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Author: United States. Congress. House
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Early Childhood Assessment
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008-12-21
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 0309124654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe assessment of young children's development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs. Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book affirms that assessments can make crucial contributions to the improvement of children's well-being, but only if they are well designed, implemented effectively, developed in the context of systematic planning, and are interpreted and used appropriately. Otherwise, assessment of children and programs can have negative consequences for both. The value of assessments therefore requires fundamental attention to their purpose and the design of the larger systems in which they are used. Early Childhood Assessment addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.
Emerging Viral Diseases
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2015-03-19
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 0309314003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in Africa, along with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), several influenza subtypes, and the SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) coronaviruses - have underscored the urgency of understanding factors influencing viral disease emergence and spread. Emerging Viral Diseases is the summary of a public workshop hosted in March 2014 to examine factors driving the appearance, establishment, and spread of emerging, re-emerging and novel viral diseases; the global health and economic impacts of recently emerging and novel viral diseases in humans; and the scientific and policy approaches to improving domestic and international capacity to detect and respond to global outbreaks of infectious disease. This report is a record of the presentations and discussion of the event.
Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Routledge Revivals)
Author: John Braithwaite
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 1135072906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1984, this book examines corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry. Based on extensive research, including interviews with 131 senior executives of pharmaceutical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and Guatemala, the book is a major study of white-collar crime. Written in the 1980s, it covers topics such as international bribery and corruption, fraud in the testing of drugs and criminal negligence in the unsafe manufacturing of drugs. The author considers the implications of his findings for a range of strategies to control corporate crime, nationally and internationally.
School Leadership - International Perspectives
Author: Stephan Huber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-12-24
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 904813501X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent research into school effectiveness has corroborated the theory that the school leader plays a pivotal role making their school a successful institution, and is most often cited as the key factor in a school’s development. Reflecting the importance it is given in the today’s education landscape, this book explores the latest trends in school leadership from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Each chapter provides insight into an aspect of current research, with detailed case studies coming from as far afield as Hong Kong and Canada. In the context of the ever-increasing burden of responsibility placed on education management to safeguard and enhance the quality of education they provide, school leadership is now a core concern of policy makers. In addition, most countries are undertaking fundamental education reforms that will have a major influence on the nature of school leadership. Offering the most up-to-date research on this central issue, this book will both inform and shape the debate.
Handbook of Official Grain Standards of the United States
Author: United States. Consumer and Marketing Service
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 84
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief
Publisher:
Published: 1939
Total Pages: 24
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Author: Marope, P.T.M.
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2015-08-17
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9231001132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen and Human Development
Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-03-13
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 113945935X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this major book Martha Nussbaum, one of the most innovative and influential philosophical voices of our time, proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international, argues for an ethical underpinning to all thought about development planning and public policy, and dramatically moves beyond the abstractions of economists and philosophers to embed thought about justice in the concrete reality of the struggles of poor women. Nussbaum argues that international political and economic thought must be sensitive to gender difference as a problem of justice, and that feminist thought must begin to focus on the problems of women in the third world. Taking as her point of departure the predicament of poor women in India, she shows how philosophy should undergird basic constitutional principles that should be respected and implemented by all governments, and used as a comparative measure of quality of life across nations.
