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van Drenth, Annemieke – History of Education, 2016
In 1855 the Revd C. E. Van Koetsveld established his "School for Idiots" in The Hague. Within two years, he had also opened a boarding facility that accommodated many of his pupils. Legal regulations demanded authorisation for a child to be placed in this asylum. This procedure included a questionnaire on the condition of the child. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Case Records, Residential Schools
Tripathi, Manorama; Kumar, Sunil; Jeevan, V. K. J. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2012
The present study gives an account of how the e-resources in general and EBSCO, PROQUEST, Project MUSE, and JSTOR in particular were used in the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. It studies and highlights the access pattern of the patrons in an open university. The study suggests consistency and uniformity in computing and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Information Utilization
Jacob, Brian A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
This article takes advantage of a unique policy change to examine how principals make decisions regarding teacher dismissal. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to dismiss probationary teachers for any reason and without the…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attendance, Collective Bargaining
Merrall, Elizabeth L. C.; Dhami, Mandeep K.; Bird, Sheila M. – Evaluation Review, 2010
The determinants of sentencing are of much interest in criminal justice and legal research. Understanding the determinants of sentencing decisions is important for ensuring transparent, consistent, and justifiable sentencing practice that adheres to the goals of sentencing, such as the punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, and incapacitation of…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Court Litigation, Social Justice
Jacob, Brian A. – Education Next, 2011
If principals have the authority to dismiss teachers, will they dismiss the less effective ones, or will they instead make perverse decisions by letting the good teachers go? Evidence from low-stakes surveys suggests that principals are able to identify the most and least effective teachers in their schools, as measured by their impact on student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Tenure, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement
Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2010
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system plagued by high cancellation rates in general, indigenous…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Indigenous Populations, Census Figures
Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
In this report the authors analyze the movement of students to and from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). They also analyze student mobility between schools within each sector. The analysis rests on two separate sets of data: the administrative records the authors have collected as part of their…
Descriptors: Student Records, Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice