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Public School Choice : An Impact Assessment

The goal of this thesis is to understand the consequences of educational choice in the public school system. The research takes place in San Antonio, Texas. The research encompasses meaningful comparisons between three sets of low income students and their families: 1) those who chose to remain in their attendance-zone school, 2) those who enrolled in the multilingual program, and 3) those who applied to the multilingual program but were not admitted because of space limitations.

Date: December 1995

Creator: Davis, Casi G. (Casi Gail)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Influence of Age on Public Sector Managerial Evaluations

As the American population ages, the issues of aging and work have gradually come to the forefront. An older and increasingly diverse workforce has raised concerns over job performance, labor costs, and alternative work demands. At the same time, evidence indicates that older workers continue to experience extensive labor market problems due to false assumptions on the part of managers about the limiting effect of age on employee performance. The public sector's ability to respond to age-relate… more

Date: August 1993

Creator: McCaghren, Kathy L. (Kathy Lea)