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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

in 2014, the most recent federal data available. Pupil-teacher ratios declined from 22.3 in 1970 to 17.9 in 1985 and dropped to a low of 15.3 But after the 2008 recession, local budget cuts forced class sizes to increase again, bumping the pupil-teacher ratio up to 16.1

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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

The P2P industry thrived in 2014, championing financial inclusion ( puhui jinrong ) endorsed by the state. Even amid the industry’s decline, P2P investors unaffected by platform bankruptcy were reportedly “the happiest” in China, per a 2018 China Academy of Social Sciences survey. Now I am part of a crime in their definition.”

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

Instructor Bios: Andrew Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is the co-author, with Alexander George, of Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Science (MIT Press, 2005), and co-author, with Jeffrey T. These three courses are complementary and can also be taken separately.

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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

Thus, I want to focus on just a few years: let’s say 2014 to 2019. That will explain the arguments of start = 2014 and end = 2019 you see in the code above. rawData #> # A tibble: 1,290 × 9 #> country iso2c iso3c year aepp cab edb cpi irs #> #> 1 Afghanistan AF AFG 2014 89.5 NA #> 7 Albania AL ALB 2014 100 -10.8

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> External Territorial Threats and Tolerance of Corruption: A #> Private/Government Distinction.” Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> What Americans Think about Gun Control: Evidence from the #> General Social Survey, 1972-2016.”

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.

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First Things First When Teaching Civic Education

MPSA

The American Political Science Association (APSA) hosted their first annual Teaching and Learning Conference in 2005, while the Journal of Political Science Education had debuted the previous year. It was published in PS: Political Science and Politics in 2014. I was deeply involved in this process.

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