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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann +4 more
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Ethnic Segregation in Arizona Charter Schools
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1999 Among the criticisms of charter schools is their potential to further stratify schools along ethnic and class lines. This study addressed whether Arizona charter schools are more ethnically segregated than traditional public schools.
Casey D. Cobb, Gene V Glass
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Locating Chicago’s charter schools: A socio-spatial analysis
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 This project contributes to the body of research examining the implications of the geographic location of charter schools for student access, especially in high-poverty communities.
Jennifer C. LaFleur
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Race, Class, and Religion: Creaming and Cropping in Religious, Ethnic, and Cultural Charter Schools
Columbia Journal of Race and Law, 2016 This Article is devoted to one of the most fascinating contemporary developments in American public education—the phenomenal rise of religious, ethnic, and cultural charter schools.
Tammy Harel Ben Shahar
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Do EMO-operated Charter Schools Serve Disadvantaged Students? The Influence of State Policies
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004 There is a paucity of research about how the policies enacted by states either foster or hinder charter schools’ service to disadvantaged students or how the characteristics of charter schools themselves affect this outcome. By combining data from the US
Natalie Lacireno-Paquet
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Patterns in Illinois educational school data
Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, 2015 We examine Illinois educational data from standardized exams and analyze primary factors affecting the achievement of public school students. We focus on the simplest possible models: representation of data through visualizations and regressions on ...
Cacey S. Stevens +2 more
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019 Scholars and policymakers have yet to hold a robust conversation about diversity in K-12 online schools. This study builds on research that suggests online charter schools enroll higher percentages of White and economically advantaged students compared ...
Bryan Mann
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