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Klawitter, Marieka – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
This study uses the 2000 U.S. Census data to assess the impact of antidiscrimination policies for sexual orientation on earnings for gays and lesbians. Using a multilevel model allows estimation of the effects of state and local policies on earnings and of variation in the effects of sexual orientation across local labor markets. The results…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Social Change, Economic Opportunities
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2009
The 2009 edition of the "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) third annual review of state laws, rules and regulations that govern the teaching profession. This year's report is a comprehensive analysis of the full range of each state's teacher policies, measured against a realistic…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Waldron, Tom; Roberts, Brandon; Reamer, Andrew – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2004
The United States of America is often called the "land of opportunity," a place where hard work and sacrifice lead to economic success. Across generations, countless families have been able to live out that promise. However, more than one out of four American working families now earn wages so low that they have difficulty surviving…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Public Policy, Job Skills
Bragg, Debra D.; Bremer, Christine D.; Castellano, Marisa; Kirby, Catherine; Mavis, Ann; Schaad, Donna; Sunderman, Judith – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2007
Little is known about educational programs referred to as "career pathway programs" that attempt to integrate adult literacy, adult basic education (ABE), General Equivalency Diploma (GED) instruction, English language literacy (ELL), and pre-collegiate developmental education with postsecondary career and technical education (CTE)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Tice, Terrence N. – 1978
This comprehensive listing of 2,724 bibliographic items from 1967 through early 1977 includes significant English-language material on the contractual relationship between public employers and employees in the United States and Canada. (There are a few items in French.) Although access is given to the broader areas of public management and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
Froning, Mary L. – 1977
One of six volumes summarizing through narrative and statistical tables data collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its 1974 survey, this second volume details the employment status of minorities and women in state governments. Statistics in this study are designed to highlight various aspects of the employment status of…
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 volume, "United States Summary," details nationwide statistics on the employment status of minorities and women. Data include forty-six state governments and virtually all local…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Wever, Kirsten S., Ed. – 2001
This book explores how two nations with widely divergent political economies, Germany and the United States (U.S.), embraced change in four contemporary settings. "Mutual Learning with Trade-Offs" (Kirsten Wever) discusses mutual learning and the distinguishing characteristics of the political economies of Germany and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis