Tabla de Contenidos: “…Expectation of a Cultural Shift; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Recommendations for a Research Strategy; Overarching Recommendation; Priorities for Research Funding; Processes to Enhance and More Efficiently Allocate Research Funding…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Teacher Participation in Professional DevelopmentCURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION; Programs and Scheduling Modifications; Courses and Academic Program Requirements; Computers; STUDENT TESTING; PARENT INVOLVEMENT; STUDENT DISCIPLINE; SUMMARY; Chapter Seven; STAFFING IN CHARTER AND CONVENTIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS; INTRODUCTION; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHERS; Teaching Credentials; Teaching Experience; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINCIPALS; Credentials and Qualifications of Principals; Administrative and Teaching Experience; WORKING CONDITIONS AND COMPENSATION OF TEACHERS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter Six - Taking Education Programs to Scale: Lessons from the Field A Brief History of Project GRAD; Project GRAD Program Design Elements; How Project GRAD Achieves Results; The Effects of Project GRAD to Date; Challenges in Scaling Up Project GRAD; Funding Concepts and Their Effects on Scale-Up; Final Observations on Scaling Up Project GRAD; Reference; Chapter Seven - Reaching for Coherence in School Reform: The Case of America's Choice; The Need for Coherent Systems to Drive Up Educational Performance…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The polemics of urban planning and developmentConclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: On being smart about cities: Seven considerations for a new urban planning and design; Smart cities or smart urbanism; The smart city as discourse; Previous city transitions; Cities in the Anthropocene; Smart urbanism: an agenda for planning and design; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 4: Is big sustainable?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Coercion and the U.S. Air Force; Chapter Seven - Implications and Recommendations for the USAF; Air Power and Escalation Dominance; Air Power and Adversary Military Operations; Air Power and the Magnification of Third-Party Threats; Air Power and Common Challenges in Coercive Operations; The Need for Restraint; Appendix A - Cases Examined for this Study; Appendix B - Cases and Conditions for Success…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gap Between Local Costs and RevenueChapter Seven - Additional Local Revenue Options; Sources of Revenue for Other HCPs; Analytic Approach; Option 1: Ad Valorem Property Tax; Option 2: Parcel Tax; Option 3: Special Property Assessments; Option 4: Mello-Roos Taxes; Option 5: Documentary Transfer Tax; Option 6: Local Development-Mitigation Fee; Option 7: Highway Tolls; Option 8: Vehicle-License Fee; Option 9: Vehicle-Registration Fee; Option 10: Sales Tax; Political Acceptability of Revenue Mechanisms; Conclusions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Objectives for the Organization of Marine Corps IntelligenceEffectiveness and Efficiency; Chapter Six: Issue Identification and Analysis of Data; Ranking the Issues; Why Include Nonstructural Issues, and Why Prioritize?; Issues; Chapter Seven: Alternative Structures and Their Assessment; Intelligence Department; As Is; Concerns; Should Be; Improving Fit and Mitigating Specific Concerns; Marine Corps Intelligence Activity; As Is; Concerns; Should Be; Improving Fit and Mitigating Specific Concerns; Marine Expeditionary Forces; As Is; Concerns; Should Be…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Decision to Build a WallGoing After JAM Leaders: The MND-B ""Deep Fight""; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Six: Exploiting the Success of Battle; The Two Components of Exploitation; Maintaining the Pressure; Exploiting Success Through Reconstruction; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Seven: Assessing the Outcome of the Battle; Sadr City in the Aftermath of the 2008 Battle; Why Coalition Forces Prevailed; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Eight: Reimagining Urban Combat; Key Insights from the Fight…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Establishing Task Force IV Task Force IV Planning; Operational Challenges; The Dissolution of Task Force IV; CHAPTER FIVE- The Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance; Organization and Staffing; ORHA Planning; Deploying to Kuwait; Arriving in Baghdad; CHAPTER SIX- Humanitarian Planning; Interagency Humanitarian Planning; IO and NGO Frustrations; Actual Humanitarian Requirements; Assessing Humanitarian Planning; CHAPTER SEVEN- Combat Operations During Phase IV; Phase IVa: Stability Operations; Phase IVb: Recovery Operations; CHAPTER EIGHT- The Coalition Provisional Authority…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Importance of Liability for Small Professional Firms; Potential Value of LLP and LLC Forms to Small Professional Firms; Existing Evidence on the LLP and LLC Forms Among Professional Firms; Focus of This Chapter; Organizational Forms for Multiowner Law Firms; Data and Methods; Results; Conclusion; Chapter Seven - Data Resources for Policy Research on Small Businesses…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CHAPTER SIX: Principals' Performance on Rubric and Achievement MeasuresPrincipals' Performance on the Evaluation Rubric; Principals' Performance on the Achievement Bonus Measures; Bonus Payments and Principals' Mobility; Summary; CHAPTER SEVEN: Student Achievement Trends; Achievement Trends; Addressing Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps; Summary; CHAPTER EIGHT: Key Findings and Recommendations; Key Findings; What Is the District's Theory of Action Regarding How the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program Is Expected to Promote Improved Student Outcomes?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Szayna; Introduction; The Ethnic Factor in the CASC States; Preconditions for Ethnic Conflict; Kazakhstan: an Example of a Nationalizing State; Catalysts to Ethnic Violence; Potential for Ethnic Violence in the CASC Region; Final Observations; Chapter Seven - Conflict in Central Asia and South Caucasus: Implications of Foreign Interests and Involvement: Olga Oliker; Introduction; Russia; Turkey; The European Union and its Member States; Iran; China; Afghanistan; The United States; India and Pakistan…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter Six - ESTIMATING SCORES ACROSS STATES FOR STUDENTS FROM SIMILAR FAMILIES BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE; RESULTS; TEXAS VERSUS CALIFORNIA; Chapter Seven - EFFECTS OF STATE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND CHARACTERISTICS; RESULTS FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND CHARACTERISTICS VARIABLES; Per-Pupil Expenditure Model; Resource-Utilization Model; Teacher Characteristics Model; EFFECTS OF INTERACTION TERMS; TESTING CORRESPONDENCE WITH TENNESSEE; SENSITIVITY TO OUTLIERS; EXPLAINING TEXAS-CALIFORNIA DIFFERENCES; Chapter Eight - ASSESSING THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…CHAPTER SIX: Fighting Electoral Fraud in the 2011 Russian Election with Internet and Social MediaCritical Information and Postelection Protests; RuNet: Russian Internet; Russian Authorities and Cyberactivists; Golos and Online Election Fraud Reporting; Golos and Citizens' Whistle-Blowing; Electoral Fraud, Social Media, and Post-Election Protests; Social Media and Voter Mobilization; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Information Freedom During the Cold War: The Impact of Western Radio Broadcasts; Short-Term and Long-Term Objectives of RFE/RL…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LPR Utility Depends on Data, Human ResourcesInteroperability Among Jurisdictions Requires Several Elements; Data Storage and Retention: Technology Drives; Operationally Driven Themes; LPR Funding Is Largely External; Major Case Uses for LPR: Often Department-Specific; System Structure and Policies Vary; Privacy Concerns; Benefits and Challenges; Benefits; Challenges; Chapter Seven: Agency Lessons Learned ; Estimate and Secure the Proper Amount of Funding Required; Explore Grant Options; Be Prepared to Pay for Operations and Maintenance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Plan Carefully If Enrichment Is Integrated with AcademicsHire Instructors Who Can Manage Behavior and Keep Class Sizes Small; CHAPTER SIX: Attendance; Set Enrollment Deadlines; Establish a Clear Attendance Policy and Track Attendance; Provide Field Trips and Other Incentives for Students Who Attend; Disguising Academics Is Not Necessary to Boost Attendance; Combining Strategies to Maximize Attendance; CHAPTER SEVEN: Academic Time on Task; Operate the Program for Five to Six Weeks; Schedule Three to Four Hours a Day for Academics; Focus on Academic Content During Academic Class Periods…”