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Calvin Sizer
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Education and Budget Shortfalls
The purpose of this project is to provide information about the
effects of state and local government budget on Education. This
will take Los Angeles Unified School District as a case study.
This project will also include a comparison contrasting how
different districts are funded.
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Meredith Knight - Week 1
Elizabeth Farrelly - Week 1
Celeste Chudyk - Week 2
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Profits/Environment
We are investigating the relationship between economic prosperity
and environmental prosperity. We will have some case studies on
businesses that incorporate environmental and social responsibility
into their practices, investigate examples of governments balancing
these "triple bottom lines" when dealing w/ development projects,
and present examples of income-generating NGOs.
Meredith Knight:
Morals over Money (ppt)
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Yelena Yakunina
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People's outcomes in the United States labor market
In my work, I am looking at what is happening in the United
States labor market today: why the country has such a great
inequality in the income distribution and what the factors
that influence people~Rs outcomes in the labor market are. I
am interested in who gets ahead with what kind of jobs, what
wages people are paid and how these wages are determined. I
also look at immigration and race as the important factors
determining economic situation in lives of many people in the
United States. Why people come to the country and what
"American Dream" is for them are also the issues in
my work.
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Kathy Lin
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The Economic Impact of Service
I am investigating the impact of volunteers and donations on the
economy (hours, revenue, etc generated by volunteers and donors). In
particular, I am looking at either (1) the effect of bad times on the
economy, (2) the effect of having people begin volunteering early
(when they're still in school), and the recent boom of service
graduation requirements... or maybe both.
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Chris Suarez
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Education
The intent of this project is to determine national trends in state
education data, and, from this data, determine whether the Federal
Government's minimal role in the education sector should be expanded.
This project will focus on the primary and secondary levels, and will
do state-by-state comparisons. Specific categories that will be
examined are teacher/pupil ratio, per pupil expenditures, and ethnic
factors as they correlate with academic achievement. The national
rubric used for academic achievement will include standardized tests
and transcript data. Although these aren't pure indicators of
achievement, we can garner insight on what the federal government
should do to bring states up to an equal level. As the project
continues, objectives and conclusions will probably expand.
Links:
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Laura Hajj
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Instant Runoff Voting
Instant runoff voting is a superior voting method to plurality
voting for many reasons. IRV can change how the voters votes,
allowing them to express their desires freely and without the
"lesser of two evils penalty". I will discuss the
mechanisms, history and uses, and personality of IRV.
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