scholarly journals Estimating Migration Impacts of Wildfire: California’s 2017 North Bay Fires

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Ethan Sharygin
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Residential Structures ◽  
Sonoma County ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Migration Response

Abstract This chapter examines a cluster of wildfire conflagrations that hit northern California during October 2017, which resulted in significant loss of housing units (6874 residential structures destroyed or damaged). To assess the magnitude of the migration response and network of destinations, a method to estimate migration drawing from a proxy universe of households with students enrolled in public schools was proposed, using data on school exits and re-enrollments from a longitudinal student database. The analysis finds that a small minority of households affected by the fires moved out of the area. Out of nearly 7800 persons displaced by the central fire complex in one city, this study estimated fewer than 1000 changed neighborhoods; of those, fewer than 500 moved out of Sonoma County. These findings are applicable to other wildfires and localized disasters where a substantial portion of housing is lost but public infrastructure in the region remains intact.

Do charter schools alleviate the negative effect of teacher turnover?

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlerik Naslund ◽  
Branco Ponomariov
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Teacher Turnover ◽  
Public School Districts ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data

Using data on charter and public school districts in Texas, we test the hypothesis that the labor practices in charter schools, in particular their ability to easily dismiss poorly performing teachers, diminishes the negative effect of teacher turnover on student achievement and graduation rates in comparison to public schools. We find some support for this hypothesis, and discuss implications for theory and practice.

Public Schools as Public Infrastructure

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Infrastructure

scholarly journals Stakeholder Power-Interest Analysis of disaster insurance for public infrastructure in Semarang City

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-228
Author(s):  
Jati Utomo Dwi Hatmoko ◽  
Dita Mentari Putri ◽  
Ferry Hermawan
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disaster Insurance ◽  
Asset Managers

The use of disaster insurance for public infrastructure is still uncommon in Indonesia, including in Semarang. The success of the adoption of disaster insurance for public infrastructure is inevitably dependent on the acceptance of stakeholders. The aim of this study is to analyse the power and interest of stakeholders towards the use of disaster insurance for public infrastructure in Semarang. Data was collected via interviews and focussed group discussions with stakeholders of Semarang government officials, asset managers, users, etc. The power-interest grid of stakeholders divides the stakeholders based on their levels of power and interests, resulting in four categories, i.e. players, subjects, crowds, and context setters. This research identified the players are the Mayor, Regional Disaster Management Authority, and Regional Financial and Asset Management Authority (5.5%); the subjects category includes The Public Works Department of Human Settlements and Highways, Public Works Department, Trade Department, majority Public Health Center (40.7%); the crowds are Education Department and majority public schools (53.7%); and no context setters (0%). This study found that low trust in the insurer is a major factor causing a lack of interest in the use of insurance. The results of this study are valuable to understand the stakeholder map of Semarang city based on power and interest aspects, and serve as a basis for developing disaster insurance adoption strategies for public infrastructure.

scholarly journals As razões das diferenças de desempenho acadêmico na América Latina: dados qualitativos do Brasil, Chile e Cuba

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (206-07-08) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Carnoy ◽  
Amber Gove ◽  
Jeffery Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Process Indicators ◽  
Observation Instrument ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Analysis Of Teaching

Apresenta os resultados de uma análise de práticas de ensino, utilizando dados do Brasil, do Chile e de Cuba. Esses dados incluem fitas de vídeo de 10 a 12 aulas de matemática para a 3ª série de cada país. Cada fita foi analisada mediante um instrumento de observação que enfoca a estrutura da turma, seu nível de engajamento e outros indicadores de processo. Adicionalmente, foi utilizado um sistema de mensuração do nível de conteúdo, visando entender o conceito da aula, o nível de demanda cognitiva e a interação entre a professora e a turma. Em conjunto, esses dois instrumentos são utilizados para aprofundar a análise das variações na pontuação obtida nos testes por Cuba e pelos demais países latino-americanos. Os resultados revelam diferenças significativas entre as aulas observadas nos três países, tanto em relação às práticas adotadas pelos professores no manejo das classes, quanto no que diz respeito à dificuldade relativa dos conteúdos abordados. As aulas cubanas e as aulas das escolas privadas conveniadas do Chile se destacaram positivamente em comparação com aquelas observadas nas escolas brasileiras e nas escolas públicas chilenas. Palavras-chave: práticas de ensino; educação matemática; ensino fundamental; educação comparada; Brasil, Chile, Cuba. Abstract The paper presents the results of an analysis of teaching practices, using data of Brazil, Chile and Cuba. Those data include videos from 10 to 12 mathematics classes for to 3rd grades of each country. Each video was analyzed by means of an observation instrument that focuses the structure of the group, the engagement level and other process indicators. In addition, a system of content level was used, seeking to understand the concept of the class, the level of cognitive demand and the interaction between the teacher and the group. Those two instruments are jointly used to deepen the analysis of the variations in the punctuation obtained in the tests by Cuba and by the other Latin-American countries. The results reveal significant differences among the classes observed within the three countries, so much in relation to the practices adopted by the teachers in the handling of the classes, as in what concerns the relative difficulty of the approached contents. The Cuban classes and the classes of private schools in Chile stood out positively in comparison with those observed at the Brazilian schools and at Chilean public schools. Keywords: teaching practices; mathematics teaching; basic education; comparative study: Brazil, Chile, Cuba.

Community Issues in American Metropolitan Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Sullivan ◽  
Sinjini Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
City Life ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
Community Issues ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City

The city of San Francisco in California has 826,000 residents and is growing slowly compared to other large cities in the western United States, facing concerns such as an aging population and flight of families to nearby suburbs. This case study investigates the social and demographic factors that are causing this phenomenon based on data that were collected by San Francisco's city controller's office in its annual survey to residents. By using data analytics, we can predict which residents are likely to move away, and this help us infer which factors of city life and city services contribute to a resident's decision to leave the city. Results of this research indicate that factors like public transportation services, public schools, and personal finances are significant in this regard, which can potentially help the city of San Francisco to prioritize its resources in order to better retain its locals.

Assimilation in the U.S.

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Laurence Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Gold Leaf ◽  
The World ◽  
Sonoma County ◽  
Large Stretch ◽  
Coastal Land ◽  
The U.S

There is a large stretch of coastal land in Sonoma County, California, that belonged to the Kashaya Indians long before Russian traders came in the early nineteenth century to establish the settlement which is now called Fort Ross. Only about a dozen Kashaya families are left on a forty acre reservation approximately a half hour’s drive from the coast. On my way to it in April 1985, driving through magnificent hills in the thick, cool northern California fog along Tin Bard Road, I passed the enormous, resplendent temple of the Nyingma Buddhists, called Odiyan. The Nyingmas, under the leadership of a Tibetan monk, had obtained 650 acres on which to build their nearly completed temple of gold leaf, copper and beautiful California woods. Behind the high, locked fence which prevents visitors from entering without special permission, Odiyan would soon receive Buddhist disciplines from all over the world.

Investigating Public Opinion in Confucian Nations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Adamczyk
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Family Stability ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Kinship Ties

A substantial portion of the world’s people reside in countries where Buddhism, Taoism, and systems of ancestral belief dominate. To understand the factors shaping attitudes in these places, this chapter (and the next) examines Confucian nations. These societies (i.e., China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, and Hong Kong) are more tolerant than many Islamic, Middle Eastern, and African nations, but they are less supportive than countries in the Global North. Using data from the World Values Survey, this chapter shows that Confucianism has created a culture in which family stability and kinship ties are particularly valued. As a result, concerns about keeping the family intact and the importance of blood relationships are particularly important in shaping residents’ views about homosexuality.

The Impact of Delivery Synergies on Bidding in the Georgia School Milk Market

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Marshall ◽  
Matthew E. Raiff ◽  
Jean-Francois Richard ◽  
Steven P. Schulenberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Parametric Estimation ◽  
Sealed Bid ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
Milk Market ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Year

Abstract Each summer milk processors around the country participate in sealed bid procurements for the right to provide public schools with milk throughout the subsequent academic year. School district contracts are an important part of vehicle routing problems that milk processors solve on an ongoing basis. There are allegedly substantial cost savings for a milk processor from servicing a district that is directly adjacent to one they already service. In this paper, following the work of Krishna and Rosenthal (1996), we construct a procurement model allowing for cost synergies. The equilibrium bid function maps directly into an empirical specification. Using data from a time period when bidders were allegedly acting non-cooperatively, our structural parametric estimation results give significant support for the presence of cost synergies in the bidding.

A Test of Magnitude: Does the Strength of Predictors Explain Differences in Drug Use among Adolescents?

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanette Graham
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Race Differences ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Adolescent Drug Use ◽  
White Males ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Abuse ◽  
Using Data

Prior research has provided much needed information on the association between gender, race, predictive factors, and drug use. However, none have provided conclusive evidence regarding the extent to which gender and race differences, or their interaction, in adolescent drug use is accounted for by predictors. Using data on adolescents in four public schools, this study examined variations in the comparative strength of predictors of self-reported drug use. Data were collected as part of an ongoing longitudinal study of a federally funded multi-model program intervention for the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among high risk youth. Analysis of variance was used to examine gender by race differences in predictors and drug use and logistic regression was used to assess the comparative strength of predictors of adolescent drug use and to explore the effect of gender by race on the decision to use drugs. Findings indicated, in general, whites, both male and female, had a significantly stronger positive association between predictors and drug use relative to blacks. Regarding the effect of gender by race on the decision to use drugs, these data indicate, with or without adjustments, white females were most likely to use gateway substances, followed by white males.

Students’ Mathematics Academic Performance: An Interaction of Inputs from the Students, Schools, and Voters

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 680-698
Author(s):  
Rajindar K. Koshal ◽  
Manjulika Koshal ◽  
Ashok K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
Attendance Rate ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Mathematics Skills ◽  
Expenditure Per Pupil ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Ohio School Districts

AbstractThis study proposes and tests a model affecting students’ mathematical academic performance in public schools. We postulate that students’ mathematical academic performance depends on the interaction of key factors associated with students, the schools, and the voters. The model incorporates variables such as the attendance rate, social and economic background of parents of the students, marital status of parents, expenditure per pupil that voters are willing to invest, proportion of school expenditure from local sources, and quality of teachers. Academic performance of students is measured by the percentage of the total number of students passing the mathematics part of the proficiency test. The three simultaneous-equations model is estimated by using data for 576 Ohio school districts. Our analysis suggests that an increased expenditure on education would improve the mathematics skills of the students. However, money alone is not sufficient. Our study implies that, along with the increased investment in education, a number of other socioeconomic variables need attention. For example, an increase in the attendance rate of students can bring a substantial improvement in the academic performance of students. An improvement in attendance rate requires reduction in poverty and an increase in the percentage of two-parent families.

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