publisher
Liberty University
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 135 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Students from non-Christian homes are coming in unprecedented numbers to Christian schools in the Milwaukee area due to the unique school voucher program begun in 2001. Each of the Christian schools in the voucher program, including the one where this writer serves, is searching for the best evangelism tactics. This new frontier can learn from the outreach efforts of Milwaukee's Lutheran voucher schools. Pioneering experience, articles and interviews...
Author
Series
Rand Corporation monograph volume MG1230
Publisher
RAND
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 100 pages) : illustrations (some color), color charts
Language
English
Description
Following the President's decision in January 2010 to withdraw the license application for a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the Secretary of Energy established the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC) to consider alternatives to the nation's current institutional arrangements for management and disposition of used fuel and defense high-level nuclear waste. In February 2012, the BRC issued its final report. Among...
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Series
Publisher
RAND
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 74 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
This report synthesizes findings and draws lessons about the implementation and results of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) as reflected primarily in two longitudinal studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Progress to date suggests that NCLB's ambitious goal of having 100 percent of U.S. students proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014 will not be met. In addition, the flexibility provided to states by the law has resulted...
Series
Research report volume RR-564-BJA
Publisher
RAND Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvii, 124 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and...
