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Campbell, Ashley; Soifer, Don – American Enterprise Institute, 2021
The Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy (SNUMA) is a first-of-its-kind partnership between the North Las Vegas city government and an innovation-focused education nonprofit to create microschools, operated entirely outside of incumbent public school systems and designed specifically as an in-person solution for city families to counter pandemic…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Partnerships in Education, Expenditure per Student
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Kampen, Jarl K. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
We study the empirical consistency of survey based (micro level) indicators of social capital and local government performance on the one, and municipality based (aggregate level) measures of these two concepts on the other hand. Knowledge about the behavior of these indicators is helpful for evaluating the value of studies carried out in isolated…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Social Capital
Gabrielsson, Ake; Paulsson, Margareta – 1989
A study was conducted to examine the interdependence between "actors'" (persons responsible for solving problems within their municipalities) conceptions and local strategies for development. Two peripheral municipalities with development problems are compared. The municipalities have a shared history and culture and a similar economic…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background
Skinner, Alice W. – 1977
One of six volumes summarizing through narrative and statistical tables data collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its 1974 survey, this fourth volume details the employment status of minorities and women in municipal governments. Based on reports filed by 2,230 municipalities, statistics in this study are designed to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Reshad, Rosalind S. – 1977
One of six volumes summarizing through narrative and statistical tables data collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its 1974 survey, this fifth volume details nationwide statistics on the employment status of minorities and women working in township governments. Data from 299 actual units of government in fourteen states were…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis