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Insight into the Landscape of Professional Development in Head Start from FACES 2014

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.




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Help Send Mathematica Staff and Our Community Partners to SXSW EDU

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.




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New Study of Program for Noncustodial Parents Reveals Large Effect on Parents’ Level of Satisfaction with Child Support Services

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.




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New Research Analyzes State-Level Impact of USDA Proposal to End SNAP Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility

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.




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New Report Highlights How Climate Shocks Impede Development in Southern Malawi

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.




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Mathematica Honors National Principals Month with Resources on Innovative Programs to Develop School Leaders

Each October, National Principals Month recognizes the essential role principals play in making schools great.




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Effects of Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Philadelphia and Oakland: Fewer Beverage Purchases, but Increased Cross-Border Shopping and Mixed Effects on Consumption

A Mathematica issue brief synthesizes new and recent evidence on how the two cities’ beverage taxes affected purchases, consumption, and the retail environment.




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Does a Professional Development Program for Elementary School Principals Improve School Leadership?

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.




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Mathematica Team Named Finalist in Stage 1 of CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge

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.




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NextGen Seeks Programs that Help People with Complex Challenges Find Work

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.




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Mathematica Marks National Rural Health Day: Pennsylvania Rural Health Model Drives Payment Innovation

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.




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New Release of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2018 Compendium of U.S. Health Systems

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.




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Tourism and the power of otherness : seductions of difference / edited by David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine




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Working (out) leisure : a critical interpretation of post-work culture / Melinda Young

Young, Melinda




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Leisurely Islam : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Lara Deeb & Mona Harb

Deeb, Lara, 1974- author




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Revenue management for hospitality and tourism / [edited by] Patrick Legohérel, Elisabeth Poutier and Alan Fyall




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The ecotourism-extraction nexus : political economies and rural realities of (un)comfortable bedfellows / edited by Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov




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International cases in sustainable travel & tourism / edited by Pierre Beckendorff, Dagmar Lund-Durlacher




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Marketing and designing the tourist experience / Isabelle Frochot and Wided Batat

Frochot, Isabelle, author




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The leadership imperative : technology adoption and strategic management in travel firms in Jamaica / by Andrew Spencer

Spencer, Andrew (Lecturer in tourism management), author




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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




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Economy hotels in China : a glocalised innovative hospitality sector / Songshan (Sam) Huang and Xuhua (Michael) Sun

Huang, Songshan




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A landscape of travel : the work of tourism in rural ethnic China / Jenny Chio

Chio, Jenny, author




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Travel and imagination / edited by Garth Lean, Russell Staiff and Emma Waterton




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Tourism security : strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety / by Peter E. Tarlow

Tarlow, Peter E., author




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Green growth and travelism : concept, policy and practice for sustainable tourism / edited by Terry DeLacy, Min Jiang, Geoffrey Lipman and Shaun Vorster




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The tourism education futures initiative : activating change in tourism education / edited by Darko Prebezac, Christian Schott and Pauline J. Sheldon




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The Wiley Blackwell companion to tourism / edited by Alan A. Lew, C. Michael Hall, and Allan M. Williams




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Tourism destination development : turns and tactics / edited by Arvid Viken and Brynhild Granås




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Tourism imaginaries : anthropological approaches / edited by Noel B. Salazar and Nelson H. H. Graburn




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Tourism in Africa : harnessing tourism for growth and improved livelihoods / Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward

Christie, Iain T., author




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Nabokov, Rushdie, and the transnational imagination : novels of exile and alternate worlds / Rachel Trousdale

Trousdale, Rachel




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Tourism and cricket : travels to the boundary / edited by Tom Baum and Richard Butler




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Trust, tourism development and planning / edited by Robin Nunkoo and Stephen L.J Smith




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Explorer travellers and adventure tourism / Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost

Laing, Jennifer, 1967- author




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The new Chinese traveler : business opportunities from the Chinese travel revolution / Gary Bowerman

Bowerman, Gary, author




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Ecotourism / David A. Fennell

Fennell, David A., 1963- author




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Tourism and development : concepts and issues / edited by Richard Sharpley and David J. Telfer




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Stereopticon : entry to a life of travel and tourism research / by Valene L. Smith

Smith, Valene L




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Hotel engineering / Sujit Ghosal

Ghosal, Sujit




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Hotel engineering management / Gajanan Shirke

Shirke, Gajanan, author




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Tourism, religion and pilgrimage in Jerusalem / Kobi Cohen-Hattab and Noam Shoval

Cohen-Hattab, Kobi, author




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Ethnic and minority cultures as tourist attractions / edited by Anya Diekmann and Melanie Kay Smith




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VFR travel research : international perspectives / edited by Elisa Backer and Brian King




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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




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Tourism enterprise : developments, management and sustainability / David Leslie

Leslie, David




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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,

International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference (4th : 2012 : Bali, Indonesia)




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The practice of sustainable tourism : resolving the paradox / edited by Michael Hughes, David Weaver and Christof Pforr




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Events and sustainability / Kirsten Holmes, Michael Hughes, Judith Mair and Jack Carlsen

Holmes, Kirsten, author




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Contemporary destination governance : a case study approach / editors, Harald Pechlaner, Pietro Beritelli, Sabine Pichler, Mike Peters, Noel Scott