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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"School Construction"”.
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School construction in Sierra Leone
… and encourage education by building permanent school structures. The aim of this thesis is not to just provide villages with an economical school design, but to inspire a new mentality towards architecture and a construction system that can adapt to a diverse range of situations and be applied …
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A study of selected variables of school construction costs
… and finance, to the per pupil cost of new school construction. Variables selected were: Financial--assessed value, local effort in facility construction, state and federal funds, and the educational expenditures of the district; Building descriptors--the length of construction time, the …
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The selection of architectural firms in Indiana school construction projects
… of architectural firms for 1997 and 1998 Indiana school construction projects of two million dollars or more. The study reported rankings for architectural selection criteria. Additionally, the study analyzed architectural selection procedures, architectural fees, the degree of respondent …
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The development of school construction systems in Hertfordshire 1946-64
… of them previously, the post-war Hertfordshire Schools are well known for progressive design and for pioneering prefabrication on a large scale. In Part 1 the background to Hertfordshire's building programme is examined in the light of the 1944 Education Act and post-war population growth …
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A Guide to Financing School Construction in the State of Washington
… all information pertinent to the financing of school buildings in the State of Washington. Once accumulated from the several possible sources, the material was put together in chronological order.
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An examination of selected factors of public school construction in Indiana, 1966-1968
… for the collection of data relative to construction of public school buildings for the state of Indiana. The number of totally new public schools for which construction contracts were let in Indiana between January 1, 1966 and December 31, 1968 was to be determined. A third purpose of …
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Lease Purchase Financing: The Processes and Impact on New School Construction in Texas
… the concept of lease purchase financing for the construction of new facilities in Texas. It sought to determine the impact of lease purchase financing and the characteristics of those districts that have utilized lease purchase financing for the purpose of new school construction. A two pronged …
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New school construction in Boston: a study of the politics and the process.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1972. M.C.P.
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Superintendent motivation and satisfaction related to the use of construction management for school facility projects
… study was to determine the use of CM for Indiana school construction projects and the perceived level of superintendents' satisfaction with the performance of CM. More specifically, the following issues were analyzed: (a) of the projects costing two million dollars or more, what percentage used CM …
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Essays in development economics
… the impact of the AIDS epidemic on children's schooling in Kenya. I draw on the relationship, established in previous literature, between the lack of male circumcision and HIV prevalence. The Luo ethnic group, who does not generally practice male circumcision, had a much larger increase in the …
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The Relationship Between School Facility Renovation and Student Achievement In Virginia High Schools
… possible influence a complete renovation of a school facility had on student achievement as measured by performance on the Standards of Learning (SOL) in the areas of End-of-Course (EOC) Algebra I and EOC Reading in high schools within the Commonwealth of Virginia. This study replicated a prior …
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Teacher and Principal Satisfaction with the Public/Private Partnership Process in Building School Facilities
… needs of educators were fully met in school buildings constructed through the provision of a public/private partnership and the degree of satisfaction in the completed facility. This study examined the implementation of the Public/Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of …
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Pedagogy & Space
With a Secretary of Education mandating school choice, advocating for more religious and charter private schools, how does this address the towns that do not have the population to support more than one school? With populations ranging from 500 to 5,000 people, rural towns have to provide public …
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A Tale of Two Silos: Collaborative School Facility Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans
<p>Cities and schools are traditionally planned in separate silos by local governments and school boards. Collaborative school facility planning (CSP) unites these two silos and integrates decision-making by city and school entities. This research addresses the relationship between urban planning …
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Process of building: a school in suburbia
… processes were assumed from typical high school construction, including: The leveling of the site. The pouring of a concrete floor. The laying of block walls veneered in brick. The placement of steel trusses. The following project is an attempt at bringing these typical conditions of …
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On Indigenous Tax Consciousness: The Socio-Legal History of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 1938-1987
… national attention when it attempted to tax a school construction project in the 1980s, triggering a fierce but ultimately unsuccessful judicial battle with the state of Alaska. The thesis seeks to answer the following research questions: How does a tribe develop the idea to use taxation, and …
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Cooperative Construction in Schools in California
<p>Cooperative Construction in Schools in California</p> <p>John M. Donley</p> <p>The construction industry has lost efficiency since 1964, while becoming increasingly more litigious. Schools in California can ill afford the time to allow the construction industry time to fully evolve. It may take …
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Children of the Mexican Miracle: Childhood and Modernity in Mexico City, 1940--1968
… movement and its social outreach programs, new school construction campaigns, and the development of standardized obligatory textbooks---increased the presence and power of the Mexican state. Yet, the state was forced to share power with the church and with the influence of various domestic and …
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School Facility Renovation and Student Achievement
This dissertation examines school renovation and student achievement. The study focuses on the relationship between a complete renovation of a school facility and its influence on student achievement before, during, and after the renovation process. This is a replication study of previous research, …
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Essays in empirical development economics
… the effects on education and wages of a large school construction program undertaken by the Indonesian government between 1973 and 1978. I evaluate the effect of this program on education and wages by combining differences across regions in the number of schools constructed with differences …
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