Teacher retention in Appalachian schools: Evidence from Kentucky     

Joshua M. Cowen  J.S. Butler  Jacob Fowles  Megan E. Streams  Eugenia F. Toma 《Economics of Education Review》2012

In this paper we analyze teacher attrition from Appalachian school districts over nearly twenty years of data. We employ a unique panel of public K-12 teachers active in Kentucky between 1986 and 2005, and discern several patterns of interest to scholars and policymakers. Inter-district mobility is rare in Kentucky, and rarer still among Appalachian teachers. Few teachers transfer between regions, but teachers are considerably more likely to leave Appalachia than to transfer to it. Our results also indicate that Appalachian teachers are more likely to exit the profession. One implication of this evidence is that improvements to teacher quality in such isolated areas would require a focus on the home labor pool.  相似文献   

Overskilling dynamics and education pathways     

Kostas Mavromaras  Seamus McGuinness 《Economics of Education Review》2012

This paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals. The paper begins by asking whether there is extensive overskilling in the labour market, and whether overskilling differs by education pathway. The answer to both questions is yes. The paper continues by asking whether overskilling is a self-perpetuating labour market state (state dependence), and whether state dependence differs by education pathway. Overskilled workers with a higher degree show the highest state dependence, while workers with vocational education show none. Workers with no post-school qualifications are somewhere between these two groups. The finding that higher degree graduates suffer the greatest overskilling state dependence, combined with the well-established finding that they also suffer the highest overskilling wage penalty, suggests that the cost of mismatch among this grouping are greater relative to vocationally qualified workers.  相似文献   

Assessment drives learning: The effect of central exit exams on curricular knowledge and mathematical literacy     

Hendrik Jürges  Kerstin Schneider  Martin Senkbeil  Claus H. Carstensen 《Economics of Education Review》2012

In this paper, we use data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance and student attitudes. Unlike earlier studies we use (i) a value-added measure to pin down the effect of central exit exams on learning in the last year before the exam and (ii) separate test scores for mathematical literacy and curriculum-based knowledge. The findings indicate that central exit exams improve curriculum-based knowledge but do not affect mathematical literacy. Students, although showing a better performance, are less intrinsically motivated in school.  相似文献   

Some economic guidelines for design of a charter school district   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Henry M. Levin 《Economics of Education Review》2012

As the number of charter schools has grown nationally, there is increasing discussion of the consolidation of such schools into charter districts in which all schools would be charter schools from which parents would have the freedom to choose the school that they wished their student to attend. A major question is how such a charter school district would be organized to support its schools and who would perform the different functions required. It is argued that three economic guidelines need to be an important determinant of the solution to this question: the presence of economies of scale; transaction costs; and externalities. The article describes the application of these guidelines to the formation of a charter school district and suggests the different possibilities for addressing a range of important roles by schools, their districts and intermediate organizations and markets.  相似文献   

Federal policies,state responses,and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis     

Allison B. Frederick  Stephen J. SchmidtLewis S. Davis 《Economics of Education Review》2012

We estimate the impact of increases in Federal student aid and higher education funding, such as the recently proposed American Graduation Initiative (AGI), on the outcomes of community colleges, including enrollments, list and average tuitions, and educational quality. We develop a reduced form model of state-level education policy in which state policy makers, who have objectives that differ from those of Federal policy makers, respond to changes in Federal policies. Our empirical specification treats state and institutional variables as endogenous; we interpret the coefficients as measuring the responses of state and institution officials to changes in Federal policies. We simulate the effects of AGI and find little evidence that states recapture Federal education resources. AGI would have a significant effect on educational quality but a limited effect on enrollments. An equivalent increase in Federal student aid would have greater impact on access and enrollments, but decrease educational quality.  相似文献   

Does generosity beget generosity? Alumni giving and undergraduate financial aid     

Jonathan Meer  Harvey S. Rosen 《Economics of Education Review》2012

We investigate how undergraduates’ financial aid packages affect their subsequent donative behavior as alumni. We analyze micro data on alumni giving at an anonymous research university, and focus on three types of financial aid, scholarships, loans, and campus jobs. Consistent with the view of some professional fundraisers, we allow the receipt of a given form of aid per se to affect alumni giving.  相似文献   

裴多菲:让爱的急流生生不息     

李桂萍 《鸡西大学学报》2012,(2):111-112

在国外著名诗人中,裴多菲以一首诗歌奠定了他在全世界青年读者心中不可磨灭的地位。学习裴多菲的诗歌,我们需要从生命、爱情、自由的角度来理解诗人是如何用生命来实践他对民族深爱的诺言。  相似文献   

提高科技英语文章的阅读效率——去粗取精     

卢旭  徐畔 《中国科教创新导刊》2012,(31):149-149

科技英语文章的阅读与理解通常会给读者带来很大的困扰,专业性的词汇,枯燥单一的铺陈叙述,往往很难引起读者的兴趣.因此,在阅读过程中我们可以适当增加些文章的趣味性,省略辅助说明的部分,利用图示,提高阅读效率的同时,加深读者对文章的理解.本文将利用实例,介绍如何简化科技英语文章,在短时间内抓住文章梗概.  相似文献   

郑州市相关人群对“中招体育”认识的调查     

任化军 《中国科教创新导刊》2012,(20):191-191

本研究以中招体育考试为视角,通过对郑州市2010届初中毕业生、学生家长及体育教师进行调查,了解他们对中考体育的态度,透视中考体育存在的问题及对学生身体素质的影响,进而得出,通过考试的办法达到促进学生加强体育锻炼,增进体质的目的,虽然属于治标不治本之举,但目前,这是最为有效的办法,应当坚持实施.  相似文献   

The potential of information and communication technologies in collecting,preserving and disseminating indigenous knowledge in Africa     

Agnes Chikonzo 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(3):132-138

Abstract

This paper first gives an outline of the importance of African indigenous knowledge. After that it gives the definition of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and indigenous knowledge (IK). It then goes on to highlight examples in which information communication technologies have been used to preserve IK successfully. The paper further lists projects which are still underway, in which information communication technologies are being harnessed in the collection and preservation of the IK. Lastly the paper looks at the challenges faced by African countries in harnessing information communication technologies in preserving IK and gives recommendations on the way forward.  相似文献