“EconKids provides teachers, parents, and volunteers with ideas for using children’s literature to introduce economics to children. We review new books from leading publishers and makes selections for “Book of the Month” and “Top Five” categories. Unlike many of the existing websites on economics education, EconKids focuses on younger students in elementary school. Its user-friendly design can help to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2014
New GAO Reports – Army Workload, Aviation Workforce
ARMY WORKLOAD AND PERFORMANCE SYSTEM: Actions Needed to Complete Assessment of Unnecessary Overlap with Logistics Modernization Program, GAO-14-266: Published: Feb 28, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2014. AVIATION WORKFORCE: Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots, GAO-14-232: Published: Feb 28, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2014. AVIATION WORKFORCE: Current and Future Availability of Aviation Engineering and Maintenance Professionals, GAO-14-237: Published: Feb 28, 2014. Publicly… Continue Reading
House GPO Report Critical of War on Poverty
The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later – A House Budget Committee Majority Staff Report, March 3, 2014. “Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Since then, Washington has created dozens of programs and spent trillions of dollars. But few people have stopped to ask, “Are they working?” In “The War on Poverty: 50… Continue Reading
Projections of Education Statistics to 2022
“This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past 14 years and projections… Continue Reading
Foreign Banks: Overview of Dodd-Frank Enhanced Prudential Standards Final Rule
Foreign Banks: Overview of Dodd-Frank Enhanced Prudential Standards Final Rule, Davis Polk, February 24, 2014 “This visual summary provides an overview of key aspects of the Dodd-Frank enhanced prudential standards (EPS) final rule that applies to foreign banking organizations with ≥ $50 billion in total global consolidated assets (Large FBOs).” Continue Reading
Macroprudential Consolidation Policy in Interbank Networks
Gaffeo, Edoardo and Molinari, Massimo, Macroprudential Consolidation Policy in Interbank Networks (March 1, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2403080 “Can consolidation policy be made consistent with macro-prudential supervision? In this study, we seek to provide new insights on this key-question using a network approach. We study how the resilience of a banking network evolves as we… Continue Reading
Does a Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom Pedagogy Help Information Literacy Students in the Long Term Adoption of Research Skills?
New on LLRX – Does a Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom Pedagogy Help Information Literacy Students in the Long Term Adoption of Research Skills? Rich McCue discusses and documents how Research of Information Literacy and Blended Learning (BL) is in an early stage with the current body of knowledge consisting of case studies and small action based research… Continue Reading
Commentary reveals how e-health gov site was rescued by Silicon Valley pros
Obama’s Trauma Team, By Steven Brill, TIME, March 10, 2014. “…This is the story of a team of unknown–except in elite technology circles–coders and troubleshooters who dropped what they were doing in various enterprises across the country and came together in mid-October to save the website [heathcare.gov]. In about a tenth of the time that a… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Costco stores as role models for Internet-era public libraries (caveat ahead)
Via LLRX.com – Costco stores as role models for Internet-era public libraries (caveats ahead) David Rothman cautions that the rage is to compare everything in creation to a business. But he urges us to be careful when doing so with America’s public libraries. They are civic and service institutions, not profit-making corporations. A major caveat! Public libraries… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – $38 Datawind UbiSlate 7Ci tablet as an e-reader
Via LLRX.com – $38 Datawind UbiSlate 7Ci tablet as an e-reader: Avoid this adware trap despite its many positives! David Rothman is spearheading chronicling the progress of expanding low cost access to e-readers as libraries engage in mission critical outreach efforts to reach underserved communities. In this article, Rothman asks: Suppose you could buy an iPad for $38, read… Continue Reading
Whole Life Sentences and the Tide of European Human Rights Jurisprudence
Note – this article is available free for a limited time: Whole Life Sentences and the Tide of European Human Rights Jurisprudence: What Is to Be Done? Dirk van Zyl Smit, Pete Weathery, Simon Creighton. Human Rights Law Review. Volume 14, Issue 1. Pp. 59-84. “In Vinter and Others v United Kingdom [Application Nos 66069/09, 3896/10 and 130/10, Merits, 9 July 2013 (‘Vinter [GC]’)] the Grand… Continue Reading
Paper – Positive Thinking About the Future in News and Speeches Predicts Economic Downturn
Positive Thinking About the Future in Newspaper Reports and Presidential Addresses Predicts Economic Downturn. Sevincer AT, Wagner G, Kalvelage J, Oettingen G. Published online before print, February 4, 2014, doi:10.1177/0956797613518350. “Previous research has shown that positive thinking, in the form of fantasies about an idealized future, predicts low effort and poor performance. In the studies reported here, we used computerized… Continue Reading
