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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"closings"”.
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The response of organized labor to plant closings in Illinois
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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"Reframing the right to education in the ""Chilean neoliberal experiment"": a multi-sited case study of community resistance to public school closings"
… who in 2014, successfully resisted school closings in their community. I address these issues by conducting a mixed-methods study based on two methodological approaches: A critical discourse analysis of the right to education as it is elaborated in the Chilean constitution and a multi-sited …
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The Political Consequences of School Closings: A Comparison of the Procedural Viewpoint and the Lutz-Iannaccone Theory of Dissatisfaction in Selected Illinois School Districts
A possible pattern, a dynamics of largeness, appeared to be functioning in the districts that closed schools. The number of buildings in a district seems to influence the positions taken by a district superintendent and school board when faced with closing a school building.
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Essays on Banking and Local Credit Markets
… and credit access in a new setting: bank branch closings in markets where the branch network is dense. Existing regulation in the U.S. is targeted toward areas with few branches where closings inhibit physical access to the branch network. I show that, even in crowded markets, closings can have …
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Indiana public school superintendent sensemaking of e-learning
… an e-learning day when unscheduled school closings occur. In this quantitative study, all 291 Indiana public school superintendents were surveyed to improve the understanding of the sensemaking behind their decision to implement e-learning or continue with the use of more traditional …
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Experiences of parents forced into emergency remote instruction during COVID-19
… through second grade during the COVID-19 school closings and their perceptions of their roles through the lenses of Joyce Epstein’s Parental Involvement Framework and Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological System’s Theory. Video recordings of the semi-structured interviews were captured, and …
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An analysis of perceived job stress factors on school personnel, and perceived techniques to reduce or manage job stress factors on school personnel caused by school closures necessitated by declining student enrollment
… identify stress factors associated with school closings. The questionnaire was mailed to 165 school personnel of two middle schools and three elementary schools closed due to declining enrollments. Responses were received from 109 school personnel. Mean scores for each questionnaire item …
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Dislocated office workers: barriers to retraining and reemployment
… million workers lost their jobs due to plant closings or relocation, abolition of a position or shift, or slack work. Personal and family economic, psychological, social, and health difficulties arise from sudden unexpected job loss. This study was designed to examine and contribute knowledge …
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An Empirical investigation of the value of High and Low price data to Modern Portfolio Theory
… in the highs and lows that is not in the closings. The high and low series must also be used in core procedures like the calculation of the efficient frontier or the determination of actual portfolios in order to see if there is an appreciable difference to just using closings. This should …
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A Study on Full-Time Omaha Retail Clarks' Attitudes Toward Working on Sunday
… cannot be enforced. Local proponents of Sunday closings began vociferously speaking out against Sunday openings.
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The Role of Interactive Experience in The Development of Discourse Skills
… in communicative routines (e.g. greetings, closings and contingent queries); introducing more new information; and showing better timing of their turns. The Adult Interaction children were cooperative with the experimenter's openings, but took a less active role in the conversations. These …
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Analysis of ion channels with hidden Markov models : parameter identifiability and the problem of time interval omission
… limited time resolution, i.e. brief openings and closings are not detected.<br>Exact solutions that take these "missed events" and the sampling into account are calculated analytically. Furthermore an approximate solution for the problem is derived. <br>Another major chapter of the thesis is …
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Depopulation and Education in a Mexican Migrant Town: Schools in Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, 1942-2000
… continually diminishing depopulation and school closings since the Bracero Program of 1942, which marked the onset of a pronounced trend of migration to the United States for temporary employment opportunities. The effects of a culture of migration and globalization on education in the …
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Where Is the CommUNITY? A Qualitative Case Study of a School Closure in an Urban School District
… question for this study: <em>How do school closings affect lower socioeconomic urban communities in which they serve?</em> yielded five themes: (a) The Community believed a singular focus on data (standardized test scores) was used to justify the school closure; (b) The Community believed …
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The retirement planning process of African-American female, leading-edge baby boomers
… threatened by high unemployment rates, factory closings and downsizings, eroding purchasing power, lack of financial management skills, and fluctuating income. There is a growing concern that boomers will not do well financially in retirement. The purpose of this study is to better understand …
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A study of the relationship between community participation in educational governance and the socio-political environment of the school board
… on decisions relating to school construction and closings, curriculum and instruction, and budget. An analysis of the relative influence various groups had on school board decisions revealed that the school administration had the greatest influence on board decisions in all decision areas studied. …
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Davidic Hope in Book IV of the Psalter (Psalms 90-106)
… accounts for superscriptions, incipits, and closings, senses a broad narrative progression, acknowledges psalmic collections, recognizes lexical, thematic, and structural resonance beween psalms, and considers inner-biblical allusions. Chapter 3 explores the covenantal contradiction in Psalm …
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Consolidation in the Henry County Public School System
… consolidation. The events that led to school closings and some course offerings and programs are described. The findings indicate that consolidation can be successful even when some stakeholders reject the idea and plan of consolidation. Continued research in the field of consolidation could …
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A contextualized instructional design approach : integrating intercultural competence development into email computer training
… levels of formality when writing greetings and closings. Additionally, their feedback indicated that it is important to address direct vs. indirect communication styles when writing the main point and linear vs. circular cognitive styles when organizing text within an email. I incorporated their …
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School governance in New Hampshire: Revisiting a study of school board -superintendent relations in small rural school districts
… policy, finance/fiscal, school closings/construction, and superintendent/school board roles, whereas the superintendents feel that they are less likely to dominate decision-making in those areas.</p>
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