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Cultivating Demand for the Arts
What does it mean to cultivate demand for the arts? Why is it important and necessary to do so? What can state arts agencies and other arts and education policymakers do to make it happen? The authors set out a framework for thinking about supply and demand in the arts and identify the roles that di... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2008 -
Insurance Class Actions in the United States
Class actions, which are civil cases in which parties initiate a lawsuit on behalf of other plaintiffs not specifically named in the complaint, often make headlines and arouse policy debates. However, policymakers and the public know little about most class actions. This book presents the results of... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?
Are older drivers posing increasing risk to the public? If so, what public policies might mitigate that risk? Older drivers (those 65 and older) are slightly likelier than drivers aged 25 to 64 to cause an accident, but drivers aged 15 to 24 are nearly three times likelier than older drivers to do s... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
Initiatives to coordinate schools, cultural institutions, community-based organizations, foundations, and/or government agencies to promote access to arts education in and outside of schools have recently developed. This study looks at the collaboration efforts of six urban communities: how they sta... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2008 -
Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts
During the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts. This report evaluates these arguments and asserts that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive view of how the arts create pr... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2004 -
Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes
by Laura Zakaras • Catherine H. Augustine • Jennifer Sloan Mccombs • Heather L. Schwartz • Paco Martorell • John F. PaneThe Wallace Foundation's National Summer Learning Study, conducted by RAND and launched in 2011, offers the first assessment of district-run voluntary summer programs over the short and long run. This report, the second of five that will result from the study, looks at how summer programs affected ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success
RAND is conducting a longitudinal study that evaluates the effectiveness of voluntary summer learning programs in reducing summer learning loss, which contributes substantially to the achievement gap between low- and higher-income students. Based on evaluations of programs in six school districts, ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2013