Iowa School District Surtax Report 2006

Iowa School District Surtax Report 2006

Audit report on Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium, Carlisle, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium, Carlisle, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, Vinton, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, Vinton, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2007

A influência do consumo de álcool no insucesso escolar dos alunos do ensino secundário de São Vicente - Cabo Verde

O álcool é a substância mais consumida pelos adolescentes e jovens, e a idade do início e o padrão de consumo têm sido uma das preocupações, particularmente, dos sectores da saúde e da educação. Este consumo está associado a um conjunto de consequências negativas para a vida do adolescente, entre as quais a dificuldade de aprendizagem e o baixo rendimento escolar. Portanto, a prevenção do consumo de álcool nas escolas, constitui uma via consensual para tentar controlar o problema. Esta dissertação tem como objectivo conhecer o padrão de consumo de álcool dos alunos do ensino secundário em São Vicente (Cabo Verde) e estudar a sua relação com o insucesso escolar. Aplicámos um questionário anónimo a uma amostra de 500 alunos, com idade entre 12 e 21 anos, das 5 escolas secundárias públicas da ilha. Após uma análise exploratória dos dados e uma análise univariada verificou-se que o consumo de álcool podia estar relacionado com o insucesso escolar. Neste sentido, construímos modelos de regressão logística para estudar tal relação. Os resultados evidenciam que o primeiro contacto com o álcool ocorre numa idade precoce e o padrão de consumo, genericamente, varia em função da faixa etária e do género. Entretanto, independentemente do género e da faixa etária, o consumo ocorre fundamentalmente aos fins – de – semana e na companhia dos amigos. Após o controlo dos factores de confusão, o consumo de álcool permaneceu como um factor de risco para o insucesso escolar e verificámos que a probabilidade de um aluno ter insucesso escolar aumenta com a frequência de consumo. Os resultados do estudo alertam para a necessidade de uma intervenção de toda a comunidade educativa e dos sectores da saúde no sentido de implementar medidas que visem o combate ao consumo de álcool entre os alunos, e adolescentes de uma forma geral.

Report on the Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Cannabis use as a means of socialization?: new consumption patterns among heavy users

Purpose: After tobacco and alcohol, cannabis is the most used substance among adolescents in Switzerland. Our aim is to assess whether cannabis use has become an ordinary means of socialization. We hypothesize that cannabis consumption has become a normative, although still illegal, behavior. Methods: As part of a larger qualitative study aimed at assessing new ways [patterns] of cannabis consumption, 16 daily cannabis consumers (11 males) and 2 former heavy consumers (both females), aged 15 to 20 years, participated in interviews and focus groups. Data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using Atlas.ti qualitative analysis software. Results: Most consumers define the beginning of their consumption as a moment when they made new friends. They commonly use cannabis in group settings, which encourages the belief that all adolescents use cannabis. Thus, cannabis is mainly identified as an everyday social act. Joints are smoked like cigarettes: at all times of the day, during or after school or work with peers, often starting at lunch break, and mostly in public places. Friends offer a joint in a group setting, much like beer in a bar, as a means of making contact. Consumption invariably increases while socializing on vacation: "During vacation, we smoke up to 10-15 joints a day; at the end we're just dead." Additionally, in order to obtain cannabis, consumers have to be part of the right networks; they generally have several dealers to assure their supply, buy and sell themselves, or practice group-buying. As a result, all friends or acquaintances of consumers are themselves cannabis users. For instance, 4 boys, who say they are best friends, always smoke together and that, in order to quit, "All four of us should say to ourselves, 'Okay, now, let's all stop smoking'. That would be the only solution. . .but it would be impossible!" The 2 former consumers state that when they started using cannabis, "I found myself little by little in a vicious circle where I saw only people who also smoked". When they quit, they separated from their group of friends: "Either you make new friends who don't smoke or you smoke." Conclusions: Discussions with consumers demonstrate a normative facet of cannabis consumption as part of teenage socialization. Consequently, cannabis consumers develop a significant dependency since a majority of their friends use cannabis and their consumption involves most of their daily social life. Our study highlights the need for clear messages about the harmful aspects of using this substance while also suggesting that cessation efforts should include helping users separate from their consumption milieu. Sources of Support: Dept. of Public Health of the canton of Vaud.

Review of the Sigourney Community School District for the period July 1, 2006 through February 29, 2008

Review of the Sigourney Community School District for the period July 1, 2006 through February 29, 2008

Special investigation of selected transactions at Perry High School for the period July 1, 2005 through November 30, 2007

Special investigation of selected transactions at Perry High School for the period July 1, 2005 through November 30, 2007

Report on a special investigation of the West Marshall Community School District for the period January 1, 2001 through June 30, 2007

Report on a special investigation of the West Marshall Community School District for the period January 1, 2001 through June 30, 2007

How different are returns to education? Evidence from German school choices

This study presents estimates of returns to post-secondary educationand wage differentials among graduates fromdifferent secondary schoolsin Germany. I use an empirical model that captures the basic features ofthe German education system. It controls for selection into post-secondaryeducation and treats latter as endogenous in the wage equation. Myresults show that OLS estimates are severely biased. The direction ofthe bias depends on the secondary school type. Annual returns topost-secondary education differ significantly: they are eight timeshigher for graduates from the highest secondary school than for graduatesfrom the lowest secondary school.

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

A aprendizagem como o processo de aquisição e construção do conhecimento. O Caso da utilização dos Simuladores no ISCEE Cabo Verde Business School

O objectivo desta comunicação é demonstrar a importância da relação entre modelos de aprendizagem dinâmicos e a criação do conhecimento como mecanismo de transferência e disseminação na sociedade em Cabo Verde, através de práticas pedagógicas utlizadas no ISCEE, como demonstra a utilização dos simuladores. Esta nova abordagem, com a utilização de simuladores em contexto de sala de aula, potencia a interacção entre os estudantes e permite uma rápida troca de informação entre as partes e ao mesmo tempo melhora o processo de tomada de decisão. O processo de aprendizagem através dos simuladores potencia a aquisição e construção do conhecimento e a dinâmica do grupo, em especial a memória transactiva e relacional. Este artigo, demonstra que as novas práticas pedagógicas, com base nas novas tecnologias da comunicação e informação, devem ter o foco no grupo e não no aluno como entidade isolada.

Audit report on Perry Community School District in Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on Perry Community School District in Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2008

Special report on the Dunkerton Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008

Special report on the Dunkerton Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008