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Kunden(un-)zufriedenheit in der Schulverpflegung:Ergebnisse einer vergleichenden Schülerbefragung
Lülfs-Baden, Frederike; Spiller, Achim - Universität <Göttingen> / Department für … - 2006
Kinder und Jugendliche sind weltweit vermehrt von ernährungsbedingten Krankheiten betroffen,die häufig zu chronischen Erkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter führen. Mittlerweile gelten 10 bis20 % der Kinder und Jugendlichen in Deutschland als übergewichtig (BENECKE/VOGEL, 2005, 10).Die daraus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869042
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Schools, School Quality and Academic Achievement:Evidence from the Philippines
Bacolod, Marigee P.; Tobias, Justin L. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004
A broad literature seeks to assess the importance of schools, proxies for school quality, andfamily background on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360895
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Bayesian Modeling of School Effects UsingHierarchical Models with Smoothing Priors
Li, Mingliang; Tobias, Justin L. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2005
We describe a new and flexible framework for modeling school effects. Like previouswork in this area, we introduce an … empirical model that evaluates school performance onthe basis of student level test-score gains. Unlike previous work, however … possible nonlinearities in these relationships.Using data from High School and Beyond (HSB) and adapting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360897
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Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes?:Theory and Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomyand Community Participation
Gunnarsson, Louise Victoria; Orazem, Peter F.; … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004
School autonomy and parental participation have been frequently proposed as ways of making schools more productive … Latin-American countries, most of the variation in local control over school decisions exists within and not between … influenced by constitutional stipulations regarding jurisdiction over school personnel, curriculum and facilities. As a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360924
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Child Labour, School Attendance andPerformance: A Review
Orazem, Peter F.; Gunnarsson, L. Victoria - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004
This paper reviews the issues surrounding the derivation of estimates of the impact of child labor on school outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360928
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklungaußerhalb von Modellversuchen und KampagnenBeobachtungen zu Stand und Schnittstellen für die weitereEntwicklung
Rode, Horst - Institut für Umweltkommunikation <Lüneburg> - 2006
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) scheint auf dem Vormarsch zu sein, wennauch nicht mit hoher Geschwindigkeit. Diese Beobachtung wird durch den Stellenwert, denThemen und Aspekte der BNE in 150 zufällig ausgewählten schulischen Selbstdarstellungenhaben, belegt. Fast die Hälfte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418898
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Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America
Gunnarsson, L. Victoria; Orazem, Peter F.; Sánchez, … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2003
Child labor's effect on academic achievement is estimated, using unique data on 3rd and 4th graders in 9 Latin American countries. Cross-country variation in truancy regulations provides an exogenous shift in the ages of children normally in these grades, providing exogenous variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418929
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Economic Inequality and the Provision of Schooling
Downes, Thomas A.; Figlio, David N. - Tufts University <Medford, Mass.>; University of …; … - 1999
[...]What might account for this link between parentalincome and children’s income? Many economists believethat this relationship is due in large part to differentialhuman-capital investment between high-income andlow-income families. High-income parents can invest inmore (and better)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870049
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Conclusions and Controversies about the Effectiveness of School Resources
Hanushek, Eric Alan - W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy … - 1998
[...]This paper analyzes the current state of the educationsystem in the United States. In the course of the paper, Iwill try to point out where controversy exists, particularlyin academic discussions.[...]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870208
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Reassessing the View That American Schools Are Broken
Krueger, Alan B. - Princeton University / Department of Economics - 1998
performing worse today than they have in the past,that a high school degree is no longer valuable, and thatadditional resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870210