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Perez-Arce, Francisco; Constant, Louay; Loughran, David S.; Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2012
Decades of research show that high school dropouts are more likely than graduates to commit crimes, abuse drugs and alcohol, have children out of wedlock, earn low wages, be unemployed, and suffer from poor health. The ChalleNGe program, currently operating in 27 states, is a residential program coupled with post-residential mentoring that seeks…
Descriptors: Investment, Residential Programs, Models, Outcomes of Education
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Chen, Greg; Warburton, Rebecca N. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
Traffic collisions kill about 43,000 Americans a year. Worldwide, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death by injury and the ninth leading cause of all deaths. Photo Radar speed enforcement has been implemented in the United States and many other industrialized countries, yet its cost-effectiveness from a societal viewpoint, taking all…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Program Costs, Public Policy