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Monitoring Success in Choice Neighborhoods: A Proposed Approach to Performance Measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Offers a framework and tools for performance management in the initiative to transform poor neighborhoods into revitalized, sustainable mixed-income communities.
Deborah McKoy   +7 more
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The Impact of After-School Programs: Interpreting the Results of Four Recent Evaluations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Within the last decade, after-school programs have moved from the periphery to the center of the national education policy debate. The demand for after-school care by working parents and a new focus on test-based accountability are the two primary ...
Thomas J. Kane
core   +2 more sources

Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents an edible energy source and valve system to power soft, pneumatically driven edible robots. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid generates carbon dioxide gas, and a pressure‐triggered edible valve enables self‐repetitive motion of the edible actuator.
Bokeon Kwak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Education and Miseducation of Boys in Cultural, Political, and Christian Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The trend of higher male achievement at of all levels of education has reversed in the last twenty years, in almost every major country except Japan, sparking global political and social debate about this intriguing phenomenon.
Bulgin, Roseclaire   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Wearable and Implantable Devices for Continuous Monitoring of Muscle Physiological Activity: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in materials and device engineering enable continuous, real‐time monitoring of muscle activity via wearable and implantable systems. This review critically summarizes emerging technologies for tracking electrophysiological, biomechanical, and oxygenation signals, outlines fundamental principles, and highlights key challenges and ...
Zhengwei Liao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

OPTRACE: Optical Imaging–Guided Transplantation and Tracking of Cells in the Mouse Brain

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
OPTRACE establishes an optical, two‐step platform for intracerebral cell therapy. Transparent glass pipettes enable real‐time, image‐guided delivery, while multiplex genetic labeling with two‐photon and bioluminescence readouts supports longitudinal single‐cell tracking and host–graft dynamics.
Jinghui Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Education, Home Environment, and Educational Aspirations: the Relationship With Children’s Math Skills

open access: yes, 2020
This study examined the relationship between maternal education, the home environment, educational expectations and children’s math skills. The aim of this research was to determine how well these measures individually and collectively explained the variation in children’s mathematical achievement at the start of kindergarten.
openaire   +2 more sources

POSS Polyimide Composite Sealed Triple‐Junction GaAs Thin‐Film Solar Cell for Long‐Term Low Earth Orbit Serve

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Ultrathin oxide layer and ultraviolet absorbent are introduced into polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) polyimide to improve the transmittance conservation and realize near zero mass loss against ultraviolet and atomic oxygen exposures. The POSS polyimide composite sealed triple‐junction GaAs thin‐film solar cell exhibits enhanced endurance of ...
Min Qian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does testing environment matter for virtual school students?

open access: yesComputers and Education Open
Standardized test performance among students in full-time virtual schools generally lags behind that of students in traditional, face-to-face schools. One largely unexplored potential cause is the requirement to complete tests at unfamiliar facilities ...
Ian Kingsbury   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Proper Classroom Management is Essential for an Effective Elementary School Classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
I am an elementary education major and have a deep love for seeing children make connections, and learn about not only academics but moral values and life lessons. As much as I have learned in different classes over the past four years of my education, I
Cotter, Kayla
core   +1 more source

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