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Privatizing Education: Can The School Marketplace Deliver Freedom Of Choice, Efficiency, Equity, And Social Cohesion?
by Henry LevinPrivatizing Educationis a collection of essays written by such luminaries as Martin Carnoy, Christopher Connell, Wendy Connors, Fred Doolittle, Pearl Rock Kane, Frank Kemerer, Christopher Lauricella, Arthur Levine, Ellen Magenheim, Patrick McEwan, Lee D. Mitgang, David Myers, Gary Natriello, Caroline Persell, Mark Schneider, Janelle Scott, Geoffrey Walford, and Amy Stuart Wells who examine the efforts of some educators, reformers, investors, and political groups to move education from the public to the private sector. This is occurring through tuition tax credits, voucher initiatives, and for-profit, educational management organizations. The volume grows out of a conference that took place at Columbia University's Teachers College which launched the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education.
Privatizing Education: Can the Marketplace Deliver Choice, Efficiency, Equity, and Social Cohesion?
by Henry M. LevinPrivatizing Educationis a collection of essays written by such luminaries as Martin Carnoy, Christopher Connell, Wendy Connors, Fred Doolittle, Pearl Rock Kane, Frank Kemerer, Christopher Lauricella, Arthur Levine, Ellen Magenheim, Patrick McEwan, Lee D. Mitgang, David Myers, Gary Natriello, Caroline Persell, Mark Schneider, Janelle Scott, Geoffrey Walford, and Amy Stuart Wells who examine the efforts of some educators, reformers, investors, and political groups to move education from the public to the private sector. This is occurring through tuition tax credits, voucher initiatives, and for-profit, educational management organizations. The volume grows out of a conference that took place at Columbia University’s Teachers College which launched the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education.
Privatizing Educational Choice: Consequences for Parents, Schools, and Public Policy
by Henry M. Levin Clive R BelfieldControversies over the merits of public and private education have never been more prominent than today. This book evaluates public and private schooling, especially in regard to choices families must make for their children.While choice among publics schools is widely advocated today by families and states, public support for private education - including vouchers, tax credits, charter schools, and private contracting - is politically controversial. The authors accessibly describe what research shows as to the effects - for communities and children - of these approaches. They move beyond school choice to show how other factors - most notably the family - have a strong effect on a child's educational success. The book helps educators and parents better understand the rapidly changing educational environment and the important choices they make in educating the nation's children.
Privatizing the Public University: Perspectives from across the Academy
by Christopher C. Morphew, Peter D. EckelWith public colleges and universities facing substantial budget cuts and increased calls for accountability, more institutions now rely on private revenue streams for support. As market-driven policies and behaviors become more commonplace, some cautious critics sound the alarm, while others watching the bottom line cheer. But which perspective gets it right? Does the privatization of public higher education threaten its very mission or support it?In this collection of essays, economists, policy makers, political scientists, sociologists, and organizational researchers discuss the impact of privatization from their respective disciplinary perspectives and assess its implications for the future of higher education. Privatization may bring additional funds and services that are free from government regulations and oversight, but does it also allow private interests to have undue influence over public higher education? Should public universities have to compete in the economic marketplace as vigorously as they do in the marketplace of ideas? What are the implications when institutions of higher learning function like businesses? With privatization now a reality for most public colleges and universities, an objective examination of the issue from these diverse academic perspectives will be welcomed by those struggling with its challenges.
Privilege and Diversity in the Academy
by Frances A. Maher Mary Kay Thompson TetreaultOver the past several decades, higher education has been transformed by the entry of faculty of color and women into the university system. Through detailed institutional ethnographies of three very different universities, Privilege and Diversity in the Academy explores how this diversification has dismantled and reconfigured relationships of privilege and diversity in higher education. Authors Maher and Tetreault use examples from a top-ranked private university, a comprehensive urban university, and a major public university to illustrate how privilege is enacted, resisted, and transformed as changes occur in the student bodies and faculties of these schools. In their analyses, they identify the institutional structures that facilitate the success of a diverse faculty and make valuable observations about patterns of institutional change and resistance.
Privilege the Text!: A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching
by Abraham KuruvillaPrivilege the Text! spans the conceptual gap between biblical text and life application by providing a rigorous theological hermeneutic for preaching. Kuruvilla describes the theological entity that is the intermediary between ancient text and modern audience, and defines its crucial function in determining valid application. Based on this hermeneutic, he submits a new mode of reading Scripture for preaching: a Christiconic interpretation of the biblical text, a hermeneutically robust way to understand the depiction of the Second Person of the Trinity in Scripture.In addition, Kuruvilla&’s work provides a substantive theology of spiritual formation through preaching: what it means to obey God, the Christian&’s responsibility to undertake &“faith-full&” obedience to divine demand, and the incentives for such obedience—all integral to understanding the sermonic movement from text to application.Privilege the Text! promises to be useful not only for preachers, and students and teachers of homiletics, but for all who are interested in the exposition of Scripture that culminates in application for the glory of God.
Privilege the Text!: A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching
by Abraham KuruvillaPrivilege the Text! spans the conceptual gap between biblical text and life application by providing a rigorous theological hermeneutic for preaching. Kuruvilla describes the theological entity that is the intermediary between ancient text and modern audience, and defines its crucial function in determining valid application. Based on this hermeneutic, he submits a new mode of reading Scripture for preaching: a Christiconic interpretation of the biblical text, a hermeneutically robust way to understand the depiction of the Second Person of the Trinity in Scripture.In addition, Kuruvilla&’s work provides a substantive theology of spiritual formation through preaching: what it means to obey God, the Christian&’s responsibility to undertake &“faith-full&” obedience to divine demand, and the incentives for such obedience—all integral to understanding the sermonic movement from text to application.Privilege the Text! promises to be useful not only for preachers, and students and teachers of homiletics, but for all who are interested in the exposition of Scripture that culminates in application for the glory of God.
Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul's School
by Shamus Rahman KhanAs one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have--how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment. To be the future leaders of a more democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life--from Beowulf to Jaws--and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. Through deft portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, Khan shows how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule.
Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul's School (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology #15)
by Shamus Rahman KhanAs one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality.In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have--how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment. To be the future leaders of a more democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life--from Beowulf to Jaws--and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. Through deft portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, Khan shows how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule.
Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP
by Phillip WhittObtain techniques for adding color to black and white or monochrome photographic images using GIMP. In this book you'll also learn to create a hand-tinted effect to add an element of antiquity. Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP also teaches techniques that enable you to selectively colorize images, mixing black and white with color. There are also tips to go the opposite way: converting color images into black and white (there's more to it than just removing color). Written with both beginning and experienced GIMP users in mind, Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP shows you how to colorize black and white images to achieve a high degree of realism. What You'll Learn Gain a basic overview of the GIMP workspace, tools, color palettes, layers, and layer masks Learn how to make the proper tonal adjustments to black and white images before starting the colorizing processComplete simple colorizing exercises for beginners and progress to more advanced colorizing techniquesColorize skin, teeth, hair, and eyesCreate a nostalgic hand-tinted look and selectively colorize (mixing color with black and white) to create interesting imagesUse textures and patterns to create artistic colorized imagesProperly convert color images into black and whiteColorize black and white portraits, and re-colorize old faded color portraitsWho This Book Is ForPro Photo Colorizing with GIMP is primarily for GIMP users (but users of other photo editing software packages can benefit as well). It is especially useful for those who edit photographs, restore old photographs, or those who want to apply colorizing techniques for artistic effect.
Pro's Guide to iPhoneography
by Robert MorrisseyThe iPhone is revolutionizing photography. Never before has a camera been so portable yet powerful, so versatile and ubiquitous. Yet, as this book shows, this amazing device has untapped potential for taking jaw-droppingly detailed, sharp, professional-quality images.In this book, commercial photographer Robert Morrissey investigates the photographic capabilities of the iPhone, right out of the box, then moves to advanced uses that will surprise even seasoned photographers. Starting with the basics, Morrissey teaches readers critical strategies for taking great pictures-from how to properly hold your phone, to how and why to use the flash. You'll learn simple ideas for improving your photos-from crafting a strong composition to posing subjects for flattering results. Next, you'll learn to use the iPhone's panoramic and HDR features to take your imaging to the next level. You'll also get some great insights into how to photograph action, scenes with non-average tones, landscapes, and much more-with natural light and flash.The power of the iPhone grows exponentially when the photographer downloads applications ("apps")-incredible free and/or inexpensive software programs that add a mind boggling array of photographic options and features to the phone. Morrissey shows how to choose and use apps that allow for the use of ultrafast frame-per-second capture rates, old film (Tri-X and T-Max) emulsions, incredible filter and lens effects, unique borders, and much, much more.There is a large market for iPhone accessories, and many of them are geared toward pros. Many shooters are now using bracketing systems that allow for the attachment of professional DSLR-type camera lenses, an invention that takes their capture capabilities to surprising new heights. Accessories are also available that allow the iPhone to be mounted to a tripod or even a dolly for video shoots.Armed with this book, you'll learn to create technically sound, artistically inventive photos of any subject for any end use-from web use, to wall-size prints, to gallery presentation.
ProActive Sales Management: How to Lead, Motivate, and Stay Ahead of the Game
by William MillerAs the president of a major sales company and experienced sales management trainer, author William Miller provides sales managers a proven method for successfully managing both sales processes and salespeople.Packed with specific, field-tested techniques, ProActive Sales Management teaches you how to:motivate a sales team;get your sales team to prospect and qualify;create a proactive sales culture;effectively coach and counsel up and down the sales organization;reduce reports to one sheet of paper and 10 minutes a week;forecast with up to 90 percent accuracy;and take A players to A+ levels.Today&’s sales managers have to be quicker than ever, being more proactive about hiring the best performers and retaining them while multitasking with managing complex sales processes in order to close more deals.Filled with all new metrics and tactics for making the numbers in today&’s sales environment, ProActive Sales Management is an invaluable resource for this brand of highly in-demand leaders.
Proactive Classroom Management, K–8: A Practical Guide to Empower Students and Teachers
by Louis G. Denti77 practical activities that reinforce positive behavior This gold mine of teacher-developed and -approved activities goes beyond classroom management theory and gives you ready-to-use tools that not only encourage positive behavior, but also empower students to take responsibility for their behavior. Excellent for all students, these activities will help you: Improve your teaching and classroom management skills Enhance your knowledge base Maintain a positive attitude so that you can be proactive rather than reactive Also included are a quick-glance chart that groups the activities by appropriate grade level and helpful checklists.
Proactive Images for Pre-Service Teachers: Identity, Expectations, and Avoiding Practice Shock
by Jeremy DelamarterThis book provides tools to help pre-service teachers and teacher-preparation programs identify, evaluate, and respond to misaligned expectations early in the teacher-preparation sequence. Plato tells the story of prisoners who mistake the shadows on the wall of their cave for flesh-and-blood reality. These “shadow narratives” dominated their expectations, and when confronted with a three-dimensional reality that bore little resemblance to the shadows, the prisoners were blinded by the light. Surrounded by images and rhetoric that reduce the fullness of teaching to flat, two-dimensional representations, today's pre-service teachers tend to develop expectations of teaching that resemble the shadows more than they resemble reality. These misaligned expectations often lead to practice shock: the painful and disillusioning cognitive dissonance that comes about when unsustainable expectations collide with real-world practice. Intended as a proactive manual for mitigating practice shock, this book shines a light on the shadows by giving pre-service teachers the tools to examine, confront, and revise their own misaligned expectations of teaching before they reach the point of crisis.
Proactive Mathematics Coaching: Bridging Content, Context, and Practice
by Courtney Baker Melinda KnappElevate your Math Coaching and Leadership Skills with the power of the Proactive Coaching Framework - where context meets content for intentional professional growth! Reflecting on their own work as mathematics leaders, Baker and Knapp believe that shifts in instructional practice should center on both the context of one's position and the related mathematics content. In Proactive Mathematics Coaching: Bridging Content, Context, and Practice, they introduce the Proactive Coaching Framework- PCF - to help those in formal and informal mathematics leadership positions intentionally refine and advance their practice through goal setting and planning for professional learning. Topics include: The Purpose of the Proactive Coaching Framework Guiding Questions Mathematics Coaching Practices Cases Coteaching Modeling Instruction Examining Student Work Engaging in Mathematics Engaging in Lesson Study, Math Lab, and Math Studio Rehearsing Aspects of Practice Drawing on a set of 33 Guiding Questions, the PCF prompts you to intentionally plan and reflect on your actions so that you can make instructional decisions that are proactive rather than reactive. Proactive decision-making helps mathematics leaders like yourself promote the intentional design of professional learning experiences and plan courageous conversations focused on instructional improvement!
Proactive School Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning
by Kenneth S. TrumpAn all-in-one resource for keeping students safe Author Kenneth S. Trump has dedicated his career to making schools safer, and his book delivers school security solutions in a concise and straightforward manner. He provides an overview of school security and nuts-and-bolts strategies for preventing violence and preparing for crises. Hot topics covered include: Bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment After-school, transportation, and athletic event security Managing media and parent communications on safety and crises Practical, cost-effective security and preparedness within tight budgets The author's companion website keeps readers current with breaking news and interactive dialogue.
Probabilities
by Peter OlofssonPraise for the First Edition"If there is anything you want to know, or remind yourself, about probabilities, then look no further than this comprehensive, yet wittily written and enjoyable, compendium of how to apply probability calculations in real-world situations."- Keith Devlin, Stanford University, National Public Radio's "Math Guy" and author of The Math Gene and The Unfinished GameFrom probable improbabilities to regular irregularities, Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives, Second Edition investigates the often surprising effects of risk and chance in our lives. Featuring a timely update, the Second Edition continues to be the go-to guidebook for an entertaining presentation on the mathematics of chance and uncertainty. The new edition develops the fundamental mathematics of probability in a unique, clear, and informal way so readers with various levels of experience with probability can understand the little numbers found in everyday life. Illustrating the concepts of probability through relevant and engaging real-world applications, the Second Edition features numerous examples on weather forecasts, DNA evidence, games and gambling, and medical testing. The revised edition also includes:The application of probability in finance, such as option pricingThe introduction of branching processes and the extinction of family namesAn extended discussion on opinion polls and Nate Silver's election predictionsProbabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives, Second Edition is an ideal reference for anyone who would like to obtain a better understanding of the mathematics of chance, as well as a useful supplementary textbook for students in any course dealing with probability.
Probability & Statistics Workbook: Classroom Edition (Mathematics Learning And Practice Ser.)
by Mel FriedmanREA's Probability & Statistics Workbook is a Perfect Study Tool for Exit Exams, End-of-Course Exams, or Graduation Exams What makes REA's workbooks different? For starters, students will actually like using them. Here's why: * Math is explained in simple language, in an easy-to-follow style * The workbooks allow students to learn at their own pace and master the subject * More than 20 lessons break down the material into the basics * Each lesson is fully devoted to a key math concept and includes many step-by-step examples * Paced instruction with drills and quizzes reinforces learning * Innovative "Math Flash" feature offers helpful tips and strategies in each lesson--including advice on common mistakes to avoid * Skill scorecard measures the student's progress and success * Every answer to every question, in every test, is explained in full detail * A final exam is included so students can test what they've learned Some of the math topics covered in the Ready, Set, Go! Probability & Statistics Workbook include: * Organizing Data into Tables and Charts * Measures of Central Tendency * Frequency Distributions * Classical and Empirical Probability * Compound Events * Counting Methods When students apply the skills they've mastered in our workbooks, they can do better in class, raise their grades, and score higher on the all-important end-of-course, graduation, and exit exams.
Probability Theory: An Introduction Using R
by Shailaja R. Deshmukh Akanksha S. KashikarThis book introduces Probability Theory with R software and explains abstract concepts in a simple and easy-to-understand way by combining theory and computation. It discusses conceptual and computational examples in detail, to provide a thorough understanding of basic techniques and develop an enjoyable read for students seeking suitable material for self-study. It illustrates fundamental concepts including fields, sigma-fields, random variables and their expectations, various modes of convergence of a sequence of random variables, laws of large numbers and the central limit theorem. Computational exercises based on R software are included in each Chapter Includes a brief introduction to the basic functions of R software for beginners in R and serves as a ready reference Includes Numerical computations, simulation studies, and visualizations using R software as easy tools to explain abstract concepts Provides multiple-choice questions for practice Incorporates self-explanatory R codes in every chapter This textbook is for advanced students, professionals, and academic researchers of Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics and Mathematics.
Probability and Statistics Workbook (Mathematics Learning And Practice Ser.)
by Mel FriedmanProbability and Statistics Workbook an Easy-to-Use Workbook Series for Students Struggling with Math A Perfect Study Tool for Exit Exams, End-of-Course Exams, or Graduation Exams. Many students continue to struggle in high school math courses because they failed to master the basic mathematical skills. REA's Ready, Set, Go! Workbook series takes the confusion out of math, helping students raise their grades and score higher on important exams. What makes REA's workbooks different? Students will actually like using them. Here's why: * Math is explained in simple language, in an easy-to-follow style * The workbooks allow students to learn at their own pace and master the subject * Each lesson is devoted to a key math concept and includes step-by-step examples * Paced instruction with drills and quizzes reinforce learning * Every answer to every question, in every test, is explained in full detail * A final exam lets students test what they've learned. When students apply the skills they've mastered in our workbooks, they can do better in class, raise their grades, and score higher on the all-important end-of-course, graduation, and exit exams Whether used in a classroom, for home or self-study, or with a tutor, this workbook gets students ready for important math tests and exams, set to take on new challenges, and helps them go forward in their studies!
Probability for Kids: Using Model-Eliciting Activities to Investigate Probability Concepts (Grades 4-6)
by Scott ChamberlinProbability for Kids features real-world probability scenarios for students in grades 4-6. Students will encounter problems in which they read about students their age selling magazines for a school fund raiser, concerned about their homeroom assignments, and trying to decode the combination to a safe that their grandfather abandoned, among others, all of which maximizes learning so students gain a deep understanding of concepts in probability. This book will help teachers, parents, and other educators to employ best practices in implementing challenging math activities based on standards. Problem solvers who complete all six activities in the book will understand the six basic principles of probability and be high school ready for discussions in probability. Grades 4-6
Probability without Equations: Concepts for Clinicians
by Bart K. HollandAn award-winning teacher gives a non-technical explanation of the probability and statistics needed by physicians to interpret laboratory results.Although few physicians, nurses, dentists, and other health professionals perform laboratory tests themselves, they all need to be able to interpret the results as well as understand findings reported in the medical literature. A general understanding of probability and statistics is essential for those needing to make daily decisions about the significance of research data, drug interaction precautions, or a patient's positive laboratory test for a rare disease.Written with these needs in mind, Probability without Equations offers a thorough explanation of the subject without overwhelming the reader with equations and footnotes. Award-winning teacher Bart Holland presents a nontechnical treatment of intuitive concepts and presents numerous examples from medical research and practice. In plain language, this book explains the topics that clinicians need to understand:• Analysis of variance• "P-values" and the "t-test"• Hazard models• Regression and correlations• Alpha and beta errors"The Nobel prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford was fond of saying that if you need statistics to analyze the results of an experiment, you don't have a very good experiment. In a way he was right. However, a recurrent problem in medicine is that in a certain sense you commonly don't have a good experiment—but not because medical research scientists are generally incompetent! The nature of the data they work with is simply not as predictable as the data in some other fields, so the predictive nature of findings in medical science is generally rather imperfect."—from the introduction
Probation Consultant: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Probation Consultant Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Probation Employment Officer: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Probation Employment Officer Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Probing Understanding
by Richard White Richard GunstoneThis work aims to provide teachers at all levels and in all subjects with a greater range of practical methods for probing their students' understanding. These probes are presented in the manner of a starting set, to act as a stimulus to invention, rather than as a comprehensive list.