el Insight into the Landscape of Professional Development in Head Start from FACES 2014 By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 04:00:00 Z A new research brief illuminates the landscape of professional development in Head Start programs. Using data from the spring 2017 round of the FACES 2014 Survey, researchers explore professional development experiences of Head Start program directors, center directors, teachers, and other staff. Full Article
el Help Send Mathematica Staff and Our Community Partners to SXSW EDU By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:46:00 Z Mathematica staff and their local community partners are vying for an opportunity to share insights from cutting-edge projects related to equity, early learning, the science of learning, and K–12 education. Full Article
el New Study of Program for Noncustodial Parents Reveals Large Effect on Parents’ Level of Satisfaction with Child Support Services By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:06:00 Z Parents who participated in the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) reported substantially higher levels of satisfaction with child support services compared with those who did not participate in the program. Full Article
el New Research Analyzes State-Level Impact of USDA Proposal to End SNAP Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:26:00 Z This interactive data visualization uses SNAP quality control data from fiscal year 2016 and microsimulation modeling to provide detailed information on the demographic characteristics of those at risk of losing benefits. Full Article
el New Report Highlights How Climate Shocks Impede Development in Southern Malawi By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:05:48 Z A new report from Mathematica, the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development, and AidData highlights how a set of climate shocks played a major role in impeding the long-term impact of a food security program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in southern Malawi. Full Article
el Mathematica Honors National Principals Month with Resources on Innovative Programs to Develop School Leaders By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:23:00 Z Each October, National Principals Month recognizes the essential role principals play in making schools great. Full Article
el Effects of Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Philadelphia and Oakland: Fewer Beverage Purchases, but Increased Cross-Border Shopping and Mixed Effects on Consumption By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:04:00 Z A Mathematica issue brief synthesizes new and recent evidence on how the two cities’ beverage taxes affected purchases, consumption, and the retail environment. Full Article
el Does a Professional Development Program for Elementary School Principals Improve School Leadership? By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:43:00 Z Principals can play an important role in improving instruction and student achievement in their schools. Many professional development programs focus on strengthening principals’ leadership skills. Full Article
el Mathematica Team Named Finalist in Stage 1 of CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:51:00 Z Mathematica is partnering with The Health Collaborative, the Patient Advocate Foundation, and MediaAgility on a solution leveraging artificial intelligence and other industry-leading methods to achieve a number of goals to drive primary care transformation. Full Article
el NextGen Seeks Programs that Help People with Complex Challenges Find Work By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:00:00 Z Despite recent improvements in the overall job market, many individuals – including many individuals with disabilities – continue to face obstacles to gainful employment and economic independence. Full Article
el Mathematica Marks National Rural Health Day: Pennsylvania Rural Health Model Drives Payment Innovation By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:00:49 Z The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health sets aside the third Thursday of every November—this year, it’s November 21—to celebrate National Rural Health Day. Full Article
el New Release of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2018 Compendium of U.S. Health Systems By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:20:00 Z The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems for 2018 has been released today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Comparative Health System Performance Initiative. Full Article
el Tourism and the power of otherness : seductions of difference / edited by David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Working (out) leisure : a critical interpretation of post-work culture / Melinda Young By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Young, Melinda Full Article
el Leisurely Islam : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Lara Deeb & Mona Harb By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Deeb, Lara, 1974- author Full Article
el Revenue management for hospitality and tourism / [edited by] Patrick Legohérel, Elisabeth Poutier and Alan Fyall By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el The ecotourism-extraction nexus : political economies and rural realities of (un)comfortable bedfellows / edited by Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el International cases in sustainable travel & tourism / edited by Pierre Beckendorff, Dagmar Lund-Durlacher By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Marketing and designing the tourist experience / Isabelle Frochot and Wided Batat By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Frochot, Isabelle, author Full Article
el The leadership imperative : technology adoption and strategic management in travel firms in Jamaica / by Andrew Spencer By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Spencer, Andrew (Lecturer in tourism management), author Full Article
el Lifestyle mobilities : intersections of travel, leisure and migration / edited by Tara Duncan, University of Otago, New Zealand, Scott A. Cohen, University of Surrey, UK, Maria Thulemark, Dalarna University, Sweden By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Economy hotels in China : a glocalised innovative hospitality sector / Songshan (Sam) Huang and Xuhua (Michael) Sun By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Huang, Songshan Full Article
el A landscape of travel : the work of tourism in rural ethnic China / Jenny Chio By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Chio, Jenny, author Full Article
el Travel and imagination / edited by Garth Lean, Russell Staiff and Emma Waterton By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Tourism security : strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety / by Peter E. Tarlow By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Tarlow, Peter E., author Full Article
el Green growth and travelism : concept, policy and practice for sustainable tourism / edited by Terry DeLacy, Min Jiang, Geoffrey Lipman and Shaun Vorster By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el The tourism education futures initiative : activating change in tourism education / edited by Darko Prebezac, Christian Schott and Pauline J. Sheldon By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el The Wiley Blackwell companion to tourism / edited by Alan A. Lew, C. Michael Hall, and Allan M. Williams By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Tourism destination development : turns and tactics / edited by Arvid Viken and Brynhild Granås By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Tourism imaginaries : anthropological approaches / edited by Noel B. Salazar and Nelson H. H. Graburn By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Tourism in Africa : harnessing tourism for growth and improved livelihoods / Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Christie, Iain T., author Full Article
el Nabokov, Rushdie, and the transnational imagination : novels of exile and alternate worlds / Rachel Trousdale By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Trousdale, Rachel Full Article
el Tourism and cricket : travels to the boundary / edited by Tom Baum and Richard Butler By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Trust, tourism development and planning / edited by Robin Nunkoo and Stephen L.J Smith By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Explorer travellers and adventure tourism / Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Laing, Jennifer, 1967- author Full Article
el The new Chinese traveler : business opportunities from the Chinese travel revolution / Gary Bowerman By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Bowerman, Gary, author Full Article
el Ecotourism / David A. Fennell By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Fennell, David A., 1963- author Full Article
el Tourism and development : concepts and issues / edited by Richard Sharpley and David J. Telfer By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Stereopticon : entry to a life of travel and tourism research / by Valene L. Smith By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Smith, Valene L Full Article
el Hotel engineering / Sujit Ghosal By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Ghosal, Sujit Full Article
el Hotel engineering management / Gajanan Shirke By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Shirke, Gajanan, author Full Article
el Tourism, religion and pilgrimage in Jerusalem / Kobi Cohen-Hattab and Noam Shoval By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Cohen-Hattab, Kobi, author Full Article
el Ethnic and minority cultures as tourist attractions / edited by Anya Diekmann and Melanie Kay Smith By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el VFR travel research : international perspectives / edited by Elisa Backer and Brian King By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Institutional arrangements for conservation, development and tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa : a dynamic perspective / René van der Duim, Machiel Lamers, Jakomijn van Wijk, editors By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Tourism enterprise : developments, management and sustainability / David Leslie By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Leslie, David Full Article
el Challenges and contemporary solutions for tourism destination planning, development, and marketing : building better places, attracting newer faces : proceedings of the 4th International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference / editors: Shen Han, By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference (4th : 2012 : Bali, Indonesia) Full Article
el The practice of sustainable tourism : resolving the paradox / edited by Michael Hughes, David Weaver and Christof Pforr By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
el Events and sustainability / Kirsten Holmes, Michael Hughes, Judith Mair and Jack Carlsen By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Holmes, Kirsten, author Full Article
el Contemporary destination governance : a case study approach / editors, Harald Pechlaner, Pietro Beritelli, Sabine Pichler, Mike Peters, Noel Scott By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article