Authors:John E. Chubb, Tom Lovele,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: gap, achievement, bridging
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2002-11-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815714017
ISBN-13: 9780815714019

The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students in the US has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate from high school, acquire a college or advanced degree or earn a middle-class living. They are also much more likely than whites to suffer social problems

Authors:John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: schools, america, markets, politics
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1990-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815714092
ISBN-13: 9780815714095

During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America’s schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation’s political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. The fundamental causes of poor academic performance, they claim, are not to be found in the schools, but rather in the institutions of direct democratic control by which the schools have traditionally been governed. Reformers fail to solve the problem-when the institutions AR

Authors:John E. Chubb, Tom Loveless,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: gap, achievement, bridging
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2002-11
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0815714009
ISBN-13: 9780815714002

The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate from high school, acquire a college or advanced degree, or earn a middle-class living. They are also much more likely than whites to suffer social problems that

Authors:Paul Thomas Hill, John E. Chubb, Chester E., Jr. F
Publisher: Hoover Institution Pre
Keywords: hoover, education, institution, press, publication, force, task, schools, odds, assessment, koret, charter
Number of Pages: 219
Published: 2006-10-30
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0817947620
ISBN-13: 9780817947620

The uphill battle faced by charter schools--and how they can overcome the odds Charter schools--born into a hostile environment--are publicly funded schools operated by independent groups under contract with government agencies that provide a valuable alternative to traditional bureaucratically operated school districts. But state laws and policies have stacked the deck against them by limiting the number of charter schools allowed in a state, forbidding for-profit firms from holding charters, forcing them to pay rent out of operating funds, and many other ways. Charter Schools against the Odd

Author: Donald Chubb B.S.E. M.S.E. and Ph.D.
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: conversion, energy, thermophotovoltaic, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 530
Published: 2007-07-17
List price: $143.00
ISBN-10: 0444527214
ISBN-13: 9780444527219

This is a text book presenting the fundamentals of thermophotovoltaic(TPV) energy conversion suitable for an upper undergraduate or first year graduate course. In addition it can serve as a reference or design aid for engineers developing TPV systems. Mathematica design programs for interference filters and a planar TPV system are included on a CD-Rom disk. Each chapter includes a summary and concludes with a set of problems.The first chapter presents the electromagnetic theory and radiation transfer theory necessary to calculate the optical properties of the components in a TPV optical cavity

Authors:James Martin, John Higgins, John Edinger & John Go
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: quality, water, reservoir, production, energy
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2007-09-14
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0784408963
ISBN-13: 9780784408964

The inextricable link between energy production and reservoir water quality poses an ongoing challenge for civil engineers. Energy production processes can influence reservoir water quality, and reservoir water quality can limit energy production. This book on energy production and reservoir water quality brings together the regulatory framework driving the need for technical evaluations and the details of tools presently available for assessing those issues. Along with six case studies, topics discussed in Energy Production and Reservoir Water Quality include: regulatory framework; fundamenta

Authors:John Lipczynski, John Wilson, John Goddard,
Publisher: FT Press
Keywords: policy, strategy, competition, organisation, industrial
Number of Pages: 780
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $97.50
ISBN-10: 0273688022
ISBN-13: 9780273688020

This new edition of Industrial Organization improves on the success of the first edition, providing a strong link between the theory and analysis of industrial economics and giving real world application of the theory to the business environment. Extensive case studies provide vivid and entertaining descriptions of industrial market structures and business strategies and behaviour. This book is ideally suited to students on an intermediate or advanced level course in Industrial Organisation or Industrial Economics.