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K-12 school finance reform : an Idaho case study

Creator:: Pratt, Leah
Abstract:: There have been years of stalled K-12 school finance reform efforts in Idaho, yet it was unclear what key Idaho education interest groups currently thought about how Idaho funds its public schools. Therefore, this project explored the institutional perspectives and beliefs of K-12 Idaho education stakeholders regarding the Idaho K-12...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: presented on November 30, 2022 APPROVED: Paul Thompson, representing Economics

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

Creator:: Hansen, Jeanette
Abstract:: Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Paul N. Thompson Children enter

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

Creator:: Hansen, Jeanette
Abstract:: Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Paul N. Thompson Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences

Soundscape Policy: Noise Pollution as an Issue in Oregon Municipalities

Creator:: Noone, Harry
Abstract:: Noise is an environmental issue uniquely harmful to public welfare but essential to a well-functioning modern economy. Given the prevalence of noise especially in urban soundscapes, noise pollution has been recognized as a negative externality and an environmental stressor and thus has become an issue in public policy. Yet, as...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Harry Noone presented on June 4th, 2020 APPROVED: Paul Thompson (Economics

The Effect of Fiscal Stress Label Receipt on School District Tax Referenda Outcomes: Evidence from Ohio

Creator:: Whitley, Joe
Abstract:: This paper evaluates the previously unknown effect that a Fiscal Stress Label (FSL), a State fiscal intervention program signaling fiscal duress, has on passage rates and voter support for school district tax referenda. Previous research suggests that FSL receipt is associated with increased school district revenue, however the reason why...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: APPROVED Dr. Paul Thompson, representing Economics Dr. Alison Johnston, representing

Investing in stability : an assessment of the tertiary effects of Oregon’s seismic rehabilitation grant project

Creator:: Filimoehala, Sione T.
Abstract:: Geological scientists have predicted an impending massive earthquake is likely to occur on the North Pacific Coast of the US. In response to the warnings of impending disaster, the State of Oregon has implemented several disaster preparedness measures, including the Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Project (SRGP), a grant dispersed to public...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A contextual model for the integration of LifeKnowledge curriculum into the agricultural science and technology classroom

Creator:: Crawford, Paul Wesley
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a contextual model for integrating lessons from the LifeKnowledge curriculum into the agricultural science and technology (AST) course content. This was measured using the National FFA Organization’s online precept indicator which is part of the LifeKnowledge 3.0 curriculum. Ninth grade students at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul Wesley Crawford for the degree of Master of Science in

Public vs. Private Prison Violence: An Empirical Study of Inmate-on-staff Assaults

Creator:: Theis, Bryan N.
Abstract:: Studies on prison violence have typically focused attention at individual level inmate-on-inmate assaults, however, there has been limited research into the rates of inmate-on-staff violence at the facility level. There also appears to be a need for further scholarship relating to the differences in various prison level predictors of inmate...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Scott Akins, representing the Department of Sociology Dr. Paul Thompson, representing the

A fast algorithm for determining the primitivity of an n x n nonnegative matrix

Creator:: Leegard, Amanda D.
Abstract:: Nonnegative matrices have a myriad of applications in the biological, social, and physical genres. Of particular importance are the primitive matrices. A nonnegative matrix, M, is primitive exactly when there is a positive integer, k, such that M[superscript k] has only positive entries; that is, all the entries in M[superscript...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Determining the Primitivity of an n x n Nonnegative Matrix Abstract approved Paul Cull Nonnegative matrices

Late Devonian (Famennian) brachiopods of the West Range Limestone and the Pilot Shale of Eastern Nevada

Creator:: Mayer, Paul S.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Limestone and the Pilot Shale of Eastern Nevada AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul S. Mayer for the

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K-12 school finance reform : an Idaho case study

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

Soundscape Policy: Noise Pollution as an Issue in Oregon Municipalities

The Effect of Fiscal Stress Label Receipt on School District Tax Referenda Outcomes: Evidence from Ohio

Investing in stability : an assessment of the tertiary effects of Oregon’s seismic rehabilitation grant project

A contextual model for the integration of LifeKnowledge curriculum into the agricultural science and technology classroom

Public vs. Private Prison Violence: An Empirical Study of Inmate-on-staff Assaults

A fast algorithm for determining the primitivity of an n x n nonnegative matrix

Late Devonian (Famennian) brachiopods of the West Range Limestone and the Pilot Shale of Eastern Nevada

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