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Inspiration, perspiration, and time : operations and achievement in Edison Schools / / Brian P. Gill ... [et al.]
| Inspiration, perspiration, and time : operations and achievement in Edison Schools / / Brian P. Gill ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Gill Brian |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Education, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.01/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GillBrian P. <1968-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Privatization in education - United States - Evaluation
School management and organization - United States - Evaluation |
| ISBN |
9780833040848
0833040847 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Dedication; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One - Introduction; Purpose of This Study; Data and Methods; Limitations of This Study; How This Monograph Is Organized; Chapter Two - A Brief History of Edison Schools and a Review of Existing Literature; Emergence of Private Educational Management Organizations; History of Edison Schools; Number and Types of Schools; Chapter Three - Inspiration: Edison's Strategies for ""World-Class"" Education; Resources; Edison Strategy Summary; Chapter Four - Perspiration: The Edison Model in the School; Methods
Accountability Systems Resources; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Methodology for Examining Academic Achievement in Edison Schools; Defining the Research Questions; Estimating the Counterfactual; Methodology; Exclusions; Interpreting Z-Score Changes; Limitations of Our Analyses; Chapter Six - Time: Effects of Edison Management on Academic Achievement; Recent Achievement Trends in Edison Schools; Academic Achievement in Edison Schools from Y1; Academic Achievement in Edison Schools from Y0; Summary: The Importance of Time Chapter Seven - Inside the Black Box: Differences in Achievement Among Edison Schools How Has Achievement in Edison Schools Changed in Recent Years, Relative to Similar Schools?; Year-One Analysis for Older and Newer Edison Schools; Trends in First-Year Results for Edison Conversion Schools; Achievement Trends for Charter Versus Contract Schools; Achievement Trends for Elementary Versus Secondary Schools; Achievement Trends in Case Study Schools; Summary; Chapter Eight - Conclusions and Implications; Summary of Findings; Recommendations; Conclusion Appendix A - Causal Inference in the Analysis of Academic Achievement in Edison Schools References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220134003321 |
Gill Brian
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Education, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill
| The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill |
| Autore | Gill Brian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 pages) |
| Disciplina | 069.53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Museums - Curatorship - New Zealand - Auckland
Natural history museum curators - New Zealand - Auckland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-927249-30-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480054303321 |
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Gill Brian
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| Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill
| The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill |
| Autore | Gill Brian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 pages) |
| Disciplina | 069.53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Museums - Curatorship - New Zealand - Auckland
Natural history museum curators - New Zealand - Auckland |
| ISBN | 1-927249-30-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A hapaless king penguin -- Secrets of the shining cuckoo -- The unburnt egg -- The man who imagined the moa -- Flight of the long-tailed cuckoo -- Booby eggs and a solar eclipse -- Song of the huia -- Seals in sand dunes -- Ship rats of Big South Cape Island -- Charles McCann's giant flying frogs -- Seeking Pacific skinks -- Rarotonga revisited -- Baden Powell's sea-slug paintings -- Fur, feathers and frogs legs -- Further reflections. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795526003321 |
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Gill Brian
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| Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill
| The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill |
| Autore | Gill Brian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 pages) |
| Disciplina | 069.53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Museums - Curatorship - New Zealand - Auckland
Natural history museum curators - New Zealand - Auckland |
| ISBN | 1-927249-30-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A hapaless king penguin -- Secrets of the shining cuckoo -- The unburnt egg -- The man who imagined the moa -- Flight of the long-tailed cuckoo -- Booby eggs and a solar eclipse -- Song of the huia -- Seals in sand dunes -- Ship rats of Big South Cape Island -- Charles McCann's giant flying frogs -- Seeking Pacific skinks -- Rarotonga revisited -- Baden Powell's sea-slug paintings -- Fur, feathers and frogs legs -- Further reflections. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828367503321 |
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Gill Brian
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| Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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